Unit 7: Individual Oral (IA)
Topic 7.1: About the IA Questions
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Out of how many marks is the Individual Oral scored, and with which criteria?
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What is the presentation in the Individual Oral based on?
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What is the maximum value of Criterion C (Interactive & receptive skills) in the Individual Oral?
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A student uses a wide variety of tenses, connectors and vocabulary, with good control and clear pronunciation. Which criterion mainly earns the marks?
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How much supervised preparation time do you get before you start speaking in the Individual Oral?
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Which criterion rewards understanding the teacher and keeping the conversation going?
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Out of how many marks is the Individual Oral assessed, and across how many criteria?
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Roughly how long is each spoken part of the SL Individual Oral?
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A student develops each idea with reasons and examples and links the stimulus to the theme. Which criterion mainly earns the marks?
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What are the two main parts of the English B SL Individual Oral?
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According to the text, which criterion is worth the FEWEST marks?
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Complete the sentence so it matches the text: "The teacher calls it a strong oral because it scores well across ______."
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According to the teacher, what is the most common mistake students make in the presentation?
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True or false? "Mia writes out full sentences during her preparation." Justify your answer with words from the text.
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Complete the sentence so it matches the text: "Criterion C, Interactive and receptive, is worth ______ and rewards ______."
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Read the text and answer: according to the advice, what TWO things must you do for the Message criterion, beyond describing the image?
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Find the word in the text that means "to expand a point with reasons and detail, not just state it".
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True or false? "The teacher praised the student's interaction." Justify your answer with words from the text.
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According to the text, what was the MAIN weakness of the second student's oral?
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Find the word in the text that means "sounding stiff and unnatural, like a machine".
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