Topic 7.3: Delivering the IA Questions

Theme: Human ingenuity Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: give your complete presentation out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction → description → interpretation and opinion → link to the theme → ending.

Theme: Identities Look at the photo. After you present it, the teacher asks you questions such as these, linked to the theme: **Why do you think so many people around the world celebrate St Patrick's Day, even if they are not Irish?** **Is there a celebration that makes you feel proud of where you come from?** Speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes and relate it to the theme. Then answer the teacher's questions out loud, with developed answers.

Theme: Identities Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: give your complete presentation out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction → description → interpretation & opinion → theme link → close.

Theme: Social organisation Look at the photo. After you present it, the teacher asks you questions such as these, linked to the theme: **Would you volunteer to keep other people safe, like the lifesavers in the photo? Why?** **Should young people have to do voluntary work in their community?** Speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes and relate it to the theme. Then answer the teacher's questions out loud, with developed answers.

Theme: Sharing the planet Look at the photo. After you present it, the examiner asks you questions such as these: **What do you do to look after the environment?** **Do you think young people can change things?** Speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes and relate it to the theme. Then answer the examiner's questions out loud, with developed answers.

Theme: Experiences Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: give your complete presentation out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction → description → interpretation and opinion → link to the theme → ending.

Theme: Sharing the planet Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: present it for about 3–4 minutes using varied, high-level language (description, interpretation, an opinion with a conditional, contrast connectors and natural English fillers).

Theme: Identities Look at the photo. Speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes using a full range of language: describe, interpret, a developed opinion (with **because** and a conditional), contrast connectors, and natural English fillers.

Theme: Sharing the planet Look at the photo and speak as in the exam: give your complete presentation out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction → description → interpretation and opinion → link to the theme → ending.

Read the extract below (theme: Identities) and speak as in the exam: in the presentation part of your Individual Oral, present the extract and comment on it for about 3–4 minutes using a full range of language: interpret it, give a developed opinion (with **because** and a conditional), and use contrast connectors and natural English fillers.

You have just presented the extract below (theme: Sharing the planet). In the follow-up discussion, the teacher asks you questions about it, such as these: **Why do you think the author shows the whale's eye following Mere?** **What does the human chain suggest?** Speak as in the exam: answer the teacher's questions out loud, with developed answers that go back to the extract.

Read the extract below (theme: Social organisation) and speak as in the exam: in the presentation part of your Individual Oral, present the extract and comment on it for about 3–4 minutes using a full range of language: interpret it, give a developed opinion (with **because** and a conditional), and use contrast connectors and natural English fillers.

Read the extract below and speak as in the exam: give your complete presentation on it out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction → key events → interpretation & opinion → link to a theme → close.

Read the extract from **The Test** (in the context) and speak as in the exam: present the passage out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction (place the extract in the work) → what happens in the extract → interpretation and opinion → link to the whole work and to a theme → ending.

Read the extract from **Second Hand** (in the context) and speak as in the exam: present the passage out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction (place the extract in the work) → what happens in the extract → interpretation and opinion → link to the whole work and to a theme → ending.

Read the extract from **Painted Over** (in the context) and speak as in the exam: present the passage out loud for about 3–4 minutes, following the structure introduction (place the extract in the work) → what happens in the extract → interpretation and opinion → link to the whole work and to a theme → ending.

You have presented this extract from **The Accent** (in the context). In the second part of the oral (discussion, 4–5 min), the teacher asks you questions about the extract such as these: **Why do you think Kirsty speaks so little at school, but so much on the phone to her gran?** **What does the ending suggest about Kirsty's identity and about the other students?** Speak as in the exam: answer the teacher's questions out loud for about 4–5 minutes, with developed answers that go back to details of the extract.

Language practice for the HL oral. Read the literary extract from **Mehndi Night** in the context (theme: Identities). Speak as in the exam: present the passage and comment on it for about 3–4 minutes using varied, high-level language (a summary in the present, interpretation, an opinion with a conditional, contrast connectors and natural English fillers).

Theme: Human ingenuity Look at the photo. After you present it, the examiner asks you questions such as these: **Do you think technology brings people together or pushes them apart?** **How do you use your phone?** Speak as in the exam: present the photo for about 3–4 minutes and relate it to the theme. Then answer the examiner's questions out loud, with developed answers.

You have presented this extract from **Twelve Strangers** (in the context). In the second part of the oral (discussion, 4–5 min), the teacher asks you questions about the extract such as these: **Why do you think Mia speaks up when Graham says 'Look at him'?** **What does the extract suggest about how a jury should work?** Speak as in the exam: answer the teacher's questions out loud for about 4–5 minutes, with developed answers that go back to details of the extract.