Speaking and defence
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Week 1 · Precision, stance, hedging, and shades of certainty
Write a 500-word position note and deliver a three-minute briefing. Annotate two texts and the talk for stance, audit each summary against its source modality, and record a challenge interview with at least one justified stance adjustment.
I can qualify, sharpen, or soften a position responsively without losing coherence or appearing evasive.
I can preserve the source author’s degree of certainty when explaining a claim to another audience.
Timed speaking and defence
Write a 500-word position note and deliver a three-minute briefing. Annotate two texts and the talk for stance, audit each summary against its source modality, and record a challenge interview with at least one justified stance adjustment.
Write a 500-word position note and deliver a three-minute briefing. Annotate two texts and the talk for stance, audit each summary against its source modality, and record a challenge interview with at least one justified stance adjustment.
120
180
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w01-2
Product500-word position note and 3-minute briefing scored for calibration and precision.
CriteriaI can express fine distinctions among claim, probability, inference, reservation, and recommendation.
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esl6-w01-3
ProductPaired challenge interview with transcript-coded stance adjustments.
CriteriaI can qualify, sharpen, or soften a position responsively without losing coherence or appearing evasive.
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esl6-w01-5
ProductFirst/final recordings plus repair rationale.
CriteriaI can detect overstatement or ambiguity and reformulate it smoothly.
Week 2 · Complex cohesion across long discourse
Produce a 1,200-word analysis and an eight-minute talk. Submit a lecture-and-text cohesion map, a reverse outline, a globally revised briefing with a source trace, and a seminar recording that reconnects earlier contributions without repetition. For the authentic-model comparison, select two permitted real examples with the teacher and record their provenance separately from this fictional practice pack.
I can connect my contribution to earlier points, reopen a thread, and synthesise several turns without repetition.
I can reorganise dispersed material into a coherent structure suited to a new recipient and purpose.
Timed speaking and defence
Produce a 1,200-word analysis and an eight-minute talk. Submit a lecture-and-text cohesion map, a reverse outline, a globally revised briefing with a source trace, and a seminar recording that reconnects earlier contributions without repetition. For the authentic-model comparison, select two permitted real examples and record their provenance separately from this fictional practice pack.
Produce a 1,200-word analysis and an eight-minute talk. Submit a lecture-and-text cohesion map, a reverse outline, a globally revised briefing with a source trace, and a seminar recording that reconnects earlier contributions without repetition. For the authentic-model comparison, select two permitted real examples and record their provenance separately from this fictional practice pack.
120
480
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w02-2
Product1,200-word analysis and 8-minute talk scored for macrostructure, paragraph/section movement, and emphasis.
CriteriaI can shape a long spoken or written text so major and subsidiary ideas remain easy to follow.
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esl6-w02-3
ProductSeminar recording with discourse-link analysis.
CriteriaI can connect my contribution to earlier points, reopen a thread, and synthesise several turns without repetition.
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esl6-w02-5
ProductReverse outline, revision plan, and before/after comparison.
CriteriaI can diagnose a coherence failure and revise global structure rather than merely edit sentences.
Week 3 · Implicit meaning, irony, ambiguity, and allusion
Write a 700-word commentary or a crafted text with an author’s rationale. Submit a cue-and-alternative evidence matrix, a staged interpretation log, a neutral mediator note, and a role-play with one tactful ambiguity check and an alternative-response branch.
I can check an indirect meaning tactfully and respond without escalating a mistaken interpretation.
I can explain why an indirect or ironic message may be interpreted differently and offer a neutral paraphrase.
Timed speaking and defence
Write a 700-word commentary or a crafted text with an author’s rationale. Submit a cue-and-alternative evidence matrix, a staged interpretation log, a neutral mediator note, and a role-play with one tactful ambiguity check and an alternative-response branch.
Write a 700-word commentary or a crafted text with an author’s rationale. Submit a cue-and-alternative evidence matrix, a staged interpretation log, a neutral mediator note, and a role-play with one tactful ambiguity check and an alternative-response branch.
120
180
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w03-2
Product700-word commentary or crafted text plus author’s rationale.
CriteriaI can use or analyse controlled ambiguity and rhetorical implication for a defined effect.
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esl6-w03-3
ProductRole-play with ambiguity check and alternative-response branch.
CriteriaI can check an indirect meaning tactfully and respond without escalating a mistaken interpretation.
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esl6-w03-5
ProductEvidence matrix and reflective accuracy review after feedback.
CriteriaI can triangulate linguistic, contextual, and cultural cues before committing to an interpretation.
Week 4 · Rapid listening across varieties and imperfect conditions
Complete confidence-coded notes and a two-minute delayed summary; score gist, detail and inference separately. Use targeted confirmation in a live handover and submit a source-checked relay form. Practise with clean, faster and moderately degraded supplied recordings. The three-variety assessment requires verified teacher-selected inputs and must remain pending rather than being claimed from a speed or noise variant.
I can maintain interaction with an unfamiliar variety by using targeted confirmation rather than repeated general requests.
I can relay high-priority content from imperfect input and explicitly protect uncertain details from distortion.
Timed speaking and defence
Complete confidence-coded notes and a two-minute delayed summary; score gist, detail and inference separately. Use targeted confirmation in a live handover and submit a source-checked relay form. Practise with clean, faster and moderately degraded supplied recordings.
Complete confidence-coded notes and a two-minute delayed summary; score gist, detail and inference separately. Use targeted confirmation in a live handover and submit a source-checked relay form. Practise with clean, faster and moderately degraded supplied recordings.
120
120
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w04-2
ProductTwo-minute delayed summary and confidence-coded notes.
CriteriaI can give an immediate, accurate, structured account of a fast or imperfect input, marking uncertain details.
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esl6-w04-3
ProductLive simulation with clarification-efficiency rubric.
CriteriaI can maintain interaction with an unfamiliar variety by using targeted confirmation rather than repeated general requests.
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esl6-w04-5
ProductStrategy log aligned to timestamps and outcome accuracy.
CriteriaI can use context to anticipate content, update predictions, and decide which detail requires confirmation.
Week 5 · Critical synthesis of dense and conflicting sources
Analyse all five dense sources. Produce a 1,400–1,700-word issue-led critical synthesis, a two-page decision brief, a source-weighting matrix and an oral defence of two judgements. Preserve differences in populations, definitions and methods; do not average unlike percentages or manufacture consensus.
I can answer challenges to source choice, weighting, and interpretation with precision and openness to revision.
I can make conflicting evidence accessible to decision-makers without flattening differences or manufacturing consensus.
Timed speaking and defence
Analyse all five dense sources. Produce a 1,400–1,700-word issue-led critical synthesis, a two-page decision brief, a source-weighting matrix and an oral defence of two judgements. Preserve differences in populations, definitions and methods; do not average unlike percentages or manufacture consensus.
Analyse all five dense sources. Produce a 1,400–1,700-word issue-led critical synthesis, a two-page decision brief, a source-weighting matrix and an oral defence of two judgements. Preserve differences in populations, definitions and methods; do not average unlike percentages or manufacture consensus.
120
300
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w05-2
Product1,400–1,700-word synthesis with citation, argument, and epistemic-calibration rubric.
CriteriaI can produce a critical synthesis organised by issues rather than source order and preserve material uncertainty.
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esl6-w05-3
ProductRecorded colloquium and response log.
CriteriaI can answer challenges to source choice, weighting, and interpretation with precision and openness to revision.
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esl6-w05-5
ProductTransformation commentary linked to each major editorial decision.
CriteriaI can decide what to omit, define, exemplify, or qualify for the target audience.
Week 6 · Advanced debate, rebuttal, concession, and spontaneous response
Record a two-minute opening, a ninety-second unrehearsed rebuttal, a one-minute closing and four minutes of chaired exchange. Code concessions, inference challenges, repairs and turn choices. Obtain the opponent’s approval of a steelman summary and agree one investigable next question.
I can concede selectively, expose a weak inference, redirect fairly, and restructure around difficulty with minimal disruption.
I can restate opposing positions fairly and identify a productive question or conditional agreement.
Timed speaking and defence
Record a two-minute opening, a ninety-second unrehearsed rebuttal, a one-minute closing and four minutes of chaired exchange. Code concessions, inference challenges, repairs and turn choices. Obtain the opponent’s approval of a steelman summary and agree one investigable next question.
Record a two-minute opening, a ninety-second unrehearsed rebuttal, a one-minute closing and four minutes of chaired exchange. Code concessions, inference challenges, repairs and turn choices. Obtain the opponent’s approval of a steelman summary and agree one investigable next question.
120
120
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w06-2
ProductOpening case, timed rebuttal, and closing synthesis scored independently.
CriteriaI can deliver a concise, persuasive case and an unrehearsed rebuttal while preserving nuance.
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esl6-w06-3
ProductFormal debate recording with coded moves and adjudicator rubric.
CriteriaI can concede selectively, expose a weak inference, redirect fairly, and restructure around difficulty with minimal disruption.
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esl6-w06-5
ProductStrategy review with timestamps and alternative choices.
CriteriaI can choose when to intervene, pause, reframe, or yield in high-pressure exchange.
Week 7 · Long-form academic and professional writing with disciplined revision
Write a 1,800–2,200-word professional report. Preserve the first draft and an argument–structure–evidence–style four-pass revision history. Submit an editorial conference recording, a response-to-reviewers memo, a source/citation audit and an audience-adaptation note.
I can negotiate revision priorities, query unclear feedback, and justify a principled editorial choice.
I can integrate source ideas and reviewer perspectives while preserving authorship and accurate attribution.
Timed speaking and defence
Write a 1,800–2,200-word professional report. Preserve the first draft and an argument–structure–evidence–style four-pass revision history. Submit an editorial conference recording, a response-to-reviewers memo, a source/citation audit and an audience-adaptation note.
Write a 1,800–2,200-word professional report. Preserve the first draft and an argument–structure–evidence–style four-pass revision history. Submit an editorial conference recording, a response-to-reviewers memo, a source/citation audit and an audience-adaptation note.
120
300
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w07-2
Product1,800–2,200-word paper, report, or policy analysis.
CriteriaI can produce a sustained, logically controlled text with precise stance, effective emphasis, and consistent genre conventions.
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esl6-w07-3
ProductEditorial conference recording and response-to-reviewers memo.
CriteriaI can negotiate revision priorities, query unclear feedback, and justify a principled editorial choice.
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esl6-w07-5
ProductVersion history with four-pass revision checklist and substantive change summary.
CriteriaI can diagnose argument, structure, evidence, and style at separate revision passes.
Week 8 · Rhetorical and stylistic control across registers
Create formal, neutral, persuasive and creative versions from the same verified fact sheet. Submit a three-text stylistic analysis, four-version portfolio, factual-invariance audit, audience-effect rationale and revision based on an independent reader’s response.
I can test intended effect with readers/listeners and revise when the received effect differs.
I can preserve or deliberately change rhetorical force when adapting a text, and explain the trade-off.
Timed speaking and defence
Create formal, neutral, persuasive and creative versions from the same verified fact sheet. Submit a three-text stylistic analysis, four-version portfolio, factual-invariance audit, audience-effect rationale and revision based on an independent reader’s response.
Create formal, neutral, persuasive and creative versions from the same verified fact sheet. Submit a three-text stylistic analysis, four-version portfolio, factual-invariance audit, audience-effect rationale and revision based on an independent reader’s response.
120
180
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w08-2
ProductFour-version transformation portfolio with audience-effect rationale.
CriteriaI can transform the same core content into formal, neutral, persuasive, and creative versions while preserving essential meaning.
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esl6-w08-3
ProductFeedback sample, discrepancy analysis, and revised version.
CriteriaI can test intended effect with readers/listeners and revise when the received effect differs.
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esl6-w08-5
ProductDiagnostic markup and final style-control checklist.
CriteriaI can identify an unintended tone and revise at discourse, sentence, and lexical levels.
Week 9 · High-complexity mediation in technical or delicate situations
Produce specialist and non-specialist briefings, a fact/position/effect/assumption/uncertainty map, a recorded mediation, a bounded next-step record and participant understanding checks. Use Thai only as an authentic verification resource where needed, then submit English outputs and a timestamped strategy reflection.
I can maintain positive interaction, surface ambiguity, and intervene diplomatically when misunderstanding escalates.
I can shift roles appropriately, preserve nuance, connect contributions, and guide a sensitive discussion toward a workable next step.
Timed speaking and defence
Produce specialist and non-specialist briefings, a fact/position/effect/assumption/uncertainty map, a recorded mediation, a bounded next-step record and participant understanding checks. Use Thai only as an authentic verification resource where needed, then submit English outputs and a timestamped strategy reflection.
Produce specialist and non-specialist briefings, a fact/position/effect/assumption/uncertainty map, a recorded mediation, a bounded next-step record and participant understanding checks. Use Thai only as an authentic verification resource where needed, then submit English outputs and a timestamped strategy reflection.
120
300
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w09-2
ProductTwo audience-specific briefings with accuracy and usability checks.
CriteriaI can explain a technically complex issue in fluent, well-structured language for specialist and non-specialist audiences.
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esl6-w09-3
ProductLive mediation simulation with feedback from participants.
CriteriaI can maintain positive interaction, surface ambiguity, and intervene diplomatically when misunderstanding escalates.
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esl6-w09-5
ProductTimestamped strategy map and alternative-action analysis.
CriteriaI can select and combine mediation strategies in response to changing participant needs.
Week 10 · Strong C1 / pre-C2 mastery portfolio
Complete a twelve-minute presentation, a polished 1,500-word product for another audience, an unrehearsed defence and a separate unseen mediation case. Submit the capstone plus at least five earlier artifacts with required coverage, independent analytic ratings, a recipient decision artifact and an evidence-indexed next-stage plan. Use a teacher-held unseen transfer pack for assessment; this supplied dossier is practice only.
I can defend, qualify, and restructure a position spontaneously while sustaining natural collaborative flow.
I can mediate conflicting complex sources and delicate perspectives, preserving nuance and enabling informed action.
Timed speaking and defence
Complete a twelve-minute presentation, a polished 1,500-word product for another audience, an unrehearsed defence and a separate unseen mediation case. Submit the capstone plus at least five earlier artifacts with required coverage, self-review notes, a recipient decision artifact and an evidence-indexed next-stage plan.
Complete a twelve-minute presentation, a polished 1,500-word product for another audience, an unrehearsed defence and a separate unseen mediation case. Submit the capstone plus at least five earlier artifacts with required coverage, self-review notes, a recipient decision artifact and an evidence-indexed next-stage plan.
120
720
Which source most strongly supports your central claim, and why?
Which limitation would materially change your proposed action?
A recipient has misunderstood one condition. Reformulate it without adding a new promise.
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esl6-w10-2
Product12-minute presentation and polished 1,500-word product for different audiences.
CriteriaI can produce smoothly flowing, audience-shaped spoken and written work with precise stance, logical control, and memorable emphasis.
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esl6-w10-3
ProductLive defence and panel interaction with self-review notes.
CriteriaI can defend, qualify, and restructure a position spontaneously while sustaining natural collaborative flow.
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esl6-w10-5
ProductEvidence-indexed portfolio commentary and next-stage learning plan.
CriteriaI can select and evaluate strategies for inference, planning, turn management, reformulation, simplification, and repair under time pressure.