Module 5 · Lesson 4 of 8
Part 3: discuss bigger ideas
A four-move method for Part 3 answers, language for opinions, change, the future and hedging, a model discussion with notes, and original question sets to practise aloud.
In this lesson
- Understand how Part 3 differs from Parts 1 and 2, and what the examiner is listening for.
- Build developed answers with the View, Reason, Example, Other side pattern.
- Recognise common Part 3 question types and use the right language for opinions, past and present, the future and solutions.
- Hedge claims, buy thinking time and respond to a challenge naturally.
- Practise full Part 3 discussions out loud and review your own recordings.
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Inside this lesson
- What changes in Part 3
- The four moves: View, Reason, Example, Other side
- Recognise the question, choose your language
- Giving opinions: what you think, and how strongly
- Comparing past and present
- Speculating about the future
- Hedging: careful, not vague
- Buying thinking time, and finding ideas fast
- When the examiner pushes back
- A model Part 3 discussion
- What makes this discussion work
- Practise Part 3 out loud