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2.1.1 Critical Listening
English · Grade 10 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Critical listening for fact and opinion
- Identifying the speaker's purpose and bias
- Recognising persuasive techniques
- Evaluating evidence in a spoken argument
What you will be able to do
- distinguish fact from opinion in a spoken text
- identify a speaker's purpose and possible bias
- recognise persuasive techniques used by speakers
- appreciate the importance of listening critically to information
Key questions
“How do you decide whether to believe what you are told?”
Lessons
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Fact, opinion and purpose
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizTelling a claim from a judgement, and working out why someone is speaking.
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Persuasive techniques
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizHow speakers move an audience, and how to notice it happening to you.
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Weighing a spoken case
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPutting fact, purpose, technique and evidence together so you can decide how far to believe a speaker.