Speaking and presenting
This domain tests how you construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text. At Level 2 it connects to standard 91102. Assessors consider both the text you build and the delivery: a strong speech read flatly loses marks, and lively delivery cannot rescue an unstructured text.
Core rules
- Define a clear purpose and audience: persuade, inform, entertain, or challenge.
- Structure: a hook, a thesis or through-line, developed points, and a conclusion that lands.
- Write for the ear: shorter sentences, deliberate repetition, rhetorical questions, direct address, and signposting.
- Deliver with control: pace, pause, volume, articulation, eye contact, and gesture that supports meaning.
- Rehearse the structure, not a word-perfect script. Use cue cards.
Worked example
Opening: I want you to imagine a classroom where no one raises a hand. This works because it uses direct address ('you'), a concrete scenario, and an implied problem. It sets up a persuasive purpose without announcing 'Today I will talk about...'. The delivery should slow on 'imagine' and pause after 'hand' to let the image settle.
Traps
Reading slides or a script; rushing; over-gesturing; no clear thesis; visual aids that repeat your words; ignoring time limits.