If you want a short introduction to student life, the new school podcast is worth trying. The strongest episodes combine practical information with honest student voices; the welcome episode, for example, explains how to find clubs without sounding like a handbook. The interviews feel relaxed, although some answers could be edited more tightly.
The podcast is most useful for new students and families who want an informal overview. I would recommend adding transcripts and translated summaries so that more listeners can access the main ideas. With that improvement, this could become a welcoming resource rather than simply another school announcement.
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SL/HL: evaluate specific features and connect the final judgement to the intended audience.
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Task: SL/HL: evaluate specific features and connect the final judgement to the intended audience.
1Orient the reader
2Develop the key point
3Close with purpose
Purposeful lexis
for example · although · most useful · I would recommend · With that improvement
Grammar and register
Audience-specific verdict, example, concession, recommendation linked to access
Teach the lesson
Notice, rehearse, write and review
Try it tomorrow
SL/HL: evaluate specific features and connect the final judgement to the intended audience.
- Students mark who will read the text and what that reader needs.
- They select two useful linkers from the model and explain their job.
- They write a new response with original details, then use the checklist to revise.
Success criteria
- Purpose and audience are clear from the opening.
- Each requested point is developed with a specific example or reason.
- Linkers express a real relationship between ideas.
- The ending suits the text type and reader.
Teacher language
Useful language choices
for example · although · most useful · I would recommend · With that improvement
Questions that draw out detail
- What does your reader need to know first?
- Which example makes this point convincing?
- What relationship does this linker show: contrast, cause, sequence or addition?
- Does the register fit the reader and purpose?
Feedback focus
Give one response on task coverage, one on organisation and one on a language choice that the learner can use again. Avoid treating a memorised phrase as evidence of control.
Adapt it by level
More support
Rehearse the ideas orally, use a three-box planning frame and offer two optional sentence openings. Keep the model visible while the learner plans.
Greater independence
Remove the frame, change the audience or purpose and ask learners to justify their choices of structure and register.
Course fit
SL and HL adaptations with model, register, purposeful lexis and transfer practice. Follow the current course task, audience, word guidance and assessment criteria. This teaching model is not an official examination response or awarded grade.
Check transfer
Use a fresh prompt and look for the same purposeful decisions expressed in the learner’s own words.