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Developing academic speaking skills through the theme of education and learning in the digital age, helping students organise ideas clearly, participate in discussion and present academic ideas confidently in spoken English. Using AI to give feedback on speaking
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Hello and welcome to this short lesson
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on how to use AI responsibly in academic
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speaking.
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Before we begin, there is a worksheet
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that accompanies this video. So, pause
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and download from the link below.
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So, let's start with the video focus.
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It's basically developing academic
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speaking skills through the theme of
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education and learning in the digital
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age,
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helping students organize ideas clearly,
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participate in discussion, and present
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academic ideas confidently in spoken
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English.
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It would be true to say students often
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have problems in academic speaking
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discussions through these four areas.
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Firstly, disorganized structure.
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Students often struggle to organize
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their ideas logically, leading to
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rambling or fragmented spoken answers.
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Secondly, weak argumentation.
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Learners frequently state opinions
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without backing them up using clear
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reasons, concrete examples, or cause
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effect relationships.
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Thirdly, inflexible interaction.
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Students frequently freeze up or
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miscommunicate during discussions
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because they lack strategies to seek
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clarification, paraphrase, or repair
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conversation smoothly.
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And finally, overly absolute language.
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Language learners often speak in overly
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definitive terms rather than using
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tentative, cautious language, hedging,
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to express balanced academic evaluations
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and qualified claims.
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So to address these key issues, Academic
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English UK has developed an AI supported
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academic speaking workbook that focuses
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on areas like structuring responses,
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giving reasons and examples,
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managing interaction,
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expressing cautious evaluation,
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and presenting balanced arguments.
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There are 10 lessons in total. You can
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see the topics here like structuring
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short academic responses, cautious
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language, paraphrasing, and presenting
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position.
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Today's video will focus on the first
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lesson, structuring short academic
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responses.
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So, the aims of this lesson are that by
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the end of this lesson, you will be able
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to give a clear structured academic
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spoken response to a university style
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question. Support main ideas with a
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reason and example.
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Use simple academic speaking phrases to
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organize answers.
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Evaluate AI feedback without relying on
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AI to generate responses.
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Just a note, the theme of this lesson is
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access and participation in online
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learning.
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Therefore, no specialist knowledge is
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needed.
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Okay, let's begin. Task one is model
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speaking.
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Listen or read the short model response.
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There is an audio link, but I'll read it
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to you on this video.
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So, I think online learning can increase
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access to university education,
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particularly for students who can't
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attend campus regularly.
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For example,
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recorded lectures and online resources
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allow learners to study at flexible
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times.
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However, access alone doesn't
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necessarily guarantee engagement.
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So, universities still need to provide
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guidance and interaction.
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Overall, digital tools can definitely
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support learning, but they tend to work
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best alongside active teaching.
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Now, choose the best summary.
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Listen again if you have to
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pause the slide and do the activity.
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Here
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is the answer.
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It's letter B.
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The point of this is
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students listen or read a model answer
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and identify its overall message
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rather than focusing on individual
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words.
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Okay, now let's go. Task two, guided
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speaking.
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Read the question below. Plan your
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response using the following framework.
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Then practice speaking your response
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aloud.
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Do not aim for a memorized answer.
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The question is in your view, how does
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online learning support university
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students?
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So, pause the slide and do this
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activity.
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Now use your notes to practice speaking
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aloud. The aim is fluency and
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organization rather than perfect
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language.
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Pause the slide and practice.
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Okay, great. Here are some sample
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answers.
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Pause and compare to yours.
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Right. Next is task three, which is
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language focus.
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Match the following functions with the
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phrases.
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Pause and match.
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Here are the answers.
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Pause and check.
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Good. Okay. Now complete the sentence
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starters.
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Pause and complete.
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Now you have completed these with your
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ideas. Practice speaking these out loud
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again. Pause and practice.
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Okay, great. And now we'll go to the
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task four which is the extended
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activity.
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You will now respond to a longer
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academic question by planning a one-
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minute response using a clear main
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position, one supporting reason, one
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example, and a brief conclusion.
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The question is, to what extent does
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digital access improve educational
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opportunity in universities?
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Plan your response in the box provided
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and then practice saying it aloud.
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Pause and do this activity.
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Good. Now we'll go to the AI supported
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task.
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Use an AI tool of your choice to support
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your learning. Use these exact steps on
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this slide. Pause and follow.
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Look at the AI response and answer the
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following reflection questions.
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Pause and do.
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Okay, fantastic.
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Hopefully you now have a better
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understanding of structuring short
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academic responses
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and what is expected in the basics of
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academic discussion.
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There is a task seven optional activity
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for more practice. Here
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you can pause and do.
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If you'd like more speaking
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then go here for our AI supported
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academic speaking workbook with 10
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lessons.
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That's all for now. Until next time,
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thanks for listening.
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