FRIDAY

03 CURRENT AFFAIRS

  1. | PANEL DISCUSSION — KEY IDEAS
  2. | SPEAKER PERSPECTIVES — THE CONTRAST
  3. | DISCUSSION — QUESTIONS
  4. | LANGUAGE BANK — 10 ITEMS
  5. | ANALYTICAL TAKEAWAY — COMPARISON → EVALUATION

Can a warming Arctic become an important commercial highway

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ANALYTICAL COMMENTARY OF THE EVENT
1 MIN PREPARATION
3–4 MIN SPEAKING
3 CORE STAGES
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Your task: comment analytically on a current socio-political event. Move beyond retelling: explain what happened, why it matters, and what is likely to follow.

THE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

EVENT → CONTEXT / CAUSE → SIGNIFICANCE → IMPLICATION → EVIDENCE / WHY

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