Students trying to memorise their speech so that they can appear to be fluent speakers of English.

To view students trying out this assessment task for the first time. Their interaction relied too much on memorisation, which affected the naturalness of their interaction.

Experience has shown that trying to memorise a speech leads to very stilted and unnatural oral language use which will not score high marks on the assessment criteria. It is much better for students to learn how to make notes in point form so that they know the main points they want to make and are comfortable with any key words and their pronunciation. They can then try out their ideas on an informal audience or even in front of the mirror, but should not try to memorise a speech. To view Mr Ricky Lam talking about the importance of good note-taking skills.