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Speaking, interaction, and mediation lab
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Speaking, interaction, and mediation lab

A dedicated place for oral planning, role-play, mediation, and repair work so speaking stays connected to the rest of the academy.

Plan the answer before the pressure hits

Speaking gets more stable when you prepare the structure before you chase length: opening, support, follow-up, then repair if needed.

This lab links role-play, mediation, and oral defence tasks to reusable support pages so the oral layer stays systematic.

  • Build a short complete answer first.
  • Add one follow-up move or clarification question.
  • Keep one repair phrase visible until it becomes natural.

Keep interaction and mediation together

The oral system is not only monologue practice. Use these routes to relay information, simplify a message, compare viewpoints, and defend a response under pressure.

After each session, carry one reusable line into a live lesson or mock block.

Related lessons

A0 Foundation

24 min

Mini dialogues and repair

Review A0 through short dialogues that combine greetings, identity, time, and repair moves.

  • Reuse earlier A0 content inside short practical conversations.
  • Repair a misunderstanding with repetition and clarification.
A1

20 min

Speaking confidence mini lab

Build short spoken answers, follow-up questions, and repair moves for real A1 conversation practice.

  • Talk about speaking and interaction in short complete French rather than isolated words.
  • Use short answer-building and follow-up structure to add one clear detail about speaking and interaction without losing control.
A2

22 min

Reformulating service information

Hear or read a service message, then reformulate the essential information for another person.

  • Talk about mediation and listening in short complete French rather than isolated words.
  • Use reformulation and key-detail selection to add one clear detail about mediation and listening without losing control.
B1

24 min

Oral position-taking and follow-up

Give a short opinion, support it, and handle follow-up questions without losing the main line of the answer.

  • State a clear position on speaking and interaction early enough that the listener knows what you are defending or limiting.
  • Use spoken answer frames with support and follow-up to connect the claim to reasons, examples, or a brief reservation instead of stacking separate reactions.
B2

26 min

Oral defence under follow-up questions

Keep your position stable when the listener pushes back, asks for detail, or tests the limits of your argument.

  • Handle speaking and interaction as an independent-communication task with a visible line of thought from opening to finish.
  • Use oral defence and follow-up handling to support the message, sequence, or comparison that the lesson actually asks for.
C1

26 min

Multi-source oral synthesis

Build an oral synthesis that combines several sources into one coherent advanced response.

  • Treat oral synthesis and sources as advanced interpretive work where the organizing angle must be visible from the opening move onward.
  • Use organizing an oral synthesis by themes to control stance, synthesis, register, or rhetorical pressure with precision rather than with ornamental length.

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