I largely agree that ___.
Task 2: State a Clear Position
Analyse exactly what the prompt asks, choose a defensible position, and maintain it through topic sentences, examples, and a conclusion without memorised universal claims.
Your goal
By the end of this lesson, you can answer the prompt and maintain a consistent position.
Progress focus: WRLC
Engduo Audio: Licensed voices prepared for this lesson. Audio never starts automatically. Use the transcript after the first listening attempt.
1. Look, listen, and notice
Use the visual and model audio to understand the situation, viewpoint, or communication problem before studying the language.
- prompt instruction
- scope
- position
- two supporting reasons
Engduo Audio • American English
Transcript — open after listening
I largely agree that cities should prioritise public spaces because these facilities provide daily value and are accessible to a wider range of residents.
Engduo Audio • Australian English
Transcript — open after listening
Large events can create short-term benefits. Nevertheless, regular investment in safe parks and libraries is more likely to support long-term community use.
How to run Stage 1
Confirm the observable outcome and connect it to one realistic learner need.
2. Build useful language
Choose the phrases that help you complete the task; do not memorise a full script.
The main reason is ___.
This is especially important when ___.
A possible limitation is ___.
Nevertheless, ___.
For these reasons, ___.
How to run Stage 2
Use the visual and first audio or text for meaning before explaining language.
3. Rehearse with support
Practise the decisions, evidence, listening, or language moves that make the final task successful.
- Underline the topic, instruction, and scope in four original prompts.
- Compare clear, partial, and unclear thesis statements.
- Test whether each paragraph idea actually supports the chosen position.
How to run Stage 3
Select only the useful-language items needed for this learner and this task.
4. Complete the communication task
Exchange information, solve a problem, create a text, or reach a decision with a real outcome.
Plan an original essay prompt: Cities should spend more on public spaces than on large events. To what extent do you agree? Choose a position, two reasons, one limitation, and relevant examples.
How to run Stage 4
Run the supported rehearsal without reading every instruction aloud.
5. Perform, receive feedback, and retry
Complete the task with keywords only, receive focused feedback, and repeat the weakest part.
Write an introduction, two topic sentences, and a conclusion that maintain one clear position; explain orally how each sentence answers the exact prompt.
Retry: Repeat once with clearer meaning, stronger evidence, more accurate listening, or less support.
How to run Stage 5
Run the main task: Plan an original essay prompt: Cities should spend more on public spaces than on large events. To what extent do you agree? Choose a position, two reasons, one limitation, and relevant examples.
Exit check
Complete this without reading a model: State the position in one sentence and name the two reasons that will support it.
Success looks like: The position directly answers the instruction, stays consistent, and controls the scope of every paragraph.
Evidence: writing · Repeat the weakest part once after one meaning-focused and one language-focused correction at most.
WR · Writing Control
2: Produces reader-focused writing that completes the stated purpose.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
LC · Language Control
2: Controls the target language well enough to keep meaning clear.
1: Demonstrates the skill after one focused prompt, correction or self-repair.
0: Cannot yet demonstrate the skill clearly enough to complete the stated outcome.
Use these scores after the independent attempt. Record one recurring need in the Engduo app when lesson-result fields become available.
How to run Stage 6
Record focused evidence, give one meaning-focused and one language-focused correction at most, repeat the weakest part, and complete the exit check.
คำอธิบายภาษาไทย — เปิดเมื่อจำเป็นเท่านั้น
แยก topic, instruction และขอบเขตคำถามก่อน เลือกจุดยืนที่ปกป้องได้ แล้วให้ทุกย่อหน้าสนับสนุนจุดยืนเดียวกัน
Teacher guide
30-minute must-do route
- Confirm the observable outcome and connect it to one realistic learner need.
- Use the visual and first audio or text for meaning before explaining language.
- Select only the useful-language items needed for this learner and this task.
- Run the supported rehearsal without reading every instruction aloud.
- Run the main task: Plan an original essay prompt: Cities should spend more on public spaces than on large events. To what extent do you agree? Choose a position, two reasons, one limitation, and relevant examples.
- Record focused evidence, give one meaning-focused and one language-focused correction at most, repeat the weakest part, and complete the exit check.
60-minute extension
- Use a qualified position and explain the condition under which the view changes.
- Change the role, information, listener, or constraint so the learner transfers the skill rather than repeating the same answer.
- Compare the first and second performance and record one specific improvement.
Make it easier
Choose one of three positions and match two supporting reasons.
Make it harder
Use a qualified position and explain the condition under which the view changes.
Likely difficulty
The learner may discuss the topic generally, change position, or use a memorised thesis that does not answer the instruction.
Correction priority
Prioritise exact prompt response, consistent position, and relevant paragraph purpose.
Thai support rule
Keep the Thai panel closed unless examples, visuals, replay, reformulation, and simpler English do not allow progress. Explain only the key distinction, then return to English.
Progress record
Score WR, LC from 0–2 and record one recurring need from: prompt-analysis, thesis, consistency.
Retry
Give one meaning-focused correction and one language-focused correction at most, then ask for a second attempt with fewer visible prompts.
Continue your learning path
- Council of Europe — CEFR Companion Volume — Supports action-oriented language learning through age- and level-appropriate interaction, descriptions, goal-oriented co-operation, written interaction, and observable communication outcomes.
- IELTS — Academic test format in detail — Supports accurate lesson alignment to the official IELTS Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking task structure and skills.
- IELTS — Writing band descriptors — Supports feedback on task achievement or response, coherence and cohesion, lexical resource, and grammatical range and accuracy without promising a band score.
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