Unit 11 — Public Speaking: Toward the Komm-Prüfung

Learning objectives Link to heading

• I can deliver a 4-minute monologue on a stimulus and respond to a 4-minute follow-up dialogue (Kommunikationsprüfung-style).
• I can use academic-spoken register without sounding stilted.
• I can rebut and concede with specifics in real time.

curriculum framework (“Bildungsplan”) alignment Link to heading

• 3.4.1 / 3.5.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
• 3.4.3.1 / 3.5.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
• 3.4.3.3 / 3.5.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
• 3.4.3.4 / 3.5.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen

(Sources: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-LF / https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/GYM/E1/IK/11-12-BF)

Lead-in story Link to heading

Klasse 11 begins formal preparation for the oral exam (“Kommunikationsprüfung”). Mr. Yilmaz set the format: 4-minute monologue from a stimulus + 4-minute examiner dialogue + 2-minute closing. The class is rehearsing in pairs. Maja drew a stimulus card on the future of work; the dialogue partner is to ask one supportive and one sharp follow-up.

1. Activate Link to heading

Stimulus scan. On the slide are three stimulus cards (one image, one quote, one statistic). Pick one. Build a 90-second outline.

2. Input Link to heading

Kommunikationsprüfung format (~10 min) Link to heading

1. Monologue (4 min). Frame stimulus → 2 arguments → counter + concession → close.
2. Dialogue (4 min). Examiner asks 4-6 follow-ups. Candidate must rebut, concede, and elaborate.
3. Close (2 min). One synthesis + one final stance.

Spoken academic register Link to heading

I would argue that … / The picture, however, is more complex … / Let me concede one point first … / The available evidence suggests … / What I’m not saying is X — what I am saying is Y. / On reflection, I think … / If I had to commit, I would say …

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

1. Match phrase to function: Let me concede one point → concession; On reflection → re-framing; If I had to commit → committing.
2. Build a 4-line monologue opening from a stimulus ‘The future of work is hybrid by 2030.’

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

3. Build a 4-minute monologue outline (bullets) on a stimulus of your choice.

4. Produce Link to heading

Pair Komm-Prüfung rehearsal. 10 minutes per pair (4 + 4 + 2). Audience scores: clarity of frame, specificity of evidence, quality of concession, fluency of rebuttal, quality of close.

Sample Link to heading

Let me start with the stimulus quote — the future of work is hybrid by 2030. I would argue that this claim is half-right and half-marketing. The available evidence suggests that hybrid arrangements are spreading in white-collar sectors, but the picture is more complex once we look beyond office work. Frontline jobs — care, retail, manufacturing — have been substantially less affected, and these are more than half of the workforce in most OECD countries. Accordingly, the 2030 will be hybrid claim is, in this regard, a claim about a specific sector that has been generalised. Let me concede one point first: white-collar hybrid work is here to stay, and the cultural effect of that — including on city planning, commute patterns, and small-business lunch traffic — is real. What I’m not saying is that hybrid is a fad. What I am saying is that the future of work is plural, not singular. On reflection, the more honest stimulus would be: the future of office work is hybrid by 2030. If I had to commit, I would say that the policy debate should focus on flexibility for those whose jobs cannot be hybrid — paid sick leave, predictable scheduling, training rights — because that is the fairness gap the hybrid framing tends to obscure.

5. Reflect Link to heading

• I can deliver a 4-minute monologue from a stimulus.
• I can hold a 4-minute dialogue with an examiner.
• I can rebut and concede in real time.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence using something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“I would argue that the future of work is hybrid claim is half-right. The available evidence suggests hybrid is real for white-collar sectors but frontline jobs — care, retail, manufacturing — have been substantially less affected. The honest stimulus is: the future of office work is hybrid by 2030.”

1. Stance: ___ . 2. Generalisation problem: ___ . 3. Frontline examples: ___ . 4. The corrected stimulus: ___ .

Part B — Analysis (~18 BE) Link to heading

Read the sample monologue above.

1. Two main arguments: ___ . 2. Concession + specifics: ___ . 3. What I am not saying / what I am saying contrast: ___ . 4. Final commit: ___ .

Part C — Composition (~18 BE) Link to heading

Insert spoken-academic phrase.

1. ___ that hybrid is half-right.
2. ___ , the picture is more complex.
3. ___ one point first: cultural effects are real.
4. ___ , I would say the policy debate should centre on flexibility.

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Write a 4-minute Komm-Prüfung-style monologue script (~300 words) on a stimulus of your choice. Use 5 spoken-academic phrases.

Downloads Link to heading

Common pitfalls Link to heading

• Reading off a card kills the dialogue.
• Generic concessions (you have a point) → name the specific point.
• Don’t memorise — internalise the structure.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

• TED Talks — short examples of stimulus-led talks.
• BBC Sounds — Question Time extracts.

Downloads

Presentation

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Worksheet

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