{"id":1968,"date":"2025-11-26T10:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.134.14.60\/wordpress\/?page_id=1968"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:16:45","slug":"intermediate-level","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/our-teacher-resources\/oracy-resources\/intermediate-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Level Oracy Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700; margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-x-large-font-size\">Intermediate Level Oracy Resources<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">The following resources are written for English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. <strong>Intermediate Level<\/strong> <em>Graded Examinations in Speech<\/em> Oracy qualifications, suitable for learners at <strong>Key Stages 3-4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-e7928a648898a50a82d32370fcac6e2e\" style=\"background-color:#012651;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Qualification Specifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6e4966e5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-7df0d575 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:15px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><strong>ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech<\/strong><br><strong>(Grade 4) Speech Pathways<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ESB-SPEC-C05-ESB-Level-2-Certificate-in-Speech-Grade-4-Speech-Pathways-v4.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:10px;color:#012651;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Download Qualification Specification<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-4538ace5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:15px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:0;box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><strong>ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech<\/strong><br><strong>(Grade 5a) Drama Focus<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ESB-SPEC-C17-ESB-Level-2-Certificate-in-Speech-Grade-5a-v4.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:10px;color:#012651;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Download Qualification Specification<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-7df0d575 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:15px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><strong>ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech<\/strong><br><strong>(Grade 5b) Presentation Focus<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ESB-SPEC-C18-ESB-Level-2-Certificate-in-Speech-Grade-5b-v4.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:10px;color:#012651;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Download Qualification Specification<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1394794f23e30bf74dc02ec58421c030\" style=\"background-color:#012651;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Classroom Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\" class=\"wp-block-table has-medium-font-size\"><table class=\"has-border-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-width:1px\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2494cd\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Speech to Connect<\/mark><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#d0c13c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Speech to Inform<\/mark><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#d99ad6\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Speech to Perform<\/mark><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-4-color\">Speech for Employability<\/mark><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ESB-RES-23-Speech-to-Connect-Teacher-Guide-v1.pdf\"><sup><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"wp-image-1283\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Register-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to open a Teacher Guide for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Connect pathway.\"><\/sup><\/a><br><sup>Open <strong>Speech to Connect <\/strong>Teacher Guide<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ESB-Level-2-Award-in-Speech-Grade-4-Speech-to-Inform.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zip-folder-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to download zipped folder of Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Inform pathway resources.\"><\/a><br><sup>Download <strong>Speech to Inform<\/strong> Resources<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ESB-Level-2-Award-in-Speech-Grade-4-Speech-to-Perform.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zip-folder-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to download zipped folder of Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Perform pathway resources.\"><\/a><br><sup>Download <strong>Speech to Perform<\/strong> Resources<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/L2G4-SpeechforEmployability-Resources.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zip-folder-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to download zipped folder of Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech for Employability pathway resources.\"><\/a><br><sup>Download <strong>Speech for Employability<\/strong> Resources <\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qIuT1ytJ9Pk?si=OVQkuI4I0u0Efkx4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Play-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to play the video resource 'The Reading' for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Connect pathway.\"><\/a> <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reviewing a News Item: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xT7uciPVBis&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fesbuk.org%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Play-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to play the video resource 'Reviewing a news item' for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Inform pathway.\"><\/a> <br>Persuasive Speaking:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rs0-DQEbswA&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fesbuk.org%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Play-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to play the video resource 'Persuasive Speaking' for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Inform pathway.\"><\/a> <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Performing a self-composition: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ocCJZhdIoVo&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fesbuk.org%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Play-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to play the video resource 'Performing a self composition' for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech to Perform pathway.\"><\/a>   <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The interview: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XXltwODEeJQ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Play-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to play the video resource 'The interview' for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech for Employability pathway.\"><\/a> <\/strong> <br>Making a telephone call: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hYcuBtMPeyM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" style=\"width: 25px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Play-icon-50px.png\" alt=\"Clickable icon to play the video resource 'Making a telephone call' for the Level 2 (Grade 4) Speech for Employability pathway.\"><\/a> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following resources are written for English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. 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Qualification Specifications ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech(Grade 4) Speech Pathways ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech(Grade 5a) Drama Focus ESB Level 2 Certificate in Speech(Grade 5b) Presentation Focus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-esb-template","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1968","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19579,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions\/19579"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}