Demand High needn’t be pure improvisation. Prepare a bank of language, pronunciation and context prompts for key items, then fire the one that fits. ‘Make targeted strikes – don’t just lob it in!’
Example: one key-word transformation (CPE)
The cost of building materials has gone up a great deal recently → There has been ___ building materials recently.
- Language: alternatives to sharp / rise / cost; devil’s advocate (“a sharp growth in”?); adjective → adverb; replace recently; say it in four words; make it more emphatic.
- Pronunciation: move the stress and ask what changes; change the intonation.
- Context: who would say this, and how do they feel? Say it as a newsreader, an economist, a builder.
Use only the most profitable prompts: those linked to later lessons or recurring weaknesses.
Apply in my context (Claude)
- FCE Use of English Part 4 is the ideal site. One transformation, five minutes of prompts, turns a test item into a lexis lesson. It could become a standard “demand high” section in homework-check decks.
Connections
Doable demand at the learner’s next step · Round-ups, gapped boardwork and reformulation · Ambient language - exploit coursebook exercises beyond the targets