Hedge, Distance & Qualify

Lesson map

• ●🏁 StartFrame the lesson around evidence-sensitive confidence.
• 1📚 VocabularyBuild language for uncertainty, attribution and qualification.~7 min
• 2🧠 GrammarControl lexical hedging, distancing, tentative modality and stance adverbials.~20 min
• 3🎧 ListeningHear speakers calibrate certainty and source distance.~12 min
• 4✏️ ExercisesPractise matching language strength to evidence.~5 min
• 5📖 ReadingRead three C1 texts and track how certainty is calibrated.~12 min
• 6🎙 SpeakingExpress positions at different confidence levels.~14 min
• 7✍️ WritingRewrite claims so that certainty, attribution and evidence align.~20 min
• 8✅ ReviewIntegrate hedging, distance and qualification.~6 min