Topical Talk skills poster

The essential critical-thinking and communication skills needed to think and speak for ourselves about current affairs.

Published 01 January 2024

Topical Talk lessons support students to develop the four critical-thinking and communication skills from the Skills Builder Universal Framework: problem-solving, creativity, speaking and listening. These skills are essential for success at school and beyond and are supported by over ten years of evidence-backed research.

This poster shows how the skills break down into 16 steps, which are grouped into four stages.

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