Lecturette for SSB

Pick the card, think for three minutes, speak for three — and sound like an officer.

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14.6k learnersIntermediate 8 lessons · 80 min English + हिंदी support

What you’ll learn

  • Choose a topic from a lecturette card and plan a three-minute talk in three minutes using a fixed five-line skeleton
  • Deliver an introduction, three distinct points and a conclusion that finishes between two and a half and three minutes
  • Speak on a current-affairs, social or abstract topic with at least one specific Indian example per point
  • Recover from losing the thread in under five seconds using a bridge line, without apologising or stopping
  • Hold a steady pace and posture with fewer than three fillers across a full lecturette
  • Complete two unseen lecturettes back to back under GTO timing and assessment

This course is for

NDA, CDS, AFCAT, TES and TGC candidates preparing for the SSB GTO series. The lecturette is the only GTO task where you speak alone and nobody can help you: a card with topics, three minutes to think, three minutes on your feet in front of the group. This course drills that exact routine with a GTO-style assessor. You learn the three-minute skeleton, build points for current-affairs, social and abstract or science topics, practise recovering when your mind goes blank, and finish with a capstone of two timed lecturettes assessed on clarity, structure and composure.

Intermediate

level

You can hold a basic conversation but hesitate, translate in your head, or freeze under pressure. We fix that.

Course 6 of 6 in the GD & Extempore track.

Inside every lesson

Ten minutes, five phases, one live tutor. Here is how lesson 1 — “The Card, the Clock and Your First Three Minutes” — runs.

  1. 1 min

    Warm-up & goal

    Tutor greets you and states today’s goal.

  2. 2 min

    Learn the patterns

    Learn 2–3 sentence patterns and repeat them aloud.

  3. 5 min

    Live roleplay

    Live roleplay — you do most of the talking.

  4. 1.5 min

    Corrections & retry

    Two specific corrections, then one retry.

  5. 30 sec

    Wrap-up & preview

    One thing you did well and a preview of next time.

Syllabus

Lessons unlock one after another. Completed lessons show your score; you can revisit any lesson.

Your AI tutors

Same lessons, different personalities. Pick one now or switch any time.

Colonel Vijay Raghunathan (Retd)

The Watchful Assessor

Lead tutorYour pick

Retired Group Testing Officer from an SSB centre, early 60s, unhurried and watchful

Best suited for: SSB, CDS, NDA and AFCAT aspirants who want the lecturette and GD assessed the way a real GTO assesses them: on clarity, structure and composure, not on vocabulary

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Anvesha Dutta

The Sparring Partner

President of a Delhi University debating society, now a litigation junior, mid-20s, quick and sharp

Best suited for: Learners who can state an opinion but collapse the moment someone pushes back, and need a fast, fair opponent who makes them think on their feet

4.8
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Prof. Mathew Cherian

The Socratic Moderator

Case-discussion professor at a Kozhikode B-school, late 40s, Socratic and patient

Best suited for: MBA, bank PO and campus candidates who ramble in GD and need to learn to read a case fast, find the decision point and speak in structured, evidence-backed turns

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