SPEAKING PART 2 INDIVIDUAL LONG TURN

LISTEN TO THE TASK AND QUESTION CAREFULLY THINK ABOUT THE TOPIC. (What does it show? How are they related? What do they have in common? Read the question you have to answer.)

SIMILIARITIES USE LANGUAGE OF COMPARISON, (FITTER THAN/MORE EXCITING THAN)

COMPARE DIFFERENCES COHESIVE DEVICES AND DISCOURSE MARKERS (WHEREAS/WHILE/ON THE OTHER HAND) (WELL/ANYWAY/ACTUALLY)

These pictures are similar because they both show…….,

but they are different in other ways, in the first picture ……….…,

whereas/whilst/while in the second picture …..…. .

STRATEGY

SPECULATE USE MODAL VERBS AND DESCRIBING VERBS (MUST BE/MAY BE/COULD BE/COULD/HAVE) (SEEMS LIKE, SEEM TO BE, MAYBE, PERHAPS)

GIVE AN OPINION ANSWER THE QUESTION (PERSONALLY I THINK, AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED, IN MY OPINION)

COMMENT OF OTHER CANDIDATE

SPEAKING PART 3: COLLABORATIVE TASK

PART 1- DISCUSS EACH OF THE PROMPTS IN TURN.

( 2 MINUTES)

STUDENT A

1. Start the discussion

2. Express/justify an opinion

3. Ask for an opinion

STUDENT B

4. Responding:

Agree/ partly agree/disagree.

Expand partner’s idea.

5. Move on to another prompt.

Repeat steps1-3

PART 2 – MAKE A DECISION.( 1 MINUTE)

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE

EXPRESSING

OPINION

ASKING FOR

OPINION

AGREEING

Responding

DISAGREEING

Responding

SUGGESTING

Personally, I

think/believe/in my

opinion/ as I see it//if

you ask me/as far as

I’m concerned/I’d just

like to say/It seems to

me that/ That depends

totally on the

situation/I’m sure some

people would argue

that/ The way I see it/ I

don’t have a problem

if/with that/Generally

speaking/ I think it’s

fair to say/ I’m not

saying….but/ I

wouldn’t go that far

but/I think that goes

without saying/ As I see

it/ I must say that/What

I think about that is/It

seems to me that

How do you feel

about that? What

do you think?/

How do you see

it? Would you

agree with that/

Do you think…?

What’s your

opinion?/ Do you

see what I

mean?/Anything

to add?/Do you

feel the

same?/What’s

your view on

that?

I think you

absolutely

right/that’s my view

exactly/that’s

true/yes I think so/

that’s right/

absolutely/ I’m with

you there/yes ..aren’t

you?/ Good point/ so

do I

Expand partner’s

idea:

I could also say

that/To add to that/

I’m afraid I don’t

agree/I’m not sure

about that/I can’t

share your view/ you

must be

joking/Come on/ Do

you really think so/I

don’t really believe/

I don’t think that’s

true/ I’m not

convinced

Partly agree: I take

your point but/ I see

what you mean

but/That’s true in a

way but/Well it

depends/ To a

certain extent but/ I

suppose so but on

the other

hand/That’s an

interesting point but,

Shall we

start/begin with

this one/ let’s

start…../Why

don’t we…../

What about the

first suggestion

We could start

with / Shall we go

on to the next

prompt?/ Let’s

skip this one

What do you

think about?/How

about considering

this one/Shall we

go to the next

prompt?

Buy time Speculate To justify use linking words Clarify: What I/You mean is..

SPEAKING PART 4 DISCUSSION (4 minutes)

In this part of the test, you will take part in a discussion by answering questions which broaden the

topic of part 3. You can also respond to what your partner says.

What is being tested?

Ability to discuss issues in more depth.

What do you have to do?

You may be asked a direct question or a question to both discuss, which develope the topic

discussed in part 3 and may lead to a more general discussion.

Comment on what your partner says, agree or disagree with their ideas.

Give opinions and express your feelings about the issues. Give reasons and

examples.

Strategy: Listen to your partner, ask them questions or give follow- up comments.

Use a wide range of language, but don’t dominate the discussion.

Initiate and respond appropriately, maintain and develope the interaction.

Nb. Speaking criteria: interactive communication, pronunciation, discourse management,

grammar and vocabulary.)

DISCUSSION MODEL:

1. Topic sentence(present topic/main idea)

2. Arguments (present and explain ideas)

3. Examples(support views using specific examples)

4. Summarise and conclude.