Part one: Introduction Part two: individual long turn Part three: two-way discussion

one-to-one interview of 11-14 either on the exam day or 7 is recorded for a dual

minutes
Taken

days earlier or later

Interview

purpose
The

task runs in three parts

Part

one: introduction between candidates & examiner on familiar topics for 4-5 minutes two: candidate is given a cue card with prompts on which he has to talk nonstop for 2 minutes after 1 minute preparation three: examiner initiates discussion on the cue card topic

Part

Part

Part
Tell

one: Interview sample

me your full name What should I call you? Do you work or do you study? Is it an easy job? Do you use machines at work? Do you think its going to change in the future? Do you like writing letters? What do you prefer, to receive letters or telephone calls?

Part

two: Cue card Sample

You should speak about how you achieved success and mention -what did you do? -when was it? -why did you choose this? -do you consider yourself successful?

Part

three: discussion -What should people do to achieve success? - But there are some people who do not achieve success despite having what youve just said. Why do you think that is? - What do you think of societys perception of success? - And you do not think the same?

Lexical

range & accuracy: varied range & accuracy: complex no expectation to native

Grammatical

sentences strongly advised

Pronunciation:

accent
Fluency

& cohesion: not too many pauses &

hesitations Scoring range: from 1 9 band score

Part one Part two Part three

Introduction
Function: introducing yourself providing personal & non-personal information including expressing information numerically Grammar: present simple; simple, compound & complex sentences Vocabulary: employment, hobbies self, family, residence, likes/dislikes,

education,

Introduction
Question patterns:
1.Whats 2.Do

your..?

you or are you? do you like about.? do you.?

3.What

4.Where 5.How 6.Why 7.How

long have you? do/ dont you? often do you.

8.

Introduction
Language bank:

Introducing response: actually, well, I guess Personal preference: Generally I prefer X to Y; Im not really fond of/interested in/ I dont really like; I love; I cant stand Frequency: Often; sometimes, rarely, occasionally,

Introduction
Language bank: The past: I used to; I would; I had/did/ was Description: all types of adjs. and adverbs Future plan: I hope to; I want to; I wish to; Id love to; I dream of

Introduction
Response samples:
1.Do

you work or are you a student?

Never say: Im a student. Or Im working. Should say: Actually, I am a student but working part time now. Im a fourth year student of finance & banking, and now Im working for a small restaurant as an assistant accountant. Im learning a lot from that
Develop your answer, dont make it too short!

Introduction
Practice:
1.Course

book: inter p.8; upper p.8 inter p. 6; upper p.6

2.Workbook: 3.Test

bank: p.1-56 Your turn

Individual long turn

Function: describing a place, an event or a situation from experience. Grammar: all verb tenses, forms and voices; simple, compound & complex sentences Vocabulary: varied

Individual long turn

Question pattern: information Qs
1.What

2.Who? 3.When? 4.Where? 5.Why? 6.How?

Individual long turn

Language bank 1.Introducing topic & opinion:
-

OK then, I would like to talk about. Right, Im going to talk about In my opinion/ view, . I really/strongly believe that Personally, I think Im really in favor of To my mind I suppose/ reckon/ guess/ doubt.

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Language bank 2. Presenting impersonal opinion:
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Some people may think/ believe/ feel that I think people should Its important that Its a good idea for people to overall/ generally/ on the whole/ in general/.. As a rule/ in principle

3. Giving advice:
-

4. generalizing:
-

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Language bank 5. Hypothesizing: - If (past simple), then. (would) - Id imagine that 6. Speculating:
-

Its difficult to say, but maybe Im not sure but perhaps Im pretty certain/sure that I predict/expect that As far as I can see, (it seems likely that)will For me, X is more/ less than I dont think X is as . as Y Whereas, on the other hand..

7. Comparing & contrasting:

-

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Language bank 8. Evaluating:
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I agree/ tend to agree I dont really agree/ think that I completely agree/disagree Im not really sure that/about Actually, Im not really sure about this, because Ive never Well, I guess it depend because there are many . I think, its hard to say, because. I dont have a strong opinion on this, but probably.

9. Qualifying an opinion:
-

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Language bank 10. Introducing an opposing viewpoint:
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But I think its also important to consider Well, yes, but on the other hand Except that/ although plus/ also/ in addition/ as well/ too Anther reason why I think is (that)

11. Linking ideas:

-

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Language bank 12. Outlining response:
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There are (two) main problems Firstly, secondly, .

I think there are several points to consider Well, let me see Mm, let me think about that for a moment Thats a good question

13. Buying time:

-

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Language bank 14. Clarifying ideas:
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What Im trying to say is Perhaps I should make myself clearer by saying What I mean to say is that Let me put it another way .

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Taking use of one-minute preparation
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Candidates are given a pencil and a piece of paper for preparation -> make an outline to your speech: conclusion Introduction: state the topic and state the reasons why you choose it Development: sketch ideas for each guideline question (*) Conclusion: reinforcement or further comment introduction; development and

Individual long turn

Getting a sense of two-minute talk
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Candidates have to talk non-stop up to 2 minutes -> get good sense of the time limit by self timing practice -> practice giving response with a recorder for two minutes

Individual long turn

Describe a journey you went on. You should include in your answer. Where you went on you journey Why you when to this particular place. What did you do and with whom Whether you enjoyed your journey or not and why.
Sample question & response Question:

Individual long turn

Sample question & response Response:
I

would like to tell you about a journey I went on a year ago. My wife and I took a trip to Holland. (1st Q) of us wanted to visit Amsterdam very much because we say pictures and heard stories of friends about how beautiful and wonderful it is. So finally we bought plane tickets, booked a hotel, pecked our bags and our trip began. (2nd Q)

Both

Individual long turn

Sample question & response Response: We spent a lot of time before our holiday in research of all the interesting places to visit and all the sights to see. So we went to Amstell Beer museum, took a romantic sunset cruise in the water channels, drove to Volendarn, a small prettiest fisherman village, visited a cheese farm. Every evening we took long walks along the channels, resting in small gardens, which Amsterdam has. A lot of Street artists were performing everywhere and a lot of people came to watch their show. (3rd Q)

Individual long turn

Sample question & response Response:
We

enjoyed very much everything we did

and especially being together in such a beautiful country. Having my wife by my side on this trip made it even more fun. (4th Q)

Individual long turn

Practice: 1. Course book: Inter p.24, 56 ; Upper p.8, 30, 52, 74 2. Workbook: Inter p. 22, 54; Upper p.6, 60 3. Test bank: p.57-99 Your turn