speaking B2

SPEAKING TEST B2

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In the speaking test you and your partner have to talk for up to 20 minutes (25 minutes if you are in a group of three).

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Warming-up

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You will be asked general questions about your family, holidays, friends… This part is not taken into account for your final mark.

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Monologue (to be done individually)

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You will be given two different sheets with questions/prompts related to one of the topics in the curriculum. You will be asked to choose ONE of the sheets and be given A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO THINK about what you want to say. You have to talk for up to 3 minutes without interruption. You will not be asked any questions unless you get stuck.

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Interaction (to be done with another student)

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You will be given a sheet with a topic and some prompts related to it. The topic will be different from the ones you developed in part 2 of the test. You will have to make a conversation with another student. Tips for this part: - speak in turns: ask questions and respond to the questions the other student asks you, allow/encourage the other student to give opinions and agree, disagree with or add up to your ideas on the topic. - react to your partner’s ideas.

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Assessment is based on performance in the whole of the speaking test.

• Organization and connection of ideas.
• Fluency.
• Ability to interact with others in order to complete a social, interactive task.
• Ability to give opinions and express different points of view.

• Comprehensible pronunciation of individual sounds, stress and intonation.
• Accuracy and appropriacy of grammar and vocabulary.
• Coherence and range of grammar structures and vocabulary.

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Make sure you...

Do not give short answers.

Speak clearly, look at the interlocutor (the other student, not the teacher)

Speak as much as possible within the time limit, without taking up all the time: allow and encourage the other student to talk and give opinions.

Try to be natural and spontaneous and sound helpful and interested.

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