Speaking Skills

Stage 1(1 min)

Examiner: - Good morning. Please sit down. My name is ____________. Whats your name?
(To candidate A)
Candidate A: - My name is Aadeesh Kumar and my registration no. is M115/62565/0117.
Examiner: - And whats your name? (To Candidate B)
Candidate B: - My name is Harshit Nagpal and my registration no. is M115/62565/
Examiner: - Thats good. Aadeesh tell me something about hobbies.
Candidate A: - My hobbies are playing sports such as Lawn tennis, table tennis, badminton,
etc and video game programming.
Examiner: - Harshit, would you like to tell me something about your school?
Candidate B: - I study in Delhi Public School. It has a junior block, a senior block and an
administrative block situated near the junior block. It also has a small playground for juniors
and an assembly ground. A Basketball court, Tennis court, Football field, Cricket field,
Swimming pool, Clubhouse which has games like Snooker, Table Tennis and Chess, Library,
Amphitheatre, Computer Lab on each floor of the school, it also provides various hobbies
for students like Karate, Skating, Literary Club, Computer Club etc.

Stage 2 (4 mins)

Examiner: - Now, Aadeesh, you may introduce your topic. When you are done, Harshit will
ask you a question and then I will ask you another.
Candidate A: - The topic that I am going to speak about is on Ebola and its deadly effect on
people and animals alike. Formally known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, it has been causing
worldwide concern as it infects people in countries out of West Africa, including the United
States. Newspapers around the world have made the epidemic front page news and top
headlines, and global health experts, such as the CDC, have declared the 2014 Ebola
epidemic as the largest in history. This virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and
then spread from human to human and is transmitted through close contact with blood,
secretions, organs and other parts of infected animals. Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two
simultaneous outbreaks in Nzara, Sudan and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. A
sudden onset of fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat followed
by vomiting, diarrhoea, rashes, impaired kidney and liver function, internal and external
bleeding are the basic signs and symptoms of Ebola.

Examiner: - Thank you, Aadeesh. Now Harshit, do you have a question to ask Aadeesh?
Candidate B: - Should People Travelling to Africa be worried about this outbreak?
Candidate A: - Ebola has been reported in multiple countries in West Africa. A warning level
3 has been issued for tourists advising them to avoid all nonessential travel to Guinea, Mali,
Liberia, and Sierra Leone as there have been reports of a number of cases of Ebola in those
areas.
Examiner: - How can Health workers care about their own selves when they are tending to
patients infected with Ebola?
Candidate A: - Health workers treating patients with suspected or confirmed illness are at
higher risk of infection than other groups. During an outbreak a number of important
actions will reduce or stop the spread of the virus and protect health workers and others in
the health-care setting. These actions are called standard and other additional
precautions and are evidence-based recommendations known to prevent the spread of
infections. However, health-care workers should strictly apply recommended infection
control measures to avoid exposure to infected blood, fluids, or contaminated environments
or objects such as the patients blood, saliva etc.
Examiner: - Thank you. Now Harshit, you will introduce your topic.
Candidate B: - Transplantation of organs and tissues such as heart, liver, kidneys and
corneas are one of the greatest achievements in modem medicine, these transplants save
lives of human beings. However, they depend entirely on the generosity of donors and their
families and on organ donation. Organ and tissue donors leave a miraculous legacy. They
are living proof that death can bring life, that sorrow can turn to hope, and that a terrible
loss can become the greatest gift of all. Every day they lead us on a journey of hope,
renewal, and transformation. Organ donation empowers all of us not only to save lives but
also to enhance lives. A living person can donate perhaps one kidney or part of a liver and
save only one life but after brain death a person can save up to nine lives and donate all
their organs and tissues and this includes heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, intestines,
corneas and so on. The act of donation not only transforms the life of the patients but also
of their whole family. There can be no act holier than organ donation when done out of
true altruism. Not expecting anything in return but donating only to save many lives. The act
of donation in the moment of extreme grief has to some extent also helped some of the
families in getting through the loss of their loved one as donation is the only positive aspect
that comes out of the extreme loss.

Candidate A: - What are the organs that can be transplanted?

Candidate B: - Kidneys, heart, liver, lungs, pancreas and the small bowel are the organs that
can be transplanted. Techniques are improving all the time and we may soon be able to
transplant other parts of the body to help even more people.
Examiner: - What is tissue donation?
Candidate B: - Tissue donation is the gift of tissue such as corneas, skin, bone, tendons,
cartilages and heart valves to help others. Bone, tendons and cartilage are used for
reconstruction after an injury or during joint replacement surgery. A bone transplant can
prevent limb amputation in patients suffering from bone cancer.
Heart valves are used to help children born with heart defects and adults with diseased or
damaged valves. Skin grafts are used to treat people with severe burns.
Most people can donate tissue. Unlike organs, it may be possible to donate tissue up to 48
hours after a person has died.
Examiner: - Thank you. Now let us get to the next task.

Stage 3(PSQ)
Examiner: - I am going to give you a card which has information about some problem. It
would be appreciated if you both read the problem and form a solution of the same. You
have 2 minutes to do so.
Here is your problem.
Your classmates have not been able to keep the school tidy. After lessons there is litter in
the classrooms and in the halls. With your partner discuss what you can do to make the
school a nicer, cleaner place.
Candidate A: - A disorganized, unkempt, or clutter-filled classroom sends the message to
students that poor behaviour and middling work habits is acceptableregardless of how
often or how forcefully it is said otherwise. Hence, there is an urgent need for the
cleanliness and maintenance of our classrooms. All the students in a section must come
together and should be allotted 10 minutes to clean the classroom before leaving.
Candidate B: - It is not right to let the maids to do all the cleaning works after all
students literally trash the place all over. They should not be allowed to enter the
classrooms so that the students finally realize at some point of time or the other that
something needs to be done about their classrooms and hence finally have the sense of
responsibility towards it.

Examiner: - Please stop there. That's the end of the test. Thank you and goodbye.