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Frames for the Speaking test
TEST 15
Part 1 (2-3 minutes)
Tasks Identifying oneselt: giving information about oneself; talking about interests.
Phase 1
Examiner
AJB Good morning / afternoon / evening.
Gan | have your mark sheets, please?
AB UM eee and this is .
He / she is just going to listen to us.
A Now, what's your name?
Thank you
B And what's your name?
Thank you,
Back-up prompts
B Candidate B, what's your surname? How do you write your
How do you spell it? family / second name?
Thank you. |
A ‘And, Candidate A, what's your sumame? How do you write your
How do you spell it?
Thank you.
family / second name?
(Ask the following questions. Use
| candidates’ names throughout.
Ask Candidate A first)
Where do you live / come from?
Adult student
Do you work or are you a student in. .?
What do you do / study?
‘School-age students
Do you study English at school?
Do you like it?
Thank you
(Repeat for Candidate 8.)
Do you livein. ..
Have you got a job?
What job do you do? / Wi
subject(s) do you study?
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Back-up prompts
2 you enjoy studying English? Way (not)? Do you ike studying Engish?
D2 you think that English wil be useful or you Will you use English in the
2 future? future?
Vat did you do yesterday evening /last weekend? Did you clo anything yesterday
evening / last weekend? What?
‘at do you enjoy doing in your tree tine? What do you like to do in your
free tt
Thank you.
introduction to Part 2)
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next part, you are going {o talk to each other
Pert 2 (2-3 minutes)
'S WAITING ROOM
Discussing altematives: exprassi
19 opinions; making choices.
Examiner Say to both candidates:
ee ——
I'm going to describe a situation to you.
A dentist has a room where people wait. I's not very comfortable
| Talk together about different ways to make the room irore comforaple and say
which would be best
Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.
Ask both candidates to !o0k at picture 3A on page V of the Student's Book and
repeat the frame,
| say that again
A dentist has @ room where people wait. I's not very comfortable.
Talk togettier about different ways to make the room more comfortable and say
which would be best
[at right? Talk together.
Allow the candidates enough time to complete
Prompt only if necessary.
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Part 3 (3 minutes)
VISITING A TOWN
Tasks Describing people and places; saying where people and things are and what
different people are doing.
Examiner Say to both candidates:
a
Now, I'd like each of you to talk on your own about something. I'm going to give
each of you a photograph of people visiting towns.
Candidate A, here is your photograph. (Ask Candidate A to look at photo 3B on
page VI of the Student's Book.) Please show it to Candidate B, but I'd like you
to talk about it. Candidate B, you just listen. I'l give you your photograph in a
| moment.
Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in the photograph.
3B
(Candidate A) Approximately one minute
If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used
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Examiner | Now, Candidate B, here is your photograph. It also shows people visiting a
town. (Ask Candidate B to look at photo 3C on page VIII of the Student's Book.)
Please show it to Candidate A and tell us what you can see in the photograph.
(Candidate B) Approximately one minute
Ask the candidates to close their books before moving to Part 4.
Part 4 (3 minutes)
Tasks Talking about one's likes and dislikes; expressing opinions.
Examiner Say to both candidates:
Your photographs showed people visiting towns. Now, I'd like you to talk
together about the things you like to do when you visit a town and say why you
like to do them.
Allow the candidates enough time to complete the task without intervention.
Prompt only if necessary.
Back-up prompts
Talk about the things you like to do ina
town.
[——~———__—_____ | 9. Talk about why you ike to do these things.
Thank you. That's the end |_| 3: Talk about who you like to visita town with. _
loti tae: 4, Talk about a town you visited recently.