Intermediate 2 | Sample Speaking Test

SPEAKING TEST
Duration: Approximately 7-8 minutes/ pair

PART 1 – SHORT INTERACTIONS (3 minutes)

(These questions are not printed in your test paper. You won’t be given any preparation time
in this part.)
Candidate A
Let’s talk about homelessness. (người vô gia cư)
- Are there more homeless people in your city now than in the past?
- Why do you think people end up being homeless?
- What can be done to help homeless children?

Candidate B
Let’s talk about recycling.(tái chế)
- Are you good at recycling?
- Why do you think we should reuse and recycle?
- How can we raise people’s awareness about recycling?

PART 2 – LONG DISCUSSION (4-5 minutes)

(You will be given the card and you are allowed to take notes).
Discuss the following question with your partner:

What personal characteristics do you think most successful people have? Why?
(Những tính cách nào bạn nghĩ là những người thành công nhất có? Vì sao?)

Suggested ideas:
- Self-discipline (Kỉ luật)
- Patience (Kiên nhẫn)
- Confidence (Tự tin)
You have 2 minutes to prepare, and up to 3 minutes to discuss.
Speaking checklist

Grammar and Student uses grammatical form correctly.

Vocabulary (SV sử dụng ngữ pháp đúng)
(Ngữ pháp và từ Student uses appropriate vocabulary.

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vựng) (SV sử dụng từ vựng phù hợp)

Content Student produces extended responses.
(Nội dung) (SV mở rộng câu trả lời)
Student’s answers are relevant to the questions.
(SV trả lời đúng đề trong câu hỏi)
Student uses a range of cohesive devices.
(Sinh viên sử dụng nhiều từ liên kết. VD: but, so, and, or, it, they,...)
Pronunciation Student speaks clearly and intelligibly.
(Phát âm) SV nói rõ ràng và dễ nghe
Student makes sentence stress, word stress and intonation.
SV có ngữ điệu, nhấn nhá trong câu và từ
Interactive Student initiates and responds generally appropriately.
Communication SV nhìn chung bắt đầu và phản hồi một cách phù hợp
(for Part 2 only)
Student keeps the interaction going with little prompting and support.
Tương tác trong
SV giữ sự tương tác với nhau, cần ít sự trợ giúp.
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