SHORT TALKS

 Preparation time: 30”.

- Breathe.
- Choose your two pictures (be clever!!).
- Make a brainstorming of ideas of each of
them. You can even try to connect both of
them.
 Time for speaking: 1’.
- First: you have to introduce yourself.
- Second: say what you are going to do
(restate the question or heading of the
exercise in an affirmative way) and mention
your choices and what they are for.
- Third: Give reasons about your choices. Talk
about the two options for the same amount
of time (make sure that the volume of things
you say about each other is the same). Finish
your speech saying something they have in
common.
 LINGUISTIC FUNCTIONS:

- GIVE YOUR OPINION: In my opinion, from my

point of view, personally I think that..., I’d
prefer…, I would say that…, I suppose that…,
as far as I’m concerned…, I’m pretty sure…, to
my mind…, in my view…
- SPECULATE: It’s possible that…, it might be a
good idea to…, I’m not sure but it must be a
good idea to…
- COMPARE AND CONTRAST: use comparatives
(of equality, superiority, inferiority…) and
superlatives. One advantage/disadvantage
is…, the pros are…the cons are…, use
connectors that help you (although…,
whereas), another important
difference/similarity is that…, both ideas
are…
- DESCRIBE: use vocabulary related to the
topic, mention qualities of the items, use
adjectives…
- SUGGEST: Why not thinking about “x” as
something that will make my life easier?, We
could use “x” as a…
- USE LINKERS TO ORGANIZE YOUR
DISCOURSE.
- BE COHERENT AND ORGANIZED.
- USE THE VOCABULARY FOR THE TOPIC AND A
RANGE OF GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES.
- AVOID REPETITION: (Imagine you are talking
about tourism, please avoid saying all the
time “tourists” and say things that are similar
“people”, “visitors”).
Sample answer:

“Hello everybody. My name is Susana and I’m going

to give a talk explaining why the coffee maker and
the laptop are the best ideas/suitable for a two
week camping holidays/to have a good holiday in a
camping…
In my view, the coffee maker not only can make my
life easier in the morning but also it can help me in
the coldest days. Moreover, having a hot white
coffee while reading the news on the internet is
amazing. So, why not having a laptop during your
holidays? It can allow you to read the news as I said
before and you can listen to music and keep in
touch with your family.
On the whole, both options are a guarantee of
success for your camping holiday/ both ideas are
incredibly suitable for a successful camping holiday”