Frames for the Speaking test
TEST 1
Part 1 (2-3 minutes)
Tasks Identifying oneself; giving information about oneself; talking about interests.
Phase 1
Examiner
IB Good morning / afternoon / evening.
Can | have your mark sheets, please?
PIB EM coecccsseee AMO MHS IS oosssesceee
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 Student B, what's your surname? How do you write your family /
How do you spell it? second name?
Thank you.
A ‘And, Student A, what's your surname? How do you write your family /
How do you spell it?
Thank you.
second name?
(Ask the following questions.
Ask Student A first.)
Where do you live / come from?
Do you study English at school?
Do you like it?
Thank you.
(Repeat for Student B.)
Do you live in. . .?
Do you have English lessons?
92Phase 2
Examiner
Test 1
(Select one or more questions from the list to ask each student. Ask Student B first.)
Back-up prompts
What's your favourite school subject? Why? Do you like studying maths /
science?
Tell us about your English teacher. Who is your English teacher?
What do you enjoy doing in your free time? What do you do in your free
time?
Tell us about your family. Do you have brothers and
sisters?
Thank you.
(Introduction to Part 2)
In the next part, you are going to talk to each other.
Part 2 (2-3 minutes)
GOODBYE PRESENT
Tasks
Examiner
Discussing alternatives; expressing opinions; making choices.
Say to both students:
'm going to describe a situation to you.
A gitl is going to live in another city. The people in her tennis club want to give
her a goodbye present. Talk together about the different things they could give
her and then decide which would be best.
Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.
Ask both students to look at picture 1 on page | of the Student's Book and
repeat the frame.
Pil say that again.
A girl is going to live in another city. The people in her tennis club want to give
her a goodbye present. Talk together about the different things they could give
her and then decide which would be best.
All right? Talk together.
Allow the students enough time to complete the task without intervention. Prompt
only if necessary.
93Frames for the Speaking test
Part 3 (3 minutes)
ENJOYING MUSIC
Tasks
Examiner
(Student A)
Examiner
(Student B)
Now, I'd like each of you to talk on your own about something. I'm going to give
Describing people and places; saying where people and things are and
what people are doing,
Say to both students:
each of you a photograph of people enjoying music.
Student A, here is your photograph. (Ask Student A to look at photo 1B on
page II of the Student's Book.) Please show it to Student B, but I'd like you to
talk about it. Student B, you just listen. Il give you your photograph in a moment.
Student
lease tell us what you can see in your photograph.
Approximately one minute
If there is a need to intervene, prompts rather than direct questions should be used.
Ask Student A to close his / her book.
Now, Student B, here is your photograph. It also shows people enjoying music.
(Ask Student B to look at photo 1C on page IV of the Student's Book.) Please
show it to Student A and tell us what you can see in the photograph.
Approximately one minute
Ask the students to close their books before moving to Part 4.
Part 4 (3 minutes)
Tasks
Examiner
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Talking about one’s likes and dislikes; expressing opinions.
Say to both students:
Your photographs showed people enjoying music. Now, I'd like you to talk
together about when you enjoy music and say what you do when you're listening
to music:
Allow the students enough
time to complete the task Tak about wane Prompts
without intervention. 1. Talk about when you enjoy music.
Prompt only if necessai 2, Talk about what you do when you're listening
ia iti to music.
“Thank you. That's the end 3, Talk about the type of music you like
of the test 4, Talk about the type of music you don’t lke.
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