FCE Speaking practice

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G3A week 11, lesson 1
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Good morning everyone!
G3A week 11, lesson 1

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Today's menu
FCE speaking tips
&
Speaking practice

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Please find your exam partner
Decide who will be speaker A and who will be speaker B

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Part 1
Part 1 is a conversation between the examiner and you and lasts two minutes. You are asked questions about yourself and your family, your hobbies and interests, your studies, your likes and dislikes. 


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How to do part 1
  •  Don't prepare detailed answers before you go to the exam.
  • Do make sure that you know the vocabulary you need to talk about your family, your town, your studies and your free time activities. 
  • Listen to the examiner's questions carefully

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Part 1 - Example questions
Speaker 1: Where are you from? 
Advice: Don't just answer the questions, give some extra information if you can. 

Speaker 1: What do young people do in your town? 
Advice: You can offer several ideas or answers to one question.

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Example questions and advice
Speaker 2: Do you like doing sports? 
Advice: Avoid giving simple Yes/No answers which end the conversation.
Speaker 2: Tell us about something you really enjoyed doing recently. 
Advice: When you speak about things you enjoy sound enthusiastic. Be ready to use past tenses. 

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Part 2 - In Part 2 you work alone
  • The examiner gives you two photos about the same topic to speak about. 
  • He/she asks you to speak for one minute, compare the photos and answer a question about the topic of the photos.
  • The question is also printed above the photos
  • When you partner speaks about their photos, you should listen carefully as you have to answer a question about them too.

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How to do Part 2
  • Talk about the general ideas in the photos, don't try to describe them in detail.
  • Compare the ideas the two photos show in relation to the question.  Say what is the same and what is different.
  • When you are not sure what is happening in a photo, speculate (She seems to be ....., He might be ......)

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Comparing the photos

1 minute per candidate
  • In the first photo, there is a girl who looks as if she's chatting on the internet or sending an email, whereas/while in the second photo two oldish people are sitting on a park bench gossiping or telling each other stories. 
  • Discuss photo one
  • Discuss photo two
  • Discuss both: The people are probably communicating with friends and that is usually fun. However,....... Whereas, .........

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Speculating language

In the first photo I see a girl who looks as if .........

While the girl seems to be concentrating hard, perhaps because she is writing .....
I think the girl might be talking to a friend about school work or their boyfriends. 

On the other hand the old people are probably talking about their grandchildren, or they could be talking about things they did when they were younger.

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Speaker 1: How do these people feel about being together?
Speaker 2: How often do you spend time with other people? Why?

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Speaker 2: Why might the people have chosen to visit these places?
Speaker 1: Do you enjoy sightseeing? Why/why not?

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         Part 3 - You work with the other candidate
  • The first part of the task takes two minutes, the examiner gives you a page with a question and five prompts.
  • You have 15 seconds to consider them before you speak.
  • You should discuss each of the options in turn
  • In the second part you have to summarise, for example, choosing the option that is best - you have one minute for this. 

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How to do Part 3- first part
  • Listen carefully to the question
  • In the 15 seconds thinking time, consider how you can start a discussion, perhaps with a suggestion and a reason for your ideas
  • Remember to ask your partner what he/she thinks. 
  • When your partner says something, react to their ideas.
  • Try to make the discussion sound natural and DON'T TRY TO DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION.
  • Keep the discussion moving by saying: What do you think? / Shall we move on? 

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Second Part
  1. Don't discuss each option again, but just the ones that seem most reasonable to you. 
  2. Try to reach a decision but remember it is not essential to agree. 

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Involving your partner
  • What do you think?
  • Do you agree?
  • What about (a music festival)
  • I think ..... What about you?
Keeping the discussion moving
  • What about (a theme park)What do you think?
  • Let's move on to the next option
  • Shall we move on to the next option?

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Useful language
How do you think ....
Well perhaps ..... 
I imagine students would see ...
That's a good point.
Yes, I see what you mean.
 I suppose that might be ....
You're right. 

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Take 2 minutes to discuss what people should consider when planning a memorable holiday

Now take 1 more minute to discuss which of these is most important.
tip: Don't compare options too much in the first part and don't agree too quickly in the second part.

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          Part 4 - In Part 4 you continue to work together
The examiner asks both of you your opinions connected with the topic you discussed in Part 3. 

Part 4 lasts about 4 minutes. 

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How to do Part 4
  • Listen carefully to the questions, If you don't understand, say "sorry, can you say that again. please?"
  • Give general answers to the questions
  • If you don't know the answer to the question, don't just say " I don't know", Say "I don't know a lot about this subject but  I think .... and then give some ideas. 

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Example questions
  • Take a minute to discuss your favorite ways to spend the summer holiday.
  • Speaker 1: Some places attract a large number of tourists. What are the problems of having too many tourists? 
  • Speaker 2: Do you think it is better for people to spend their holidays in their own country or travel to other countries? 

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Useful language
Introducing an opinion and giving a reason
  • I think...
  • Well, in my opinion
  • I'm not sure. I think.....

Giving an example
  • For example
  • For instance
  • ... such as....
Speaking in general
  • In general
  • Generally,...
  • As a rule, ....
  • .... tend to ....
Introducing an explanation
  • I mean
  • You see .....

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