Cambridge class 14 - Speaking parts 3 and 4

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• Middelbare school
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Cambridge English - class 14

Today

Class work

Speaking part 3

Speaking part 4

Goals

• Understand what is expected from you and how to act while doing your speaking exam parts 3 and 4.

Speaking part 3 (Collaborative task)

What's in part 3? 

Conversation with the other candidate. The examiner gives the students a question and some written prompts. The students discuss these together for two minutes. The examiner will then ask them to make a decision together about the topic they have been discussing.

What do students have to practise?  

Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc.

• A 2-minute discussion followed by a 1-minute decision-making task

Speaking part 4 (Discussion)

What's in part 4? 

Further discussion with the other candidate, guided by questions from the examiner, about the same topic as the task in Part 3.

What do students have to practise?  

Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing.

• The discussion should last 4 minutes

01:44

Useful vocabulary

01:51

What questions could you ask your partner?

Remember for part 3

1. Interact with your partner

2. Ask for opinion

3. Give reasons why you believe something

I think / I don’t think …. because …

4. Find out whether your partner agrees or not

Do you agree? What about you? How about you?

5. Keep moving along

What do you think about …? What are your thought on …? How about moving on to …? Let’s discuss a different one now.

6. Interrupt your partner politely if necessary

7. Ask questions if your partner doesn’t speak enough

Remember for part 4

1. Pay attention: listen to the questions and your partner’s answers

2. It’s okay to ask: Can you repeat that, please? / Could you please repeat that question? 

What to do?

• Click on each link in the following slides, do the exercises, make a printscreen of the work, and hand these in through Magister.me. 

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End of the class

Today you have:

- practised speaking parts 3 and 4

Homework: finish 'what to do?'

Next class: Speaking