SPEAKING + SPOKEN INTERACTION

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

SPEAKING AND

SPOKEN INTERACTION A2

EXAM P1

(spreken & gesprekken voeren)

CASE / SCRIPT

• greeting/ closing
• respond to your speaking partner
• mention all the points
• focus on interaction 

TEACHER/ 

SPEAKING PARTNER

• is a human being
• will be creative
• also works from a script

+/- 6 min

The script will be send to you beforehand so you can prepare! (2 weeks in advance)

SPOKEN INTERACTION ASSIGNMENT

How to practise?

• in class
  
  
• practise simple conversations yourself:
  (talking about a company, asking for information, asking for a collaboration, making suggestions...)

Speaking/spoken interaction

Let's try...

Do you know the best way to say.....

Je wil de ander bedanken voor zijn/haar tijd

1. Thanks man.
2. Thank you for telling the time.
3. Thank you for making time for me.
4. Thank you for your time.

Je wil op een nette manier vertellen dat je de vraag niet volledig hoorde. Vul aan: 'I'm sorry, ...'

1. I have no clue
2. I didn't hear the question completely
3. Ik snap het niet hoor...
4. what?

Je hoopt dat de ander wat aan de informatie heeft gehad. Wat kan je dan zeggen?

Je wil iedereen bedanken die aanwezig is. Wat kun je zeggen?

1. Niks, ik bedank nooit mensen die bij mijn presentatie komen kijken.
2. I would like to thank you all for being here.
3. Thanks for showing up peeps!

Wat als je iets langer moet nadenken over een vraag?

1. Let me think...
2. Next question!!
3. That's a stupid question, I don't know.
4. Ik zeg gewoon niks en denk heel hard na.

Meerdere punten benoemen:

• First of all... To begin with... To start with...
• Secondly...Besides... Also....
• Another example... Finally... 

Terug-/vooruitverwijzen:

• Let's move on to... Let's take a look at... This brings us to the next point...
• As I said... As I mentioned before... As I pointed out earlier... As I've already explained...

Mening geven:

• I think that... In my opinion... As I see it... I believe that...
• To be honest... To tell you the truth... I'm sure that...

Other useful phrases

Einde van de presentatie aangeven:

• Finally, I'd like to say...
• I would like to finish by mentioning/saying...
• That covers everything I wanted to tell you about...

Samenvatting/conclusie aan het einde:

• In conclusion....
• In short...
• To cut a long story short...
• To sum up...

Afsluiten:

• Thank you for listening...
• I appreciate your attention...
• Thank you for being here...
• *personal note, such as* good luck with....

Useful phrases for the conclusion

When you are about to start your presentation, make sure to:

• take your coat off. You don't want to come over as rushed...
• throw your chewing gum in the bin...
• take a deep breath, so you get into the right focus.
• don't start by saying: 'nou, ehh, this is my presentation', but follow the assignment!

During your presentation:

• don't focus on your prepared text too much. The assessors don't know what you prepared. Just go with the flow ;)
• make eye contact now and then, to keep the audience interested
• time left to kill? Go back to a slide and add some information or summarize everything shortly

(un)written presentation rules

Next week it's time for your actual exam (assignments in Magister)

Prepare your speaking exam by creating a presentation (e.g. by using PowerPoint). You can start by creating some structure already.

Prepare your spoken interaction exam by making sure you understand what you want to say from your end & speculating about what your partner might be saying. Practice by having conversations in English.