Speaking overview

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 3

Speaking Practice Year 3

Your speaking test

1. Reading out loud

2. Presentation

3. Conversation in pairs 

Standard phrases

Starting the conversation: 

• Would you mind if I start? 
• Shall I start? 
• How about I start? 

Making suggestions 

• What do you think about..?
  
• What is your opinion on..?
  
• How about..?
  
• What about..?

Giving Opinions

• I think..
  
• In my opinion..
  
• I reckon..
  
• The way I see it..
  
• From my point of view
  
• For me personally..
• As I see it

Agree/disagree

• I agree / disagree
  
• I see where you’re coming from….(but..)
  
• I understand what you mean….(but..)
  
• Well, actually..
  
• I couldn’t agree more..
  
• I totally agree / disagree
  
• I think you’re right / wrong there..

Fancy phrases 

In my humble opinion (naar mijn mening) 

On the contrary (integendeel) 

That drives me up the wall (That annoys me) 

I can't bear/I can't stand 

That is my cup of tea (I love that) 

.... brings me absolute joy 

If you make a mistake 

Sorry, let me rephrase that

The word escapes me, but..

Please forgive me

There seems to be a frog in my throat -> your throat feels dry

Can you say that again, please? I’m not 

(quite) sure what have to do.

Useful words 

Make sure there is a variety of words in your speaking to score vocabulary points 

I will show you where to look but you must make a selection on your own.

Make sure to include

B1-B2

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/b1-b2-vocabulary

A1-A2

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/a1-a2-vocabulary

Vocabulary games

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/vocabulary-games

Signal word flash cards

Signal words

https://cairn.edu/documents/2016/10/writing-lab-signal-words.pdf/

Signal words

https://7esl.com/conjunctions-list/

C1

https://elt.oup.com/elt/students/navigate/downloads/navigate-c1-wordlist-a-z.pdf?cc=us&selLanguage=en

What are you going to do?

you are going to focus on the speaking task 2 and 3.

After 10 minutes mister Hulst is going to pick out random pairs to listen to their conversation. 
Please notice that I am going to give you direct feedback onto your 

Presentation 

Practice your presentation with someone in the classroom 

Give eachother feedback, compliments and advice using the rubric 

Conversation in pairs 

All middle school students should learn a foreign language (vreemde taal) 

Social media does more harm than good 

Candy should be given as a reward in classrooms