Modelo de examen 1 – Speaking

Pregunta 1

Can you spell your family name for me, please?

Pregunta 2

Thank you. Where are you from?

Parte 1 (3 minutos)

Examiner: Now Part One. I’m going to ask you some questions about yourself and your ideas.

*The examiner can ask you from 3 to 5 questions depending on the length of your answer. Keep talking until they tell you to stop or calculate your answer to be around 30 seconds. The questions will not be displayed on the screen. You will not see the timer on the screen, so time management is intuitive.

Pregunta 1

Travelling: If you were to travel to the Amazon, how would you prepare for it?

Pregunta 2

Relationships: What is important to take into account for a successful romantic relationship?

Pregunta 3

Daily life: Is it paramount to keep a fixed routine?

Part 2 (3 minutes)

Examiner: Now Part Two. We are going to role-play some situations. I want you to start or respond. 

*Approximately two turns each. Interact with the examiner and ask them questions.

1. We’re friends. I forgot to call you yesterday. We were going to talk about your job interview, which took place this morning. I start.

1. We’re co-workers. You want to talk about the fact that I got a promotion and you didn’t. You start.

Part 3 (4 minutes)

Apparently, there are two ways in which you could be asked to do this task. The first one is to pick 3 bubbles and speak about them; the second one is to debate about some of the bubbles with the proctor, agreeing and disagreeing. Let’s practise both ways.

You have 20 seconds in which to look at this part and think about what to say.

Part 4 (5 minutes including follow-up questions)

Examiner: In Part Four you are going to talk about something for two minutes. Your topic is equality. You have 30 seconds to write some notes to help you. 

*In Part Four you can have a piece of paper and a pencil to write. The examiner will ask you, at least, one follow-up question.

Pregunta 1

Speak about equality for 2 minutes.

Pregunta 2

Follow-up question: To your mind, how is the experience of immigrants in the job market?