Speaking 9 LanguageCert C1

Speaking Model 9

*The examiner will ask you to show your ID. Besides, the previous questions could be rephrased in different ways. In essence, they will request this information from you.

Can you spell your family name for me, please?

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Thank you. Where are you from?

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Part 1 (3 minutes)

Examiner: 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.

Music: Do your musical tastes define you as a person?

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Nutrition: Should we always eat healthily or make some exceptions?

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Daily life: Do you have enough time to practise your hobbies?

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Part 2 (3 minutes)

Examiner: 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) I’m your neighbour. ‘I’m going out of town for three days. Would you mind taking care of my cat?’ I start.

2) I’m a hotel receptionist. There has been a mistake and you want to be assigned another room. 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 poverty porn. 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.

Speak about poverty porn for 2 minutes.

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Follow-up question: Do you think the way television portrays people’s lives is accurate?