Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Speaking activity- Interaction.

You will have to prepare a very short dialogue with a classmate on a specific topic given to you. Work in pairs and discuss about the main aspects trying to get an agreement, propose a solution for the problem or make suggestions about the possibilities, etc...Parts of the task:
  • Situation: 
  • Task: 
  • Time: 4 or 5 minutes (about 2 min. each candidate in balanced interaction/turn-taking)
Candidate A
  • Introduce yourself, start the conversation
  • Explain what the purpose / view.
  • Talk about the options
  • Try to see if you can convince Candidate B 
Some ideas on language functions you can use: introducing yourself, giving information, asking for info, describing, making proposals/suggestions, giving reasons, checking if the other person understands you.
Candidate B
  • Wait for the other person to start the conversation
  • Talk about your point of view.
  • Talk about the options
  • Try to see if you can convince Candidate A 
Some ideas on language functions you can use: introducing yourself, giving information, asking for info, describing, making proposals/suggestions, giving reasons, checking if the other person understands you.
Some examples for the Oral Test B1
Click on any of the links below and you will find authentic questions on that topic for each part of the IELTS speaking test. You will also find useful expressions, collocations, phrasal verbs and idioms to help you increase your range and get a higher band score!

No comments:

Post a Comment