KET Paper 3 Speaking Overview Overview Notes for Teachers

Description Students do a lead-in activity which makes them think about the importance of and reasons for speaking in English. In the main activity, students work in pairs and give information and answer questions about the Speaking test. Time required: Materials required: Aims: 20 minutes Worksheets A and B (one copy each of A for half the class; one copy each of B for the other half) to familiarise students with the content of the whole speaking pape to introduce the assessment criteria

Procedure 1. As a lead in, ask students which famous English-speaking person they would like to talk to. Suggest some popular singers or film stars to give them some ideas. Then ask what they would like to ask the famous person. Students could do this in L1 if necessary. Explain how nice it is to be able to speak to people in another language. You can make new friends, learn about different things, etc. Elicit some other reasons why speaking English could be good, e.g. when you travel English may be a common language among people from different countries; in the future students may need English for their studies or in their jobs. 2. Explain that the Speaking test focuses on everyday language, for example the kind of language they used in the lead-in activity, and that they are now going to find out what they have to do in the Speaking test. Put students into pairs, student A and student B. Give worksheet A to student A and handout B to student B. Explain that on each worksheet they have four sentences with information about the Speaking test and they have four multiple-choice questions. They have to listen to their partner reading their information and choose the correct answer to each question. Student A starts and reads out their four sentences. While they student A is doing this, student B reads and answers their four questions. Students can read their sentences twice if necessary. When they are ready, student B reads out their four sentences while student A answers their four questions. 3. Check the answers (see key). 4. Introduce the assessment criteria for the Speaking test. Do this by saying some sentences exemplifying some of the areas of the language which are assessed. You should do this in a funny way!
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Say: I go to the cinema last night. Ask students if your grammar is correct. (No) Ask them to correct it. (I went to the cinema last night.) Ask them if grammar is important. (Explain they only need to communicate the message students are not expected to produce grammatically perfect sentences.) Say: I bought a new thing to put my pencils in. (Hold up a pencil case.) Ask students if they know what you mean and elicit the word pencil case. Ask students what happens if you cant think of the right word for something. (If they dont know a word, they should paraphrase it.) Explain that they should keep vocabulary notebooks. (Students should be taught vocabulary relating to the topics listed in the KET Handbook.) Say: I love eating ice-cream. (with poor pronunciation but intelligibly) Ask if students could understand you. Explain that students should be intelligible but that some L1 interference in pronunciation is expected. Say: I. er chose a blue . er. jacket. Ask if you hesitated. (Yes) Why? (You were thinking about correct word.) Explain that hesitation while a student is searching for language is not penalised as long as it does not strain the patience of the listener. Students are given credit for asking for repetition and clarification if necessary. Point out that the examiners are assessing students on the four areas outlined above: their grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interactive communication. The assessor gives marks for each of these criteria and the interlocutor gives one global mark. Candidates are assessed on their performance throughout the test. Key to handout 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 C 8 -10 minutes per pair of candidates B 2, unless there is an uneven number of candidates, then the last test may be a group of three B 2, one examiner acts as interlocutor and the other as assessor B 2 parts to the test A the examiner asks each student questions. B your partner A yourself B information on a card

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Worksheet A 1 Student A, read these four sentences about the KET Speaking test. Student B will listen and answer their questions.

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The Speaking test takes eight to ten minutes. You take the test with another student. There are usually two students together. There are two examiners. There are two parts to the Speaking test: Part 1 and Part 2.

Student A, listen to student B and answer these questions.

Who do you talk to in Part 1? B your partner C your teacher

A the examiner

Who do you talk to in Part 2? B your partner C your teacher

A the examiner

What do you talk about in Part 1? B information on a card C a picture

A yourself

What do you talk about in Part 2? B information on a card C a picture

A yourself

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Worksheet B Student B, listen to student A and answer these questions.

How long is the test? B 6 8 minutes C 8 -10 minutes

A 4-6 minutes

2 A 1

How many students take the test together? B 2 C 3

3 A 1

How many examiners are there? B 2 C 3

4 A 1

How many parts are there in the test? B 2 C 3

Student B, read these four sentences about the KET Speaking test. Student A will listen and answer their questions.

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In Part 1, you talk to the examiner. In Part 2, you talk to your partner. In Part 1 you talk about things like yourself, your life, your family and your hobbies. In Part 2 the examiner gives you cards. One card has information on it and the other card has question words on it. You ask and answer questions about the information.

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