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Pet Speaking Test: The Assessor Assesses The Performance of The Two
Pet Speaking Test: The Assessor Assesses The Performance of The Two
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the end of the test, the examiners will not tell the
candidates how well they performed, but theyll thank them for
attending.
Its designed to help the candidates relax. It is assessed, but the questions are
quite simple.
The interlocutor asks questions to the candidates about their daily lives,
families, studies, home town, free time, job and they also will be probably asked
to say and spell their names and surnames.
REMEMBER!
In this part, the candidates talk to each other. The interlocutor describes a
situation which is illustrated on a sheet of paper and the candidates will have
to make suggestions and discuss aternatives.
RESPOND TO SUGGESTIONS
DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES
EXPRESS PREFERENCES
Id rather go to a campsite
Id like to stay in a youth hostel
Id prefer to go to a hotel
REMEMBER!
Listen carefully to the examiners instructions and focus on the picture in the middle,
which gives the key to the situation
Use the pictures round the outside as ideas for your discussion. Dont describe
them
Think about the type of situation is it directly about you or a third person? If its
about a third person, use he or she consistently
Start the discussion immediately, DONT waste time by giving the background to the
situation
Give reasons for your opinions/ideas
Make sure you give your partner an opportunity to participate equally in the
discussion. Dont dominate
In this part, each candidate talks on his/her own about a colour photo for
about a minute while the other candidate just listens. The two photos are on a
shared topic but each candidate only talks about their own photo.
You can tell they are enjoying themselves because they are smiling
He seems a bit frightened. Maybe this is the first time hes tried this
She looks very interested in this activity shes concentrating very hard
In this part, the candidates have to talk to each other again. The interlocutor gives
them a topic which is related to the photos they talked about in part 3 but he/she
doesnt take part in this discussion at all.
REMEMBER!
Listen carefully to the instructions given by the examiner. Usually there are
twothings to talk about. Remember to talk about both of them with the other
candidate and give reasons and examples for your opinions.
Often the instructions from the examiner will use the verb like. Listen
carefully to decide if you should use would like + to + infinitive OR like + the
gerund in your answers.
Respond to what the other candidate says (show that you are listening and
interested, ask follow-up questions) and then give your own answer.