IELTSSpeakingOverviewteachersnotes

Description AnintroductoryactivitywhichpresentsthemainfeaturesoftheSpeakingtest,and encouragesstudentstoreflectonhowtheycandeveloptheirabilityforthetest Timerequired: Additional materials required: Aims: 40minutes recording(audioorvideo)ofanexampleSpeakingtestifpossible, oranexaminersscriptforthespeakingtest tointroducetheSpeakingtest,itsdifferentparts,theassessment criteriaandwhatisexpectedfromcandidates toencouragestudentstoreflectonthis

Procedure 1. 2. ElicitwhatthestudentsalreadyknowabouttheSpeakingtest. Ifpossible,studentslistentoorwatchanexampleSpeakingtest.Alternatively,aska fewPart1questionstoonestudent,giveaPart2toanotherstudentandaPart3to another.Acceptanyperformancegiven.Pointoutthatthetestisdoneonetoone andisrecorded. Handouttheworksheet.Studentscompletethematchingtask. Checkanswersinfullclass. AskstudentswhattheythinktheassessmentcriteriamightbefortheSpeakingtest. Putstudentsinpairstodiscussthenholdawholeclassfeedbacksession.Guidethe studentsanswerstowardsthefourassessmentcriteriaandwritethemontheboard (seeAdditionalinformation). Putstudentsintogroupstodiscuss: whichparttheythinktheywillfindmostdifficult whattheycandotoimprovetheirperformance whichoftheassessmentcriteriawilltheydobest/worstin. Askaspokespersonfromeachgrouptofeedbackthemainpointsofthediscussion totheclass.Writetheirideasforpracticeontheboardinthreegroups:Part1,Part2 andPart3. Addtotheirideasasappropriate.Seekeybelow.

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Additionalinformationassessmentcriteria FluencyandCoherence Thisreferstothecandidatesabilitytotalkwithnormallevelsofcontinuity,speechrateand effort,andtolinkideasandlanguagetogetherincoherent,connectedspeech. LexicalResource Thisreferstotherangeofvocabularythecandidatecanuseandhowclearlymeaningsand attitudescanbeexpressed.Thisincludesthevarietyofwordsusedandtheabilitytoget roundavocabularygapbyexpressingtheideainadifferentway. GrammaticalRangeandAccuracy Thisreferstotherangeofstructuresavailabletothecandidateandhowaccuratelyand appropriatelys/hecanusethem.Assessmenttakesintoaccountthelengthandcomplexity ofutterancesaswellastheeffectofgrammaticalerrorsoncommunication. Pronunciation Thisreferstothecandidatesabilitytoproducecomprehensibleutterancesandtousea rangeofpronunciationfeaturestocommunicatemeaning.Assessmenttakesintoaccount theamountofstraincausedtothelistener,andthenoticeabilityofL1influence.

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IELTSSpeakingOverviewanswerkeys
KeytoWorksheetActivity

Featureoftest Part1 Itlastsfor45minutes. Itconsistsofquestionsaboutfamiliartopics. Youridentitywillbechecked. Itaimstomakeyoufeelatease. Itassessesyourabilitytocommunicateopinionsandinformationon everydaytopicsandcommonexperiencesorsituations. Part2 Youcanmakenotes. Itlastsfor34minutes. 1minutepreparationtimeisgiven. Itconsistsofalongturn. Itassessesyourabilitytospeakatlengthonagiventopic(withoutfurther promptsfromtheexaminer)for12minutes. Youaregivenapromptcardexplainingwhatyouneedtotalkabout. Part3 Itfollowsonfromtheprevioussection. Itlastsfor45minutes. Itconsistsofadiscussion. Itassessesyourabilitytoexpressandjustifyopinions,analyse,discuss andspeculateaboutissues.

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KeytoProcedureStep8:Ideasforpreparation Part1 Askafriendtoaskyouquestionsaboutyourlifeandbackground. Recordyourselfgivingpersonalinformation. Askintroductoryquestionstopeopleyoumeetoutsideclassanddevelopthesesocial conversations.

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Part2 Recordyourselftalkingaboutavarietyoftopics. Workwithapartner,choosingtopicsforeachothertospeakaboutforaminute. Repeatthesametopicsovertime,toseehowyouhaveimprovedyourspeakingandtoget moreideasforfurtherimprovement.Ifyouhaverecordedyourself,comparethefirst recordingonacertaintopicwithlaterversions. Part3 Practisethinkingofdiscussionquestionsarounddifferenttopics. Haveadiscussionwithafriendandrecordit. Makenotesofanyinterestingexpressionsyouhearusedtoexpressandjustifyopinions, analyse,discussandspeculate.Trytousethemindifferentsituations.

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IELTSSpeakingOverviewStudentsWorksheet
DividethefollowingfeaturesoftheSpeakingtestintotheappropriateparts1,2and3. Featureoftest Itlastsfor34minutes. Itconsistsofquestionsaboutfamiliartopics. Youcanmakenotes. Itaimstomakeyoufeelatease. Itassessesyourabilitytoexpressandjustifyopinions,analyse,discuss andspeculateaboutissues. Itlastsfor45minutes. Itconsistsofadiscussion. 1minutepreparationtimeisgiven. Itfollowsonfromtheprevioussection. Itassessesyourabilitytospeakatlengthonagiventopic(withoutfurther promptsfromtheexaminer)for12minutes. Youridentitywillbechecked. Itlastsfor45minutes. Itassessesyourabilitytocommunicateopinionsandinformationon everydaytopicsandcommonexperiencesorsituations. Itconsistsofalongturn. Youaregivenapromptcardexplainingwhatyouneedtotalkabout. Part1,2or3

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