A2 Key

Lesson Plan: Speaking

This lesson plan accompanies A2 Key, Test 1, Speaking, Parts 1 and Part 2, p72 to p74 and p125

This lesson is suitable for students coming towards the end of their A2 Key course

Lesson Goals
1. Tell the basic background information of an individual
2. Express and explain shopping choices
3. Describe basic food preferences and why

Time Interaction
needed
1. Warmer 10 mins

• Instruction 1
Put students into 5 groups and ask group 1 to think of as many jobs 4 mins Ss-Ss
as they can, group 2 as many countries as they can, group 3 as many
clothes and accessories as they can, group 4 as many types of food
they can, and group 5 as many free time activities as they can. You
could do an ABC race for these topic areas if you think your students
have the vocabulary. (i.e. Anorak, Belt, Cap…)

• Instruction 2
Regroup your students so that they can share their lists they 4 mins Ss-Ss
made during the previous activity. Write I’d like to...because ...and I
wouldn’t like to...because...on the board and ask students to talk to
each other about the four topics. I’d like to be an accountant
because, I like money. I wouldn’t like to be a nurse because I don’t
like blood, etc.

• Instruction 3
Ask students to look at their countries lists and work together to 2 mins Ss-Ss
name as many cities/towns in the countries as possible. Elicit their then S-T
ideas.

2. Main activities – Individual copies of Parts 1 and 2, p72 to 35 mins

p74 of the test book. Visual materials p125. Copies of
Resources 1 and 2 for each student.

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1. Tell students to look at p72 and find For UK ask, For non-UK 1 min S-T
ask and Back-up prompts. Elicit or tell students what these
terms mean.
4 mins Ss-Ss
2. Put students into groups of four or five. Tell them they are
going to roleplay Part 1, Phase 1 on p72. Tell them to cover
the backup prompt section and ask and answer the
examiner questions for students in the UK as themselves.
4 mins Ss-Ss
3. Regroup your students into groups of four and five and tell
them to repeat the role-play as a member of their family or
they can invent an identity.

Part 1, Phase 2
4 mins S-S
4. Write ‘the area where you live’ and ‘clothes’ and the words;
Where, What, How, Who, When and Tell me something
about…on the board. Put students into pairs and tell them
to think of a question for each question word on both
topics. (e.g. Where do you live, Who do you buy your
clothes with, Tell me something about your favourite
clothes, etc.) They should write these questions down on
some paper.

4 mins S-S
5. Re-pair your student's so that student A can ask student B
their questions on ‘the area where you live’ and student B
can ask student A about their questions on clothes.

6. Keep your students in groups of 4 and give them Resource 7 mins Ss-Ss
1. Ask them to look at p73. Tell them to cover the back-up
prompts and back-up questions and role-play Phase 2 as
interlocutor, assessor and candidate A and B. The student
playing the assessors role should simply mark good or not
bad on Resource 1.

7. Ask your students to give each other feedback on their 3 mins Ss-S
performance.

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8. Display p125 or refer students to this page in their books. 2 mins S-T
Elicit what each picture is: (e.g. fruit, burger and fries, cake,
pizza, vegetables). Elicit or tell students what they have to
do in this phase of the test (i.e. say what they like, why/why
not).

9. Cut up and give out Resource 2 to groups of three students S

2 mins
and ask each student to think of ideas to answer their
questions individually.

10. In their groups, tell them to ask their questions to each 4 mins Ss-Ss
other in a circle (i.e. A to B, B to C, C to A, etc.) Tell them to
record themselves on their phones or similar device.

11. Extension activity – Part 2, Phase 2 p74, Resource 3 cut ups 15 mins

Part 2, Phase 2

12. Put your students into pairs. Ask them to ask and answer 3 mins S-S
the Part 2, Phase two questions on p74 as if they are having
a conversation together.

2 mins S-T
13. Write up healthy, expensive, nice, popular, boring on the
board. Briefly elicit what could be described by these words

14. Put your students into four groups and give each group a
5 mins Ss-Ss
separate topic from Resource 3. Make sure each member
of the group gets the same topic card to make notes on (i.e.
group A jobs -outside/inside, group B food outside/inside,
etc.) Ask them to brainstorm some answers using the why?
/why not? prompts.

15. Re-group your Ss to ask and answer their topic questions 5 mins Ss-Ss
together

● A further activity or homework could be for students to

assess themselves, using Resource 1, on their performance
in Part 2, Phase 1 by listening back to the recording made in
class.

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Resource 1

Mark your partner

Student A: Good /Not bad Student B: Good /Not bad

Answers the Answers the

question question

Keeps going Keeps going

Easy to understand Easy to understand

Student C: Good /Not bad

Answers the
question

Keeps going

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Resource 2

Think of how you would answer each question, then ask each question to your group
members. Ask in a circle style…

Student A to Student B, then student B to Student C, then Student C to Student A then

Student A to Student B and so on.

Student A Student B

Is fruit expensive? Why?/Why not? Is fruit popular Why?/Why not?

Is fast food nice? Why?/Why not? Is fast food expensive Why?/Why not?

Is cake boring? Why?/Why not? Is cake healthy? Why?/Why not?

Is pizza healthy? Why?/Why not? Is pizza nice? Why?/Why not?

Are vegetables popular? Why?/Why not? Are vegetables boring? Why?/Why not?

Student C

Is fruit nice? Why?/Why not?

Is fast food popular? Why? /Why not?

Is cake expensive? Why?/Why not?

Is pizza boring? Why?/Why not?

Are vegetables healthy? Why?/Why not?

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Resource 3

Answer the questions on your topic

Jobs G1

Do you prefer to work…? Why? Why not?

Outside

Inside

Food G2

Do you prefer to eat…? Why? Why not?

Inside

Outside

Clothes G3

Do you prefer to wear shoes…? Why? Why not?

Inside

Outside

Free-time activities G4

Do you prefer to do…? Why? Why not?

Inside

Outside

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Speaking tests
Test 1: Different types of food
Note: The visual materials for Speaking Test 1 appear on page 125.

Part 1 (3–4 minutes)

Phase 1

Interlocutor
To both candidates Good morning / afternoon / evening.
Can I have your mark sheets, please?

Hand over the mark sheets to the Assessor.

I’m , and this is .

To Candidate A What’s your name?

To Candidate B And what’s your name?

Back-up prompts

B, do you work or are you a Do you work? Do you study? Are

student? you a student?

For UK, ask Where do you come from? Are you from (Spain, etc.)?

For non-UK, ask Where do you live? Do you live in … (name of district /
town etc.)?
Thank you.

A, do you work or are you a Do you work? Do you study? Are

student? you a student?

For UK, ask Where do you come from? Are you from (Spain, etc.)?

For non-UK, ask Where do you live? Do you live in … (name of district /
town etc.)?
Thank you.

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Phase 2
Interlocutor
Now, let’s talk about the area where you live.
A, what do you like doing outdoors in your
area?
How do you travel in the area where you
live?
B, where is the best place to go in the
evening in your area?
What is the traffic like where you live?
Extended Response
Now, A, please tell me something about
the people who live near you.
Interlocutor
Now, let’s talk about clothes.
B, what kind of clothes do you wear when
you do sport?
Who do you go shopping for clothes with?
A, where do you buy your clothes?
What clothes do you wear when you are
at home?
Extended Response
Now, B, please tell me something about
the clothes you wear when you go to
parties.
Speaking tests
Back-up prompts
Do you like going to the park in your area?
Do you travel by bus in the area where you live?
Is the cinema the best place to go in the evening
in your area?
Are the roads very busy where you live?
Back-up questions
Do you have many neighbours?
When do you see your neighbours?
Do your friends live near you?
Back-up prompts
Do you wear trainers when you do sport?
Do you go shopping for clothes with a friend?
Do you buy your clothes online?
Do you wear jeans when you are at home?
Back-up questions
Do you wear special clothes when you go to
parties?
Do you sometimes buy new clothes for a party?
What colour clothes do you like wearing at
parties?
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Part 2 (5–6 minutes)

Phase 1

Interlocutor
¸ 3–4 minutes
Now, in this part of the test you are going to talk together.

Place Part 2 booklet, open at Test 1, in front of candidates.

Here are some pictures that show different types of food.

Do you like these different types of food? Say why or why not. I’ll say
that again.

Do you like these different types of food? Say why or why not.

All right? Now, talk together.

Candidates ………………………………………………………..
¸ Allow a minimum of 1 minute (maximum of 2 minutes) before
moving on to the following questions.

Interlocutor / Do you think …

Candidates … fruit is healthy? Optional prompt
Use as appropriate. … fast food is expensive? Why? / Why not?
Ask each candidate … cake is nice? What do you think?
at least one question. … pizza is popular?
… vegetables are boring?

Interlocutor So, A, which of these types of food do you like best?

And you, B, which of these types of food do you like best?

Thank you. (Can I have the booklet, please?) Retrieve Part 2 booklet.

Phase 2

Interlocutor Now, do you prefer having a large meal or just a snack at lunchtime,
¸ Allow up to B? (Why?)
2 minutes
And what about you, A? (Do you prefer having a large meal or just
a snack at lunchtime?) (Why?)

Do you prefer eating inside or outside, A? (Why?)

And what about you, B? (Do you prefer eating inside or outside?) (Why?)

Thank you. That is the end of the test.

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Visual materials for the Speaking test

Test 1
Do you like these different types of food?

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