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YOU WILL BE ALONE FOR 20 MINUTES WITH THE EXTRACT YOU CHOSE
(YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 2 EXTRACTS FROM THE BOOKS
1. PREPARATION
YOU HAVE READ IN CLASS) TO WRITE DOWN YOUR IDEAS FOR THE
20 MINUTES
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION IN THE INTERVIEW
EVALUATION
WHAT IS EVALUATED EXAMPLE MAXIMUM MARKS
You will be scored according to the words you use (collocations, idioms),
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the grammar structures (using different tenses, using passive voice, etc)
Here you will be evaluated on how coherent you are (if your response
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matches the question) and if you have a fluent conversation.
WHAT IS PEE
PEE is the way you have to answer all the questions. Every answer you give needs to have these three elements:
P (POINT): WHERE YOU GIVE YOUR POINT OF VIEW OR POSITION TOWARDS A QUESTION OR TOPIC
E (EVIDENCE): WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER
E (EXPLANATION): EXPLAIN HOW THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS YOUR ANSWER
Example 1:
EXAMPLE 2:
P= POINT I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TALK ON MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING
BECAUSE IT IS TOO DANGEROUS
E=EVIDENCE THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS IDEA IS THAT ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS,
MANY OF THE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BECAUSE DRIVERS ARE WITH THE HANDS ON
THEIR MOBILES
EXPLANATION THIS SHOWS THAT CALLING, SENDING MESSAGES OR WHATEVER YOU USE YOUR
MOBILE FOR, DISTRACTS THE DRIVERS A LOT AND CAN CAUSE MANY
ACCIDENTS.
HERE YOU HAVE SOME EXPRESSION YOU CAN USE FOR EACH PART
Evidence or example
POINT OF VIEW Explanation
There are many ways to
There are many ways to start There are many ways to start your
introduce an example, and
your answer, and here you explanation, and here you have some
here you have some
have some suggestions: suggestions:
suggestions:
• It can be argued that… • An example of this is….. • This shows that..
• One reason for……. • For example…. • The reason for this is…
• One idea is…. • The evidence to support this • This means that……..
• Firstly…. idea is….. • It can be seen from this that…….
• An important point is……… • To support this argument….. • Therefore, this example shows that…
• A key idea is……… • For instance….. • This is because…
• However, • A good illustration of this • The evidence points to…
• An alternative view is.. is…
• A different point of view is… To link:
• In contrast….
• In my opinion… • Also…
• I believe that… • In addition….
• Furthermore…
• meaning that…
• with the result that…
• As a result…
• Following this…