MODELOS SPEAKING – EOI

. Cómo estructurar un monólogo

Si estás preparando un monólogo para un examen oral oficial, por ejemplo, en la Escuela
Oficial de Idiomas, o en cualquier otra institución, esta explicación te puede venir bien. No se
trata de hablar simplemente, sino de estructurar tu intervención correctamente, utilizando
una serie de phrases que den cohesión y calidad a tu monólogo.
Os voy a poner aquí una guía que pueden utilizar tanto alumnos de B1 como de B2.
1) DIVIDIR TU MONÓLOGO
 I’ve divided my presentation/speech/monologue/ into three/four main parts.
 In my presentation/speech/monologue I’ll focus on three/four major issues.
2) TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF THE AUDIENCE, YOU MAY EMPLOY
 Rhetorical questions
Example: Are children and teenagers watching too much TV these days?
Remember that when you ask a rhetorical question you don’t have to answer it, it’s just used
to make the audience think and make your topic more interesting.
 Interesting facts
Examples: according to an article I read recently, … / Did you know that…? / I would like to
share an amazing fact/figure with you.
 Stories
Examples: Let me tell you what happened to me…/ Suppose…/ Imagine…/ Say… (=imagine)
 Problems to think about
Examples: Suppose you wanted to…/ Imagine you had to… / What would be your first step?
 Quotations (citas, cosas que alguien conocido/ famoso ha dicho)7
Examples: as … once said, …/ To quote a well-known writer, … / To put it in the words of…
3) INTRODUCING A POINT
 First of all, I would like to point out…
 The main problem is…
 The question of…
 Speaking of…
4) ENUMERATION OF POINTS (if you provide several reasons, factors or arguments in a row)
 First of all, I would like to say…
 In addition to that…
 Moreover, …
 Furthermore, …
 Another example of this is…
 First, second, third…
 Finally, …
5) MOVING TO THE NEXT POINT
 This leads directly to my  next point.
 This brings us to the next question.
 Let’s now move on to…
 After examining this point, let’s turn to…
 Let’s now take a look at…
6) GOING BACK (para mencionar algo que se ha dicho anteriormente)
 As I said/ mentioned earlier…
 Let me come back to what I said before…
 Let’s go back to what we were discussing earlier.
 As I’ve already explained, …
 As I pointed out in the first section, …
7) STATING SOMETHING AS A FACT
 As everyone knows…
 It is generally accepted that…
 There can be no doubt that…
 It is a fact that…
 Nobody will deny that…
 Everyone knows that…
8) GIVING YOUR OPINION NEUTRALLY
 I think…
 I feel that…
 In my opinion, …
 As far as I’m concerned…
 As I see it…
 In my view…
 I tend to think that…
 From my point of view…
9) GIVING A STRONG OPINION
 I’m absolutely convinced that…
 I’m sure that…
 I strongly believe that…
 I have no doubt that…
 There is no doubt that…
 I am absolutely certain that…
10) EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY 
 I definitely doubt if that…
 I am not sure that…
 I am not certain that…
 As far as I know…
11) GIVING REASONS
 The reasons for this is (that)…
 I base my argument on…
 I tell you all  this because…
12) REPHRASING OPINIONS (para volver a explicar algo, si pensamos que no ha quedado claro)
 What I mean to say was… (lo que he querido decir es…)
 Let me put this another way (voy a decirlo de otra forma)
 Perhaps I’m not making myself clear…
 The basic idea is…
 One way of looking at it is…
 Another way of looking at it is…
 What I want to say is…
13) INDICATING THE END OF YOUR TALK
 I’m now approaching the end of my presentation.
 Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation.
 As a final point, I would like to say…
 Finally, I would like to highlight one key issue.
14) DRAWING CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMING UP
 The obvious conclusion is…
 Last but not least…
 The only possible solution/conclusion is…
 In conclusion we can say that…
 To cut a long story short, …
 Just to give you the main points again, … (en resumen, resumiendo)

Temas para hablar en inglés

Temas para hablar en inglés, ¿necesitas? Here you have some topics which could be useful for
you to practise your oral skills. They are quite advanced topics intended to make students give
their opinions and arguments on some current topics which affect society on their everyday
life.

1. To what extent is the use of animals in scientific research acceptable?

2. Zoos are sometimes seen as necessary but not poor alternatives to a natural
environment. Discuss some of the arguments for and/or against keeping animals in zoos.
3. Education is the single most important factor in the development of a country. Do you
agree?
4. Children should never be educated at home by their parents. Do you agree or
disagree?
5. In Britain, when someone gets old, they often go to live in a home with other old
people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay
for this care. Who should be responsible for our old people? Give reasons.
6. In some countries the average worker is obliged to retire at the age of 50, while in
others people can work until they are 65 or 70. Until what age do you think people should
be encouraged to remain in paid employment? Give reasons for your answer.
7. To what extent has the traditional male role changed in the last 20 years?
8. TV: could you be without it? Discuss.
9. Tourism is becoming increasingly important as a source of revenue to many countries
but its disadvantages should not be overlooked. What are some of the problems of
tourism?
10. Should children be taught sex education in schools?
11. Most high level jobs are done by men. Should the government encourage a certain
percentage of these jobs to be reserved for women?
12. Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy,
or is the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives?
13. Will modern technology, such as the internet ever replace the book or the written
word as the main source of information?
14. Should criminals be punished with lengthy jail terms or re-educated and rehabituated,
using community service programs for instance, before being reintroduced to society?
15. Recycling Is Necessary. Do you agree or disagree?

Topics para monólogos de exámenes

Lista con distintos topics que pueden salir en exámenes orales de inglés por ejemplo de la
Escuela Oficial de Idiomas.
1. Technologies
2. Computers and the Internet
3. Consumerism (online shopping, men v. women, the crisis, shopping habits, television
commercials, shopping addiction, etc)
4. Crimes, law, politicians, corruption, public safety.
5. Inventions (past, present and predictions for the future, cloning, playing with DNA,
Robotics, etc)
6. Medicine (traditional v. alternative, NHS = National Health System, lifestyle and health,
etc)
7. Modern nature (cloning human beings, technological advances, genetic engineering,
etc)
8. Communication and relationships (networks, online dating, etc).
9. Education
10. Money (the crisis, politicians, banks, goverments, economic situation, 40-year
mortgages,celebrities, sportspeople, etc)
11. Environment/ climate change/ global warming  (carbon footprint – make sure you
know what it is)
12. Job market (men v. women, unemployment, civil servants, etc )
13. Travelling/ living abroad
14. Food and healthy lifestyle (eating disorders, stress, eating habits, etc.)
15. The media (the news, newspapers, the radio, TV and children, reality shows,
advertising, etc)
16. Charity (animal rigths, famous people, governments, ways of raising money, etc.)
17. Appearance (cosmetic surgery, beautiful models and perfect bodies, television, etc.)
18. Work (parents and child raising, civil servants, men v. women, unskilled workers,
immigrants, etc)
19. Family and relationships (present and past, changes, the elderly, marriage, etc)
20. Success (young age, celebrities, success and private life, work, stress, corruption, etc).