Module Test

Speaking 1
2 Teacher’s notes
Activity: Speaking Part 2
Aims: Focus on Part 2 (Long turn); practise giving
yourself time to think
Topic: A time you did something important
Classroom dynamics: Pair work; individual
Marking: 5 marks
Time: 30 minutes
Procedure
Lead-in
1 Put students into pairs and ask them to match
the words in the box with the definitions 1–5. Tell
students to look at the questions in Activity 2 to
see if the context helps them to decide on their
answers. Alternatively, ask them to use an English–
English dictionary. Check answers with the class.
1 entrance exam 2 ceremony 3 graduate 4 certificate
5 a speech
2 Put students into pairs and ask them to discuss
the questions together. Ask a few students to share
their answers with the rest of the class.
Test training: Giving yourself time to think
3 Point out that in any language people need time
to think when they are speaking. However, rather
than stay silent we use words or phrases to
indicate we haven’t finished speaking yet. These
are important features of fluency in speaking. Ask
students to choose the best phrase to complete
each sentence. Put students into pairs and ask
them to compare their answers together before
checking with the class.
Test practice: Speaking Part 2: Long turn
5 Ask students to look at the Speaking Part 2
question. Tell them they have one minute to make
notes about what they will say. Remind them
not to write full sentences, just key words and
expressions to help them with their answers when
speaking.
6 Put students into pairs to take turns asking and
answering the questions for one minute. Draw
students’ attention to the table in Activity 7 and
explain that students should listen to their partner
while they are having their turn and make notes on
their performance.
Choose a few students to share their answers with
the rest of the class.
7 Ask students to listen to their partner and make
notes in the table provided. You may wish to share
the assessment criteria for Band 5 before or after
the pairs complete their practice test activity.
Follow-up
8 Ask students to give feedback to their partner to
help them improve their speaking. Encourage them
to give each other constructive feedback rather
than just complimenting each other. In the IELTS
test, marks are given out of five for each speaking
section so if you feel it would be appropriate,
students could mark each other out of five.

1 Well 2 er 3 how can I describe 4 guess

4 Put students into pairs and ask them to discuss the

questions. Check ideas as a class.

Suggested answers
1 They give the speaker time to think.
2 You sound hesitant and it negatively affects your fluency
making you sound less accurate.

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