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CLE 2254_ Session 9 _ Speaking Part I

Session Foci:
1) Speaking Sample Analysis
2) Content development in two-way communication:
Answer extension through giving opinions, and examples
3) Grammatical range and accuracy: Sentence structures

Part 1: Speaking Sample Analysis

Activity 1. Video Watching
Please watch the first IELTS speaking sample on Edpuzzle through the link below. You
can also answer the questions in the video while watching.
https://edpuzzle.com/media/63ad6c904bf37f4105ffb752

Activity 2. Marking Criteria

Please use the rubric below or the full version of the IELTS speaking marking scheme (as
provided by your teacher) to discuss if you agree with the video maker that this is a
Band 2.5 performance. Why/ Why not?

Scores: 1: Poor 2: Fair 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent

Criteria Items
Fluency and Content Comments/ Marks:
Coherence -Speak at length
-Repetition of ideas?
- Expansion of ideas with specific examples?

Organization
-Easy to follow?
- With effective connectives linking ideas?
Lexical Use vocabulary with range and flexibility Comments/ Marks:
Resource Use vocabulary accurately
Advanced students: use less common or
idiomatic languages
Grammatical Range Frequently produce error-free sentences Comments/ Marks:
and Accuracy Use a full range of sentence structures (simple,
compound, complex or compound-complex)
naturally with flexibility

Pronunciation Voice Comments/ Marks:

accuracy and Pronunciation accuracy (single words)
features Pace (speed of speaking )
Pause (natural)
Use stress and intonation to enhance meanings

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Part 2 Content Development: Answer extension through expressing opinions

Activity 3.

(Exercise extracted from Speaking for IELTS; Karen Kovacs; first edition, 2011; P.31)

Activity 2:

(Exercise extracted from Speaking for IELTS; Karen Kovacs; first edition, 2011; P.21)

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Activity 4:

(Exercise extracted from Speaking for IELTS; Karen Kovacs; first edition, 2011; P.21)

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Activity 5: Practice

You can practice the following questions in IELTS Part 1 with the phrases you have
learned above to extent your answers. Please pair up and take turns. Student A asks 1-3
while Student B asks 4-6. You can even record yourself for self-analysis later in Part 3 of
this lesson.

Questions:

1. What are you studying?

2. Why did you choose that course?
3. Let’s talk about weather. Is summer your favourite time of a year? Why and Why
not?
4. What would you do in summer when the weather is very hot? And why?
5. Would you like travelling during summer?
6. Did you enjoy the summer holiday when you are at school?

Activity 6: Sample Analysis

Please watch the second IELTS speaking sample (Part 1) on Edpuzzle through the link
below. You can also answer the questions in the video while watching.

https://edpuzzle.com/media/63ada692526182414d435be7

Part 3: Grammatical range and accuracy

How can we get high banding in IELTS exam under “Grammatical Range and Accuracy”
in speaking?

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Activity 7: Highlight some key words in the IELTS marking scheme comparing Band 5-8

Similar to what we have learned in Session 4, in order to achieve high bandings in

“Grammatical Range and Accuracy” in IELTS speaking, not only you will need to have
error-free sentences, but you also need a range of sentence structures with flexibility. In
case you have forgotten the teaching about sentence structures, you can revisit the
video in Session 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bZ8wNfuYA

Activity 8: Watch the clip for more tips on achieving high bandings in grammar in IELTS
speaking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgjSt7D81js.

What are the tips?

1. Record yourself speaking
2. Listen back sentence by sentence
3. Raising awareness about different grammar errors
4. Spotting the common weaknesses (e.g. the wrong use of verb tense, the missing
of articles, etc.)

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5. Correct and record yourself again

Activity 9:

Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5Gi9Y5xhk . Based on his

performance, what banding will you give him in grammar? Why? What are some
common weaknesses in his speaking? You can also highlight those grammar errors from
the provided transcript below.

Band____________ ;
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Transcript:
E: Okay. First of all, I'd like to ask you some questions about yourself. Let's talk about
what you do. Do you work or are you a student?
S: I’m still a student and learning in Hong Kong U Educ, the Education University of
Hong Kong.

E: What subject do you study?

S: I study in the Chinese educations.
E: Why?
S: Because I would like to be a teacher in the future and I'll enjoy the … the … the pro,
the progress of the teaching.
E: Why?
S: When I had the … when I talk with the student, I feel very … I enjoy this moment
because the student can learn some knowledge in my course and, and then I can think
some method to let them to learn something they don't know.
E: Thank you. Let's talk about free time activities now. What do you like to do in
your free time?

S: I love it. I love to reading book in my free times or in some … in weekend I would
like to do some physical exercise such as running because I enjoy running, it’s let me
to relax in my, after my da, daily work.
E: Do you prefer to spend most of your free time indoors or outdoors?
S: Art, artworks.
E: Why?
S: Because I enjoy the art, artworks because it's made me think a lot about what is
beautiful. When I'm reading or when I seeing some pictures in the museum, I feel relax
and I, and I would like to … I enjoy this moment because it's make me feel relax and
quiet … feel quiet.

E: What did you like to do in your free time when you were a child?
S: When I'm child, I usually go to the McDonald's to eat some … eat the chips, and,

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and then I would like to hiking with my grandpa.

E: What do you plan to do in your free time this weekend?

S: This weekend? I would, I will, I will go to watching, I will going, I will go to watch
the movie.

E: Let's talk about travel. Do you like to travel?

S: I love to travel.
E: Why?
S: Because travel can let me have a wide, wide seeing and when travel, I can see a lot I
haven't see before. Such as I go to China, I have travel in China, I have learn … I can
learn about many culture things in China. Because when I living in Hong Kong, I, I …
many Chinese culture is, is not very traditional. And so I would like to go travel
because I would like to see more things I haven't … I don't know yet.
E: Thank you.

Activity 10: Self-analysis

You can either listen to your own recording under Activity 5, or practice the questions in
Activity 9 with your classmate(s). Please also try to identify your common weaknesses in
your speech.