SPEAKING COMPREHENSION

QUESTION 2: PREFERENCES

Widjijati, MN
 Example Question
• Some students live in dormitories on campus. Other students live in
apartemen off campus. Which living situation do you think is better and
why?

Task
• Choose between two options
• Explain the reason for your preference
 Example Notes

Dormitories
• More interaction—practice English, study
• Less responsibility—meals, laundry, cleaning
• Better location– library, recreation, classroom buildings
 SCRIPT FOR EXAMPLE ANSWER

• A lot of my live off campus, but I think that living in a dormitory is a better
situation, especially for the first year at a new college. Dormitories are structured
to provide opportunities for interaction and for making friends. As a foreign
student, it would be an advantage to be in a dormitory to practice English with
other residents and even to find study groups in the dormitory and dorm students
have ..........,have less responsibility for meals, laundry, and ..........and cleaning
since there are meal plans and services available as part of the fees. Besides,
there’s only one check to write, so the bookkeeping’s minimal and dormitory offers
an ideal location near the library and all the recreational facilities and..............and
classroom buildings.
 Checklist
• The talk answers the topic question
• The point of view or position is clear
• The talk is direct and well-organized
• The sentence are logically connected to each other
• Details and examples support the main idea
• The speaker expresses complete thoughts
• The meaning is easy for the listener to comprehend
• A wide range of vocabulary is used
• There are only minor errors in grammar
• The talk is within a range of 125-150 words
Thank you