Six Tasks

Two Independent
Four Integrated
Twenty Minutes
General Speaking
Strategies
Speak from Notes
Organize your Speech as a Paragraph
Use Familiar Vocabulary in Simple Sentences
Use Cohesive Devices: Pronouns, Transitions
Be Concise
Do Not Use Slang
Integrated
Take Notes in Fragments and Symbols

Paraphrase while Taking Notes

Read & Listen for Main Idea & Key Points

Task One: Independent
Description

Describe a Person, Place, Thing, or an Event

Focus & Identify a Specific Noun

Organize your Ideas before you Speak

Use Concrete Details, Five Senses, & Actions

Use Metaphors & Similes

Task 2: Independent
Opinion
Be Familiar with Possible Topics

Give a Clear, Definite Opinion

Use Recognizable Language of Opinion

Defend your Opinion Logically & Objectively

Task 3: Reading &
Conversation
45 Seconds to Read School Notice/Take Notes

Listen to a Conversation, Take 30 Seconds to Organize Answer, & 60

Seconds to Speak

Take Notes on Just Key Points of Notice

Put Notes on Speakers in Separate Columns

Focus on Speaker’s Opinion, not the Notice

Use Reported Speech

Do Not Give Personal Opinion

Task 4: Academic Reading &
Lecture
Focus on Main Concept & any Definition
Pay Attention to Comparison & Contrast
Take Notes on the Reading
Listen for Related Vocabulary in Lecture
Vary your Expressions
Use Present Tense for Facts
Conversation & Opinion
Integrated
Conversation between Two Students

Summarize Problem, Options, & Final Decision

Give your Opinion of the Student’s Choices

20 Seconds to Organize, 60 Seconds to Speak

Write Notes in Fragments for Each Speaker

Focus on the Speaker with the Problem

Form Opinion Quickly & Express Own Ideas

Task 6: Lecture
Summarize an Academic Lecture

20 Seconds to Organize & 60 to Speak

Listen Actively: Think about what you Hear

Take Notes on Main Idea, Purpose, Key Points

Organize your Summary as a Paragraph