SPEAKING SKILLS

Essentials for EFFECTIVE SPEAKING

• Making Notes in Preparation Time

• Focus on language not content

• Don't write answer word to word

• Write down only key words

• Use good vocabulary/ complex language

 Important Parameters
• Fluency

• Vocabulay

• Grammar

• Pronunciation
 Advertisements
• Describe an advertisement which you found very persuasive.

• You should say:

• what the advertisement was for

• where you saw or read it

• what the advertisement consisted of and why you found it so persuasiv

e.
 Advertisements

• What makes an advertisement effective?

• What is the purpose of advertising?

• How have advertisements changed since you were a child?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of advertising?

• Do you think that advertisements should be strictly regulated?

• How important is it for advertisers to tell the whole truth in advertise

ments?
 Vocabulary for Advertisements
• TV commercial
• Newspaper ad
• magazine ads
• billboards
• flyers
• posters
• email advertisements
• radio advertisements
• internet pop-ups
 Vocabulary
• text messages
• sponsorship
• tele marketing
• celebrity endorsement
• eye catching
• subtle
• catchy tune
• persuasive
• memorable
 Vocabulary
• up to date
• invasion of privacy
• intrusive
• glosy
• peak viewing time
• target audience
• flick through a magazine
• specific interest group
• customer database
 Films
• Describe your favorite film

• You should say:

• When and where you saw it

• What type of film it was

• What the film was about

• And explain why it is your favorite film

 Films

• Do you think the cinema has increased or decrease

d in popularity in recent years?

• In your opinion, will this trend continue in the futur

e?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of mak

ing films of real-life events?
 Films
• How important do you think it is for a filmmaker to re
main true to the original story?

• Should films and television be censored or should we

be free to choose what we see?

• How do you think censorship laws will change in the

next 20 years?
 Vocabulary
• action films
• comedy
• romantic films
• adventure films
• musicals
• documentaries
• drama
• real life films
• war films
• horror films
 General Questions
• What is your name?

• What do you do?

• What are your responsibilities?

• Do you like your work?

 General Questions
• How often do you use computer?

• Do you think in the future we will rely on computers even more than we
do today?

• How do you organize your time?

• Why is it important to be punctual?

 General Questions
• When do you usually like to go out?

• What kinds of things do you like to do when you go out?

• Do you spend a lot of money on going out every month?

• What kinds of things would you like to do, in the future, when you go ou
t?
 General Questions
• What would you suggest a visitor should see and do in your country?

• Are there any traditional arts or music you would recommend?

• Tell me about the kind of foreign visitors or tourists who go to your cou
ntry.

• In what ways has tourism changed your country?

 General Questions
• How did you reach the examination centre?

• Do you like travelling?

• How do you usually travel?

• What are the most common types of transportation run on the streets in
your country?

• Which types of transportation do people in your country often use to m

ove?
 General Questions
• Let’s talk about your home

• Do you live in a house or an apartment?

• What do you like about the rooms in your home?

• What would you like to change about your home?

 General Questions
• Will you live in this home for a long time?

• Now let’s talk about furniture

• What sort of furniture do you have in your home?

• Do you have any wooden furniture?

 General Questions
• Do you have a favourite piece of furniture?

• Are you planning to buy any furniture this year?

• Let’s move on to the topic of gardens and plants?

• Does your home have a garden?

• Do you enjoy gardening?

• Do you prefer a garden with vegetables or flowers?

• Do most homes in your country have a garden?

 General Questions
• What type of photos do you like taking? [Why/Why no
t?]

• What do you do with the photos you take?

• When you visit other places, do you take photos or b

uy postcards? [Why/Why not?]

• Do you like people taking photos of you? [Why/Why n

ot?]
 General Questions
• What do people do to keep fit?

• Do you think there are differences between men and women when they
keep fit?

• Is lack of fitness attributed as the sole responsibility of individual?

• What is the role off government with regard to people’s health?

 Lifestyle
• Describe something you do to keep fit/ Describe something healthy you
enjoy doing

• You should say:

• What you do
• Where you do it
• Who you do it with
• and explain why you think doing this is healthy.
 Computers
• Describe a website that you often use.

• You should say:

• what type of website it is

• how you found out about it

• what it allows you to do

• and why you find it useful.

 Computers
• Do most people have a computer at home in your country? What do
most people use it for?

• Do you think all the information on the internet is true?

• How can people find reliable information on the internet?

• How has the internet changed the way we live?

• How has the internet changed the way we work?

• Do you think the internet is safe for children to use unsupervised?

 Transport
• Describe a time you travelled by public transport.

• You should say:

• what type of public transport you used

• where you travelled from and to

• what you did during the journey

• and explain how you felt about travelling in this way

 Transport
• How easy is it to travel around your country?

• Which method of travel do you consider safest? Why?

• Has travel become safer in recent years than that was

in the past?

• What are the pros and cons of low-cost air travel?

 Transport
• How do you think people will travel in the future?

• Should the government in a country focus more on ra

il transports or road transports? Why?