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CAE SPEAKING PART 3: FINAL TIPS

Sandy Millin



What do you do?

• Talk to your partner about a group of pictures

• Answer TWO questions about the images



What is the examiner looking for?

• The ability to use language to:

– discuss and interpret;

– agree, disagree or agree to disagree;

– negotiate and collaborate;

– rank or classify.

Source: http://www.splendid-speaking.com/exams/cae_speaking.html

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/exams/cae_speaking.html






FIND A PARTNER



Do the taskI’d like you to imagine thata local college is preparing

a short training course to

prepare students for the

world of work.

Here are some of the skillsto be included.

Talk to each other about

the relative importance of

these skills and which

three should be includedon the course

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFcjODcr3Og&feature=related

How important are these skills?

Which three should be included on the course?

• Customer care

•Information Technology

• Money management

• Time management

• Organisation

• Presentation skills

• Team work

• Language learning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFcjODcr3Og&feature=related





Did you...

• listen to what your partner had to say?

• clearly respond to their opinion?

•

come to a final decision?• answer both questions?

• show the examiner the range of your English?



Watch two people doing the task

• How do they do?

• Do you think they show the examiner

everything they need to?

They pass, but the girl in blue should ask more

opinions and the girl in brown should speak more.




A new taskI'd like you to talk aboutsomething together for

three minutes. (Five

minutes for groups of

three)

Here are your picturesshowing different

occupations. Discuss the

role these people have in

our lives. Then decide

which job tends to be themost stressful.

All right?


Discuss the role these people have in our lives.

Decide which job tends to be the most stressful.








Did you...



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Framework Part 2

When you have discussed most or all of thepictures...

1. Respond to the conclusion your partnergave by agreeing / disagreeing / agreeing

to disagree and close the discussion.

1. Bring the discussion to a conclusion by

suggesting an answer to the second

question.

I n s p i r e d b y P a v l a M i l e

r s k i



Giving your opinion



Asking for your partner’s opinion

• What do you think?

• Do you agree?

Do you know any more

advanced ways of askingfor an opinion?



Asking for opinions

• What do you reckon?

• What’s your point of view?

•

What’s your opinion? • How do you feel about...?

• How do you see...?

• I don’t know what you think about this?



Responding actively

• That's an interesting point.

• I was interested in what you said about ...

• So, when you say ........, do you mean ........?

• Could you explain what you mean by .......?

• Definitely...

• I partially agree, but...

• I see what you mean,...








Agreeing and Disagreeing

• I completely agree.

• That’s my opinion too.

• I feel the same way.

• Any more?

• I couldn’t agree with youmore.

•You’re right.

• I’m afraid I don’t agree atall.

• I’m not sure I agree withyou there.

• Any more?

•

I don’t agree with you atall.

• I’m not sure I agreecompletely.



Agree to disagree

• How can you show the examiner this?

• We’ll have to agree to disagree there.

• Shall we agree to disagree?



Moving to a new picture

• Let’s look at this picture now.

• Shall we talk about this [job/present/place]

now?

• I’m going to move on to this picture.

•

Any more?



Bringing the discussion to a conclusion

• So, weighing up the pros and cons, do you think…?

• Are we generally in agreement that …?

• So, all in all do we feel …?• Essentially, do we all agree that …?

• So, to sum up …

•

So, in general … • It seems we’ve reached the conclusion that …

• Taking everything into consideration...








Responding to the conclusion

• Yes, I think so too.

• Yes, I agree with that conclusion.

• Any more?

• I share your opinion about... but...



Can you remember the

framework?

With your partner, decide who will

speak first.



Try again

I'd like you to talk aboutsomething together for

three minutes. (Five

minutes for groups of

three)

Here are your picturesshowing different

occupations. Discuss the

role these people have in

our lives. Then decide

which job tends to be themost stressful.

All right?


Discuss the role these people have in our lives.

Decide which job tends to be the most stressful.








Did you...

• feel more confident this time?

• use the framework (or at least do everything thatwas in it)?



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