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Description AspeakforaminuteactivitytopractisespeakingatlengthforPart2oftheSpeakingtest. Theactivity isdesigned to raise studentsawarenessofthe benefitsofthinking aboutand planningtheiranswers. Timerequired: Additional materials required: Aims: 45minutes asetofcardsforeachpairofstudents astopwatchoraccesstoaclockwithasecondhandforeachpairof students. toallowstudentstopractisespeakingatlengthonagiventopic toraisetheirawarenessofthebenefitsofthinkingaboutand planningtheiranswers.
Procedure 1. Divideyourclassintopairs. 2. Giveeachpairasetofabout20cards.Seesamplecardsforideas.Tellthemtoput thecardsfacedownbetweenthem. 3. Tellstudentshowtoplaythisgame:inpairs,eachstudentinturnpicksupacardand tellstheotherthetopicwrittenonit.S/Hethentalksaboutthetopicfor30seconds, timedbytheirpartner.Thelisteningstudentshouldthenaskthespeakeraquestion aboutwhathasbeensaid.Bothpartnershaveaturn. 4. ExplainthatintheSpeakingtest,candidateshave1minutetothinkabouttheir answerandmakeanynotestheywant.Timestudentsoneminutetodothisnow, usingthesametopiccard. 5. Redividetheclassintonewpairs.Eachstudentrepeatsthesametopiccard,butthis timetheyhavetospeakforaminute,timedbytheirnewpartner.Theirpartnershould thenaskthespeakeraquestionaboutwhathasbeensaid. 6. Askthesefollowupquestionsandhaveabriefclassdiscussionaboutthem: Howwasyourperformancedifferentbetweenthefirst(30second)andsecond(60 second)timeyouspokeabouteachtopic?Whichwasmoredifficult?(Theremay bealotofvariationinstudentanswershere,withsomefindingiteasierthesecond timeeventhoughitwaslonger,astheywereabletousesomeoftheiroriginal ideasandexpandonthem,butsomefindingiteasierthefirsttimeasitwasnttoo long)
UCLES2009.Thismaterialmaybephotocopied(withoutalteration)anddistributedforclassroomuseprovidednochargeismade.Forfurther informationseeourTermsofUseathttp://www.teachers.cambridgeESOL.org/ts/legalinfo
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Whatcanyoudointheminutepreparationtimebeforeyoustartspeaking? (Concentrateonfindingarealpersonalexperiencetotalkabout,writedownkey ideasorvocabulary) 7. Stayinginthesamepairs,eachstudentpicksasecondcard.Studentstaketurnsto talkabouttheirtopicforoneminute,withoneminutepreparationtime.Listening studentstimethemandaskthemaquestionattheend. 8. Redividetheclassintonewpairs.Repeattheactivitywith1minutepreparationtime before. 9. Repeatsteps7and8astimeallowsextendingthespeakingtimeto2minuteswhen thestudentsareready. 10. Holdafinalclassdiscussionusingthefollowupquestionsinstep6toseewhatthe studentshavelearnedfromtheirexperienceofdoingthetask,plusthefollowup questionsbelow: Withapartner,brainstormsomeinterestingvocabularyyoucouldhaveusedin youranswers.Couldyouhaveuseddifferenttensesandstructurestoo? Howcanyouimproveyourperformanceinthispartoftheexam?(Practiseusing thesecardstospeakforaminutewithapartnerinsparemoments,practise preparingandbrainstormingideasonatopicforaminute,recordyourselfspeaking andplaybacktherecording,reflectingonwhatyoucouldimprove)
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UCLES2009.Thismaterialmaybephotocopied(withoutalteration)anddistributedforclassroomuseprovidednochargeismade.Forfurther informationseeourTermsofUseathttp://www.teachers.cambridgeESOL.org/ts/legalinfo
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IELTSSpeakingPart2ActivitySampleCards
keeping myfavourite fit&healthy possession thebest cityor roominmy countryside? house someoneI admire my idealjob
myfavourite howtorelax mybestand filmorbook worst experiences ofshopping myambition TVinmy country theinternet
arecent journey
UCLES2009.Thismaterialmaybephotocopied(withoutalteration)anddistributedforclassroomuseprovidednochargeismade.Forfurther informationseeourTermsofUseathttp://www.teachers.cambridgeESOL.org/ts/legalinfo
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