ORAL NIVEL AVANZADO

MONOLOGUE 1
ANIMALS AND HUMANS

TaIk about the relationship between animais and humans.

• Why do we have pets?
• What about wild animais? Circuses, zoos, etc.
• Recently we have seen a protest against mistreatrnent of animais how can a
human being mistreat an animal? The animal would never do that to the human.
• Who needs animais?
• Do you know anything about animal therapy?
• Why are sorne people so afraid of animals?
• Your own experience?
 CONSELLERIA Ir EDUCACIÓ CA / ANG / 3008 / EXPRESIÓN OR.4L

1 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’EN.SENYAMENT

ropic Ii
TASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPICI

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic.
You should talk about only 4 or S of the points suggested. The
talk should Iast from 3 to 4 minutes. When the teacher signals
you to stop, you should bring your talk to a conclusion.
At the end of your talk your companion wilI comment briefly on
something you have said.
You should not interrupt your companion during bis / her talk,
but at the end of your companion’S talk you should also make a
brie? comment.

TOPIC 1: moblle Dhones- use and abuse.

The mobile phone ¡ndustry is the goiden goose thot brings so much
prosperify fo industiy and governmenf. However, mcbile phones mighf
one doy become a BSE (mad cow) crisis.
Phones make the world go round.
~1~ Everyorie’s gol ene. why not me?
Texting, phoning. surfing- you name it, you’ve gol it, en your
mobile.If there’s ene thing 1 hale, ¡Vs
Iistening lo other people’s conversationsl
Children shouldn’ 1 be allowed lo use mobile
phones
Mobile phones are a potential health risk.
Al last mobile phones banned whilst driving.
-

Missing a cali won’t kill you an accident quite possibly could.

-

Face-te-face relationships, whals happened?

 CONSELLERIA D’ EDUCACIÓ CA / ANG / 2008 / EXPRESIÓN ORAL
DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ENSENYAMENT

~opic 1O~
TASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPICI

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic.
You should talk about only 4 or 5 ofthe points suggested. The
talk should Iast from 3 to 4 minutes. When the teacher signais
you to stop, you should bring your talk to a conclusion.
At the end of your talk your companion wiII comment briefly on
something you have said.
You should not interrupt your companion during his / her talk,
but at the end of your companion’s talk you should also make a
brief comment.

TOPIC 10: CELEBPITIES ANt) FAME

.4 ce!ebrity is a person ¡Sic svr/cs hard al! his life te becotne

ave!! knoani, ano’ then wears dark planes te ave!’ be/tv
recognised.’ (Fred Allen, American humorist)

‘1 don’t want te achine ii’nqiorta!!ty through iny work. 1 want te achieve it

through nat 41,v•’ (Woody AIlen, American writer, director and actor)

• How far should the paparani go?

• Forne cari rnoke you or break you.
• Who wants to be a millionaire?
• The cult of celebrities the farnous belong to
-

everyone.
• Forne is o good business for others.
• Would you Iike to be famous for a doy?
• We Iike to hear bad news about famous people because it helps to
compensate for our envy of thern.
• Do public figures boye the right to o privote life?
 CONSELLERIÁ DE CULTURA, ib’. Carnpa,,ar, 32 ANG 2007 EXPRESIÓN ORAL
EDOCACIÓ ¡ ESPORT 46015 VALÉNCIA
leí 96 386 65 00
fax 96 386 65 04

~ropic i~
TASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic. You should talk
about only 3 or 4 of the points suggested. The talk should Iast from 3 to 4
minutes. When the teacher signais you to stop, you should bring your talk to
a con clusion.
At the end of your talk your companion wiII comment briefly on something
you have said.
You should not interrupt your companion during his / her talk, but at the
end of your companion’s talk you should also make a brief comment.
 CONSELLERIA DE CULTURA, Av. Campanar, 32 CA ANG 200 EXPRESIÓN ORAL
EDUCACIÓ ¡ ESPORT 46015 VALÉNCIA
tel: 96 386 65 00
fax: 96 386 65 04

topic 3~
tASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic. You should talk
about only 3 or 4 of the points suggested. The talk should last from 3 to 4
minutes. When the teacher signais you to stop, you should bring your talk to
a conclusion.
At the end of your talk your companion wiIl comment briefly on something
you have said.
You should not interrupt your companion during his / her talk, but at the
end of your companion’s talk you should also make a brief comment.

TOPIC 3: CHOICES IN LtFE

‘After ferry was shot by two robbers, paramed/cs kept tel//ng h/m he iras go/hg to be
fine. Rut when they wheeled h/m /nto the FR and he saw the express/ons on the faces of
the doctors and nurses, he got really scared. Li the/r eyes, he read ‘he ‘s a dead man’.
He /cnew he needed to take action. A nurse asked /f he iras a//erg/c to anyth/ng. ‘Yes’
he repl/ed. The doctors and nurses stoppeo’ work/ng as they wa/ted for h/s reply. He 1
took a deep breath and ye//ecl. ‘BL/LLETSI’ Over the/r laughter. he to/d them, ‘1 am
choos/ng to 1/ve. Operate on me as /f 1 am a//ve, not dead’. ferry 1/ved thanks to the
sk/II of h/s doctors, but a/so because of h/s amar/ng att/tude. 1 /earned from h/m that
every doy we have the cho/ce to 1/ve ful/y.”
(http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hasakr/choices.html).

• It wQS a major turning point in my life when ... Y ~

• The ¡nf luence of other people on your decisions. Ji
• What do you expect from e? uf
• What are the important choices we have to make in life?
• Have you ever incide a choice that affected the lives of others?
• It’s tap to tas whether we’re a loser’ or a president’ or cm overworked clerk.
• ‘Always look at the bright side of hf e (Monty Python).
...

• You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. Attitude, after al!, is everything.
 CONSELLERIA DE CULTURA, Av. Campanai’, 32 CA ANG 200 EXPRESIÓN ORAL
~ EDUCACIÓ 1 ESPORT 46015 VALÉNCIA
tel: 96 386 65 00
fax: 96 386 65 04

~opic 5~
—
TASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic.
You should talk about only 3 or 4 of the points suggested. The
talk should last from 3 to 4 minutes. When the teacher signais
you to stop, you should bring your talk to a conclusion.
At the end of your talk your companion will comment briefly on
something you have said.
You should not ¡nterrupt your companion during bis / her talk,
but at the end of your companion’s talk you should also make a
brief comment.

- 4zL1 TOPIC 5: GLOBAL ISSUES ANb PROTESTS

Throughout history mass protests have come at a time

when a large majority of the population has been affected
by policies of the rulers and leaders. Nowadays, the
decisions of politicians also affect our lives and sometimes our only defence
to protest against an unjust and unequal system. Activist groups mobilize large
numbers to oppose business-driven globalisation, war ond undemocratic
decision-making, and to press for global peace and justice.

• Is it worth protesting? Who takes any notice anyway?

• How can we protest?
• ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’.
• Student protests? They don’t know what they’re
doing oil they warit is a day off!
-

• ‘1 admire those who do it but 1 wouldnt do it.’ flAL

• Pros and cons of globalisation.
• Why do sorne protests turn into violence?
• Farnous people who hove protested. (John Lennon,
Bono, ...)
 CONSELLERIA DE CULTURA, Av. Campanor 32 CA ANO 200 EXPRESFÓN ORAL
t» EDUCACIÓ ¡ ESPORT 46015 VALÉNCIA
tal: 96 386 65 00
fax: 96 386 65 04

topic 8~
[ÍASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic.
You should talk about only 3 or 4 of the points suggested. The
talk should Iast from 3 to 4 minutes. When the teacher signals
you to stop, you should bring your talk to a conclusion.
At the end of your talk your companion will comment briefly on
something you have said.
You should not interrupt your companion during his / her talk,
but at the end of your companion’s talk you should also make a
brief comment.

TOPIC 8: IMMI&RATION

(1-dl11 Over 8% of the total population

in 5pain is from other countries
- . according to the Iatest census. The sharp increase
in the number of foreign residents in the last
years and the recent polemical debate surrounding the reform of thl
immigration law, have made immigration one of the most hotly contested
issues in the media. and the second most important “national” issue for
Spaniards after terrorism.

• Why do people emigrate?

• What’s the attraction in Spain?
• The immigrant workers replace the Spanish in low
status work.
• We are living in an increasingly globalised world.
• What would lead you to emigrate?
• Has any of your family ever emigrated?
• bo immigrants adapt well and are they welI accepted?
• Advantages and disadvantages of the mixing of cultures.
 CONSELLERIA DL CULTURA, Ir. Casupanar, 32 CA A NG 201V LXVI? LSIÓN ORAL
EDUCACIÓ 1 ESPORT 46015 VALÉNCIA
(el: 96 386 65 00
fax: 96 386 65 04

~opic 1O~
tASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC
In this first task you are going to give a short taik on a topic.
You should talk about only 3 or 4 of the points suggested. The
talk should last from 3 to 4 minutes. When the teacher signais
you to stop, you should bring your taik to a conciusion.
At the end of your talk your companion wiIl comment briefiy on
something you have said.
‘You shouid not interrupt your companion during his / her taik,
but at the end of your companion’s taik you should also make a
brief comment.

TOPIC 10: HEALTH ANb FITNESS

Quality of life ís what we oil want and good heaith heips us
achieve it. Spain has always been famous for its healthy
diet, but recent statistics show that unfortunately
Spaniards are number three on the list of the countries with obesity problems
(just after the USA and Greot Britain).

• What are the keys to healthy Iiving?

• Does cosrnetic surgery help us keep o youthful
appecxronce?
• Top models and their ¡nf luence on the spreacl of
anorexia and bulimia.
• Miroculcus diets. Do they really work?
• Smoking, excessive drinking forms of socialising with
-

others or risking your life?

• Whot advice would you give to art elderly persori fo keep
f it?
• Sorne people don’t want to retire. They soy working
mokes them feel better.
• Advertisements and their ¡nf luence on our way of Iiving.
 COÍVSELLERIA DE CULTURA. Av. Campana,, 32 CA A/VG 2007 / EXPRESIóN ORAL
~ EDUCACIÓ 1 ESI’ORT 46015 VALÉNCIA
tel: 96 386 65 00
fax: 96 386 6504

ropic i2~

tASK 1: TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC

In this first task you are going to give a short talk on a topic.
‘You should talk about only 3 or 4 of the points suggested. The
talk should last from 3 to 4 minutes. When the teacher signals
you to stop, you should bring your talk to a conclusion.
At the end of your talk your companion will comment briefly on
something you have said.
You should not interrupt your companion during his / her talk,
but at the end of your companion’s talk you should also make a
brief comment.

~ /
- . . TOPIC 12: STRESS IN PRESENT bAY
SOCIETY

You’ve oversleptl Now, ¡ts 7:30 a.m., and you’re

trying to find a spot in the parking lot before your train pulis out. You park
the car just in time, dash up tite steps and jump on the train before it rolis
away from the platform. What a way to start your
morning!

tn medical terms, stress is a physical or psychological

stimulus that can produce mental or physiological reactions
that may lead to illness. It may be triggered by alarming experiences, either
real or imaginary.

• How can we beat stress?

• Many Christmas shoppers would prefer a trip to the
dentist to the stress of ‘hunting for preserits.
• How do Spanish drivers react to crowded roads?
• Is stress a heart disease risk factor?
• Can one avoid getting stressed before on exam?
• Background noise has a sigrtificant effect on stress levels.
bo you agree?
• Mobbirig and bullyiny cari be behind a stressful school or work
environment. What do you think?
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
ING NA EO

MONOLOGUE - 1

TASK 1.1
MONOLOGUE 1-o
Please introduce yourself to 11w exarniner and other candidate. In this part of
the exam you are going fo give a short talk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the
ideas given below. The talk should ¡cnt 4 or 5 minutes.

THE ENVIRONMENT

• Threats fo the environment in your country.

• Whof other environmental disasfers can you fhink of?
• Do you think your country is protecfing the environment enough?
• How green you are: imporfance of the environment in your life.
• Personal actions taken fo protect fhe environmenf.
• In whaf ways does the destruction of the environment affect us direcfly?
• How big your ecological foofprint ¡5.
• Do you see a future for renewable energies?
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
ING NA EO

MONOLOGUE -5
TASK 1.5
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidata In ibis pafi of
the exam you are going to give a sho,t talk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the
ideas given below. The talk should Iast 4 or 5 minutes.
LOOKING BACK ON YOUR uPE

• Meeting expections in your life.How has your lite evolved? Has it met your
expecfations?
• Dreams and expectations for the nexf stage of your lite.
• The most significant turning points in your lite.
• Whcit would you change trom your past, it you could?
• Decisions you hayo had fo make.
• How many ot your choices have really been your own? How many have been
decided for you by oufside pressures?
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
NG NA EO

MONOLOGUE -6

MONOLOGUE 1°
Please introduce yourself fo the exarniner and other candidate. In this
pad of the exam you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss
sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should Iast 4 or5 minutes.

INTEFERING WITH NATURE

te
-e

-. a

• Cosmetic surgery.
• Cosmetic treatments now available that do not require surgery
• Impact of the images of becutiful modeis with perfect bodies on society.
• Udergoing cosmetic surgery before coming of age.
• Personal opinion on plastic surgery.
• When is plastic surgery worth undertaking?
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
ING NA EO

MONOLOGUE-7

TASK1.7
~ MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to tite examiner and other candidate. In this

pafl of the exarn you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss
sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should Iast 4 cr5 rninutes.

MODERN MEDICINE
‘1~

• Recenf scientific and medical advances that have had a greater impact on society.
• Genetic engineering: advantages and disadvanfages.
• Designer babies.
• Cloning human beings.
• Can you suggest any posifive consequences of recent fechnologicol advances?
• Scientific research alI money invested in this area is worfhwhile.
—
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
1 NG_NA_EO
MONOLOGUE -8

1 TASK1.8 1 20
~ MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this

pafi of the exarn you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss
sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should Iast 4 or5 minutes.

JUVELINE VIOLENCE

1
II.

•The influence of violent films and computer games

•What is being done or what could be done?
•Are fhe Iaws in your country particularly strict with young offenders?
•What are, in your opinion, the best methods of tackling violence in younger
generations?
• The influence and responsibility of porents, teachers and people of their own age
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
ÍNRNIW Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
ING NA ED

SET 4CANDIDATEA

Please introduce yourself to 11w examiner and other candidate. In this pad of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MONOLOGUE 7: BREAKING THE LAW

• Honesty, the best policy.

• Prisons have been turned into a kind of hotel with alI kinds of focilities.
• CCTV: Qn inVosion of privacy or a tool to ensure our safety.
• Crime and technology: phishing, identity theft, hacking.
• Corrupfion: sorne authorifies believe fhey’re aboye the low.
• Has the credit crunch meant a rise in crime rates?
• Are juries the key fo fair trials?
• Domestic violence: 15 fhe Iaw tough enough?
• What do you think are suitable alternafives fo imprisonment?
 DIRECCÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
114 Consellerici de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTJFICACIéN
ING_NA_EO

SET 5 CANDIDATE A

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a sl,oil
talk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should Iast 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MONOLOGUE 9: PROGRESS AN SCIENCE

• Predicting the future. How do you imagine everyday life in 2110?

• Genetically modified food.
• Playing with DNA: What are the chances of parents choosing the sex,
hair, eye and skin colour of their bables?
• Cloning and its implications.
• Stem cells: storing your babys umbilical caíd blood.
• Space exploration: useless or useful?
• Ihe future of Robotics.
• Best and worst inventions of the 2Oth century.
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
U1L~IW Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERJIFICAC44N
ING ÑA EO

SET 5 CANDIDATE B

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MONOLOGUE 12: MONEY MATFERS

• Your attitude to Iottery and gambling.

~i1 Ott$as e
•
•
Should there be a tighter control over the wages of celebs, sportspeople,
Do you ever worry about how fhe money given to charity actually gets spent?
...?

• Is pocket money for children a good idea?

• Politicians teIl you to tighten your belt while they keep their astronomical wages.
• Is money the most important thing when choosing a job?
• Do you give money fo beggars on the street?
• 40-year mortgages: isnt it crazy?
Would you be glad to suddenly become a millionnaire?
 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
{WAIIN Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
ING_NA_EO

SET 6 CANDIDATE B
TAS 1
MONOLOGUE

Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
tolk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the ideas gWen below. The talk should Iast 3.30 or 4 minutes.

MONOLOGUE 11: 1 WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• In your opinion, what does being successful mean?

• What excepfional qualifies are required lo be successful in life.
• Advantages and disadvantages of becoming successful at a young age.
• Are ah celebrities successful?
• Success and private hife.
• Success and money.

SUccEss •
• Success. work and
Power corrupts stress.
people.
• Do you consider yoursehf successfuh?
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’QRDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENIS
GE N[RAU TAl Conselleria d’ Educació INGLES
VAt[NOW~A
PROVES DE CERT1FICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 1 CANDIDATEB

• Read the infroducfion fo the topic and fhe suggesfions.

TASK 1 • Choase three or four ideas fo falk abouf. You muy add your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE • TaIk for between three and a haff to four minutes.

COMPU1ERS AND THE INTERNET

• The Internet and you: time spent. what used fo,.

•
o • Effects of the Internet and computer games on family lite /

• personal relations / friendship / health.

-, 0’ • Downloading: how much and what do you download? Do you

consider it pkacy? Your opinion of laws against downloading.

rights of artists,writers, musicians etc..

• Dangers of the Internet for children / teenagers.

• Your experience/ knowledge of e-books.

 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DQCENTS
GENE RAIITAT Conseileria d’ Educació INGLES
V4LENCI~Á
PROVES DE CERT1FICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 2 CANDIDATE A
• Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.
1ASK 1 • Choose three or four ideas to tc*Ik abouf. You may
M0N0L0GIU‘E . Taik
OWfl for
ideos.
between three and a half to four minutes.

EDUCATION

,l, • State versus private education. religious schools: UK, Spain.

•flhi
k ~ • Discipline problems in the classroom.
b4 ~i.i. ~~r’’
• Single sex education and co-education.

• Exams versus continuous assessment.

. Spanish education in comparison with other countries.

~ .~ • Educational exchanges between schools.

~ • The right to educate one’s children at home.

• Your best teacher / learning experience. Good / bad / ideal

teachers.
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
&NR’41W
VAt~NCIAMft
Conselleria d’Educaciá INGLES
PROVES DE CERTIFICACIO NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 2 CANDIDATE B
. Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.
~ TASK 1 • Choase three or four ideas to talk about. You may add your
:~
-..
M0N0L0GIU‘E •
OWfl ideos.
TaIk for betweeri three and a half to four minutes.

HEALTH AND FOOD

• Obesity. food disorders. ¡unk food.

• Organic food, pesticides, additives.

• How healthy is your diet / lifestyle?

• Dieting: diffe,ent kinds of special diets. Your opinion.

~ • Stress of lite today? Ways to combat stress.

~ • National Health system vs. prWate health insurance.
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
GENEk4LIW Conselleria d’Educaciá INGLES
WENQANA
PROVES DE CERTFFICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 3 CANDIDATE A
• Reaci the introdoction to the topic ond the suggestions.
TASK 1 • Choose three or four ideas to talk about. You may odd your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE • Talk for between three and a half to four minutes.

PEOPLE. HUMAN RELATIONS. SOCIAL CHANGE

• 2’,, 1~_ P • of lite? society changing fo, the befter o, the worse? Quality
Spanish
~t “~
‘
• Gelting married / ¡iving together / Iiving
~r • lncreasing number of divorces and separations. Reasons?
-. 4° Eftects?
. Working parents, single-parent families/ grandparents

a.\~I •
bringing up children.
Changing roles men/ women? House husbands? Working
~
h~Z•’ — ~ p4
wives. Who does the housework?
A~’ .: .
• Legalisation of gay relationships/ marriages Spain! USA.
e . Human relations and the Internet.
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’QRDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENIS
G[N[It4LITAI
VALENCIN’~
Conselleria d’Educació INGLES
PROVES DE CEIITIFICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 3 CANDIDATE B
• Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.
TASK 1 • choose fhree cx four ideos fo talk abouf. Ycu may odd your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE • Tcilk for between lhree and a hafl to four minutes.

RECYCLING. “THE WASTE-MAKERS”

~ • Is rubbish a problem? Why? Why not?

tÁ
‘

‘ 47 •

•
Situation ¡n your area?
1he 3 “R’s”: Reduce, Reuse. Recycle your contribution/
—

~. - opinion/ waste reduction strategies.

~— .,-
.. - ._~_ -c
— • Plastic bags. Recent policy of sorne shops.
~%? --~.: •~::-~.
4 — • Excess packaging.

,
-% z- • Wasted food? Restaurants. hotels. in the horne. Do you
. throw away a lot of food (unused in fridge. post sell-by
date)?
• Nuclear waste.
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
Conselleria d’Educaciá
PROVES DE CERTIFICACIÓ

SET 4 CANDIDATE A
Read the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.
TASK 1 • Choose three or four ideas to talk obout. You may add your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE • TaIk for between three and a haff to four minutes.

¡HE MASS MEDIA

—~
• Spanish TV and radio: your opinion.

• Your favo urffe 1V programme: reasons.

• Advertising on TV: government control: influence on you:

•I

memorable ads.

• Where you get the news from: radio! TV! newspapers /

4
.é
* :~
0i the Internet.

• Children’s TV: appropriate? violent cartoons? sufflcient

ra~
government control?

• Reality shows
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
GtN[R4IITN Conselleria d’Educaciá INGLES
\4NL[NCI~I4
PROVES DE CERTIFICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 4CANDIDATEB
1 • Read the introduction to the topic and Ihe suggestions.
TASK 1! • Choose three or four ideas to talk about. You may add your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE
~ • TaIk for between three and a half to four minutes.

SHOPPING

• Different kinds of shopping: onhine. by catologue/

mal? order, car-boot sales. charity shops. e-bay.
.
~ • Fair frade goods, organic/ recycled products.
second-hand goods. shopping locally.
~ . Influence of advertising on shopping habits.
compulsive shopping.
1 . Out-of-town shopping centres vs. small centre-of
town shops.
‘
• Consumer advice associations, your personal
experience of complaining.
• Buying presents for other peopie.
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’QRDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
GENWALJW
VA[[NOM4A
Consellerici d’Educociá INGLES
PROVES DE CERTIFICACIO NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 5 CANDIDATE A
• Read fhe introduction fo the topie ond the suggestions.
TASK 1 • Choose three or four ideos fo talk about. You may odd your
MONOIOGIIE
i. u . ToIk
own for befween three and a half to four minutes.
ideas.

WORK/ UNEMPLOYMENT/ RETIREMENT

. Youriclealjob.
• A job you would never do.

. Unemployment. Effects on society.

. Self-employment/ setting up your own business.

4 — • Working from your home, advantages, disadvantages.

• Women at work: ratios/ positive cliscrimination/ equal

~ opportunities.

• Job securily / civil servants / flexible work-force.

. Retirement age/ pensions / the tuture.

 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’QRDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
GENR&LirAr Coriselleria cl’Educació INGLES
VALENCÁHA
PROVES DE CEI?TIFICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 5 CANDIDATE B
1 Reod the introduction to the topic and the suggestions.
1
1
TASK 1 1 •
• Choose three or four ideas fo talk obout. You may add your
own ideas.
1
i MONOLOGUE • TaIk for between three and a haff to four minutes.

LEISURE / CULTURE

• Changes in how people spend their free time.

• Violence on W/ Internet games.

• Travel: new sods of holiday.

a, ‘a’ • Sports: football, dangerous sports.

• Music: downloading, going to concevts,

o
playing musical instruments.

• Films: price of cinema tickets. Price of DVDs.

Downloading films illegally. Home videos.

• TheaIre. amateur plays.

 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’QRDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
GENE ~1ITAT Conselleria d’Educaciá INGLES
VM.[NO~A
PROVES DE CERT[FICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 6 CANDIDATE A
TASI( 1 1 .
Read the introductíon to the topic and the suggestions.
Choose three or four ideas fo tolk aboijt. You may add your
own ideas.
MONOLOGUE • Taik for between linee and a hall to four minutes.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

a
• Bilingual education in Spain.

/
/ 4’

Role of the Internet in language learning: e-mail

/ 4

44 exchanges. tree phone systems.

a. 1
. Watching films in Engllsh. with/ without subtitles.
4
1 Language exchanges. courses abroad.
/
/ Foreign language assistants.
. Your best foreign language learning experience.

. Main problems.
 DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’QRDENACIÓ 1 CENTRES DOCENTS
G~NR4UTAT Consetieria d’Educacíó INGLES
VAJ.[NCIANA
PROVES DE CERTIFICACIÓ NIVEL AVANZADO

SET 6CANDIDATEB
• Recd the introduction fo the topic ond the suggestions.
TASK 1 • Choose three or four ideas to toik about. You may
M0N0L0GI“‘E • TaIk
own for
ideas.
between three and a half to four minutes.

GIVING: CHARI1IES AND NGOs

. Different sods of NGOs: peopie. human rights. animals. the

environment.

• Do you give money to charities? Your opinion of their

work?
~ • First World responsibility to Third World? Individual!

2 government responsibility? 0.7%. Poverty. chiid mortality,

~ AIDS. natural disasters and popular response.

• lmmigrants: Economic/ political refugees. Solutions?

• Giving your time: voiuntary worlç European Vear of

Volunteering 2011. Your experience. opinion.

 DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
G’aMIN Conselleria de Educocián
PRUEBAS DE CERTW~ICACIÓ1~
ING N

SET 8 CANDIDATE C

Please introduce yaurself to the examiner and other candidate. In this pad of the exarn you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss sorne of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.

M N L 1 : 1IRAVELLI

. Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climcite, tourist facilities,

Iandscape, accommodation. price, any others...
. Travelling done.
. What can ruin a holiday?
. Low-cosf airlines.
≠‘ • Jet-Iag experiences.
~ Gr • Home swap: budget accommodation.
. Ruraltourism.
• Volunteering holidays.
• Space holidays.