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PART ONE In this part, the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.
PART TWO In this part of the test, you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your ideas.
A: What is important when...?
Trying to attract new staff
●Competitive wages
●Company reputation
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B: What is important when...?
Delegating work to others
●Clear instructions
●Choice of person for the task
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C: What is important when...?
Designing a company website
●Type of information to include
●Different language versions
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PART THREE In this part of the test, you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the task prompt, an example of which is below, and then about three minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that, the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic.
For two candidates Sales Managers Conference
Your company is organising a conference for the sales managers working in its offices around the world.
You have been asked to help plan the conference.
Discuss the situation together and decide:
●what information you will need to send to the sales managers before the conference
●what activities you could organise to help people to get to know each other better.
For three candidates
Sales Managers Conference
Your company is organising a conference for the sales managers working in its offices around the world.
You have been asked to help plan the conference.
Discuss the situation together and decide:
●what information you will need to send to the sales managers before the conference
●what activities you could organise to help people to get to know each other better
●what facilities you will provide at the conference.
Follow-on questions ●Do you think a company benefits from holding conferences for its employees? (Why?/Why not?)
●Do you think you would enjoy going to a conference? (Why?/Why not?)
●How important is location to the success of a conference? (Why?/Why not?)
●Could it be a problem if several managers in a company are away at conferences at the same time? (Why?/Why not?)
●Apart from having conferences, what other ways can companies encourage teamwork among their employees?
INTERLOCUTOR FRAMES
To facilitate practice for the Speaking test, the scripts followed by the interlocutor for Parts 2 and 3 appear below. They should be used in conjunction with Test Speaking tasks. These tasks are contained in booklets in the real Speaking test.
Interlocutor frames are not included for Part 1, in which the interlocutor asks the candidates questions directly rather than asking them to perform tasks.
Part 2: Mini presentations (about six minutes)
Interlocutor:
●Now, in this part of the test I'm going to give each of you a choice of three different topics. I'd like you to select one of the topics and give a short presentation on it for about a minute. You will have a minute to prepare this and you can make notes if you wish. After you have finished your talk, your partner will ask you a question.
●All right? Here are your topics. Please don't write anything in the booklet.
[Interlocutor hands each candidate a booklet and a pencil and paper for notes.]
Interlocutor:
●Now, B, which topic have you chosen, A, B or C?
●Would you like to talk about what you think is important when [interlocutor states candidate's chosen topic]? A, please listen carefully to B's talk and then ask him/her a question about it.
[Candidate B speaks for one minute.]
Interlocutor:
●Thank you. Now, A, please ask B a question about his/her talk.
[Candidate A asks a question.]
Interlocutor:
●Now, A, which topic have you chosen, A, B or C?
●Would you like to talk about what you think is important when [interlocutor states candidate's chosen topic]? B, please listen carefully to A's talk and then ask him/her a question about it.
[Candidate A speaks for one minute.]
Interlocutor:
●Thank you. Now, B, please ask A a question about his/her talk.
[Candidate B asks a question.]
Interlocutor:
●Thank you.
●Can I have the booklets, please?
Part 3: Collaborative task and discussion (about seven minutes)
Interlocutor:
●Now, in this part of the test, you are going to discuss something together.
[Interlocutor holds the Part 3 booklet open at the task while giving the instructions below.]
Interlocutor:
●You have 30 seconds to read this task carefully, and then about three minutes to discuss and decide about it together. You should give reasons for your decisions and opinions. You don't need to write anything. Is that clear?
[Interlocutor places the booklet in front of the candidates so they can both see it.]
Interlocutor:
●I'm just going to listen and then ask you to stop after about three minutes. Please speak so that we can hear you. [Candidates have about three minutes to complete the task.]
Interlocutor:
●Can I have the booklet, please?
[Interlocutor asks one or more of the follow-on questions as appropriate, to extend the discussion.]
●Thank you. That is the end of the test.