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Hello.

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Is so great to have you here right now.

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You've just completed the writing section of our course.

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You've already covered the listening and the reading sections.

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Now it's time to take on the speaking section of the exam.

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In this lecture, we're going to give you a review of the basics of the aisle speaking test.

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This will be a general overview of what you're going to face.

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So let's go ahead and get into it.

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Okay.

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So on the ill speaking section of the test, you have three tasks.

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Or sometimes you'll hear me say that you have three parts and test number one.

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We like to call that the introduction and interview.

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Basically, that's what it is.

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You're going to be sitting across from the table with an examiner one on one, just you and the examiner.

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Don't be nervous.

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Relax, because you've done an interview before.

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The Examiner is going to be asking you some general questions in the beginning about yourself, where

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you're from.

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Maybe about your family or your housing situation.

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And then they're going to move into some more specific topics, maybe dealing with music or street markets

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or plants, flowers, perfume, something like that.

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Task number one is is is really short.

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It probably normally takes around 4 to 5 minutes to finish it up.

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But then after you finish, you're going to move into task number two.

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This is more of a long term.

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This is what you call the long term in task.

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Number two, you're going to be given a topic card.

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And on that topic card, there will be 3 to 4 prompts that go under a question.

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So it may ask you about talk about a time when somebody cheated or lied to you.

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And then under that, it'll be three or four prompts in terms of information they want you to cover.

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You'll have one minute to take notes, and then after that one minute is up, you'll be given 2 minutes

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to give your response.

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Now, in this task, number two, the examiner is not going to ask you any questions.

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You're going to speak for 2 minutes uninterrupted.

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After task number two is finished, you then move into task number three.

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And task number three is more of a discussion.

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It's more of a discussion that means you and the examiner will be talking back and forth is not is not

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where you know, it's not where you're going to just speak for one minute or speak for 2 minutes without

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being interrupted.

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The examiner can jump in and ask you another question because it is a discussion.

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Now, part number three or task number three is going to be on the same topic as task number two, the

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exact same topic.

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So if task number two was about languages, then task number three will also be about languages.

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So you heard me earlier, just kind of go over some of those general basics of task one, two and three.

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The speaking test will only last for about 12 to 14 minutes.

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The examiner has a fixed time.

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They have a fixed time.

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They can't talk to you for 20 minutes, 25 minutes, 30 minutes.

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They are given a fixed time to be able to to be able to ask you the questions they need to ask you and

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go through all three parts of the exam.

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The goal of the examiner is to assess your speaking ability.

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That's why sometimes they're not going to let you just speak for 2 minutes on one question.

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In part number one.

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They need to stop you so they can move forward and assess your ability in different contexts.

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The Examiner is more concerned about how you say something more than what you say.

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What you say only matters when it comes to being within the context of the question.

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If you go outside the subject of the question or really the specific.

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If you go outside the specific question itself, that's when what you say matters.

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Now you're graded on your fluency, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.

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They do not grade your ideas.

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Sometimes students like to ask me, how was my idea or my ideas?

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Good.

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It doesn't matter.

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Nobody cares about your ideas.

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Your ideas only matter if you go outside of the context of the question.

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Now there are three sections to the speaking test.

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Number one, as I just told you, is the interview.

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Your goal is to provide specific, well explained responses.

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Part number two is the UN interrupted speech.

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As I said, you're going to get a 3 to 4 part prompt.

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You get to prepare for one minute and then you speak for 2 minutes uninterrupted.

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Then part three is what we call the follow up.

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The follow up.

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The questions are the same subject as part number two, but they're longer, more challenging, more

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complex.

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Now, let me give you a little bit more.

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Let me give you a little bit of information about the examiners, because a lot of students ask me questions

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about the examiner.

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And I just want you to understand his position, his his background, his or her background.

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Now.

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The Examiner is going to be a current or former or former ESL teacher, a current or former ESL teacher.

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They do receive specialized training.

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Right.

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They have to really go through a lot of training to be able to be an examiner.

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This examiner is not your friend.

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They're not your enemy.

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They're there to do an evaluation.

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They are certified by the British Council or Cambridge.

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They can be a native speaker or a non native speaker.

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The examiner will decide.

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The examiner will decide the score.

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Really important for you to understand that this person that's sitting across the table from you is

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going to be the person to decide the score.

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A couple more things.

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I told you about the examiner's job, which is to get enough language to assess you.

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Right.

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That's why they're going to interrupt you.

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And also that the time is restricted.

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The reason why the time is restricted is the is the British Council, Cambridge.

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They want to make sure that everybody is given equal is equal for everybody.

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You can't give one person 25, 30 minutes to talk and give somebody else ten or 15 minutes to talk.

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Everybody is supposed to fit within the same time frame.

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So the time is limited.

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Now, how can you succeed in this course section?

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Well, for the speaking course section is very important that you take notes.

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I'm going to give you a lot of information.

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And just like an in-person course, if you are sitting in front of a lecture in a classroom, you take

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notes.

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Taking notes on the key points will help you to recall this information and be able to apply this information

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at a later date.

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Also, I'm going to use a lot of words and phrases within context.

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I'm not just going to give you a list without explaining to you how to use that, how to use that language.

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So really learn a lot of these essential phrases and words and be able to practice using them.

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Number three Do not memorize what I give model answers.

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Don't sit there and try to memorize what I say.

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Examiners can always tell when you're giving them something you tried to memorize.

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You can tell the difference.

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There's a big difference between giving a natural speech or naturally talking and giving a memorized

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answers.

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I always hear this in part number one, when people are talking about where they're from or they're

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talking about where they live, or they're talking about if they're a student or if they have a job.

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I hear these memorized answers and it's not impressive to a greater.

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So don't do it.

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Number four, practice, practice, practice.

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Don't just listen.

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Practice.

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Practice is how you're going to succeed.

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Thank you very much for joining me for this introduction to the speaking section of our course.

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Good luck and I'll be talking to you throughout all of these lectures.

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If you have any questions, please be sure to ask.

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Thank you very much.