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‫Big congratulations to completing your aout writing section of this course, and now in Section four,

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‫we're going to start understanding how to do well in the speaking part of the test and this lesson,

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‫you'll understand the structure and organization of the ELT speaking test.

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‫You'll also have a better understanding about the types of questions that you could also get on the

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‫day of your test.

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‫So what is the speaking test?

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‫Here is a quick definition.

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‫The old speaking test measures your ability to communicate verbally in English across a range of topics

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‫and questions.

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‫So there is a quick definition of what the speaking test is, and it basically is here to test how well

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‫you can communicate in general in English.

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‫So how is the speaking test organized and structured?

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‫There are three parts to the ILT speaking test in total, the test, the last usually between 11 to

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‫14 minutes.

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‫It's important to know that you will be doing a vast majority of the talking.

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‫I might say at least 90 percent of all speaking will be you.

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‫The first part of the test is greetings and introductory questions, these are generally on common topics

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‫such as work and studies.

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‫The second part of the test is where you'll be given a topic cue card here.

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‫You'll speak for between one and two minutes about a topic that you will know something about.

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‫The final part of the speaking test is interview style questions, these relate to the topic cue card

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‫that you're given in part two of the test.

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‫So here are the three part of the eyüp speaking test.

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‫And throughout the speaking parts of this course, we'll be learning lots of skills and language that

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‫you can use for each of the parts.

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‫Let's take a look at part one and a little bit more depth.

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‫In part one, he will greet the examiner and say hello, and then you will have some questions on topics

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‫such as family studies, sport and hobbies, this part of the speaking test will last between four to

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‫five minutes.

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‫As soon as you enter the room, your test has begun.

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‫In total, you'll receive 12 questions.

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‫It's important to remember not to give any short answers to these questions, although you may be nervous,

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‫especially upon entering the room.

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‫It's important to remain calm and appear confident and friendly.

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‫Here is part two of the speaking test, which is your topic cue card.

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‫During this section, you'll be given a cue card, which is asking you to describe a common situation

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‫or topic on the card.

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‫There will be some prompts to give you some ideas about what kind of things that you can speak about.

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‫You must speak for between one to two minutes without interruption before you begin your speaking part.

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‫You have one minute to prepare some notes to help you plan for what you will discuss.

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‫Here are some common topics that you may get in part two.

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‫This is not an exhaustive list of all the part two topics you might get, but it does give you a better

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‫understanding about the types of questions or topics that you'll be asked to discuss.

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‫What exactly does a topic cue card look like now?

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‫We'll take a look at two examples to give you a better understanding about what a cue card is.

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‫So here is a party cue card, and they will pretty much look exactly the same as this, to describe

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‫a childhood memory, you should say what this memory is, where it took place when it happened, and

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‫explain why it is an important memory on the card you have for parents to give you some extra ideas

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‫about the types of things that you can discuss.

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‫And childhood memories is a very common topic in all parts of the adult speaking test.

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‫Here is a second example.

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‫Describe an activity you do regularly, you should say what this activity is, how you started doing

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‫it, where you do this activity and explain why you do it so often.

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‫Again, hobbies and activities are a very common topic on the speaking test.

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‫So here are two examples of Common Part two cue cards.

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‫Let's move on to take a look at part three of the aout speaking test.

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‫During part three, you'll be asked further questions about the topic and cue card given to you during

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‫part two, this part of the speaking test is meant to be more like an interview where the examiner can

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‫react to what you say and change questions based on your discussion.

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‫You still must answer questions at length.

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‫Often you'll be asked to predict or explain your thinking in detail.

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‫Here are a few examples of the questions you might get based on the topic during part two.

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‫Do you think diet is important?

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‫How can we protect the environment?

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‫What makes a good student once again during part three of the speaking test, it's still very important

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‫to give extended, well developed answers to the examiners questions.

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‫Now I have for you a complete overview of the structure of the aout speaking test broken down into all

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‫three parts with a short description.

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‫You might want to note this down, or you could print screen and save it to a document on your computer.

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‫Whichever way, it's good to understand how the speaking test is organized.

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‫That's all for this lesson, our first lesson in the speaking section of this course, if you have any

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‫further questions, please do use the Q&A feature or contact me directly.

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‫See you in the next lesson.