‫Big congratulations to completing your aout writing section of this course, and now in Section four,
‫we're going to start understanding how to do well in the speaking part of the test and this lesson,
‫you'll understand the structure and organization of the ELT speaking test.
‫You'll also have a better understanding about the types of questions that you could also get on the
‫day of your test.
‫So what is the speaking test?
‫Here is a quick definition.
‫The old speaking test measures your ability to communicate verbally in English across a range of topics
‫and questions.
‫So there is a quick definition of what the speaking test is, and it basically is here to test how well
‫you can communicate in general in English.
‫So how is the speaking test organized and structured?
‫There are three parts to the ILT speaking test in total, the test, the last usually between 11 to
‫14 minutes.
‫It's important to know that you will be doing a vast majority of the talking.
‫I might say at least 90 percent of all speaking will be you.
‫The first part of the test is greetings and introductory questions, these are generally on common topics
‫such as work and studies.
‫The second part of the test is where you'll be given a topic cue card here.
‫You'll speak for between one and two minutes about a topic that you will know something about.
‫The final part of the speaking test is interview style questions, these relate to the topic cue card
‫that you're given in part two of the test.
‫So here are the three part of the eyüp speaking test.
‫And throughout the speaking parts of this course, we'll be learning lots of skills and language that
‫you can use for each of the parts.
‫Let's take a look at part one and a little bit more depth.
‫In part one, he will greet the examiner and say hello, and then you will have some questions on topics
‫such as family studies, sport and hobbies, this part of the speaking test will last between four to
‫five minutes.
‫As soon as you enter the room, your test has begun.
‫In total, you'll receive 12 questions.
‫It's important to remember not to give any short answers to these questions, although you may be nervous,
‫especially upon entering the room.
‫It's important to remain calm and appear confident and friendly.
‫Here is part two of the speaking test, which is your topic cue card.
‫During this section, you'll be given a cue card, which is asking you to describe a common situation
‫or topic on the card.
‫There will be some prompts to give you some ideas about what kind of things that you can speak about.
‫You must speak for between one to two minutes without interruption before you begin your speaking part.
‫You have one minute to prepare some notes to help you plan for what you will discuss.
‫Here are some common topics that you may get in part two.
‫This is not an exhaustive list of all the part two topics you might get, but it does give you a better
‫understanding about the types of questions or topics that you'll be asked to discuss.
‫What exactly does a topic cue card look like now?
‫We'll take a look at two examples to give you a better understanding about what a cue card is.
‫So here is a party cue card, and they will pretty much look exactly the same as this, to describe
‫a childhood memory, you should say what this memory is, where it took place when it happened, and
‫explain why it is an important memory on the card you have for parents to give you some extra ideas
‫about the types of things that you can discuss.
‫And childhood memories is a very common topic in all parts of the adult speaking test.
‫Here is a second example.
‫Describe an activity you do regularly, you should say what this activity is, how you started doing
‫it, where you do this activity and explain why you do it so often.
‫Again, hobbies and activities are a very common topic on the speaking test.
‫So here are two examples of Common Part two cue cards.
‫Let's move on to take a look at part three of the aout speaking test.
‫During part three, you'll be asked further questions about the topic and cue card given to you during
‫part two, this part of the speaking test is meant to be more like an interview where the examiner can
‫react to what you say and change questions based on your discussion.
‫You still must answer questions at length.
‫Often you'll be asked to predict or explain your thinking in detail.
‫Here are a few examples of the questions you might get based on the topic during part two.
‫Do you think diet is important?
‫How can we protect the environment?
‫What makes a good student once again during part three of the speaking test, it's still very important
‫to give extended, well developed answers to the examiners questions.
‫Now I have for you a complete overview of the structure of the aout speaking test broken down into all
‫three parts with a short description.
‫You might want to note this down, or you could print screen and save it to a document on your computer.
‫Whichever way, it's good to understand how the speaking test is organized.
‫That's all for this lesson, our first lesson in the speaking section of this course, if you have any
‫further questions, please do use the Q&A feature or contact me directly.
‫See you in the next lesson.