‫Now we're going to be learning how you can best answer part two topic cue cards.
‫And in my experience as an arts teacher, this is the most worrying section of the speaking test.
‫And that's because in this part, you will need to speak completely without interruptions.
‫For between one to two minutes, we will review exactly what part two of the speaking test is.
‫And by the end of the lesson, you will understand how to make a good plan to help you answer part two
‫of the speaking test.
‫So what exactly is the topic?
‫Cue card section?
‫Well, this section will last between three to four minutes.
‫You'll be given a topic cue card asking you to discuss and describe a common topic that you will be
‫familiar with.
‫You're going to have one minute to plan and make some notes.
‫You'll be given a piece of paper and you can write down your ideas.
‫You can also look at these whilst you're in the speaking part of this section.
‫You must speak for between one to two minutes, and the examiner will not stop you to ask any questions.
‫I do believe that you should be aiming for at least one minute and 30 seconds as this will give you
‫plenty of time to show off your excellent speaking skills.
‫As I just said, you will be given topics that you are 100 percent familiar with in some way.
‫So let's take a look at some of the common topics that may come up in part two.
‫It could be anything from art, travel, photographs, friends, family, education, events, hobbies,
‫asking you to describe an object or also discussing books.
‫Now, this is only a small selection of the topics that could come up.
‫And I advise that you try and find more example answers on the Internet.
‫And also you'll be seeing some in this of.
‫Let's take another look at what a topic a cue card looks like.
‫Describe an enjoyable event you experienced at school, you should say, when it happened, what it
‫was like where it took place and explain why it was such a memorable event.
‫So this is what a topic cue card will almost exactly look like.
‫Of course, the topic will be different for you in the first sentence.
‫You are given what you need to describe and your main topic, the middle section gives you some extra
‫prompts using the five W's, which are what, where, when, why and who.
‫The bottom part of the topic card is an extra part of your prompt.
‫Now there are four prompts in total when it happened, what it was like where it took place and why
‫it was such a memorable event.
‫But that doesn't mean to say that you can only talk about those things.
‫You were allowed to discuss things that are not mentioned in the prompts as long as they are relevant
‫to the topic.
‫So when it comes to planning, what is the best strategy?
‫And I believe using the five W's will help you to make some excellent notes.
‫The five W's are used by many teachers across the globe to help prompt their students to really describe
‫things in depth.
‫I use them to create my notes as a basis for my answer in part two of the ALP speaking test.
‫And now we're going to look at a few examples of my notes.
‫Let's see the topic.
‫Cue card that we're going to be making these notes for describe an enjoyable event you experienced at
‫school, you should say, when it happened, what it was like where it took place, and explain why
‫it was such a memorable event.
‫And here are my notes now.
‫You don't have to write out the five W's info.
‫You could even use Signe's if that would help you to speed things up.
‫But remember, you only have one minute to do this.
‫So let's take a look at my notes now.
‫So what for me would be sports day, that is my most enjoyable, memorable experience from school,
‫where would be Fallston, where I'm from, which is a small village, and I would discuss all the nature
‫and beauty of the place when it happened.
‫It was June.
‫It was summer, hot and blue skies.
‫These are all things that will prompt me to discuss and extend my answer in part to why it was to test
‫sporting ability, get parents together and build community who it was a family day.
‫I won the long jump and there was a special guest.
‫So these are the notes that I would make in one minute to help and prompt me.
‫Really answer the cue card in full.
‫Let's take a look at another example against a different topic.
‫Cue card.
‫Describe a subject you enjoyed studying at school, you should say what it was, where you studied it,
‫when you studied it, and explain why you enjoyed it so much.
‫So my favorite subject that I would talk about is English, where it was in a new class block at the
‫grammar school, which was my old school, when when I was 11 to 16 years old.
‫Why?
‫Because I enjoy reading and drama.
‫And there were good teachers who who I learnt about authors.
‫Who was Golding and my favorite teacher, who was Mr. Reeves.
‫I'm sure you can see that by using the five W's, you can quickly make a plan that will give you a lot
‫of assistance and really extending your discussion.
‫Now, I think it will be good to use these notes in the same cue card to show you what an adult's part
‫to answer might look like.
‫Let's take a look at that now.
‫That's a really difficult question because I enjoyed so many lessons when I was at school off the top
‫of my head, English was probably my favorite class.
‫Learning about authors and their history of their language was great.
‫I really started to enjoy this subject when I began my school life at Fieldston Grammar School.
‫I would have been about 11 years old when I started as a student there.
‫We usually studied English in a new modern facility, which made it very comfortable to spend time.
‫And I think I finished there at about 16.
‫In my honest opinion, English teachers are always the most passionate and interesting to listen to.
‫Mr Rees was my favorite teacher during my time secondary school.
‫We read a book called Lord of the Flies when I was around 14 years old.
‫It's a fiction novel about a group of boys stranded on an island.
‫Another point to add is that English lessons had loads of hilarious drama activities, some of my classmates
‫hated it, but watching them acting in plays was very funny.
‫I actually quite miss my English lessons.
‫So there you have an extended answer to Part two in Al speaking, using the five W's to create note.
‫And again, I would like to say that you don't have to stick to what you wrote in your note or the prompt
‫on the topic cue card.
‫If you think of something to add during your monologue or extended speaking part, then do additon as
‫being more natural could possibly score you more marks as an extra bonus.
‫I wanted to show you something now that will maybe help you extend your speaking, especially during
‫part two of the speaking test.
‫I suggest to extend your speaking using the five senses which are see, smell, hear, taste and touch.
‫I'm going to show you some example sentences in describing a car.
‫Let's begin with see, my new car is a beautiful blue color and now smell the exhaust fumes are quite
‫sickening.
‫And now here.
‫It's a little sad, but the engine does sound great and now for taste or you wouldn't really taste a
‫car.
‫And next is touch.
‫I added a really comfy leather steering wheel by using the five senses.
‫It will help you to quickly think of ways to really deeply describe something.
‫So that brings us to the end of this lesson on how to answer part two topic cue cards.
‫I hope that you've learned how to plan effectively for part two and also got some extra tips to extend
‫your speaking.
‫See you in the next lesson.