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‫Now we're going to be learning how you can best answer part two topic cue cards.

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‫And in my experience as an arts teacher, this is the most worrying section of the speaking test.

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‫And that's because in this part, you will need to speak completely without interruptions.

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‫For between one to two minutes, we will review exactly what part two of the speaking test is.

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‫And by the end of the lesson, you will understand how to make a good plan to help you answer part two

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‫of the speaking test.

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‫So what exactly is the topic?

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‫Cue card section?

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‫Well, this section will last between three to four minutes.

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‫You'll be given a topic cue card asking you to discuss and describe a common topic that you will be

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‫familiar with.

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‫You're going to have one minute to plan and make some notes.

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‫You'll be given a piece of paper and you can write down your ideas.

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‫You can also look at these whilst you're in the speaking part of this section.

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‫You must speak for between one to two minutes, and the examiner will not stop you to ask any questions.

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‫I do believe that you should be aiming for at least one minute and 30 seconds as this will give you

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‫plenty of time to show off your excellent speaking skills.

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‫As I just said, you will be given topics that you are 100 percent familiar with in some way.

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‫So let's take a look at some of the common topics that may come up in part two.

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‫It could be anything from art, travel, photographs, friends, family, education, events, hobbies,

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‫asking you to describe an object or also discussing books.

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‫Now, this is only a small selection of the topics that could come up.

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‫And I advise that you try and find more example answers on the Internet.

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‫And also you'll be seeing some in this of.

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‫Let's take another look at what a topic a cue card looks like.

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‫Describe an enjoyable event you experienced at school, you should say, when it happened, what it

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‫was like where it took place and explain why it was such a memorable event.

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‫So this is what a topic cue card will almost exactly look like.

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‫Of course, the topic will be different for you in the first sentence.

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‫You are given what you need to describe and your main topic, the middle section gives you some extra

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‫prompts using the five W's, which are what, where, when, why and who.

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‫The bottom part of the topic card is an extra part of your prompt.

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‫Now there are four prompts in total when it happened, what it was like where it took place and why

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‫it was such a memorable event.

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‫But that doesn't mean to say that you can only talk about those things.

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‫You were allowed to discuss things that are not mentioned in the prompts as long as they are relevant

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‫to the topic.

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‫So when it comes to planning, what is the best strategy?

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‫And I believe using the five W's will help you to make some excellent notes.

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‫The five W's are used by many teachers across the globe to help prompt their students to really describe

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‫things in depth.

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‫I use them to create my notes as a basis for my answer in part two of the ALP speaking test.

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‫And now we're going to look at a few examples of my notes.

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‫Let's see the topic.

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‫Cue card that we're going to be making these notes for describe an enjoyable event you experienced at

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‫school, you should say, when it happened, what it was like where it took place, and explain why

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‫it was such a memorable event.

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‫And here are my notes now.

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‫You don't have to write out the five W's info.

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‫You could even use Signe's if that would help you to speed things up.

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‫But remember, you only have one minute to do this.

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‫So let's take a look at my notes now.

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‫So what for me would be sports day, that is my most enjoyable, memorable experience from school,

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‫where would be Fallston, where I'm from, which is a small village, and I would discuss all the nature

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‫and beauty of the place when it happened.

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‫It was June.

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‫It was summer, hot and blue skies.

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‫These are all things that will prompt me to discuss and extend my answer in part to why it was to test

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‫sporting ability, get parents together and build community who it was a family day.

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‫I won the long jump and there was a special guest.

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‫So these are the notes that I would make in one minute to help and prompt me.

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‫Really answer the cue card in full.

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‫Let's take a look at another example against a different topic.

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‫Cue card.

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‫Describe a subject you enjoyed studying at school, you should say what it was, where you studied it,

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‫when you studied it, and explain why you enjoyed it so much.

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‫So my favorite subject that I would talk about is English, where it was in a new class block at the

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‫grammar school, which was my old school, when when I was 11 to 16 years old.

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‫Why?

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‫Because I enjoy reading and drama.

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‫And there were good teachers who who I learnt about authors.

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‫Who was Golding and my favorite teacher, who was Mr. Reeves.

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‫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

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‫of assistance and really extending your discussion.

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‫Now, I think it will be good to use these notes in the same cue card to show you what an adult's part

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‫to answer might look like.

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‫Let's take a look at that now.

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‫That's a really difficult question because I enjoyed so many lessons when I was at school off the top

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‫of my head, English was probably my favorite class.

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‫Learning about authors and their history of their language was great.

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‫I really started to enjoy this subject when I began my school life at Fieldston Grammar School.

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‫I would have been about 11 years old when I started as a student there.

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‫We usually studied English in a new modern facility, which made it very comfortable to spend time.

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‫And I think I finished there at about 16.

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‫In my honest opinion, English teachers are always the most passionate and interesting to listen to.

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‫Mr Rees was my favorite teacher during my time secondary school.

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‫We read a book called Lord of the Flies when I was around 14 years old.

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‫It's a fiction novel about a group of boys stranded on an island.

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‫Another point to add is that English lessons had loads of hilarious drama activities, some of my classmates

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‫hated it, but watching them acting in plays was very funny.

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‫I actually quite miss my English lessons.

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‫So there you have an extended answer to Part two in Al speaking, using the five W's to create note.

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‫And again, I would like to say that you don't have to stick to what you wrote in your note or the prompt

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‫on the topic cue card.

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‫If you think of something to add during your monologue or extended speaking part, then do additon as

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‫being more natural could possibly score you more marks as an extra bonus.

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‫I wanted to show you something now that will maybe help you extend your speaking, especially during

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‫part two of the speaking test.

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‫I suggest to extend your speaking using the five senses which are see, smell, hear, taste and touch.

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‫I'm going to show you some example sentences in describing a car.

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‫Let's begin with see, my new car is a beautiful blue color and now smell the exhaust fumes are quite

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‫sickening.

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‫And now here.

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‫It's a little sad, but the engine does sound great and now for taste or you wouldn't really taste a

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‫car.

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‫And next is touch.

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‫I added a really comfy leather steering wheel by using the five senses.

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‫It will help you to quickly think of ways to really deeply describe something.

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‫So that brings us to the end of this lesson on how to answer part two topic cue cards.

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‫I hope that you've learned how to plan effectively for part two and also got some extra tips to extend

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‫your speaking.

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‫See you in the next lesson.