Thank you for joining us today.
This is Al speaking simulation self practice tests to instructions.
Except for the initial opening questions.
Each test has a different set of questions.
We've done this.
You can get as much experience as we can offer in terms of the exam itself and being able to handle
all of the different types of questions you might encounter.
Some speaking tests will ask you questions as if you were a student.
Others will ask you questions as if you have a job.
It's okay for you to practice answering both sets of those questions.
Make sure you pause the video and read the instructions for each speaking part.
I'm going to go over it.
But you know, it's a good idea to maybe pause it and review it for yourself.
For parts one and three, you should cover your screen because on the real exam you cannot see the questions.
So you might want to use a manila folder or some type of colored paper so that you can cover the screen
for part two.
Look at your screen so you can see the topic card.
Remember, part number one, I want you to speak in two or three sentences for each question.
Part two speak the full 2 minutes addressing each point.
Part three Speak in 3 to 4 sentences for each part, parts six and seven.
Number six and seven are important for parts one and three.
I will ask a question then pause for 5 seconds before asking the next question.
Of course, you cannot answer the question in 5 seconds.
So what you need to do is pause the video so you can answer each question in parts one and three.
So when I ask you the question, press the spacebar, pause the video, give your response, and then
go ahead and move forward and go to the next question.
By pressing spacebar for part two, you'll have one minute to take notes and then 2 minutes to deliver
your response.
Now, I think it's really, really important that you record yourself.
A great program is called Order.
I they have Android and iPhone applications and also a PC version.
But from the very beginning of this speaking test, record yourself.
Then you're going to upload your recording into the Otter website so you can get a transcription of
your speaking.
This will allow for you to be able to see your grammar, your lexical also to check your pronunciation.
Please, please, please simulate the real exam.
Do not teach yourself by looking at the questions and speaking parts one and three and do not start
over and keep answering over and over again.
Get a true assessment of yourself.
At the end of this test, I'm going to give you instructions so that you'll be able to do your own self
assessment.
Let's get started.
Part one.
Remember to cover your screen so you cannot see the questions.
I will ask a question.
Pulse for 5 seconds, then ask the next question.
You must press the spacebar and pause the video after I ask each question so you can answer.
Once you have finished answering, press the spacebar so you can hear the next question.
Let's begin.
So what kind of job do you do?
Do you get on well with your colleagues?
Is your job very popular in your country?
Let's move on and talk about your housing.
Where do you live?
What is your favorite room in your housing?
Can you see yourself living there in the future?
Let's move forward and talk about robots.
What do you think of robots?
Did you watch any cartoons related to robots in your childhood?
Do you like the idea of robots helping at home or driving your car?
Let's now move forward and talk a little bit about happiness.
Are you a happy person?
What makes you happy?
Why is happiness important?
Was there anything you recently did that major family happy?
Now let's talk a little bit about picnics.
Do you go on a picnic often?
When was the first time you went on a picnic?
Why do people like picnics?
Okay.
Let's now move on to part two.
Now you can uncover your screen for part two because you need to see the question, the topic card.
I'm going to give you one minute to review the topic card and take notes.
Afterwards, you will be given 2 minutes to give your response.
Talk about a time when you got lost in a town or city.
Please say where and when it happened.
Who was there with you?
What you did when you got lost?
And explain how you feel about it.
You have one minute to take notes.
Please stop.
You now have 2 minutes to deliver your response.
You may begin speaking now.
Okay.
Please stop.
We'll now move on to part number three.
Part three.
Now I want you to cover your screen again so you cannot see the questions.
I'm going to ask you a question.
Pause for 5 seconds, then ask the next question.
Press the spacebar to pause the video and answer.
Once you finish answering, go ahead and press the spacebar again to restart the video.
Let's talk a little bit about getting lost.
Do you often get lost?
Is map reading scale important?
Should a person try to discover information about a place before going?
What is the importance of traveling?
All right.
Thank you very much and great job.
Now it's time for you to do your own self assessment.
Listen to your recording of your self test after each part.
See where you land on the rubric in terms of fluency and coherence, pronunciation, grammar and lexical
lexical ability.
Were you repeating the same language of the question?
If you were doing, then doing that, then you were not paraphrasing.
Are you able to use different types of discourse markers or are you just repeating the same discourse
markers over and over and over again?
Are you able to show use of a lot of good connectors in your sentences?
Are there coordinate conjunctions, subordinate conjunctions and but for so yet although even though
coordinate adjectives, adverbs, however moreover so you have to really look at yourself, check your
pronunciation the on our website.
Once you load it up, it'll give you a transcription.
If it's not typing out the words that you think you say it, then there may be an issue with your pronunciation
and you can see the words you need to work on.
So what you want to do is to make notes.
You create yourself a table like this on paper or on your computer.
Write down your comments about your fluency and coherence, what you need to work on, your lexical
resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and your pronunciation.
I think it's a great idea to spend some time looking at the rubric because if you're not doing 8 to
9 stuff for fluency and coherence, you're not going to get that score if you're not doing 8 to 9,
8 to 9 performance for grammatical range and accuracy, not using a wide range of structures, flexibility
flexibly, majority of mistake, free sentences.
So please do your self assessment and check your work.
Thank you so much for joining me for this practice test and I look forward to seeing you again in the
next practice test.