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    OPIc Intermediate: OPIc - ACTFL Speaking Test Preparation
    OPIc Intermediate: OPIc - ACTFL Speaking Test Preparation
    OPIc Intermediate: OPIc - ACTFL Speaking Test Preparation
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    OPIc Intermediate: OPIc - ACTFL Speaking Test Preparation

    By Sophia Nelson-Doman

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    This Oral Proficiency Interview – Computer (OPI-c) textbook prepares participants for the 40 minutes, 15 question speaking exam. It focuses on the skills and techniques required to test participants’ conversational ability by helping them to respond in a cohesive and coherent manner. It covers Self Introduction, Describing People, Describing Place and many survey topics.

    The book will provide test takers with all the necessary strategies, tactics, phrases and vocabularies to achieve a significantly high score in the OPI-c exam. All the material in this book is written by an experience English as a Second Language OPI-c instructor with very high success rate.

    The textbook can also be used by IELTS and TOEIC test takers who are preparing for the speaking and listening exams.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSophia Nelson-Doman
    Release dateFeb 25, 2019
    ISBN9780463197523
    OPIc Intermediate: OPIc - ACTFL Speaking Test Preparation
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    Sophia Nelson-Doman

    Sophia Nelson Doman is an English as a Second Language teacher, Course Developer, Instructor, Author, and a Self Publisher.She has over 20 years of experience in the Customer Service industry.Most of this time, she has developed her skills in telecommunication, housing, probation, and immigration. Due to her success in the service industry, she became an independent contractor for a large telecommunication company in Canada. She was training potential client care representatives to work in the telecommunication industry. She then went on to write her Customer Service and Call Centre 101 book for those who would like to get into the service.In addition to writing the Customer Service book, she wrote a few children's books that are quite entertaining and fun to read. Her Korean students inspired and encouraged her to write her first kids' book - Trish, Krish, and Their Fish in a dish.Children find this book and her other children's book funny and exciting, and parents also enjoy reading them to their children.

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      OPIc Intermediate - Sophia Nelson-Doman

      OPIc or Oral Proficiency Interview-computer is aninternet based test.

      It is a15 questionexam to test a person's speaking ability.

      Duration: the OPIc Speaking test takes approximately40 minutes

      It tests studentsSpeaking and Listening skillsmainly for college entrance and now has become very important all over the world.

      Many companies in Korea are using it as ajudgment tool for employeesentering the company and for promotion.

      How are students evaluated?

      Students are evaluated in these areas of the OPIc test:

      Language Control: Grammar (sentence order, use of the proper tenses, pluralization, use of proper pronouns, prepositions), Pronunciation (accent, intonation, rhythm, speed), Vocabulary (use in the proper context) and Fluency

      Comprehensibility: capable of comprehending the questions and giving an appropriate response logically-introduction, body and conclusion.

      Function/Global tasks: The capability to respond to questions promptly and improvise if necessary.

      Text Type: having the ability to answer questions using appropriate vocabularies (using long sentences vs. short sentences)

      Contents/Context: responding to questions/tasks clearly and staying on topic.

      OPic Sample Screen

      There are different levels of OPIc:

      ■ NL – Novice Low

      ■ NM – Novice Mid

      ■ NH – Novice High

      ■ Intermediate Mid-Level has 3 levels - IM1, IM2 and IM3:

      ■ IL – Intermediate Low

      ■ IM – Intermediate Mid

      ■ IH – Intermediate High

      ■ AL – Advance Low – this is the highest score level in the OPIc exam, there are other higher levels of the OPI, however it is not taken on the computer; it is taken in a test centre. ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language) location.

      To obtain a level of Advanced Mid, Advanced High or Superior, you must take the OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) at an ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language) location. The OPI is a face to face interview NOT via the computer.)

      To obtain a level of Advanced Mid, Advanced High or Superior, you must take the OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) at an ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language) location. The OPI is a face to face interview NOT via the computer).

      (image source: www.opic.or.kr)

      Where does the computer get the questions from?

      ■ The computer randomly select questions to ask the test taker based on the response given on the background survey(7 questions).

      ■ The questionnaire has questions about - school, work, social interest, travelling, home, sports/exercise, and hobbies. This will determine the questions you will be asked on the

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