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    A'speakforaminute' activity to practise speaking at length for Part 2 of the speaking test. The activity is designed to raise students' awareness of the benefits of thinking about and planning their answers. Each student repeats the same topic card, but this time they have to speak for a minute, timed by their new partner. The listening student should then ask the speaker a question about what has been said.

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    A'speakforaminute' activity to practise speaking at length for Part 2 of the speaking test. The activity is designed to raise students' awareness of the benefits of thinking about and planning their answers. Each student repeats the same topic card, but this time they have to speak for a minute, timed by their new partner. The listening student should then ask the speaker a question about what has been said.

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    IELTS Speaking Part 2

    Uploaded by

    Marisha Jucko
    A'speakforaminute' activity to practise speaking at length for Part 2 of the speaking test. The activity is designed to raise students' awareness of the benefits of thinking about and planning their answers. Each student repeats the same topic card, but this time they have to speak for a minute, timed by their new partner. The listening student should then ask the speaker a question about what has been said.

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    IELTSSpeakingPart2Activityteachersnotes

    Description AspeakforaminuteactivitytopractisespeakingatlengthforPart2oftheSpeakingtest. Theactivity isdesigned to raise studentsawarenessofthe benefitsofthinking aboutand planningtheiranswers. Timerequired: Additional materials required: Aims: 45minutes asetofcardsforeachpairofstudents astopwatchoraccesstoaclockwithasecondhandforeachpairof students. toallowstudentstopractisespeakingatlengthonagiventopic toraisetheirawarenessofthebenefitsofthinkingaboutand planningtheiranswers.

    Procedure 1. Divideyourclassintopairs. 2. Giveeachpairasetofabout20cards.Seesamplecardsforideas.Tellthemtoput thecardsfacedownbetweenthem. 3. Tellstudentshowtoplaythisgame:inpairs,eachstudentinturnpicksupacardand tellstheotherthetopicwrittenonit.S/Hethentalksaboutthetopicfor30seconds, timedbytheirpartner.Thelisteningstudentshouldthenaskthespeakeraquestion aboutwhathasbeensaid.Bothpartnershaveaturn. 4. ExplainthatintheSpeakingtest,candidateshave1minutetothinkabouttheir answerandmakeanynotestheywant.Timestudentsoneminutetodothisnow, usingthesametopiccard. 5. Redividetheclassintonewpairs.Eachstudentrepeatsthesametopiccard,butthis timetheyhavetospeakforaminute,timedbytheirnewpartner.Theirpartnershould thenaskthespeakeraquestionaboutwhathasbeensaid. 6. Askthesefollowupquestionsandhaveabriefclassdiscussionaboutthem: Howwasyourperformancedifferentbetweenthefirst(30second)andsecond(60 second)timeyouspokeabouteachtopic?Whichwasmoredifficult?(Theremay bealotofvariationinstudentanswershere,withsomefindingiteasierthesecond timeeventhoughitwaslonger,astheywereabletousesomeoftheiroriginal ideasandexpandonthem,butsomefindingiteasierthefirsttimeasitwasnttoo long)
    UCLES2009.Thismaterialmaybephotocopied(withoutalteration)anddistributedforclassroomuseprovidednochargeismade.Forfurther informationseeourTermsofUseathttp://www.teachers.cambridgeESOL.org/ts/legalinfo

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    Whatcanyoudointheminutepreparationtimebeforeyoustartspeaking? (Concentrateonfindingarealpersonalexperiencetotalkabout,writedownkey ideasorvocabulary) 7. Stayinginthesamepairs,eachstudentpicksasecondcard.Studentstaketurnsto talkabouttheirtopicforoneminute,withoneminutepreparationtime.Listening studentstimethemandaskthemaquestionattheend. 8. Redividetheclassintonewpairs.Repeattheactivitywith1minutepreparationtime before. 9. Repeatsteps7and8astimeallowsextendingthespeakingtimeto2minuteswhen thestudentsareready. 10. Holdafinalclassdiscussionusingthefollowupquestionsinstep6toseewhatthe studentshavelearnedfromtheirexperienceofdoingthetask,plusthefollowup questionsbelow: Withapartner,brainstormsomeinterestingvocabularyyoucouldhaveusedin youranswers.Couldyouhaveuseddifferenttensesandstructurestoo? Howcanyouimproveyourperformanceinthispartoftheexam?(Practiseusing thesecardstospeakforaminutewithapartnerinsparemoments,practise preparingandbrainstormingideasonatopicforaminute,recordyourselfspeaking andplaybacktherecording,reflectingonwhatyoucouldimprove)

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    Thecardstaketimetomake,somakesurethestudentsdontwriteonthemthen youcanreusethem. Addtothecardsovertimesothatthereisawiderangeoftopics. Youcanexpandthespeakingtimeto2minuteswhenyourstudentsarefamiliarwith theactivity.

    UCLES2009.Thismaterialmaybephotocopied(withoutalteration)anddistributedforclassroomuseprovidednochargeismade.Forfurther informationseeourTermsofUseathttp://www.teachers.cambridgeESOL.org/ts/legalinfo

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    IELTSSpeakingPart2ActivitySampleCards

    myfavourite place lifein thefuture readingor TV? my childhood

    mybest holiday thebest invention

    abig decision freetime

    carorpublic transport? brothers &sisters mobile phones oneofmy teachers

    keeping myfavourite fit&healthy possession thebest cityor roominmy countryside? house someoneI admire my idealjob

    cookingor convenience food?

    recent changesin mycountry advertising

    myfavourite howtorelax mybestand filmorbook worst experiences ofshopping myambition TVinmy country theinternet

    arecent journey

    myfavourite traditional animal weddingsin mycountry

    social myfavourite problemsin music mycountry

    UCLES2009.Thismaterialmaybephotocopied(withoutalteration)anddistributedforclassroomuseprovidednochargeismade.Forfurther informationseeourTermsofUseathttp://www.teachers.cambridgeESOL.org/ts/legalinfo

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