Situation 1- Card A Part 1: Group Discussion You are having an 8-minute discussion with your friends on the following

situation:

Your restaurant has been selling a special kind of food for a year; you found that it was a niche market to sell this food. Suddenly there has just been another restaurant selling the same type of food opened next to yours. After 3 months, your sales were halved. Now, it is high time that new strategies/campaigns must be taken to increase the sales. You - the person in charge of marketing, the restaurant owner and the chef- are discussing a plan to attract and retain customers. You are the person in charge of marketing. Present your plan and discuss it with others.

You are expected to: - Generate appropriate ideas with high accuracy and relevance - Integrate discussion skills as giving opinions, agreeing/disagreeing, explaining, suggesting, interrupting and questioning - Participate in the discussion - Show strong interaction and effective communication with others - Show an appropriate manner on your role - Discuss within the time limit

Part 2: Individual question (2 minutes): Answer the examiners question. You are expected to address the question with interesting ideas, good fluency and high persuasiveness.

Situation 1- Card B Part 1: Group Discussion You are having an 8-minute discussion with your friends on the following situation:

Your restaurant has been selling a special kind of food for a year; you found that it was a niche market to sell this food. Suddenly there has just been another restaurant selling the same type of food opened next to yours. After 3 months, your sales were halved. Now, it is high time that new strategies/campaigns must be taken to increase the sales. You - the person in charge of marketing, the restaurant owner and the chef- are discussing a plan to attract and retain customers. You are the chef. Disagree with the plan suggested by the person in charge of marketing; propose another plan and end the discussion.

You are expected to: - Generate appropriate ideas with high accuracy and relevance - Integrate discussion skills as giving opinions, agreeing/disagreeing, explaining, suggesting, interrupting and questioning - Participate in the discussion - Show strong interaction and effective communication with others - Show an appropriate manner on your role - Discuss within the time limit Part 2: Individual question (2 minutes): Answer the examiners question. You are expected to address the question with interesting ideas, good fluency and high persuasiveness.

Situation 1- Card C Part 1: Group Discussion You are having an 8-minute discussion with your friends on the following situation:

Your restaurant has been selling a special kind of food for a year; you found that it was a niche market to sell this food. Suddenly there has just been another restaurant selling the same type of food opened next to yours. After 3 months, your sales were halved. Now, it is high time that new strategies/campaigns must be taken to increase the sales. You - the person in charge of marketing, the restaurant owner and the chef- are discussing a plan to attract and retain customers. You are the owner of the restaurant. Start the discussion; listen to different plans and give your comments.

You are expected to: - Generate appropriate ideas with high accuracy and relevance - Integrate discussion skills as giving opinions, agreeing/disagreeing, explaining, suggesting, interrupting and questioning - Participate in the discussion - Show strong interaction and effective communication with others - Show an appropriate manner on your role - Discuss within the time limit

Part 2: Individual question (2 minutes): Answer the examiners question. You are expected to address the question with interesting ideas, good fluency and high persuasiveness.

Individual question 1.A Tell me what you eat, Ill tell you what you are- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826) Express your opinion about this saying.

1.B

Without mass advertising, there would probably be no junk foods. Do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

1.C

The manufacturers and advertisers of junk food are the ones to blame for our nation's ill health. To what extent, do you agree or disagree with this opinion?