Lesson

B2 exam preparation lesson 3 (speaking and writing)

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Speaking

• 4 parts

• Stage 1: general questions (unscored; warm-up)

• Stage 2: ask the examiner questions in order to get info and make a decision

• Stage 3: present a solution about the problem discussed in Stage 2 (justify your choice and explain why you rejected the other option)

• Stage 4: further questions related to the topic discussed before

Scoring criteria

• OCE: do you express your ideas clearly with details and examples and without the examiners support?

• Language (voc and grammar):

  do you make mistakes? do you use a VARIETY of words and grammar structures? do you use linking words?

• Delivery: do you speak at a reasonable rate without any long pauses? do your voice, intonation and stress of words create misunderstandings?

Watch the following video. Keep notes. Grade the girl's performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN2FoaeEwIc

Open Ended

What do you think about the girl's perfomance? Use the scoring criteria and grade her: OCE, Language and Delivery (1-5)

Tips for speaking. Watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I9zr_TmVvQ

Open Ended

Write as many tips as possible. You have 2 minutes

Time to practice!

Writing

• 2 tasks are given (email/letter or essay)

• Choose ONE

• 30 minutes

• Use a soft pencil ONLY

• Your handwriting must be readable

• Darken the circle (email/letter or essay) on the answer sheet

Scoring criteria (1-5)

• Content: is your answer too short/long? did you use details and examples to support your arguments?

• Organization and connection of ideas: is your essay/email well-organized? did you use linking words?

• Language: did you make any mistakes (spealling, punctuation, grammar, syntax)? did you use a variety of words and gramamrtical structures?

• Communicative effect: did you use appropriate style (fomral/informal)? did you take the purpose of writing into account?

Watch the following video and keep notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAK5ODAv-xI&t=1509s

Open Ended

Write as many tips as possible (regarding writing). You have 2 minutes

Time to practice

ECCE Book: p. 16

Read the following article before start writing and keep a voc record:

https://www.lorecentral.org/2018/02/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-bicycle-as-transportation.html