Carol's English Corner: February 2015

Tuesday 3 February 2015

GENERAL TOPICS FOR B1 SPEAKING

Aquí tenéis algunos de los temas sobre los que os pueden preguntar en el oral

TOPICS FOR THE SPEAKING TEST B1

~ Books are better than television.
~ Importance of teachers in education.
~ Should computers replace teachers?
~ Are school uniforms needed?
~ Reading - an emerging trend or a dying interest?
~ Should mobile phones be allowed in schools?
~ Junk food must be banned in schools.
~ Are sports and games as important as studies?
~ Is year-round schooling necessary?

TALK ABOUT PICTURES

In Part 3 of the speaking test, you should talk about a picture. You should try to talk for 1-2 minutes. I´ll show you some examples.

Examples:
The picture shows three boys in a small boat. The boy with the paddle is not very happy. The boy in the middle is enjoying the adventure.The student at the front of the canoe is looking back at something.The water is moving fast and there are lots of stones.There is some white water where the river is flowing quickly. They are near a bridge or a wall.

A referee is showing a red card to a football player.The player who is being sent off can´t believe it, The player in the blue team looks happy, he thinks it is a good decision. The referee looks stict, he is not giving any second chance. The stadium is crowded, so it must be an important match. I´m not sure where the players are from.

It is a beautiful sunny day, It may be summer. The man is cooking some sausages in a big gas barbeque. Perhaps he is making hot dogs. The man is quite fat, I think he is enjoying eating barbeque! There are some other people sitting at a table. There are a lot of cars outside the fence, so, it must be a big party.

Everyone is trying to get in the photograph. There are some people making funny faces at the camera.Everybody is having fun, especially the girls. Maybe they are from Japan. Smoke is coming from the barbeque. I think they are in a forest because I can see some trees behind them.

The picture shows a big city on a river. There are a lot of old buildings, so the picture must be in Europe. I think it is London. There are some boats and ships on the river. There is a very big ship, too. I can see a big building, it could be a train station or a museum.

There are four people speaking. They are teenagers and maybe they are talking about an exam. They look happy and relax. I think they are from different nationalities. They are friends. The tallest boy is explaining something. The two girls are laughing. There is another boy who seems quite sad, maybe he has just fail the exam.

SPEAKING PET PART 2

In this part of the speaking test you should talk for about 1-2 minutes about a situation (which is introduced by the examiner) in pairs. You have some pictures to help you about it.