ECCE speaking tests

ECCE: Speaking Guide SPEAKING TASKS: Choose an Option or Help solve a problem  Stage 1: Warm-up 2-3 minutes  Stage 2: Ask questions to get information 3-4 minutes  Stage 3: Justify yo

ECCE: Speaking Guide

SPEAKING TASKS: Choose an Option or Help solve a problem

 Stage 1: Warm-up (2-3 minutes)

 Stage 2: Ask questions to get information (3-4 minutes)

 Stage 3: Justify your choice (1-3 minutes)

 Stage 4: Elaborate on the Topic (2-4 minutes)

STAGE 2 Functions for both tasks

 Various question types

Wh-questions

Yes/No question

First of all, I’d like to know…………

Could/Can you tell me……… ?

What about………?

 Asking for clarification

Do you mean that……?

I’m not exactly sure what I need to do

 Responding to the examiner

That sounds interesting/good/great

I’d like that /I wouldn’t like that

It’s the kind of thing I like/I’m interested in

I’m not really interested in……

 Signaling readiness

OK, I think I’ve enough information

STAGE 3 Functions for “choose an option” task

 Making a decision

I think that after hearing the advantages and disadvantages of each option, I’d suggest

 Expressing preference

I would/wouldn’t like to ……

I would rather + bare infinitive +than + bare infinitive

I suppose I would prefer to………… rather than + bare infinitive

If I had to choose, I would + bare infinitive

I’d probably choose

 Explaining your choice

I’d probably choose…

My first choice would be…

I think…….would suit me best because…

I’d choose……….because it is important to me to…

I think would be best because

I think most would find more interesting

I think has more to offer since

I don’t think are into and that’s why I wouldn’t choose it

 Introducing your own ideas

To tell you the truth, I would do something else

Instead of those options, I suggest

There’s also another possibility,

STAGE 3 Functions for “help solve a problem” task

 Giving advice

I think you should/could

My advice is to

Why don’t you ?

If I were you, I’d

I think the best thing to do is to

 Giving advice on personal experience

In my experience

As a teenager, I

I’ve been in a similar situation

A similar thing happened to me/my friend

I can understand how must feel

Personally, I’d would love/hate it if

 Introducing your own ideas

There’s another way It might be a good idea to

Of course, there is something else that he/she could try

If I were you, I’d suggest something else He/She could

I wonder if has thought of (+ing)

STAGE 3 Functions for both tasks

 Dismissing the other option

I wouldn’t choose the other option because

I didn’t choose the other option because

I think that wouldn’t be

 Referring to something the examiner said

As you said before

You mentioned

CONVERSATIONAL STRATEGIES

Matching!

1.Request Clarification a Excuse me for interrupting, but

Well, I’m not sure, but

Well, let’s see/let me see/ Hmm

3.Checking Understanding c I’m afraid I don’t follow you

Sorry, I didn’t catch what you said

4.Indicating Understanding d Now to get back to what we were talking about

Now as I was saying

By the way

To tell the truth

7.Taking Initiatives g In other words (repeat in paraphrase)

Let me put it this way/another way