Speaking
Before exam tips for Speaking
Before the test
• Try and talk in English as much as possible.
• Go to the Informal Activity meetings organized by the English Learning Club.
• Remember the more familiar you are with everyday social English the more fluent you will sound.
• Make sure you are familiar with the structure of the test.
• Listen to as much English as you can – watch English TV channels, listen to English radio and watch films.
• Talk aloud to yourself and tape yourself.
• Try and talk in English as much as possible.
• Go to the Informal Activity meetings organized by the English Learning Club.
• Remember the more familiar you are with everyday social English the more fluent you will sound.
• Make sure you are familiar with the structure of the test.
• Listen to as much English as you can – watch English TV channels, listen to English radio and watch films.
• Talk aloud to yourself and tape yourself.
During the test
• Your appearance may have an unconscious effect on the examiner, so dress neatly.
• Arrive early. Sometimes examiners get ahead of their schedule.
• Try to look confident. Don’t fold your arms.
• Keep eye contact with the examiner, especially in parts 1 and 3. Don’t speak to the cassette recorder.
• Don’t worry if the examiner does not look at you in part 2. He or she will be listening and checking the criteria for assessing you.
• Don’t worry about being nervous. Everyone is nervous doing these tests. Don’t say to the examiner ‘I’m nervous’!
• Remember speaking ‘fluently’, does not mean speaking ‘quickly’.
• Don’t be afraid to correct yourself if you make a grammatical mistake.
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