B2 First for Schools Speaking test - Kok Wee and Chris | Cambridge English

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Time allowed: 14 minutes per pair of candidates
Number of parts: 4
The student has to talk: with the examiner with the other candidate on their own

Part 1 (Interview)
What’s in Part 1? Conversation with the examiner. The examiner asks questions and students may have to give information about themselves, talk about past experiences, present circumstances and future plans.

What do students have to practise? Giving information about themselves and expressing opinions about various topics.

How long does each student have to speak? 2 minutes

Part 2 (Long turn)
What’s in Part 2? The examiner gives the student a pair of photographs to talk about and they have to speak for 1 minute without interruption. The questions about the photographs are written at the top of the page to remind the student what they should talk about. When they have finished speaking, the student’s partner then has to answer a short question from the examiner about their photographs.

What do students have to practise? Talking on their own about something: comparing, describing, expressing opinions.

How long does each student have to speak? 1 minute per candidate, plus a 30-second response

Part 3 (Collaborative task)
What’s in Part 3? Conversation with the other candidate. The examiner gives the students a question and some written prompts. The students discuss these together for two minutes. The examiner will then ask them to make a decision together about the topic they have been discussing.

What do students have to practise? Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc.

How long does each student have to speak? A 2-minute discussion followed by a 1-minute decision-making task

Part 4 (Discussion)
What’s in Part 4? Further discussion with the other candidate, guided by questions from the examiner, about the same topic as the task in Part 3.

What do students have to practise? Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing.

How long does each student have to speak? The discussion should last 4 minutes.

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