## Speaking

During this year, we are going to do several speaking assignments. This year, you are expected to speak English in class and you are going to do a speaking (PT) test at the beginning of the school year. During this test, you are going to talk about two pictures which you printed out.

Speaking test - Test week 1

Preparation:
You must prepare for the test by printing 2 photographs or pictures to talk about. You take these printed photographs to your test. Be prepared to say, for example, who is in the picture, why you chose it, where it is and so on. Make sure you show the pictures to your teacher before the test in case they are not suitable.

The test will be like this:

Task 1 – introduce yourself (maximum 3 minutes)
You will each introduce yourself (name, age, family, hobbies)

Task 2 – photo exercise (maximum 5 minutes)
You will each talk in turn about the pictures you have brought to the exam. You will also ask each other questions about the pictures.

Task 3 – your opinion about Alice in Wonderland (maximum 3 minutes)
You are going to talk about the story about 'Alice in Wonderland' you read during English class. You tell your speaking partner which part(s) of the story you really liked and if you would or wouldn't recommend the story to someone who doesn't know the story.

To prepare yourself for this test, you can have a look at different picture sheets that have been used in previous PTA tests. Open these documents and practise speaking with your neighbour.

Speaking - Pictures 1

Speaking - Pictures 2

Speaking - Pictures 3

Speaking - Pictures 4

Speaking topic cards

To practise our Speaking Skills we can learn different kind of chunks (=een vast aantal woorden dat een standaard zinnetje vormt) to form sentences. With a little help from the British Council we will focus on 4 different situations to learn words to respond to what someone is saying. We will work on these exercises for four classes.

Click on the links below to find the exercises - do all the tasks individuallu and do the speaking task (discussion) at the end of the page in duos.

Class 1 -> Apologising
Class 2 -> Giving Instructions
Class 3 -> Showing Interests
Class 4 -> Talking about Personal Interests