Get ready for the speaking exams

1. Speaking production and interaction

- This is one of the five skills. It consists of two tasks: interaction and monologue.

- To pass you need a 5/10

How to do the Interaction task?

Interaction. Sample answers

How to deliver an outstanding Monologue?

Monologue. Sample answers

Oral production and interaction: Marking criteria 

Expressions by topic

Topics: 

Mixture:

Speaking Questions

Speaking Questions About Different Topics

Questions divided by topic:

01 Personal identification and experiences 

Open World p 15. Personality Traits. Speaking

Open World p 10. Personal Experiences. Speaking

Open World p 15. Personality. Speaking

Empower p 19. Behaviour. Speaking

02 home 

Empower p 15. Housing. Speaking 

Speakout Advanced p 35. Homes and housing. Extra Speaking

Outcomes Advanced p 11. How did we get there? Extra Speaking: Housing

Speakout Advanced p 35. Housework. Extra Speaking

02 Towns and Cities 

Outcomes Advanced p13. Cities and Housing. Speaking

Outcomes Advanced p 13. City Living. Extra Speaking

 03 Challenges

Empower p 30. Challenges. Speaking 

Open World p 65. Challenges, Achievements and Motivation. Extra Speaking

03 Changes

Empower p 12. Changes. Speaking 

Speakout Advanced p 92. Times Change. Extra Speaking

03 Culture

Outcomes Advanced p 31. Culture and Identity. Extra Speaking

 03 Daily Life 

Empower p 17. Lifestyle. Speaking

03 Politics

Outcomes Advanced p 39. Politics. Extra Speaking

03 Work 

On Screen C1 p 49. How important is it for students to gain some work experience? Speaking. Sample Answer

On Screen C1. p 45. Work. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 26. Work. Extra Speaking . .

Empower p 14. Work. Speaking

Work. Speaking Sample

Comparing Two Holidays and Two Jobs. Monologue. Sample Answer. Cloze

04 Art and entertainment

MEH p 14. Art and Entertainment. Extra Speaking

Art and Entertainment. Monologue. Speaking Sample

04 free time 

Empower p 20. Free Time. Speaking

Outcomes Advanced p 103. Play. Speaking

Outcomes Advanced p 49. Going out, Staying in. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 83. Work and Leisure. Extra Speaking

Open World WB p 14. Adventures. Speaking

Empower p 8. Interests. Speaking

04 sports 

Speakout Advanced p 84. Sport. Extra Speaking

EF p 162. The Impact Of Food and Exercise On Our Health. Speaking Interaction Sample. Cloze

05 Migration 

Open World p 36. Immigration. Speaking

 05 Travel 

EF C1.1 p 133. Travel and Tourism. Speaking. Word formation. Sample Answer

Open World p 35. Ideal Holiday Destination. Speaking. Sample Answer

Open World p 35. Holidays. Extra Speaking

Open World SB p 31. Travel and Social Media. Speaking

 Open World p 37. Travel. Speaking

Comparing Two Holidays and Two Jobs. Monologue. Sample Answer. Cloze

06 Crime and Punishment 

Empower p 58. CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Speaking 

Speakout Advanced p 44. Crime and Punishment. Extra Speaking

Crime and Punishment. Interaction. Sample Answer

06 Relations 

Open World p 17. Family. Monologue. Sample Answer

On Screen C1 p 9. Relationships. Speaking

Open World p 17. Relationships. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 56. Relationships. Extra Speaking

Outcomes Advanced p 21. Relationships. Extra Speaking

Open World p 17. Relationships and Emotions. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 35. Neighbours. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 58. Marriage. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 57. Family Matters. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 56. Secrets. Extra Speaking

Getting on. Speaking. Sample Answer

07 Health 

Outcomes Advanced p 93. Health and Diet. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 85. Health. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 95. Senses. Speaking

Ready for C1 p 2. Feelings and Emotions. Speaking. Sample Answer

Health and Medicine. Monologue. Sample Answer. Cloze

08 Education 

Empower p 22. Education. Speaking 

Speakout Advanced p 86. Education. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 86. Rewarding Children. Extra Speaking

Ready for C1 p 87. Intelligence and Ability. Speaking. Monologue Sample Answer. Word Formation

On Screen p 31. Science and Technology. Education. Speaking

Empower p 13. Values and Analysis. Speaking

Ready for C1 p 86. How Education Is Changing in the Modern World. Speaking Interaction

09 Shopping and Consumerism

Open World p 53. Shopping and Consumerism. The Economy and Business. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 75. Shopping. Extra Speaking

MEH p 5. Clothes. Speaking

Shopping and Consumerism. Speaking Interview. Cloze

10 Food 

Speakout Advanced p 94. Food. Extra Speaking

 11 services 

Speakout Advanced p 39. Services. Extra Speaking

12 Language and Communication 

Outcomes Advanced p 121. THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION. Speaking

Open World p 13. Communication. Speaking

Open World p 11. Languages. Speaking

Empower p 10. Languages. Speaking

Open World p 11. Learning English. Speaking

Open World p 11. Learning Languages. Speaking

Empower p 10. Communication. Speaking

13 The Environment 

MEH p 26. The Environment. Speaking. Sample Answer. Word Formation Cloze

On Screen C1 p 85. Do you think it is important to take action to protect the oceans? Speaking. Sample Answer

Open World p 56. The Environment. Speaking 

Outcomes Advanced p 75. The Environment, Nature and the Animal World. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 47. The Environment. Extra Speaking

14 Science and Technology 

On Screen C1 p 23. What technological advancements do you expect to happen? Sample Answer

On Screen C1 p 26. New Technologies. Sample Answers

On Screen C1 p 25. Bionic limbs. Sample Answer

Open World p 66. Science and Technology. Extra Speaking

On Screen p 31. Science and Technology. Education. Speaking

On Screen p 31. Science and Technology. Speaking

Empower p 11. New Technologies. Speaking

Science and Technology. Monologue. Sample Answer. Word Formation

Benefits and Drawbacks of Smartphones. Speaking Interaction Sample. Cloze

EF p 99. Social Media. Speaking Monologue. Cloze

Grammar practice

Verb tenses

Open World p 9. Past and Perfect Tenses. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 69. Future Perfect and Future Continuous. Extra Speaking

Conditionals

Speakout Advanced p 21. Conditionals. Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 21. Conditionals I & II. Speaking

Gerunds and Infinitives

Open World p 20. Gerunds and Infinitives. Extra speaking

Passive voice

Speakout Advanced p 60. Passives. Extra Speaking

Modal verbs

Speakout Advanced p 57. Modal Verbs . Extra Speaking

Wishes and regrets

Speakout Advanced p 21. Wishes and Regrets. Speaking

Word formation 

Speakout Advanced p 82. Word Formation Exercise 4. Extra Speaking 

Speakout Advanced p 82. Word Formation. Extra Speaking

Prefixes

Open World p 18. Prefixes. Extra Speaking 

Speakout Advanced p 37. Word Formation. Prefixes. Nouns. Extra Speaking

Speakout Advanced p 37. Word Formation. Prefixes. Verbs. Extra Speaking

Open World p 18. Prefixes. Extra Speaking

Links to practise for the writing exam:

 Get ready for the written mediation exam:

• Written mediation  
• Written Mediation. Marking Criteria

• How to do the Written Mediation?

   Samples: 

  On Screen p 05. Tips to become an expert language learner. Written Mediation

  Open World p 151. Communities. Written Mediation. Cloze

  Open World p 151. Volunteering. Blog entry. Written mediation task. Word formation

  Open World p 25. Essay about the impact of social media on human relationships. Written mediation task. Word Formation

  Open World p 35: Essay about the impacts of tourism. Written mediation task. Cloze 

  Open World p 11. Foreign Languages in Kindergarten? Written Mediation

  A Summer Job. Written mediation task

  MEH p 27. Back from the Brink. Written Mediation

  MEH p 26. An Environmentally Sustainable Society. Voc Hub 3.1 p 143. Written Mediation

  MEH p 6. The Life cycle of a Trend. Written Mediation

  On Screen C1 p 54 Ex 2. Word Formation. Mediation Subskills: Strategies when looking for a job

  On Screen C1 p 45 (Ex 12: Word Formation). Written Mediation Subskills:Learn like a child

  On Screen C1 WB p 38 Ex 1: MC Cloze, Ex 2: Open Cloze. Writing and Mediation Subskills: How can you improve your memory?

  On Screen C1 p 36 Language Knowledge. (Ex 2 Open Cloze, Ex 3 Key word transformations). Mediation Subskills: The impact of robotics and AI on jobs.

  On Screen C1 p 9 Ex 10. How to be a Good Listener. Written mediation

  MEH WB p 4. Clothing Experts. Advertorial

  On Screen C1 WB p 109. How Can Travel Broaden Our Mind. Written Mediation

  Empower p 125. Adverts. Written Mediation

  Empower p 41. Commenting on a Story. Written Mediation

  Empower p 58. Crime and Punishment. Written Mediation Task

  Close-up p 14. Personality.Written Mediation

   Outcomes Advanced p 21. Mediation: write an email.

Languages. Write a leaflet. Word Formation. Written Mediation

Eco-friendly Travel. Write a leaflet. Word Formation. Written Mediation

Get ready for the written production and coproduction exam:

Marking Criteria 

How to write an Essay?

How to write a Report?

How to write a Review?

How to write a Comment?

How to write Formal Letters? 

How to write a Letter of Application?

How to write an Article/ Blog Entry? 

How to write a Guidebook Entry? 

How to write a proposal?

How to write a narrative?

 

Samples:

 
Essays:
How to write a DISCURSIVE ESSAY.
Essay about the impacts of tourism. Written mediation task. Cloze
Essays. Useful Language
Essay about the impact of social media on human relationships. Written mediation task. Word Formation
Essay: The Effects Of the Internet. Word Formation Cloze
Write an essay about the effects of the internet.
Essay: How peer pressure affects young people. Word formation Cloze
Can Money Ever Create Problems? Essay. Word Formation

Ready for C1 p 86. The Evolving Role of Education in the 21st Century. Essay

Reports:

Open World p 45. A Report. Writing

 Open World p 45. Report about your classes at the EOI. Writing: Task instructions

Open World p 45. Report: William Shakespeare Course. Cloze

Open World p 50. Raising Funds For Our Local Animal Shelter. Report. Word Formation

Ready for C1 p 43. Report on the Facilities Available for International Visitors in Palma de Mallorca. Verb Form Gap Fill

 

Reviews:

How to write a Review?

Review of Stranger Things. Word formation

Ad Review: Sample Answer. Extra Cloze

Adverts. Written Mediation

Review of a Science Museum. Open Cloze

Art and Entertainment. Key Word Transformations

All in the Mind. Word formation

Robin Lustig: Covering Conflicts. Extra Listening

Ready for C1 p 24. If You Want to Be a Good Lover, Be a Great Hater. Verb Form Gap Fill

Ready for C1 p 24. KPop Demon Hunters Smash of the Summer. Verb Form Gap Fill

Ready for C1 p 24. A Masterpiece Adrift in Time: A Review of Titanic. Review. Verb Form Gap Fill

 

 

Letters

Formal Letters and Emails. Tips for Writing

Speakout Advanced p 125. Writing: Letter of Application

On Screen p 35. Higher Education. Letter to the Editor. Word formation

Empower p 82. Letter to the Editor. The Benefits of Social Media. CLoze

Empower p 82. Technology in the Workplace. A Letter to the Editor. Word Formation Cloze

Speakout Advanced p 83. One Expat Warns How Escaping to PARADISE Can Land You in HELL. Extra Reading and Writing:Task instructions

Speakout Advanced p 47. Julia Butterfly Hill. Extra Writing:Task instructions

 

 

Articles/ Blog entries:

Ready for C1 p 34. How to Write an Article

Ready for C1 p 34. Fancy a Down-to-Earth Holiday? Writing an Article. Verb Form Gap Fill 

Open World 186. It’s a dog’s life. Writing an article

EF p 190. An Article about Childhood. Word Formation 

Open World p 181. Fashion Trends. Article. Word Formation

On Screen p 53. ALL FOOLS’ DAY - 1ST of APRIL. Extra Cloze 

Speakout Advanced p 35. My Dream House. Blog Entry

Empower p 34 . A World without Money. Blog Entry. Extra Writing

MEH p 2. Article on how clothing may affect our behaviour: sample paragraphs

Objective Proficiency p 158. Writing an Article: Task instructions:Ways to save our planet

Objective Proficiency p 45. Article: Consumerism. Writing: Task instructions

Outcomes Advanced p 47. Performance Task Assessment List For a Blog Entry. Writing: Task instructions: travel

Ready for C1 p 34. Fancy a Down-to-Earth Holiday? Writing an Article. Verb Form Gap Fill

 

Guidebook entries:

Guidebook entry

Open World p 34. A Contribution To a Guidebook On Food Trends. Word Formation

Introducing Lisbon. Guidebook Entry. Extra Word Formation.

Open World p 34. Introducing Your Favourite Travel Destination. Guidebook Entry. Task

 

 

Proposals:

Open World p 191. Examples of Proposal. Writing 

Ready for C1 p 78. PROPOSAL FOR A MONTHLY INTERCULTURAL STREET FOOD MARKET. Writing. Verb Form Gap Fill 

On Screen C1 p 40. Raising the School's Profile. Proposal

Open World p 191. Towns and Villages. A Proposal: Task instructions

 Open World p 191. Towns and Villages. A Proposal Sample.

 Ready for C1 p 171. Proposal for the New Arts Magazine. Verb Form Gap Fill

 

Narratives:

Open World p 83. How to Write a Narrative.

Open World p 83. A Great Catch. Constructing a Narrative. Word Formation

Writing: Christmas Scrapbook. 

MEH p 17. How 'The War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast Created a National Panic. Extra Word Formation Cloze

On Screen p 100. Robert, the Tallest Man Ever. Extra Cloze

Open World p 83. Narratives. Key Word Transformations

 

 

Useful tips:

- Have your own commonplace book/ bullet journal :

Keep a notebook with interesting sentences, quotations, vocabulary, grammar structures, collocations, adverbs, idioms, phrasal verbs, linking devices,... which you can then use in your future writings.

 

- The use of linking devices helps you not only to organise your compositions but it may also help you to come up with ideas.

USEFUL LANGUAGE FOR WRITING 

LIST OF CONNECTORS, LINKS, TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND PHRASES

Linking Devices. 

Linking Devices 2

Linking Words 

 

 - How to develop a paragraph?

A possible formula is: SEEC: State, Elaborate, Exemplify, Conclusion but not necessarily all of them in a single paragraph.

1. State:

One or two sentences to state an issue: topic sentence.

2. Elaborate:

Two or three sentences to elaborate and clarify what we mean by this issue: supporting sentences.

3. Exemplify:

Two or three sentences where we provide some sort of exemplification

4. Conclusion

Examples:

State: One way we can help the environment is by choosing goods with less packaging. Exemplify: For example, in the supermarket, we should buy fruit and vegetables loose rather than pre-packed. Hopefully businesses will gradually realise that customers do not want unnecessary packaging. Similarly, we could ask the government to change the law so that all packaging must be recyclable. Conclusion: Doing these two things could save millions of trees and reduce pollution in our oceans.

 

State: The most effective way of helping our planet would be to switch to plant-based agriculture. Elaborate: Farm animals, especially cows, produce a lot of greenhouse gases and many forests are cut down to provide animals with land for grazing, increasing greenhouse gas levels. Exemplify: Growing food plants instead would actually help to reduce these levels in the atmosphere.Conclusion: It is so easy to cook excellent vegetarian and vegan dishes these days that we no longer need to eat so much meat, and anyone can do it. Moreover, it would be cheaper for shoppers

Useful Links

 

Exam

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Mediation

• Links for Mediation

Listening

• Links for Listening

Speaking

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Writing

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Use of English

• Links for Use of English

Reading

• Links for Reading

Collocations

• COCA
• Online Collocation Dictionary

Links

• Link list

Blogs 

• Advanced C1
  

Media

• Phone Apps
  
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Podcasts
• Radio
• TV Channels
• Videos

Dictionaries

• Click here for a list of online dictionaries

Homework 2019-2020

 Compositions (30% home-70% class)
First term

1. Write a profile of a classmate. Read the instructions here. You will find a profile writing guide here. (150 words) (Deadline 14 Oct)

2. Mediation: Where did English come from? You have been asked to write a contribution for the class blog explaining the history of the English language. You can watch this video or others you may find. Afterwards summarise the most relevant information. (150 words) (Deadline 5 Nov)

3. Write a report

Your company paid for your enrolment at the EOI this year. After a couple of months at the EOI they want to know if their money was well invested and if more needs to be done. Therefore, you have been asked to write a report about your classes, your achievements, your goals, your experience in general, your needs and any recommendations you have for the continued success of the programme.

These are some of the points you need to include in the report:

Evaluate the effectiveness of the education programme

Reflect and recognise what you are learning

What progress you have made toward learning goals

Key learning objectives you have accomplished

Key learning objectives you would like to accomplish

What you should do to improve

What you need to do to perform successfully

What else you need from the programme

More information about reports: How to write a report?
(150 words) (Deadline 25 Nov)


Second term:  

4. Mediation: Write a review comparing two adverts. Useful vocabulary here:

Empower p 125. Adverts. Mediation

(180 words). Deadline 18 Dec 

 

5.  Write a scrapbook after Christmas with the activities you did together with family and friends. 

Empower p33. Writing: Christmas Scrapbook.

(180 words). Deadline 20 Jan

 

6. Empower p 41. Write a review of place you have been to

(150 words). Deadline  17 Feb

 

7.Empower p 41. Commenting on a Story. Written Mediation

(190 words). Deadline  24 Feb

 

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- Book Fair:  (16 Dec) Speak for 5 minutes about the books or articles you are reading this year.
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- Presentation (Feb) Speak for 5 minutes about a topic (mediation).
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Third term

8. Empower p 53. Write a profile article about someone you know

Deadline: 11 March
180 words
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9.  Empower p 57. Punishment or Rehabilitation. Oral Mediation

Deadline: 23 March
Speak for 2 minutes

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10. Write a review comparing the two books you will have read this academic year. Deadline 23 Apr.
In your review you can include your favourite quotes from the books and add some explanations. In the final paragraph try to compare the two books you have read. You can also try to convince the reader that the books you have chosen should (not) be on the Reading List next year. .  Useful language .