B2 First speaking test part 1

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• This presentation was adapted from
  https//www.eluniversodelingles.com/b2-first-speak
  ing-exam-part-1/
• El Universo del Inglés is an online platform for
  people in Spain who are looking for an English
  academy or online resources for learning English

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The speaking part of the FCE exam is the most
difficult part for many Spanish people  ..but it
doesnt have to be if you prepare well, stay
relaxed and believe in yourself!  Failing to
prepare is preparing to fail Benjamin
Franklin
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• What should you have ALREADY done before you take
  the exam?
•  Practised doing the FCE speaking part with an
  English teacher or in your local English academy.
  Find an academy near you here
• Read this page
• Know exactly what each part of the test is and
  what you have to do

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B2 First speaking test part one (Interview about
yourself) There will be you, one other student
and two examiners. Only one of the examiners (the
interlocuter) will speak to you the other (the
assessor) just takes notes and wont ask you any
questions. If youre in the last group of the
day there might be three of you doing the test,
so you should have also practised doing the
speaking test as a group of three with your
English teacher. There are four parts and in each
part you have to do something different. There
are two stages of questions for the FCE speaking
test part one, for the purposes of this article,
we will refer to these as part 1a and part 1b.
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Part 1a Smile, sit down, say hello and wait for
the examiner to initiate the exam it will begin
like this
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• What does this tell us?
• From looking at the examiners instructions above
  we can see thatPart 1 of the speaking test is
  very short! Only 2 minutes (or 3 minutes for
  groups)
• the examiners introduce themselves and ask you
  and your partner for your names
• They ask you where youre from
• We can also see that the examiner is following a
  script and so the test wont always feel like a
  natural or normal conversation.

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• Part 1b
• Here you and the other student(s) will be asked 2
  different questions each. Typically these
  questions are from topics about
• Sports
• Hobbies
• TV Film
• Travel and Holidays
• Your job or studies
• Family and Friends
• What your plans for the future are

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Following on from Part 1a above
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But what if I dont know what to say or what if I
say too much!?
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 Only use phrases like this if you really dont
know what to say and dont use them all the time
throughout the exam. Like all parts of the exam
they are under timed conditions so the more time
you waste not answering the question, the less
time you have to answer and score marks. Its
very unlikely that youre not going to know how
to answer the question if youve spent enough
time preparing so that youre ready to take the
B2 First exam.
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Watch the whole exam at Cambridge Englishs
YouTube channel

• https//www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue1v-t
  qeI9t4x9E

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• To conclude
• PREPARE AND PRACTICE for the speaking exam with
  an English teacher BEFORE taking it
• USE the keywords and phrases from this page in
  your answers where applicable
• DONT be overly concerned with giving long and
  detailed answers for this part 2 or 3 sentences
  are enough but DO NOT give answers that are only
  a few words long for the topic questions (part
  1b)
• STAY RELAXED! Everything will be OK!
• View the complete article here
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