printable versionB1 - Speaking test
The test may include:
Student pair question and answer.
The students ask and answer questions to exchange personal information. (free time, family etc)
Photograph.
Students are each given a photograph. The students take it in turns to talk about their photograph.
Pair discussion: Decision making.
Students discuss a situation and provide possible solutions to a problem. (This may be choosing a birthday present, choosing an activity to do with a group at the weekend, etc)
Pair discussion: Opinion.
Students talk about a topic of very general interest and give their opinion on the subject, for example, “smoking should be prohibited”; “it’s better to learn English with a teacher rather than on your own”, etc
During the test, the examiner will be assessing the following:
- communicative competence and ability to interact
- use of a wide variety of grammatical forms and vocabulary
- grammatical accuracy
- pronunciation
For more information regarding the competences tested please refer to the Spoken Interaction and Spoken Production sections of “The Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning and Teaching” for B1. You can find these at Council of Europe , clicK on CEFR illustrative Descriptors and scrolling down to pages 12-19