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Cae Speaking Tips: Part I. Personal Questions

This document provides tips for the CAE Speaking exam, which consists of four parts: 1) Personal questions - candidates should provide more than just yes/no answers and give examples to fully explain their responses. 2) Two-way discussion - candidates should ask their partner for opinions, actively listen to their responses, and use expressions to acknowledge comments, think, and conclude the discussion. 3) Three-way discussion with examiner - candidates should continue avoiding short answers, make powerful contributions with anecdotes, and work constructively with their partner by responding to and showing interest in what they say. 4) The document also provides a list of useful expressions for discussing pictures, expressing

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Cae Speaking Tips: Part I. Personal Questions

This document provides tips for the CAE Speaking exam, which consists of four parts: 1) Personal questions - candidates should provide more than just yes/no answers and give examples to fully explain their responses. 2) Two-way discussion - candidates should ask their partner for opinions, actively listen to their responses, and use expressions to acknowledge comments, think, and conclude the discussion. 3) Three-way discussion with examiner - candidates should continue avoiding short answers, make powerful contributions with anecdotes, and work constructively with their partner by responding to and showing interest in what they say. 4) The document also provides a list of useful expressions for discussing pictures, expressing

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CAE SPEAKING TIPS

Part I. Personal Questions


1. Offer more than the minimum in your answers and avoid short, 'yes', 'no' answers.
2. Offer examples to help you explain a statement.

Part III. Two-Way discussion (6 pictures)
1. Be prepared to ask your partner for his or her opinion rather than simply stating your own.
2. Listen actively to what your partner says, responding to comments he or she makes. Use
expressions such as the following to comment on something:
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3. Use expressions to allow yourself time to think:

That's a good question.,
Well, let me think ...

4. In order to bring the discussion to a constructive conclusion try using expressions such as
the following:

"So, weighing up the pros and cons, do you think ?"
"Essentially, do we all agree that ?"
"So, to sum up "
"It seems weve reached the conclusion that "

Part IV. Three-Way discussion (about pictures with examiner)
1. Again, avoid short, 'yes', 'no' answers to the examiner's questions.
2. Try to make your contributions powerful, for example by using short, personal anecdotes to
help make a point.
3. Continue to work with your partner. Respond constructively and show interest in things he
or she says. You
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Pictures
What strikes me about the first picture is the fact that...
This picture reminds me of...
Judging from the photograph...
The man appears to be...
From what does this more effectively...
All pictures are interesting, but picture ... gives a stronger idea of...

It's difficult to tell from a photograph but this picture could have been taken in ...
I might be wrong, but I'd say that this picture ...
I would imagine/guess that this picture comes from ...

Picture ... is by far the best to show because ...

I'm surprised there is no picture showing...
A picture of ... would get the message across more effectively.

Forgetting something
The name for this escapes me at present, but it's for/it's like ...
The name for it is on the tip of my tongue ...
I forgot to mention ...

Opinion
I'm of the opinion that ...
To my way of thinking ...
I am convinced that ...

Discussion, asking opinion
Don't get me wrong but shouldn't we ... ? What do you think?
Moving on to ...
A strong point in favour of ... is that ...
That's one way of looking at it. On the other hand ...

Agreement, Disagreement, Conclusion
I couldn't agree more.
I think I see what you mean, but ...
I'm in two minds about it. / I'm ambivalent about ...
That's true in a way, I suppose, but ...
I don't feel convinced ...
Taking everything into account

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