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    This document provides tips for preparing learners for the Trinity ESOL Skills for Life Speaking and Listening exam. It suggests building confidence in the classroom through natural conversation practice, engaging learners in group discussions, teaching active listening skills, familiarizing learners with exam procedures, and practicing outside the classroom.

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    This document provides tips for preparing learners for the Trinity ESOL Skills for Life Speaking and Listening exam. It suggests building confidence in the classroom through natural conversation practice, engaging learners in group discussions, teaching active listening skills, familiarizing learners with exam procedures, and practicing outside the classroom.

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    ESOL Skills for Life

    Tips for preparing learners

    Tips for preparing learners for the Trinity ESOL Skills for Life
    Speaking and Listening exam
    Introduction
    It’s important for learners to be prepared for Trinity ESOL Skills for Life Speaking and Listening exams. You
    can help by creating and maintaining an environment where they can learn authentic communication skills.
    See below for some tips and examples of how to accomplish this.

    Tip 1 — Build confidence in class


    To enable learners to build confidence, it’s helpful to provide classroom practice of natural conversation
    in a safe and supportive environment. They should be prepared to engage with the examiner by asking
    questions, asking for clarification and asking the examiner to repeat themselves when necessary. It’s
    useful to review set phrases and practise using key language items to ensure that they have a repertoire
    of structured sentences along with the ability to develop their own.

    Tip 2 — Engage learners in group discussion


    In the exam, candidates are required to maintain a conversation and develop a discussion using their
    own contributions and their active listening skills. Role–play style tasks can be a very useful classroom
    exercise and learners can switch roles between candidate and examiner. This task can increase confidence,
    encourage them to produce more language and strengthen their ability to contribute and listen appropriately.

    Tip 3 — Learn characteristics of active listening


    Active listening throughout the exam is key to achieving Trinity’s Skills for Life Speaking and Listening
    Award. As in any natural communication, candidates can use body language and eye contact to help them
    communicate effectively. Candidates should question the examiner and clarify meaning while reflecting on
    and summarising the examiner’s responses. Trinity’s online videos are a useful resource to help increase
    knowledge of the exam. Pausing videos after examiner questions and asking learners how they might
    respond can be useful. They can also video themselves, review the footage and analyse their own skills.

    Tip 4 — Familiarise learners with exam procedures


    A learner’s understanding of their role in each task can be helpful. As a teacher you will be familiar with the
    specifications and assessment criteria at each level, which, when shared and explained to learners can help
    both their preparation and exam performance. Teachers could create learner-specific exam information packs.
    It is also helpful to prepare for task timings — some of the tasks may feel quicker than expected! It is also
    important to practise using language in context and, where appropriate, use the full range of language listed.

    Tip 5 — Practise outside the classroom


    Conversing with English speakers, reading newspapers, watching television, using social media and listening
    to music or an audiobook are useful tools to maximise a learner’s exposure to authentic English. This can help
    a learner in many ways, including expanding their vocabulary. They could note one piece of vocabulary or
    language that they learnt outside the classroom and present it to the class together with the original context.
    Skills learnt outside the classroom can help them develop learning strategies and communications skills while
    increasing confidence, not only for an exam, but for success in real life communication.

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