Kenza and Mohammed b1 Preliminary
Kenza and Mohammed b1 Preliminary
Kenza and Mohammed b1 Preliminary
WHy do you enjoy about english you like to get in touch with people
Do you think you spend much time
studying or working?
Discourse Management
Are you using both long and short answers, depending on the task? Is everything you say relevant to the
task? Are your ideas expressed clearly and easy to understand? Are you using some language to link and
organise your ideas?
Pronunciation
You don’t need to have an English accent, but it is important to be clear. Are you pronouncing individual
sounds clearly? Are you placing stress on the right parts of words and on the right words in sentences? Does
your voice go up and down at the right times?
Interactive Communication
Are you able to interact well with the other candidate? Are you listening to the other candidate and answering
in a way that makes sense? Are you able to add ideas to the discussion and help keep it going with your
partner?
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The interlocutor focuses on your Global Achievement. This is about your general performance. How well
can you communicate about the topics you are given? Are you using language which is right for the level?
Don’t worry if you sometimes make mistakes or hesitate when you are speaking, as long as your ideas are
clear.
When your test is complete, the examiners give you marks for each of these things: Grammar and
Vocabulary, Discourse Management, Pronunciation, Interactive Communication and Global Achievement.
The marks are for what you do over the whole Speaking test, not for each part of the test. The examiners
give you marks for your own performance – they don’t compare you with the other candidate.
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Part 2
Kenza Mohammed
Kenza makes a good start, talking about the Mohammed gives quite a good description of the
woman and the main activity in the photograph: ‘I photograph. He describes the person and what is
can see a lady which is maybe connecting on a happening in the photograph in good detail and
laptop and reading on a book.’ speaks for a full minute.
However, she only focuses on the person in the There are some errors in his language, for example,
photograph and is ready to stop too soon, until she ‘And maybe he just come from outside and he didn’t
is prompted by the examiner to continue. She then take out his clothes.’
repeats some of what she already said about
sitting in a library, and preparing for an exam. She
could have said more about other things in the There is also some accurate language and he is
photograph, the location and more detail about the successful in expressing what he is trying to say, for
woman. example, ‘He’s relaxing in his sofa and he left his
mobile on the floor because he didn’t want to distract
by his mobile.’
Kenza shows she has the language to speculate
about the woman in the picture: ‘Maybe she is
preparing for an exam, for getting more He tends to use ‘and’ to link his sentences, although
information, maybe she is revising,’ which is good, he does sometimes give reasons for some of the
but she could also just describe everything she can things he says: ‘Maybe he is a musician because
see as well. there is one guitar next to him.’ He also uses
‘maybe’ frequently, but he could have used different
ways of saying this, e.g., ‘could’, ‘may’ or ‘might’.
There is a lot of accurate language with just
occasional errors such as mixing up ‘he’ and ‘she’,
and the vocabulary she uses is appropriate. His pronunciation is clear (apart from ‘musician’) and
he uses appropriate vocabulary.
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Part 3
Kenza Mohammed
Kenza tends to make short contributions in this part Mohammed begins the interaction and gives a
of the test. reason for why he thinks the calendar is the perfect
gift.
Part 3 tips
• Talk about each picture together before you try to make a decision.
• Listen to your partner and respond to what they say before adding your own ideas or asking a
question.
• Remember the examiner does not know how much English you know, so you have to show him or
her by speaking a lot.
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Part 4
Kenza Mohammed
Kenza gives a number of extended and well- Mohammed responds well to the questions in this
organised responses in Part 4, when talking about part of the test. Some of his responses are
swimming and again when she talks about accurate: ‘… a lot of supporters, they have the
belonging to a fan club: ‘I’m not for this fan club, same admirers and the same ambition about their
because I think it’s a waste of time and I don’t have teams,’ but there are also some inaccuracies in his
enough time to study so I can’t go to this kind of language.
activities.’
Her pronunciation is very clear. His pronunciation is generally clear and he uses an
appropriate range of vocabulary.
Part 4 tips
• Practise giving longer answers about personal experiences, your likes and dislikes, etc.
• Try to answer the examiner’s questions with more than one word. Try to add more information or
give a reason. Imagine you have been asked ‘Why?’
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Overall
Kenza Mohammed
Grammar and Vocabulary Grammar and Vocabulary
Kenza produces many examples of accurate Mohammed uses a satisfactory range of grammar
language, with occasional errors. She uses a good and a good range of appropriate vocabulary.
range of vocabulary appropriate for the tasks. However, there are several grammatical errors in
his language.
Discourse Management
Discourse Management
Kenza’s contributions are generally clear and
relevant. However, she has difficulty speaking for Mohammed’s contributions are generally clear and
the full time in Part 2 and there is some repetition relevant. He manages to organise his ideas
of ideas and hesitation. reasonably clearly, especially in Part 2.
Pronunciation Pronunciation
Kenza’s pronunciation is very clear and easy to Mohammed’s pronunciation is clear and easy to
understand. understand.
Global Achievement
Global Achievement
Mohammed communicates effectively throughout
Kenza is able to communicate well on the topics in the test. Although there are some instances when
the test using a range of appropriate language to his language contains errors and is not completely
interact with her partner and the examiner. clear, he produces a lot of good contributions.
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Scores
Kenza Mohammed
Grammar and Vocabulary 4.5 4
Discourse Management 4.5 4
Pronunciation 4.5 4
Interactive Communication 4 4.5
Global Achievement 4.5 4.5
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