Speaking· Task 7 of 7 types· usually 3–4 items
Respond to a Situation
Hear a situation, then say what it calls for. The situation is read out and shown on screen. You get twenty seconds to think, then forty to speak — as if you were really there: apologise, ask, explain, suggest. You are scored on whether your response does what the situation asks, in a register that fits, and on the pace you keep; the result says whether pronunciation was scored too.
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Tips for Respond to a Situation
- Do what the situation asks — apologise, ask, explain or suggest — as if you were really there.
- Match your register to the person: you speak to a lecturer differently from a friend.
- Use the thinking time to choose the two or three things you will say, and their order.
- After a slip, keep going. A pause to find a word costs more than a plain word.