Speaking· Task 4 of 7 types· usually 3–4 items
Retell Lecture
Listen to a short lecture, then retell it in your own words. It plays once. You get ten seconds to think, then forty to speak. Cover the main points and how they connect; the exact words don’t matter, the ideas do. You are scored on the points you carry and the pace you keep; the result says whether pronunciation was scored too.
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Tips for Retell Lecture
- While it plays, write content words — names, numbers, causes, results — not sentences.
- Retell the points in the speaker's order, using the speaker's own key terms.
- Missed a point? Go to the next one. An apology is words that carry no content.
- Content is a checklist against the lecture's key points: a point said plainly beats a polished sentence about nothing.