FCE Speaking Practice

Good day one and all,

I'm not sure how easy you guys find it to get fresh and new FCE speaking practice. It takes me a while. I decided this year to just make a few new parts every week. It's a work in progress but there are a good few practice parts on the link below.
I like to give my students a couple of minutes at the start of every class to get used to the format of the exam and remove any nerves they might have when exam day come around.
I find the grab activity works really well with drilling useful language.

https://sites.google.com/a/thenglishouse.com/harry/

https://docs.google.com/a/thenglishouse.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=dGhlbmdsaXNob3VzZS5jb218aGFycnl8Z3g6NTMxZWI0ZDFjNmJiZjA2NA

I hope you find them useful.

H

Part 1 Phrasal Verbs Battle Ships

Just a quick update for those of you who saw my recent post about Speaking Part 1 Battleships. I've recently updated it and added the new hand out here: https://sites.google.com/a/thenglishouse.com/harry/
Enjoy.

More Speaking Part 1 Fun and Games

I borrowed this idea from the Radio 4 panel show "Just a Minute". I then adapted it. It works really well in PowerPoint form or as flash cards covering questions.
There are a few ways you can do it depending on how much time you have and the level of your class.
I play it like Naughts and Crosses (Tic-tac-toe)

• Set up the board with dependent prepositions and put the questions underneath them. This works equally well with trending topics.

• Students make a sentence using a dependent preposition and let fate decide their (part one) question.

• Students must speak for as long as they can without:

•                               Repeating themselves.

•                               Pausing for more than three seconds.

•                               Using fillers. (umm, err,  etc)

• If a player fails to adhere to the above rules other students must make it known by using an animal sound. I find it makes it a lot more amusing. 

• Next, the student who interrupted can either be given the square or they can continue to speak for the rest of the minute to try and earn the square.

Here are a few sample part 1 questions: 

·         How much time do you spend at home? 

·         Tell us about a day you’ve really enjoyed recently? 

·         Do you like cooking?

·         What’s your favourite food?

·         Do you ever go to concerts? 

·         Where do you like listening to music?

·         Do you like going to the cinema? 

·         Do you enjoy playing computer games?

• Do you like to plan your holidays carefully or do you prefer to just go?

There is a printable worksheet and a powerpoint of this activity available from this link.
https://sites.google.com/a/thenglishouse.com/harry/

Give it a shot. It's a fantastic activity for improving fluency and great for a laugh.

 

FCE Speaking part 1 battle ships.

One of the activities I presented @aceia. Enjoy.

Rules:

1) Draw your ships on anywhere your Grid.

2) Say a sentence using a phrasal verb to select a question.

3) If you HIT a ship Answer the Question if you MISS all ships it’s your partner’s turn to guess.

4) Win by sinking all your partner’s ships. 

 

	Get	Set	Turn	Take	Check	Call
In
Out
Up
On
Off
Back

	Get	Set	Turn	Take	Check	Call
In	Where are you from?	What do you like about living here?	Where was the last place you went on holiday? Did you enjoy it?	Would you rather eat in or eat out? Why?	Do you have much contact with your cousins?	Can you remember your first English lessons? What were they like?
Out	Do you normally go out with family or friends?	What’s your surname? Can you spell it?	How did you get here today?	How important is the Internet to you?	What is your fondest childhood memory?	How do you like to spend your evenings?
Up	Do you like using public transport?	Do you want to do the same job as your parents?	Why are you studying English?	Where do you plan to go for your next holiday?	What’s the longest journey you’ve ever been on?	If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be? Why?
On	What don’t you like doing while you’re on holiday?	How much time do you spend on the internet?	Is it easy to meet new people where you live?	How long have you been studying English?	How often do you watch TV?	How expensive is it to go out in the evening where you live?
Off	What is the most popular sport in your country?	When was the last time you went to the cinema? What did you see?	What sports do you enjoy watching on TV?	Tell me about your favourite celebrity?	Do you think English is important for your future?	What did you do for your last birthday?
Back	Are you happier doing mental or physical work?	How do you find out what’s happening in the world?	What’s the difference between watching the news on TV and reading it in the newspaper?	Do you play any sports?	Which part of the day do you enjoy most? Why?	What do you do on an average weekend?