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** British vs American English **
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** Speaking (Paper 5) **
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** Paper 5 Part 2 **
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In Speaking Part 2 the candidates take turns to: *Speak on their own for a minute *Compare two photographs which the examiner gives them *Answer a question connected with both photographs. TASK I'd like you to compare and contrast these photographs, and say what you think is enjoyable about communicating in these days. = = = REFERRING TO PHOTOS = In the first photo, a woman is ...In the second photo, there are two oldish people who are ...In the background, I can see...In the foreground, there are ..., = COMPARING PHOTOS = In the first photo, I can see a woman who looks as if she's chatting on the Internetwhereas/while in the second photo two old people are sitting together on a park bench gossiping.While the woman seems to be concentrating hard, perhaps because she's writing.The old people seem to be relaxed and enjoying themselves. I think this is because they're together and can see each other.I think the woman might be talking to a friend about work or friends. On the other hand,the old people are probably talking about their grandchildren, or they could be talking about things they did when they were younger. = SPECULATING = In the first photo, I can see a woman who looks as if she's chatting on the Internet whereas/while in the second photograph two old people are sitting together on a park bench and gossipping.While the woman seems to be concentrating hard, perhaps because she's writing. The old people seem to be relaxed and enjoying themselves. I think this is because they're together and can see eachother.I think the woman might be talking to a friend about work or friends.On the other hand, the old people are probably talking about their grandchildren or theycould be talking about things they did when they were younger.Source: Complete FCE. Cambridge. 2008

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Asking the examiner to repeat can actually be the perfect opportunity to show off some complex language - e.g.'I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch the last part','If I can just check what you are saying,you'd like me to...','I'm not quite sure what (contrast) means', etc.The examiner almost always asks the students to 'compare and contrast the two pictures'. They will never be asked to simply describe them. Any activities giving oral practice of comparing language (more than, less than, (not) as __ as, similar to, etc.) and contrasting language (although, whereas, however, etc.) are good practice for this. The second part of the question is usually about giving some kind of opinion e.g. 'Compare and contrast the two holidays and say which you would prefer'. Language like 'in my opinion'and 'personally' can be very useful here.Students should make sure they are talking to the examiner (and the other candidate) rather than to the picture! As the examiner takes the photos away from the first candidate, they will ask the other candidate a question about those photos. Again, this is probably a question of opinion, e.g. 'Which holiday would most people prefer?’ This only requires a short answer, but is a perfect chance to show they have been listening to what their partner said, with language such as 'As (Juan) said......', or 'I agree entirely with (Lee Yan).' Source: [|www.onestopenglish.com]

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