Listening practise

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ORAL EXAM

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Wednesday 13/12

At 19:00

1. Loeches Escalera, Clara Eugenia
2. Loriguillo Solís, Juan Manuel
3. Luzón Hurtado, Froilan

At 19:20

1. Merino Santillana, María Cristina
2. Navarro Martín, Socrates Leonardo
3. Podar , Claudiu Vasile

At 19:50

1. Rhodes López, Álvaro
2. Romero Melero, María
3. Torre Valentín, Felipe

Thursday 14/12

At 18:00 (room 13)

1. Díaz López, Jesús
2. Monago Andújar, José Manuel
3. Martínez Sanz, Jaime

Homework 4/12

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Key

Victoria & Edward

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Speaking & talking

Speaking: click here for a list of topics.

Talking: it is very important to justify your points of view as well as to listen to what your partner says and react (i.e. agree, disagree, add ideas, offer solutions or suggestions...)

In the speaking and talking test, you often need to think about what to say next. But this does not mean that you cannot demonstrate your command of English while you are thinking. When English native speakers do not know what to say, they are not completely silent. They use conversation fillers – words and phrases to fill the space. Here are some examples: 

While listening

• Really?
• Right
• Sure
• How awful!
• Oh no!
• You're joking!
• What a pity!
• Auxiliary verbs to make short questions (as in "Have you? did you? Is it?...")
• Non-words (as in "mmm, uh-huh...")

While speaking

• Well
• Ok
• So
• Let me think...
• I mean
• I guess/think
• You know
• Like (as in "I'm... like... really sad that you lost your...")
• What I want to say is…
• The point I want to make is....
• Anyway,…
• Well, what I mean is that …
• Back to our topic …
• As I was saying …
• The basic idea is…
• kind of... (as in "he's kind of nice...")

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