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English-speaking course

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topic English speaking Test example

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part one

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good morning

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good morning

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my name is Linda and what's your name

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my name is Daisy

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can I have your mark sheets and ID card

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please

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of course

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thank you first I would like to know

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something about you where are you from

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I'm from France and I live in a small

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town near the capital city Paris

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and what do you do there

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I am a nurse and Healthcare professional

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in a hospital managed Community Health

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Clinic

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what made you decide to move out of your

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home country

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I need to take some courses to upgrade

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my degree and improve my job prospects

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are you afraid of going abroad alone

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not actually I'd gone abroad alone many

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times sometimes you may encounter

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unusual or stressful situations but

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those can also happen in your hometown

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and Daisy how do you like to spend your

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free time

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I like to catch up on my favorite TV

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shows and to read books or to spend time

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with my family and friends

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I also love to go for walks or runs

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outside to get some fresh air and

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exercise

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great

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so tell me about the biggest festival or

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celebration in your country

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well I think it is Bastille Day in Paris

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on July 14th which is the biggest and

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most important Festival in France

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it celebrates the storming of the

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Bastille and the beginning of the French

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Revolution

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thank you

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now we will move on to part two of the

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test

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part two

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in this part of the test I'm going to

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give you two photographs

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I'd like you to talk about each of the

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photographs on your own for about a

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minute and also to answer a brief

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question about these photographs

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here are your photographs

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all right you have one to two minutes

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for this so don't worry if I stop you I

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will tell you when the time is up

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can you start speaking now please

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well in the first picture I see some

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elderly people sitting around and

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singing together the place here looks

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like a nursing home and these people are

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having a good time

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in the second picture I see a

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grandmother reading a book to her

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grandchildren the grandmother seems to

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be enjoying the moment very much this

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picture warms my heart

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in both pictures they are all enjoying

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their time

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what do you think about these situations

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which place is better for the elderly to

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live in your opinion

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I think the better place depends on the

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condition of the elderly

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some old people cannot take care of

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themselves their children are busy and

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don't have time for them

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in this case the nursing home will have

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full medical capabilities to take care

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of them

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in nursing homes they also have similar

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age friends who they can talk with and

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participate in activities together

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if children can take care of their

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parents it is also good for the elderly

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to stay with family and have more time

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with children and grandchildren

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so the answer depends on the choice of

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each family I think there is no absolute

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answer to this question

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Daisy in which situation do you think

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the people benefit most from being

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um I think it depends on the situation

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and the person

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such as in the case of both of these

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pictures it's more beneficial for the

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elderly to have people around

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and it is also beneficial for the people

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around because they all have someone to

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share things with

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grandchildren can enjoy time with the

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people they love

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thank you

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do you often spend time with your

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grandparents

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I love spending time with my

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grandparents I try to visit them at

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least once a week and I always make sure

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to call them every day

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I feel so lucky to have them in my life

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and I cherish every moment I get to

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spend with them

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can I have the booklet please

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thank you

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it's the end of part two now we will

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move on to the next part of the test

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part three

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I'd like you to talk about the benefits

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of learning English here are some ideas

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for you to discuss

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you have two minutes to prepare and two

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minutes for your talk

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now have you thought why learning

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English has many benefits

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first for people who love traveling I

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think learning English would help a lot

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English is an international language

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learning English helps us communicate

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more effectively

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it also allows you to explore and travel

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more confidently

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therefore you can learn more about the

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countries and cultures you visit

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second making friends with people all

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over the world I think is easier when

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you know English

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from my experience knowing English has

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helped me make a lot of new friends from

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many countries have spoken with people

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from Europe America Asia and Africa

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my foreign friends have told me about

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many different cultures and we are all

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connected by English

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third English also gives us great

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advantages in finding jobs with higher

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salaries

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nowadays most employers require their

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staff to have basic or Advanced English

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when you fluently speak English it

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increases the potential of your resume

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and gives you a high chance to succeed

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in competing with other candidates

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thank you

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busy how long have you been studying

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English

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well I think I've been studying English

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for about seven years now

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what do you enjoy most about learning

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it is very useful since learning English

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I can access more sources of information

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and knowledge

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but what I like most about learning

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English is that I have made many friends

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from more countries

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some people say that the only reason for

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learning a foreign language is to travel

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or work in a foreign country

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what do you think about this

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in my opinion there's no denying that

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most people learn new languages to work

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or travel

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however some people learn second

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languages as part of their curiosity

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I believe whatever the reasons are that

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people use foreign languages

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as long as it brings a positive impact

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on their life then it would be fine

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thank you that is the end of the test

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the results will be given to you in two

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weeks

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