ECPE Speaking test (1).ppt
- 6. Recommendations Rephrase the points Expand into full sentences Link them together Rearrange order so that the connection is smooth and logical Leave the negative aspect to the end If you don’t understand a point, try to connect it as smoothly as possible without attempting paraphrasing
- 7. INTRODUCING INFORMATION AND LISTING POINTS Firstly …/ Primarily … / Most importantly … / This candidate .../ The first proposal … / Well, my first option is… Secondly. .. / Then, … / Moreover / In addition, The most important quality... / Another interesting point about the candidate is … / Another feature about this proposal is that … Finally, this candidate / proposal also … If chosen, this candidate would provide … The only disadvantage is / The only downside is … / The only drawback is …/ However, there is a problem… /On the downside…
- 8. RECOMMENDING After hearing about both candidates/ options, If you ask me, I think I would choose… because… I think that… is preferable because… It makes sense to choose.. I’d recommend … … would greatly improve It would certainly help … if …
- 10. Recommendations Don’t rephrase the points again!! Elaborate placing yourself in the shoes of those who need to take the decision Give justifications based on the benefits such candidate/proposal will bring about to the company/city/etc. Discuss with your partner the pros and the cons of each option, trying to cover similar points/categories Do not defend your option no matter what Do not give in too easily or quickly
- 11. COMPARING AND CONTRASTING / EXPRESSING ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES From the two options… I believe … is the better choice because …. ..is much more .. than …because However, the downside of One of the difficulties of … The only disadvantage is that … A key advantage is that … Even though …. Is ….., it would …. What makes you think that… is a good option? I see your point but my option / candidate offers… Another point we should take into consideration is… Yes, that’s definitely an advantage. You’re right. I hadn’t thought about it.
- 12. JUSTIFYING VIEWPOINTS … on the grounds that … .. mainly because … This is due to the fact that … The main reason behind this is... EXEMPLIFYING … for example … / … such as …/ In fact, ….
- 13. REACHING A CONSENSUS AND SUMMARIZING Well, I partly agree with you but … Yes, but don’t forget that … I suppose you are right about that but … That’s one view but … It seems that we both feel / agree that … Considering all the above it’s clear that… is the best option So we both agree that…. is the best.
- 15. Recommendations Choose two (2) points each Present enthusiastically the reasons why you chose this option. Be more formal and if possible, more sophisticated in your language choice Avoid presenting the drawback – this could be useful in the next stage Do not repeat the same words given; provide arguments why that feature you are presenting is beneficial.
- 16. PRESENTING AN OPTION Having thoroughly discussed all the options we believe that the best one is… for several reasons First of all, Another deciding factor for us was… To begin with, we believe The main reason behind this recommendation is that … This is largely due to the fact And now my partner has more to add And now I'll let ... share more reasons for choosing .. . A further reason is… Another reason that makes …. The most suitable choice is …. Another reason why we support …. Is Last but not least, we would like to say…
- 18. DEFENDING A DECISION We don’t think that poses a problem because… We discussed that problem and we think that… We feel that this is something that can be overlooked because… That is a valid concern, but we feel that… That is an interesting question; we do believe that…. We gave that problem some thought and decided that ... At first, we were also concerned about that, but it doesn’t really matter.
- 20. Final reflections about speaking… The goals for today were…. I took advantage of …. I need to continue …. I felt ….