Hi! Hope you had a nice weekend. According to our plan, today we practice Speaking Part 4, which is the long opinion turn that comes after the mind-map, and the questions will be directly linked to whatever topic you get. There's no strategy to this, you just have to try really hard to express your opinion with reasons and examples, and speak for about a minute. A minute feels very short and very long, all at once. There are a few recommendations I can make. 1. Listen carefully, and make sure you answer the question (not just blab for a minute about whatever). If you don't understand the question, ask the examiner to repeat. If you didn't understand what the question meant, try asking the examiner a yes/no question. "Did you mean what city I'm from?". Be natural. 2. Reason your answer. I think this because this reason and that other reason, plus here's an example. 3. Speak from experience. It's always easier to argue for something you have a personal connection to. If not you, maybe you can relate the question to a friend, a family member... whatever you gotta do to keep talking. 4. Use connectors and relevant vocabulary. You have a minute to show the examiner how eloquent you are. Use every weapon in you arsenal: fancy vocabulary you know, structures that you know will impress them, connectors they're expecting you to use, etc. Do you best. Here is a file with possible Part 4 questions I've taken from textbooks.
Apart from speaking practice, we'll do a couple of exercises from the book, like the Vocabulary Section from Unit 13 (space/place/room/area/location/square).
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