GETTING READY FOR CAE!!!

Before practising  on your own the CAE speaking paper,  have a look at this sample of the new format. You have 4 parts with different tasks.

The updated exam (for exam sessions from January 2015) is made up of four papers developed to test your English language skills. You can see exactly what’s in each paper below.  

 TASKS

 Part 1: Conversation between Interlocutor and each candidate (2 minutes). Candidates take it in turns to answer spoken questions that focus on interactional and social language.

 Part 2: Individual ‘long turn’ (1 minute) and response from second candidate (30 seconds). Total time 4 minutes. Each candidate is given three pictures and asked to talk about them, using the prompt questions on the page. The second candidate gives a brief response. Tasks focus on discourse organisation, comparing, describing, expressing opinions and speculating 

Part 3: Two-way discussion between candidates (2 minutes) and decision-making task (1 minute) Total time 4 minutes. Candidates collaborate on a task, using written prompts, with the focus on sustaining the interaction by: sharing ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating and negotiating to reach a decision

 Part 4: Discussion related to the task in Part 3 (5 minutes) Candidates answer spoken questions that focus on: expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing. 

TIMING 15 minutes.

Click on this  CAE SPEAKING SAMPLE TEST  so that you can work with it and get familiar with the exam´s structure.