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.
