【English】College English CET Test, Speaking Part 2 (Course Notes)

Class teacher: Jin Gefei
Class time: 4h

1. Oral test introduction and test preparation strategy

• The method is universal: CET4/6, IELTS TOEFL, BEC, etc.

• In recent years, the length of CET-4 and CET-6 is close to that of IELTS and TOEFL . If your oral English in CET-4 and CET-6 is very good, IELTS and TOEFL will not be a big problem. It is nothing more than a little difference in the content and the culture of the background of the material.

• However, there is not much difference in the assessment method and assessment difficulty .

• Key points of the course:
  1 Specifications for various oral exams.
  2 How to practice oral English in a big environment without English.
  

1.1 Introduction to the Speaking Test

• Exam time and format
  

• Exam form and process:
  The exam is computer-based, and the examiners are fake and robots . (But there will be a companion, temporarily assigned by the examination room )
  IELTS is a real examiner .
  Robots will not perform on the spot, so there are operations that can be prepared in advance (IELTS can only be performed on the spot).
  

• Question type setting:
  Self-introduction: Prepare in advance (what you have to write is different from others, and then you can memorize it)
  short essays are read aloud, just read.
  Short answer: answer 2 questions
  

1.2 Exam Preparation Strategies

• Oral test specification:
  
  
  
  Look at the following answer, if it is IELTS, at least not less than 8 points, if it is more beautiful, it may be 8.5 or even 9.
  

• Example 2:
  
  

• Exam preparation points:
  
  

2. Other supplements (before the exam)

2.1 Some supplements

1. Self-introduction (listen to the introduction of the other party, you can ask questions at the end of the conversation between the two, and you only have 30 seconds)

• Good morning everyone. my name is marcel, a junior majoring in computer science.
• I come from Hangzhou, a beautiful city full of places of interest, For example, the well-known West Lake.
• In my spare time, I love watching movies , which enlighten my mind.
• I’m an outgoing person who is willing to help others. That’s all. Thank you.

2. Read and ask questions

• Read in 45 seconds, remember the meaning of the article, and ask questions later.
• Read aloud for 1 minute, pay attention to the stress and continuous reading of sentences, anyway, it is to read with emotion.
• Next, ask questions. If you are asking about an article, the template is:
  Well, let me see. I remember there is some information in the passage saying like this:
  many people think San Francisco is a very beautiful city, because you can find sea around it.
• 如果问自己的话，模板是：
  well, my favorite color is blue. Because I grew up wearing blue clothes.
  This thing has become a habit of mine. I also do this now.

3. Card questions

• Take a pen and write blindly on the back of the admission ticket
• Topic sentence: Food safety is such a hot topic right now.
• 论点1：Firstly, it influences people’s health. Many people think that cooking could be a waste of time, which is true.
• 论点2：Also, if people are misled by the idea that the food in the restaurants is not safe, this harms the business of every Cafe
• 总结：That’s why we have to ensure the food safety is so important for us.

4. On the topic

• If you have a good foundation, speak first, and if you have a poor foundation, you will be the receiver. If the other party talks too much, you will interrupt directly. Remember to finish
• A: Hello, I’m happy to talk with you about this topic.
  Well, I think the government should devote more money and more attention into the problems that are at hand.
  What do you think?（衔接）
• B: I agree. Also, I think the government can put out some new advertisements to arouse（其他补充）
  What else can we do?（衔接）
• A: I also think we can learn from other countries, such as America or Japan.
  How do you feel about it?（衔接）
• B: Yeah, yeah, definitely. I read it somewhere as well. What’s more, I guess it’s
  also the time to raise the moral standard of the public too.
  Right?（衔接）
• B：Really？ I had no idea that
  I never knew that the place dont open in the weekend.
  So can you say more about the question?（衔接）
• A: So true, I can’t agree more. Nice to talk with you.（结束，重要）

References

2.2 Speaking test training (important)

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