ECCE: Speaking Guide SPEAKING TASKS: Choose an Option or Help solve a problem Stage 1: Warm-up (2-3 minutes) Stage 2: Ask questions to get information (3-4 minutes) Stage 3: Justify your choice (1-3 minutes) Stage 4: Elaborate on the Topic (2-4 minutes) STAGE Functions for both tasks Various question types Wh-questions Yes/No question First of all, I’d like to know………… Could/Can you tell me……… ? What about……………? Asking for clarification Do you mean that……? I’m not exactly sure what I need to Responding to the examiner That sounds interesting/good/great I’d like that /I wouldn’t like that It’s the kind of thing I like/I’m interested in I’m not really interested in…… Signaling readiness OK, I think I’ve enough information STAGE Functions for “choose an option” task Making a decision I think that after hearing the advantages and disadvantages of each option, I’d suggest Expressing preference I would/wouldn’t like to …… I would rather + bare infinitive +than + bare infinitive I suppose I would prefer to………… rather than + bare infinitive If I had to choose, I would + bare infinitive I’d probably choose Explaining your choice I’d probably choose… My first choice would be… I think…….would suit me best because… I’d choose……….because it is important to me to… I think would be best because I think most would find more interesting I think has more to offer .since I don’t think .are into and that’s why I wouldn’t choose it Introducing your own ideas To tell you the truth, I would something else Instead of those options, I suggest There’s also another possibility, STAGE Functions for “help solve a problem” task Giving advice I think you should/could My advice is to Why don’t you ? If I were you, I’d I think the best thing to is to Giving advice on personal experience In my experience As a teenager, I I’ve been in a similar situation A similar thing happened to me/my friend I can understand how must feel Personally, I’d would love/hate it if Introducing your own ideas There’s another way It might be a good idea to Of course, there is something else that he/she could try If I were you, I’d suggest something else He/She could I wonder if has thought of .(+ing) STAGE Functions for both tasks Dismissing the other option I wouldn’t choose the other option because I didn’t choose the other option because I think that wouldn’t be Referring to something the examiner said As you said before You mentioned CONVERSATIONAL STRATEGIES Matching! 1.Request Clarification 2.Giving Clarification 3.Checking Understanding 4.Indicating Understanding 5.Hesitating 6.Interrupting 7.Taking Initiatives a Excuse me for interrupting, but b I don’t know where to begin Well, I’m not sure, but Well, let’s see/let me see/ Hmm c I’m afraid I don’t follow you Sorry, I didn’t catch what you said d Now to get back to what we were talking about Now as I was saying By the way To tell the truth e Let me see if I understand/got that f OK/I see g In other words (repeat in paraphrase) Let me put it this way/another way