ECCE speaking tests

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