- Types of Questions
- Strategies
- Skills Required
A response to the integrated speaking questions generally includes the following:
Question 3: Reading and Conversation
- A statement of the problem or situation, as expressed in the reading.
- A statement of the speaker's opinion, as introduced in the conversation.
- His or her reasons + additional information, as taken from the conversation.
Question 4: Reading and Lecture
- A statement of the main idea or topic of the reading and lecture.
- Key points that are similar.
- Key points that contrast.
Question 5: Conversation
- A statement of the problem or situation, as expressed in the conversation
- A statement of suggested solutions, as mentioned in the conversation
- Your opinion of the best solution suggested
- Your reasons + examples and details to support your opinion
Question 6: Lecture
- A summary of the main points of the lecture.
Before speaking:
- Identify relationships between information in the listening passage and the reading passage. What aspects of each does the prompt want you to discuss?
- Choose the opinion most easily supported.
- Organize the flow of your answer in your mind.
- Make sure that you have adequate reasons and examples.
While speaking:
- Begin your response by clearly stating the opinion / main idea of the reading and the conversation/lecture.
- Give reasons or details from the conversation or lecture to support your opinion.
- Make sure statements are clearly connected so that the scorer will more easily understand your points.
Use transitions to improve the flow of your speech.
To describe problems:
- She/He is having a problem with_____________.
- The problem is_____________.
- She/He needs help with _____________.
- She/He is having trouble _____________.
- She/He cannot figure out _____________.
To present opinions/solutions:
- She/He needs to _____________.
- She/He should _____________.
- One (Another) thing she/he can do is _____________.
- The best thing she/he can do is _____________.
- If I were her/him, I would _____________.
- Taking notes on important information and using this information in your spoken response.
- Synthesizing background information with more specific information.
- Synthesizing the information given in the reading and listening; using the points in the listening to highlight principles or differences in the reading.
- Recognizing a speaker's purpose and attitude.
- Paraphrasing information.
