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DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES
Conselleria de Educación
PRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN
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SET 1 CANDIDATE A
• Your conversation will last about 7-8 minutes.
• Avoid short answers and do not hesitate to ask questions or express
TASK 2 your views as you would in a real conversation.
• Your partner’s information is different from yours.
INTERACTION • Try to use the structures and vocabulary expected at this level.
• Try to reach an agreement at the end of the conversation, if
possible.
DIALOGUE 1: EDUCATION: PRIVATE OR STATE
The time has come for your young niece to start school and your sister has asked you for some advice. You and your partner have
different views on the subject. You feel that your niece should go to a state school for a number of reasons:
• Quality of education: just as good.
• Proximity: wider choice in the neighbourhood.
• Cost: free, public transport, save money.
• Cultural and socio-economic diversity.
• Less strict rules: no uniform required, …
• Others.
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SET 1 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the exam you are going to give a short
talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given below. The talk should last 3.30 or 4 minutes.
MONOLOGUE 1: SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA
• The news: informative or alarming?

• The days of traditional newspapers are numbered.
• TV in the original version: an option or a need?
• The radio: an everlasting companion?
• TV programmes should be more closely monitored by the authorities.
• TV sets in children’s bedrooms.
• Your opinion on reality TV shows.
• The role of advertising.
• The Internet: a real threat to mass media?
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SET 1 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 1: EDUCATION: PRIVATE OR STATE
The time has come for your young niece to start school and your sister-in-law has asked you for some advice. You and your
partner have different views on the subject. You feel that your niece should go to a private school for a number of reasons:
• Better quality of education.
• Individual attention.
• Bilingual education available.
• Peers of similar backgrounds.
• Low rate of conflicts and dropouts.
• Others.
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SET 1 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 2: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
• Recycling: the only way to be green?

• Public transport: a real alternative?
• Congestion charges in big cities.
• Buying locally produced goods.
• There’s too much unnecessary packaging in supermarkets these days.
• Global warming: a reality or a threatening political weapon.
• Hybrid and electric cars.
• Your carbon footprint.
• Renewable energies.
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SET 2 CANDIDATE A
possible.
DIALOGUE 2: MOVING IN TOGETHER
You and your partner have decided to move in together but before taking this big step, there are a few details you need to agree
on. Your priorities are:
• Three bedrooms: one for each of you plus a spare room.
• A parking place for your brand-new car.
• Preferably in the suburbs.
• Air conditioning is a must.
• Internet access and cable TV are essential.
• Others.
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SET 2 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 4: THE WORLD OF WORK
• Working parents and child raising.

• There are far too many civil servants in this country.
• Is parity in governments such a good idea?
• Equal opportunities for men and women.
• Are immigrants a threat to the local work force?
• The future of unskilled workers.
• Strategies for job seeking.
• Teleworking: a real alternative?
• Working to live vs living to work.
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SET 2 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 2: MOVING IN TOGETHER
You and your partner have decided to move in together but before taking this big step, there are a few details you need to agree
on. Your priorities are:
• 2 bedrooms for the 2 of you.
• No need for a parking place: you’re a bike sort of person.
• Preferably within cycling distance of local amenities.
• You can contribute an electric fan and a heater.
• Internet just at work, not at home: we’re enslaved by technology.
• Others.
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SET 2 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 5: TRAVELLING
• Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climate, tourist facilities,

landscape, accommodation, price, any others...
• Travelling alone.
• What can ruin a holiday?
• Low-cost airlines.
• Jet-lag experiences.
• Home swap: budget accommodation.
• Rural tourism.
• Volunteering holidays.
• Space holidays.
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SET 3 CANDIDATE A
possible.
DIALOGUE 3: CHOOSING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
As members of the students’ association, it’s up to you to choose the best candidate for the post of language assistant for the next
school year. Of all the applications received, the association has shortlisted only two candidates. The person you like the most is:
Patricia Murray
• An experienced 45-year-old British teacher.
• She can’t speak Spanish.
• Willing to work Monday to Friday.
• A technophobe.
• Healthy lifestyle, probably won’t miss classes.
• Limited social life: she’s bringing her ageing parents with her.
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SET 3 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 3: RELATIONSHIPS
• Changes in the concept of family.

• The right time to fly the nest.
• Our society’s response to the issue of the elderly.
• Parents staying together for the sake of their children.
• How are family relationships different from those with friends?.
• Different types of friends at different stages of your life.
• Relationships with neighbours.
• Marriage: the perfect state for adults?
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SET 3 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 3: CHOOSING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
As members of the students’ association, it’s up to you to choose the best candidate for the post of language assistant for the next
school year. Of all the applications received, the association has shortlisted only two candidates. The person you like the most is:
Penny Dunkerley
• An energetic 25-year-old American teacher.
• Fluent in Spanish.
• Only ready to work Tuesday to Thursday to enjoy long weekends in Spain.
• Keen to use new technologies in the classroom.
• Prone to painful migraines.
• Single: wishing to socialize with students outside the school

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SET 3 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 6: STAYING HEALTHY
• Traditional medicine vs natural remedies.

• Hypochondria: an illness or a phobia?
• Our public health system: a success or a failure?
• Swine flu: myth or reality?
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away and other ways to stay healthy.
• Is child obesity a real problem?
• Medical advice on the Internet: is it really good?
• Can excessive hygiene be a problem?
• The healing power of positive thinking.
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SET 4 CANDIDATE A
possible.
DIALOGUE 4: DESKTOP OR LAPTOP

Your current computer has matured to the ripe old age of 8 months and has been deemed obsolete. Now it’s time for you and
your partner to buy a new one and with all this new technology on the market, it’s difficult to make a decision. After giving it much
thought, you feel that a laptop would be the right choice for the following reasons:
• Portability, weight and size.
• Connectivity: wireless networks available for free in some areas.
• You’ve found a very cheap one on-line.
• Lack of space in the house.
• The new ones are really cute.
• You just need it for work, so performance is not important.

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SET 4 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 7: BREAKING THE LAW
• Honesty, the best policy.

• Prisons have been turned into a kind of hotel with all kinds of facilities.
• CCTV: an invasion of privacy or a tool to ensure our safety.
• Crime and technology: phishing, identity theft, hacking.
• Corruption: some authorities believe they’re above the law.
• Has the credit crunch meant a rise in crime rates?
• Are juries the key to fair trials?
• Domestic violence: is the law tough enough?
• What do you think are suitable alternatives to imprisonment?
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SET 4 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 4: DESKTOP OR LAPTOP

Your current computer has matured to the ripe old age of 8 months and has been deemed obsolete. Now it’s time for you and
your partner to buy a new one and with all this new technology on the market, it’s difficult to make a decision. After giving it much
thought, you feel that a desktop would be the right choice for the following reasons:
• A laptop is vulnerable to theft.
• Ergonomics: more comfortable (back problems, the mouse pad).
• You’d like to buy it in the local computer store in case you have
problems.
• Better price-to-performance ratio.
• Reliability: spare parts are easy to find.
• You want it for work and entertainment, so performance is essential.

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SET 4 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 8: MAD ABOUT SHOPPING
• The sales: a good deal or a commercial trick?

• Shopaholics: a by-product of our consumerist society?
• Your view on the issue of plastic bags in shops.
• Men and women: a different attitude to shopping?
• Different kinds of shopping: catalogue, online, teleshopping...
• Pros and cons of department stores or malls being allowed to open on
Sundays and bank holidays.
• The influence of advertising on our shopping habits.
• Is it a good idea for parents to buy everything their children want?
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SET 5 CANDIDATE A
possible.
DIALOGUE 5: SPOILING THE CHILD

You have a five-year-old daughter. You are doing your best to raise your child, and you are moderately strict. The problem is your
own parent (your daughter's grandparent), who lives with you. He/she is always spoiling your child. You remember that your
parent was much stricter with YOU when you were a child! You want this to stop, and you will now complain to your parent. Here
are some examples of the behaviour that upsets you:
• Not telling her off when she misbehaves.
• Giving her too many sweets.
• Allowing her to leave her meals half-eaten.
• Letting her watch too much TV.
• Buying her too many toys.
• Allowing her to stay up as late as she likes.

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SET 5 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 9: PROGRESS AND SCIENCE
• Predicting the future. How do you imagine everyday life in 2110?

• Genetically modified food.
• Playing with DNA: What are the chances of parents choosing the sex,
hair, eye and skin colour of their babies?
• Cloning and its implications.
• Stem cells: storing your baby’s umbilical cord blood.
• Space exploration: useless or useful?
• The future of Robotics.
• Best and worst inventions of the 20th century.
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SET 5 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 5: SPOILING THE CHILD

You live with your grown-up child and his/her five-year-old daughter. You have really been enjoying being a grandparent these
past five years. You feel it's more fun than being a parent, because you have all of the pleasures of parenthood without the heavy
responsibilities. In recent years, your philosophy of child-raising has changed. You now believe:
• Children express themselves in so many different ways.
• Children should enjoy food and eat what they like.
• Forcing a child to eat can lead to weight problems.
• TV helps develop a child's imagination.
• Toys and other playthings are essential to a child's development.
• Children have lots of energy, and shouldn't be put to bed too soon.
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SET 5 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 12: MONEY MATTERS
• Your attitude to lottery and gambling.

• Should there be a tighter control over the wages of celebs, sportspeople, …?
• Do you ever worry about how the money given to charity actually gets spent?
• Is pocket money for children a good idea?
• Politicians tell you to tighten your belt while they keep their astronomical wages.
• Is money the most important thing when choosing a job?
• Do you give money to beggars on the street?
• 40-year mortgages: isn’t it crazy?
• Would you be glad to suddenly become a millionnaire?
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SET 6 CANDIDATE A
possible.
DIALOGUE 6: FRESH MONEY TO SPEND

You and your partner work for a local community group for young people. The group have been awarded €12,000 in funding. You
have to decide how the money should be spent. The money given is not enough for everything you have in mind though, so you
two have to decide on the best 4 improvements from your lists. These are your suggestions:
• Purchasing new computers for a new WIFI Internet connection.
• Expanding the already-existing range of sports facilities.
• Organising a number of cultural day-trips to nearby towns and camping

weekends.
• More books for the mini-library.
• Acquiring musical instruments.
• Spending all the money.
• Others.
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SET 6 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 10: COMPUTER SAYS NO!
• The Internet and television: will they co-exist?

• The Internet and the cinema. Downloading films vs going to the cinema.
• The Internet and music: concerts, DVDs, CDs, will they exist in the future?
• The Internet and books: books and libraries will probably disappear.
• Blogs and social networks.
• Computer technology: how has it changed over the past 25 years?
• The sky’s the limit: can computers outsmart us?
• Different attitudes to computers: the elderly and the youth of today.
• How have computers changed our lives? Education, leisure, work, others.
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SET 6 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 6: FRESH MONEY TO SPEND

You and your partner work for a local community group for young people. The group have been awarded €12,000 in funding. You
have to decide how the money should be spent. The money given is not enough for everything you have in mind though, so you
two have to decide on the best 4 improvements from your lists. These are your suggestions:
• A games room with facilities such as a pool table, cards, dice, ….
• Purchasing a projector and a big screen for weekly movie showings.
• Organising a 7-day trip to an English-speaking country.
• Offering a range of courses by experts (photography, cooking, …).
• Buying video games consoles with a set of games.
• Saving some of the money.
• Others.
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SET 6 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 11: I WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL
• In your opinion, what does being successful mean?

• What exceptional qualities are required to be successful in life.
• Advantages and disadvantages of becoming successful at a young age.
• Are all celebrities successful?
• Success and private life.
• Success and money.
• Success, work and stress.
• Power corrupts people.
• Do you consider yourself successful?
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SET 7 CANDIDATE A
possible.
DIALOGUE 7: AN UNFORGETTABLE HOLIDAY

You and your friend are planning to go on a well-deserved 2-week holiday this summer. A friend of yours who lives in New York
has invited you over several times but you’ve always turned him down. Now, you feel it’s the right time to go to the USA and enjoy
an unforgettable holiday. The idea is to spend 10 days in New York and 5 in Miami. Try and convince your friend with this:
• You can stay at your friend’s apartment next to Central Park.
• Things to do in the City (shopping, shows, sights, celebrities, nightlife).
• The Big Apple is a melting pot: you’ll get to know people from different
cultures.
• American English is more widespread.
• Beach holiday in Miami staying in an expensive, luxurious, waterfront

villa.
• Problems you’ll find in Scotland (the rain, the accent, driving is stressful…).
ING_NA_EO
SET 7 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 1: SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA
• The news: informative or alarming?

• The days of traditional newspapers are numbered.
• TV in the original version: an option or a need?
• The radio: an everlasting companion?
• TV programmes should be more closely monitored by the authorities.
• TV sets in children’s bedrooms.
• Your opinion on reality TV shows.
• The role of advertising.
• The Internet: a real threat to mass media?
ING_NA_EO
SET 7 CANDIDATE B
possible.
DIALOGUE 7: AN UNFORGETTABLE HOLIDAY

You and your friend are planning to go on a well-deserved 2-week holiday this summer. A friend of yours who lives in Edinburgh
has invited you over several times but you’ve always turned him down. Now, you feel it’s the right time to tour in Scotland and
enjoy an unforgettable holiday. The idea is to spend the 15 days driving around Scotland. Try and convince your friend with this:
• Accommodation at your friend’s in Edinburgh and then in B&Bs.
• Things to do in Scotland (beautiful landscape, lakes and castles, trekking

and climbing, whisky distilleries, ancient sites…).
• Opportunity to know the local culture (bagpipes, dancing and kilts).
• You love the Scottish accent.
• You’ll spend some time in Edinburgh too (shopping, nightlife…).
• Problems you’ll find in the USA (8-hour flight, cost, crime, stressful city…).
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SET 7 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 2: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
• Recycling: the only way to be green?

• Public transport: a real alternative?
• Congestion charges in big cities.
• Buying locally produced goods.
• There’s too much unnecessary packaging in supermarkets these days.
• Global warming: a reality or a threatening political weapon.
• Hybrid and electric cars.
• Your carbon footprint.
• Renewable energies.
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SET 8 CANDIDATE A
• Your conversation will last about 10.30-12 minutes.
possible.
DIALOGUE 8: TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE, THAT’S THE QUESTION
The town council is thinking of banning smoking in all the pubs and restaurants in your town. Although you are a non-smoker
yourself, you believe it would have terrible consequences for the restaurant you run. You represent the local Association of Pub
and Restaurant Owners at the public meeting to discuss the council’s proposals. Here are some ideas to support your position:
• Loss of customers.
• The role of tobacco vending machines.
• You will have wasted the money to create a smoke-free area in your
restaurant last year.
• How about the management’s right to admission?
• Concerned the 3-month-trial period proposed by the town council will

give way to a permanent bill.
• “Spain is different!”
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SET 8 CANDIDATE A
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 10: COMPUTER SAYS NO!
• The Internet and television: will they co-exist?

• The Internet and the cinema. Downloading films vs going to the cinema.
• The Internet and music: concerts, DVDs, CDs, will they exist in the future?
• The Internet and books: books and libraries will probably disappear.
• Blogs and social networks.
• Computer technology: how has it changed over the past 25 years?
• The sky’s the limit: can computers outsmart us?
• Different attitudes to computers: the elderly and the youth of today.
• How have computers changed our lives? Education, leisure, work, others.
ING_NA_EO
SET 8 CANDIDATE B
possible.
You are the town councillor behind the proposal to ban smoking in all the pubs and restaurants in your town. Although you are a
well aware of the mixed emotions your initiative will give rise to, you still believe it is worth trying for 3 months. You represent the
town council at the public meeting to discuss the council’s proposal. These are your views:
• It consists of a 3-month-trial experiment only.
• Already a reality in countries in the European Union.
• Adults are the role models for children.
• Healthy citizens make a healthy town.
• It forces workers to be passive smokers.
• People will save money.

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SET 8 CANDIDATE B
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 8: MAD ABOUT SHOPPING
• The sales: a good deal or a commercial trick?

• Shopaholics: a by-product of our consumerist society?
• Your view on the issue of plastic bags in shops.
• Men and women: a different attitude to shopping?
• Different kinds of shopping: catalogue, online, teleshopping...
• Pros and cons of department stores or malls being allowed to open on
Sundays and bank holidays.
• The influence of advertising on our shopping habits.
• Is it a good idea for parents to buy everything their children want?
ING_NA_EO
SET 8 CANDIDATE C
possible.
The town council is thinking of banning smoking in all the pubs and restaurants in your town. Although you are a former smoker
yourself, you firmly believe people’s rights are being dangerously diminished by such bills.
You are head of the Local Consumer Association in the public meeting to discuss the council’s proposal. These are your views:
• You can’t compare pubs and restaurants to other public places.
• Adults’ freedom to choose wiped out.
• More government control on tobacco companies.
• Tobacco taxes contribution to our country’s wealth.
FREEDOM • A local referendum on the issue.
• A dictatorship in disguise?
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SET 8 CANDIDATE C
TASK 1
MONOLOGUE
MONOLOGUE 5: TRAVELLING
• Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climate, tourist facilities,

landscape, accommodation, price, any others...
• Travelling alone.
• What can ruin a holiday?
• Low-cost airlines.
• Jet-lag experiences.
• Home swap: budget accommodation.
• Rural tourism.
• Volunteering holidays.
• Space holidays.

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DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTES

DIALOGUE 1: EDUCATION: PRIVATE OR STATE

• Quality of education: just as good.

• Proximity: wider choice in the neighbourhood.

• Cost: free, public transport, save money.

• Cultural and socio-economic diversity.

• Less strict rules: no uniform required, …

MONOLOGUE 1: SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA

• The news: informative or alarming?

DIALOGUE 1: EDUCATION: PRIVATE OR STATE

• Better quality of education.

• Bilingual education available.

• Peers of similar backgrounds.

• Low rate of conflicts and dropouts.

MONOLOGUE 2: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

• Recycling: the only way to be green?

DIALOGUE 2: MOVING IN TOGETHER

• Three bedrooms: one for each of you plus a spare room.

• A parking place for your brand-new car.

• Preferably in the suburbs.

• Air conditioning is a must.

• Internet access and cable TV are essential.

MONOLOGUE 4: THE WORLD OF WORK

• Working parents and child raising.

DIALOGUE 2: MOVING IN TOGETHER

• 2 bedrooms for the 2 of you.

• No need for a parking place: you’re a bike sort of person.

• Preferably within cycling distance of local amenities.

• You can contribute an electric fan and a heater.

• Internet just at work, not at home: we’re enslaved by technology.

• Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climate, tourist facilities,

DIALOGUE 3: CHOOSING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE

• She can’t speak Spanish.

• Willing to work Monday to Friday.

• Healthy lifestyle, probably won’t miss classes.

• Changes in the concept of family.

DIALOGUE 3: CHOOSING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE

• Only ready to work Tuesday to Thursday to enjoy long weekends in Spain.

• Keen to use new technologies in the classroom.

• Prone to painful migraines.

• Single: wishing to socialize with students outside the school

MONOLOGUE 6: STAYING HEALTHY

• Traditional medicine vs natural remedies.

DIALOGUE 4: DESKTOP OR LAPTOP

• Portability, weight and size.

• Connectivity: wireless networks available for free in some areas.

• You’ve found a very cheap one on-line.

• Lack of space in the house.

• The new ones are really cute.

• You just need it for work, so performance is not important.

MONOLOGUE 7: BREAKING THE LAW

• Honesty, the best policy.

DIALOGUE 4: DESKTOP OR LAPTOP

• A laptop is vulnerable to theft.

• Ergonomics: more comfortable (back problems, the mouse pad).

• Better price-to-performance ratio.

• Reliability: spare parts are easy to find.

• You want it for work and entertainment, so performance is essential.

MONOLOGUE 8: MAD ABOUT SHOPPING

• The sales: a good deal or a commercial trick?

DIALOGUE 5: SPOILING THE CHILD

• Not telling her off when she misbehaves.

• Giving her too many sweets.

• Allowing her to leave her meals half-eaten.