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table of contents
Understanding the Concept 2
Type of Question 2
Topic of Question 2
Assessment Criteria 3
Table Band Description 4

Tips for part 1 speaking 5

Tips for part 2 speaking 6

TIPS 8

Tips for part 3 speaking 9

TIPS 11

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UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT

Speaking test ini hanya memakan waktu 11-14 menit.
Schedule waktu testnya bisa di hari yang sama dengan jadwal tiga
skills yang lain, bisa juga sehari-dua hari sebelum atau sesudah
listening, reading, and writing test dilakukan.

TYPE OF QUESTION
Part 1 timing What will I need to talk about

1 4-5 mins The examiner will ask you questions about familiar
topic (e.g. hobbies, likes and dislikes, daily routine)

2 3-4 mins
The examiner will give you a booklet showing a topic
and some suggestions on it. You need to talk about the
topic for 1 -2 minutes. You have one minute to write
notes before you begin. The examiner may ask you
some follow -up questions.

3 4-5 mins The examiner will ask you more detailed and more
abstract questions lin ked to the topic in part 2.

TOPIC OF QUESTION
There are at least 20 topic on speaking test

Relationship Advertisement Clothes and fashion

Personality Environment Accommodation
Sport Town and city Health Weather
Work Holiday Shopping Food Music
Technology Education Business Physical apperance
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Criteria What do these criteria mean?

Fluency and Do you speak in a fluent way that is easy to understand?

Coherence
Do you link your ideas together clearly?

Lexical Can you accurately use or attempt to use a wide range of

Resources vocabulary accurately and effectively?

Can you explain you r ideas even if you do not know a particular
word?

Can you use or attempt to use higher -level vocabulary accurately?

Grammatical, Can you use a wide range of grammatical structures rather than
Range and repeating basic structures?
Accuracy
Are your sentences accurate, or do you often make grammatical
mistakes?

Pronunciation Is your spoken language clear and easily understoo d?

Do you use stress and intonation to add extra meaning?

With individual words, do you use tress accurately?

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TABEL BAND DESCRIPTOR

Band 9

Band 8

Band 7

Band 6
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TIPS FOR
PART 1
SPEAKING

Di sesi ini, wawancara personal berlangsung selama kurang lebih 4

sampai 5 menit. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diberikan ialah mengenai
hobi, kebiasaan, yang disukai/tidak disukai, pekerjaan, keluarga,
teman, dan pengalaman-pengalaman kita. Part 1 speaking biasa juga
disebut small talk alias basa basi, namun uency dan koherensi menjadi
faktor penting.

1. Be condent (percaya diri), karena ini adalah tahap awal,

menunjukan semangat dengan expresi senyum dan menjaga eye
contact dapat memberi kesan pertama yang baik bagi examiner dan
juga bisa memaksimalkan kemampuan menjawab kita.

2. Be interested in the questions, (terlihat antusias) sehingga ketika

kita menjawab akan keluar intonasi bicara yang natural, relax dan tidak
terlalu cepat yang tentunya hal ini akan menaikkan score kita.

3. Balance Answer, Satu pertanyaan jangan dijawab terlalu pendek

dan tidak terlalu panjang, sekitar 30-45 detik, 2-3 kalimat sudah cukup.
Walaupun bentuk pertanyaan nya adalah yes, no, tambahkan 2 kalimat
pendukung. Kalimat pendukung bisa berupa alasan atau eksplorasi
jawaban 5W + 1H.
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TIPS FOR
PART 2
SPEAKING
Bagian ini sering disebut juga dengan "Long Turn" karena nanti kita
akan berbicara sendiri tanpa diganggu oleh examiner selama kurang
lebih 2 menit, istilahnya monologue/story-telling. Disini Kita akan
diberikan sebuah topik dengan beberapa point yang harus dicover dalam
pembicaraan kita.

Sebelum disuruh berbicara selama 2 menit, akan ada waktu 1 menit

untuk persiapan membuat catatan tentang hal-hal yang ingin
disampaikan. Kadang setelah monologue 2 menit, si examiner akan
memberi pertanyaan-pertanyaan follow-up. Tetapi lebih banyak yang
langsung ke part selanjutnya. Total waktu Part 2 bisa dari 3-4 menit.

EXAMPLE:
Describe an item of technology YOUR NOTE
you have that is very important.
You should say: what/things when/time
· What the technology is my laptop 4 years ago
· When you got it
· How often you use it
how often/f
why/reason
And say why you choose this gadget.
requency helping to
3 times do tasks
Brainstorming idea: 1 minute
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You:

In this golden opportunity I'm going to talk about one of my belongings

related to technology....... it's my laptop. (Introduction + what/things)

I bought it when I entered the university 4 years ago... it's funny really...
because I was still learninng how to operate the gadget. It was a high-
spec laptop....the latest operating system at the time. .. to overcome my
difculties, Then I decided to nd help from my friends in order to teach me
how to use email.......send attachments, how to access websites, word
processing and others..... (when/time)

I used it 3 times a day, in the morning, afternoon and night, mostly for
learning and doing my assignments from campus.... sometimes I used it for
downloading podcasts, listening to music and watching videos to
release my stress as well. (how often/frequency)

The reason why I chose my laptop it was simply

because this technology helped me a lot during
my study. If I didn't have it I dare say I'd have to
spend more time at university, being left behind
about technology........and didn't know the rapid
changes of the world. but on the positive side I
suppose I'd read a lot more if I didn't have it..... so,
I think people should have this kind of gadget
whether in their house or in workplace.... to make
everything is going smooth because nowadays we
live in digital era, so all of the information is
provided digitally and have to be accessed
online...(why/reason)

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TIPS
1. Cover all the points yang ada dalam cue card (kertas soal), ini
membantu untuk memenuhi waktu bicara dalam 2 menit sesuai
dengan topik yang diminta sampai examiner menghentikan
monologue kita.

2. Mistakes Correction, kadang kita membuat kesalahan grammar,

tenses dan vocabulary yang tidak sesuai, mengoreksinya dapat
menunjukan kepada examiner bahwa kita tahu mana yang benar
sesuai penggunaannya. Tetapi jangan terlalu sering membuat self-
correction karena ini akan mengganggu speaking kita.

3. Make Up Story. Dalam long turn ini, menceritakan pengalaman

pribadi itu bagus, tetapi kalau kita tidak punya, mengarang cerita juga
tidak apa-apa. Yang penting lancar dan tidak keluar topik.

4. Always Practice. Sebelum real test, sering-sering practise sendiri

atau dengan teman, latihannya bisa juga dengan direkam, supaya
timing nya pas. Namanya juga skill, harus diulang-ulang.
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TIPS FOR
PART 3
SPEAKING
Nah ini bagian terakhir, teman-teman dan examiner akan melakukan
percakapan mendalam tentang topic yang kita bicarakan di Part
2, ujungnya lebih kepada diskusi dengan pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang
lumayan rumit dari examiner, hanya saja tingkat kesulitan dari
pertanyaannya yang berbeda. Diskusinya bisa berlangsung dari 4
menit sampai 5 menit setelah itu Speaking test pun berakhir,

EXAMPLE:

Examiner: What kind of technological developments have made the

biggest impact on our lives?

You: in my life time it has to be the internet of course but I also think
wihas made a huge difference to how we interact with the
internet.....wireless networks at home and public wi hotspots
mean we can go online easily.......access our mail....basically be
connected wherever we are.
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EXAMPLE

Examiner: what do you think are the important things people need to
learn when they start using computers?

You: well..there are things like how to use internet......how to enter a

web address.....how to navigate websites.....that kind of thing but it's
also important to know how to back up your les in case your
computer crashes... and all about internet security...

Examiner: Do computers/laptops make it much easier to study?

You: Denitely yes...researching information is much easier with the

internet.... you can bookmark webpages for future reference and
writing essays is much easier..... also being able to cut and paste
sections of text means you can experiment with organisation.
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TIPS
1. Extend Your Ideas, artinya jangan terburu-buru untuk berhenti
memberi jawaban karena disini examiner butuh jawaban yang panjang.
Sampaikan idenya dengan penjelasan yang banyak tetapi tidak
mengulang ide dan kata yang sudah disampaikan. Hal ini untuk
menguragi repetition.

2. Pay Attention To Tenses, Perhatikan pertanyaan yang

membutuhkan jawaban dengan beragam struktur kalimat dan tenses
(past, present, future) sehingga bisa divariasikan dengan bahasa kita.

3. Make Sure You Always Have The Answers. Apapun dan

bagaimanapun bentuk pertanyaannya, teman-teman harus pastikan
selalu punya jawabannya, jangan sampai ada satu pertanyaan terlewat
tanpa jawaban dari kita. Kalau benar-benar tidak paham, teman-teman
boleh bertanya untuk klarikasi.
4. Keep Your Health and Pray. Terakhir and yang paling penting
adalah jaga kesehatan dan do'a. Kalau kondisi kita physically and
mentally kurang t, akan mempengaruhi performance teman-teman.
So, istirahat yang cukup dan makan makanan yang bergizi sebelum
hari testnya, ditambah do'a yang selalu teriring.
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