You will listen to candidate
Marcos Venetti talking justifying his viewpoints
about how effective he thinks that the punishments
used in his country are. We did not publish the
audio transcriptions as – at this stage of the
course – you should be able to understand what the
students are being asked and what they are
commenting.
And now listen carefully while you check below these
two prompt cards with some useful language and topic
resources:
USEFUL
LANGUAGE
JUSTIFYING YOUR
VIEWPOINTS
• on the grounds
that ...
•
mainly/simply because ...
•
(largely) due to the fact that ...
•
The main reason for this is ...
•
The reason behind this is ...
•
I feel this way because ...
•
I feel strongly about this
because ...
Which jobs do you
think
are the most difficult to do?
● most difficult
aspects
● how people doing
them are generally regarded
● importance of the
jobs to society
HOW TO DO THE
SPEAKING TEST
1.
Give clear, direct answers when
justifying your viewpoints.
2.
Try to relax. Look confidently at the
examiner and smile a little when you speak.
3.
Take the opportunity to show how
fluently you can speak.
CONGRATULATIONS! You have finished
LESSON 19
at OM Personal CPE - Certificate of Proficiency in English. Before moving on to the next lesson, please remember
to revise everything you have learnt here.
