Speaking
Develop clear, relevant spoken responses while managing preparation time, microphone timing and the one-attempt test environment.
Focus areas
- Intelligible pronunciation rather than accent imitation
- Natural oral fluency, phrasing and pace
- Accurate listening and short-term recall where the prompt is heard
- Selecting and organising relevant content
- Concise answers where the task requires them
- Paraphrasing and connected speech for extended responses
- Starting and finishing within the recording window
Current task families
- Read Aloud
- Repeat Sentence
- Describe Image
- Retell Lecture
- Answer Short Question
- Summarize Group Discussion
- Respond to a Situation
Read Aloud connects reading input with spoken delivery, and several other speaking tasks depend on listening to a prompt first.