Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to Test

Focus of Activity

Overview Activity

All parts of the Speaking test

To establish knowledge about the practical details of the test

DOs and DON'Ts

All parts of the Speaking test

To raise students' awareness of what to do in the test

Discourse Features and Functions

All parts of the Speaking test

To identify features and functions of spoken English

Assessing Performance

All parts of the Speaking test

To raise awareness of factors which are being assessed in BEC Higher

Key Words

All parts of the Speaking test

To familiarise teachers with features covered by assessment criteria

Getting to Know the Assessment Criteria

All parts of the Speaking test

To familiarise teachers with key features of assessment in BEC Higher

Practising Questions

Part 1

To develop students' ability to make and respond to questions

Forming Questions

Part 1

To prepare students to answer a variety of personal questions

Practising Presentations

Part 2

To practise preparing a presentation

Model Presentation

Part 2

To identify positive and negative features of a presentation