ICFE Speaking Activities List

Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to ICFE Speaking

Focus of Activity
Overview activity Whole paper To confirm understanding of the format and testing focus of the Test of Speaking.
DOs and DON’Ts Whole paper To help students remember practical advice for the Test of Speaking shortly before taking the examination.
Focus on Assessment Activity Teacher tag

Whole paper

To help teachers to understand the assessment criteria and how they are applied
Pronunciation Skills Whole paper To raise students’ awareness of stress and intonation patterns.
Interactive Communication Skills Speaking To raise students’ awareness of the importance of good communication skills.
Discourse Management Skills Whole paper To increase students’ understanding of linking expressions.
Giving feedback to students Whole paper To help teachers to improve their students’ performance in specific areas.
Anticipating Questions Part 1 To help teachers and students to anticipate and practise Part 1-type questions.
Language review: language of accounting Whole paper To elicit and review accounting vocabulary related to personal and corporate fields..
Formal Job Interview Part 1 To give students practice in presenting their knowledge and experience in a formal interview context.

Financial word association

Whole paper To activate students’ passive vocabulary, and to introduce students to new legal vocabulary and concepts.
Three minute vocabulary storm Part 3 To practise the main vocabulary of a given financial area, and to practise long turns.
Call my Financial Bluff Whole paper To expand financial vocabulary.
Business Plans Parts 2, 3 and 4 To practise financial vocabulary and exponents for presenting information, asking questions and discussing issues.