Exam Skills X2 · IGCSE Skills: Speaking (Role Play)

X2-L01

X2 Launch — Understanding Paper 3 Role Playإِطْلَاقُ X2 — فَهْمُ تَمْثِيلِ الأَدْوَارِ فِي الوَرَقَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ

Open the Paper 3 speaking unit: understand where the role play sits in the test, tell transactional role play from extended topic conversation, and produce short, accurate responses to basic prompts.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting

Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

Explain the structure of Paper 3 and the place of the role play.
Distinguish transactional role play from extended topic conversation.
Produce short, accurate responses to basic prompts.
Set a personal speaking target.

You are exam-ready when…

I know the role play is short and transactional, not a long speech.
I answer exactly what the prompt asks.
I use one complete, accurate Arabic sentence per prompt.
I have set a speaking target (communication, accuracy or confidence).

Tick each as you secure it.

Recognise · use

Functional Arabic vault

Core transactional phrases8 terms

أُرِيدُ أَنْ…I would like to…

هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ…؟could you / may I…?

كَمْ يُكَلِّفُ؟how much does it cost?

مَتَى يَبْدَأُ؟when does it start?

أَيْنَ يَقَعُ…؟where is… located?

عُذْرًا، لَمْ أَفْهَمْsorry, I did not understandrepair phrase

هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُعِيدَ السُّؤَالَ؟could you repeat the question?repair phrase

شُكْرًا جَزِيلًاthank you very much

Paper 3 exam language8 terms

الوَرَقَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ — التَّحَدُّثُPaper 3 — Speaking

تَمْثِيلُ الدَّوْرِthe role play

بِطَاقَةُ المُرَشَّحِthe candidate card

وَقْتُ التَّحْضِيرِpreparation time

السُّؤَالُ المُفَاجِئُthe surprise prompt

إِجَابَةٌ قَصِيرَةٌ وَمُبَاشِرَةٌa short, direct answer

التَّوَاصُلُ الوَاضِحُclear communication

الدِّقَّةُ اللُّغَوِيَّةُlanguage accuracy

Do it every time

Role-play strategy

1Communication first

The role play rewards successful communication, supported by accuracy.

2Short and exact

One controlled, accurate sentence beats a long, inaccurate one.

إِجَابَةٌ دَقِيقَةٌ قَصِيرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ إِجَابَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ مُخْطِئَةٍ

3Answer the prompt

Do not deliver a memorised speech that misses what the prompt asks.

two prompts

Micro role play — a café

Prompts

اطْلُبْ مَشْرُوبًا وَقُلْ مَا تُرِيدُ.
Order a drink and say what you want.
اسْأَلْ عَنِ السِّعْرِ.
Ask about the price.

Model exchange

Examiner

مَاذَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَشْرَبَ؟

Prompt 1

You

أُرِيدُ شَايًا بِالنَّعْنَاعِ، مِنْ فَضْلِكَ. وَكَمْ يُكَلِّفُ؟

On-task, two prompts

Communication (out of 6): Accuracy (out of 4): Feedback note (which prompt was hardest? did the response complete the task?)

Diagnose · target

Speaking tracker

My X2 target (communication / accuracy / confidence / question formation) My baseline self-rating (1–5) One transactional phrase I will memorise

Reflection

One habit to keep

The role-play habit I will keep is… My speaking priority for X2 is…

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