In this lesson you will
- Prepare the role play to internal-assessment standard.
- Develop answers with reasons, examples and range.
- Speak accurately with clear pronunciation.
- Self-assess against the speaking mark scheme.
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Orient · target · prepare
Objectives and exam focus
You are exam-ready when…
Tick each as you secure it.
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Session focus
The role play is a **transaction**, not an essay. Read the card, spot the five tasks, and use clean transactional phrases: ask, request, state a preference, give a reason, close politely.
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Recognise · reuse
Useful speaking phrases
Phrases that lift a conversation8 terms
فِي رَأْيِيin my opinion
بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِيas for me
عَلَى سَبِيلِ المِثَالِfor example
مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَىon the other hand
هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُعِيدَ السُّؤَالَ؟could you repeat the question?
أَتَّفِقُ مَعَكَI agree with you
فِي الحَقِيقَةِin fact (filler)
بِصَرَاحَةٍfrankly
Speaking-phrase mission
Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on speaking phrases and strategies — a wrong answer costs a life.
Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points
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Listen to a model exchange
Transcript-based practice — read the model exchange, then answer.
Listen for technique
Choose the correct option
Listening script
بِطَاقَةٌ: أَنْتَ فِي مَحَلٍّ. المُعَلِّمُ نَادِلٌ. الطَّالِبُ: مَسَاءَ الخَيْرِ، أُرِيدُ قَمِيصًا أَزْرَقَ مَقَاسِي مُتَوَسِّطٌ. النَّادِلُ: تَفَضَّلْ. الطَّالِبُ: بِكَمْ هَذَا؟ النَّادِلُ: بِأَرْبَعِينَ رِيَالًا. الطَّالِبُ: هَلْ يُوجَدُ تَخْفِيضٌ؟ النَّادِلُ: نَعَمْ، عَشَرَةٌ بِالمِئَةِ. الطَّالِبُ: مُمْتَازٌ، سَآخُذُهُ، شُكْرًا.
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Decode the candidate card / prompt
Read the task
Prove each answer from the card
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Record · develop · self-mark
Speak — rehearse this part
Prompts
- مَثِّلْ دَوْرًا: أَنْتَ فِي مَطْعَمٍ وَتَطْلُبُ وَجْبَةً.
Role play: you are in a restaurant ordering a meal. - مَاذَا تَقُولُ إِذَا لَمْ تَفْهَمِ النَّادِلَ؟
What do you say if you don't understand the waiter?
Model exchange
Examiner (waiter)
أَهْلًا، مَاذَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَطْلُبَ؟
QuestionYou
مَسَاءَ الخَيْرِ، أُرِيدُ طَاوِلَةً لِشَخْصَيْنِ. هَلْ يُوجَدُ طَبَقٌ نَبَاتِيٌّ؟ وَأَوَدُّ مَاءً مِنْ فَضْلِكَ. فِي النِّهَايَةِ، هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُحْضِرَ الحِسَابَ؟ شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا.
Covers every task politely08
Prepare your notes
Task
Prepare bullet notes for a role play at a train station: greet, ask for a ticket, ask the time, ask the platform, thank. Write a short speakable model.
- Prepare notes, not a full script to memorise.
- Plan a reason and an example for each point.
- Include past, present and future.
- Keep it natural and speakable.
Reveal a model answer
تَحِيَّةٌ • تَذْكِرَةٌ إِلَى … • مَتَى يَنْطَلِقُ القِطَارُ؟ • أَيُّ رَصِيفٍ؟ • شُكْرٌ — نَمُوذَجٌ: صَبَاحَ الخَيْرِ، أُرِيدُ تَذْكِرَةً إِلَى المَدِينَةِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ. مَتَى يَنْطَلِقُ القِطَارُ؟ وَمِنْ أَيِّ رَصِيفٍ؟ شُكْرًا جَزِيلًا.
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Score like an examiner
Speaking mark scheme
Communication — 10 marks
- Responds fully and develops ideas with reasons and examples.
- Keeps the conversation going and handles the unexpected.
Range — 10 marks
- Varied vocabulary, structures and tenses.
- Connectives and opinion phrases used naturally.
Accuracy & Pronunciation — 10 marks
- Accurate grammar; errors do not block meaning.
- Clear pronunciation and natural intonation.
The speaking test / internal assessment is marked on Communication, Range and Accuracy & Pronunciation (30 marks). Record yourself, then mark against the descriptors — not against how long you spoke.
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Rehearse · target
Preparation tracker
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Reflection
One speaking gain
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