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Exam Skills X8 · Speaking Preparation & Internal Assessment

X8-L10

Mock Speaking Assessment 2 — General Conversationالتَّقْيِيمُ التَّجْرِيبِيُّ الثَّانِي — المُحَادَثَةُ العَامَّةُ

Sit a mock of the general conversation across Areas A–E under assessment conditions, then self-mark and log the gaps.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
01

Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Prepare a mock general conversation to internal-assessment standard.
  • Develop answers with reasons, examples and range.
  • Speak accurately with clear pronunciation.
  • Self-assess against the speaking mark scheme.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

02

Session focus

The general-conversation mock tests **range and spontaneity**. Draw on your topic bank, use your recovery lines, and develop every answer across at least two tenses.

03

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

05

Listen to a model exchange

Transcript-based practice — read the model exchange, then answer.

Listen for technique

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

المُعَلِّمُ: مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ فِي العُطْلَةِ، وَمَا خُطَطُكَ لِلْمُسْتَقْبَلِ؟ الطَّالِبُ: فِي العُطْلَةِ المَاضِيَةِ سَافَرْتُ إِلَى الجَبَلِ مَعَ عَائِلَتِي، وَكَانَتْ رِحْلَةً رَائِعَةً. مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى، دَرَسْتُ قَلِيلًا. فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَلْتَحِقَ بِالجَامِعَةِ لِأَدْرُسَ الحَاسُوبَ لِأَنِّي أُحِبُّ التِّكْنُولُوجْيَا.

1What did the student do last holiday?

2How was the trip?

3What else did he do?

4What is his future plan?

5Which tenses does he use?

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06

Decode the candidate card / prompt

تَعْلِيمَاتُ التَّقْيِيمِ: سَيَسْأَلُكَ المُعَلِّمُ أَسْئِلَةً عَامَّةً مِنْ مَحَاوِرَ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ. أَجِبْ بِتِلْقَائِيَّةٍ، وَطَوِّرْ كُلَّ إِجَابَةٍ، وَاسْتَخْدِمْ بَنْكَ مَوْضُوعَاتِكَ. إِذَا فَاجَأَكَ سُؤَالٌ، اسْتَعْمِلْ عِبَارَاتِ التَّعَافِي. ثُمَّ سَجِّلْ أَدَاءَكَ وَصَحِّحْهُ بِنَفْسِكَ.

Read the task

Prove each answer from the card

5 marks
1What kind of questions will be asked?

2How should you answer?

3What should you use?

4What if a question surprises you?

5What do you do afterwards?

0/5
07

Record · develop · self-mark

Speak — rehearse this part

Prompts

  1. أَجِبْ عَنْ أَسْئِلَةٍ عَامَّةٍ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ مَحَاوِرَ.
    Answer general questions from three areas.
  2. اِسْتَخْدِمْ عِبَارَةَ تَعَافٍ عِنْدَ سُؤَالٍ صَعْبٍ.
    Use a recovery phrase for a hard question.

Model exchange

Examiner

مَا رَأْيُكَ فِي الحَيَاةِ فِي المَدِينَةِ؟

Question
You

فِي الحَقِيقَةِ، لِلْمَدِينَةِ مَزَايَا وَعُيُوبٌ. مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ، فِيهَا خَدَمَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ؛ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى، فِيهَا ازْدِحَامٌ وَتَلَوُّثٌ. بِالنِّسْبَةِ لِي، أُفَضِّلُ المَدِينَةَ لِأَنَّهَا قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، لَكِنْ فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ رُبَّمَا أَعِيشُ فِي مَكَانٍ أَهْدَأَ.

Balanced, spontaneous, tenses
08

Prepare your notes

Task

After your general-conversation mock, write your self-marks and log the two areas or question types where your answers were weakest, with a fix for each.

  • 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

دَرَجَاتِي: التَّوَاصُلُ …/١٠ • المَدَى …/١٠ • الدِّقَّةُ وَالنُّطْقُ …/١٠ • أَضْعَفُ مِحْوَرَيْنِ: … + … • الإِصْلَاحُ: … — نَمُوذَجٌ: كَانَتْ إِجَابَاتِي عَنِ العَمَلِ قَصِيرَةً، لِذَلِكَ سَأُضِيفُ إِلَى بَنْكِي رَأْيًا وَسَبَبَيْنِ وَمِثَالًا عَنِ المِهَنِ، وَأَتَدَرَّبُ عَلَيْهَا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ.

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09

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.
Examiner note

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.

10

Rehearse · target

Preparation tracker

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Reflection

One speaking gain

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