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Exam Skills X8 · Speaking Preparation & Internal Assessment

X8-L12

Feedback, Targeted Repair & Transition to X9التَّغْذِيَةُ الرَّاجِعَةُ وَالإِصْلَاحُ المُوَجَّهُ وَالاِنْتِقَالُ إِلَى X9

Turn your rehearsal feedback into concrete speaking gains, lock in your best phrases and strategies, and bridge into the targeted gap-filling of X9.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
01

Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Prepare your speaking feedback 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

Speaking improves fastest when you **fix the top two habits** — usually developing answers and recovering from silence. Rehearse those, keep your best phrases, and carry your weakest grammar into X9's targeted repair.

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

تَقُولُ المُعَلِّمَةُ: بَعْدَ التَّدْرِيبِ الكَامِلِ، اخْتَرْ عَادَتَيْنِ تُصْلِحُهُمَا أَوَّلًا؛ غَالِبًا تَطْوِيرُ الإِجَابَةِ وَالتَّعَافِي مِنَ الصَّمْتِ. تَدَرَّبْ عَلَيْهِمَا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ، وَاحْتَفِظْ بِأَفْضَلِ عِبَارَاتِكَ. ثُمَّ اسْتَعِدَّ لِلْمِحْوَرِ القَادِمِ الَّذِي يُعَالِجُ نِقَاطَ ضَعْفِكَ فِي القَوَاعِدِ.

1How many habits should you fix first?

2Which habits are commonly fixed?

3How do you practise the fix?

4What should you keep?

5What does the next unit address?

0/5
06

Decode the candidate card / prompt

التَّقَدُّمُ فِي التَّحَدُّثِ يَأْتِي مِنَ الإِصْلَاحِ المُوَجَّهِ لَا مِنْ إِعَادَةِ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. اخْتَرْ عَادَتَيْنِ، وَتَدَرَّبْ عَلَيْهِمَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قَلِيلًا حَتَّى تُصْبِحَا تِلْقَائِيَّتَيْنِ. احْمِلْ نِقَاطَ ضَعْفِكَ فِي القَوَاعِدِ إِلَى المِحْوَرِ القَادِمِ لِتُعَالِجَهَا وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً بِثِقَةٍ.

Read the task

Prove each answer from the card

5 marks
1Where does progress come from?

2How many habits to choose?

3How long to practise them?

4What do you carry to the next unit?

5What comes next?

0/5
07

Record · develop · self-mark

Speak — rehearse this part

Prompts

  1. مَا أَهَمُّ عَادَتَيْنِ سَتُحَسِّنُهُمَا فِي تَحَدُّثِكَ؟
    What two habits will you most improve in your speaking?
  2. كَيْفَ تَسْتَعِدُّ لِمِحْوَرِ سَدِّ الثَّغَرَاتِ X9؟
    How will you prepare for the gap-filling unit, X9?

Model exchange

Examiner

مَا أَهَمُّ عَادَتَيْنِ سَتُحَسِّنُهُمَا؟

Question
You

سَأُرَكِّزُ عَلَى تَطْوِيرِ إِجَابَاتِي وَعَلَى التَّعَافِي مِنَ الصَّمْتِ لِأَنَّهُمَا كَلَّفَانِي دَرَجَاتٍ. سَأَتَدَرَّبُ عَلَيْهِمَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، ثُمَّ أُعَالِجُ قَوَاعِدِي الضَّعِيفَةَ فِي X9.

Priorities + plan
08

Prepare your notes

Task

Write about 90–100 words reflecting on your speaking: name the two habits you will improve, how you will rehearse them, and your goal for X9 (targeted gap-filling). Use past and future tenses.

  • 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

بَعْدَ التَّدْرِيبِ الكَامِلِ عَلَى التَّحَدُّثِ، عَرَفْتُ نِقَاطَ ضَعْفِي. أَهَمُّ عَادَتَيْنِ سَأُحَسِّنُهُمَا هُمَا تَطْوِيرُ الإِجَابَةِ بِسَبَبٍ وَمِثَالٍ، وَالتَّعَافِي مِنَ الصَّمْتِ بِاسْتِخْدَامِ عِبَارَاتٍ مِثْلَ (فِي الحَقِيقَةِ). فِي المَاضِي كُنْتُ أَتَوَقَّفُ كَثِيرًا وَأُجِيبُ بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، لَكِنِّي الآنَ أَتَحَدَّثُ بِثِقَةٍ أَكْبَرَ. سَأَتَدَرَّبُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَأُسَجِّلُ نَفْسِي. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ سَأَنْتَقِلُ إِلَى X9 لِأُعَالِجَ نِقَاطَ ضَعْفِي فِي القَوَاعِدِ وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَهَدَفِي أَنْ أَصِلَ إِلَى الاِمْتِحَانِ وَأَنَا وَاثِقٌ.

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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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