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Exam Skills X9 · Targeted Gap-Filling

X9-L11

Speaking Repair Clinicعِيَادَةُ إِصْلَاحِ التَّحَدُّثِ

Repair the gaps that lose speaking marks: one-word answers, long silences, and staying in one tense.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Diagnose exactly where speaking development and fluency goes wrong for you.
  • Learn the rule from wrong/right examples.
  • Drill the rule until it is automatic.
  • Apply the rule across all four skills and log the fix.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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The gap & the rule

Speaking marks are lost to **undeveloped answers**, **long silences** and **one tense**. Fix them: develop with a reason and example, use a filler instead of freezing, and show past, present and future.

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See the rule in action

Wrong → right

Gap (what goes wrong)FixWhat it protects
يُجِيبُ بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍيُطَوِّرُ بِسَبَبٍ وَمِثَالٍCommunication
يَصْمُتُ طَوِيلًايَسْتَخْدِمُ عِبَارَةً مِثْلَ (فِي الحَقِيقَةِ)fluency
يَبْقَى فِي زَمَنٍ وَاحِدٍيَسْتَخْدِمُ المَاضِيَ وَالمُسْتَقْبَلَRange
يَصْمُتُ عِنْدَ عَدَمِ الفَهْمِيَطْلُبُ الإِعَادَةَ بِأَدَبٍCommunication
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Recognise · reuse

Correct-forms vault

Correct forms to keep6 terms
طَوِّرْ إِجَابَتَكَdevelop your answer
فِي الحَقِيقَةِin fact (filler)
هَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ تُعِيدَ؟could you repeat?
عَلَى سَبِيلِ المِثَالِfor example
الطَّلَاقَةُfluency
النُّطْقُ الوَاضِحُclear pronunciation
Repair drill

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds drilling this rule — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Listening — spot the correct form

Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.

Listen for the rule

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

المُعَلِّمُ: هَلْ تُحِبُّ السَّفَرَ؟ الطَّالِبُ (ضَعِيفٌ): نَعَمْ. المُعَلِّمُ: طَوِّرْ. الطَّالِبُ (قَوِيٌّ): نَعَمْ، أُحِبُّ السَّفَرَ لِأَنَّهُ يَفْتَحُ العَقْلَ؛ عَلَى سَبِيلِ المِثَالِ، زُرْتُ مِصْرَ العَامَ المَاضِيَ، وَفِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ سَأُسَافِرُ إِلَى اليَابَانِ.

1What is the weak answer?

2What does the strong answer add first?

3What example is given?

4Which future plan is mentioned?

5Why is the developed answer stronger?

0/5
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Reading — apply the rule

التَّحَدُّثُ يَتَحَسَّنُ بِسُرْعَةٍ عِنْدَ إِصْلَاحِ عَادَتَيْنِ: تَطْوِيرِ الإِجَابَةِ وَالتَّعَافِي مِنَ الصَّمْتِ. تَدَرَّبْ عَلَى تَحْوِيلِ كُلِّ (نَعَمْ) أَوْ (لَا) إِلَى جُمْلَةٍ فِيهَا سَبَبٌ وَمِثَالٌ. وَجَهِّزْ عِبَارَاتٍ لِكَسْبِ الوَقْتِ حَتَّى لَا تَصْمُتَ أَبَدًا.

Read for the rule

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1Which two habits fix speaking fast?

2What should you turn yes/no into?

3What should you prepare?

4The goal is that you never…

5How fast does speaking improve with this?

0/5
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Say it correctly

Speak — use the rule

Prompts

  1. حَوِّلْ ثَلَاثَ إِجَابَاتٍ قَصِيرَةٍ إِلَى إِجَابَاتٍ مُطَوَّرَةٍ.
    Turn three short answers into developed ones.
  2. اسْتَخْدِمْ عِبَارَةَ تَعَافٍ عِنْدَ سُؤَالٍ صَعْبٍ.
    Use a recovery phrase for a hard question.

Model exchange

Examiner

هَلْ تُحِبُّ مَدِينَتَكَ؟

Question
You

نَعَمْ، أُحِبُّ مَدِينَتِي لِأَنَّهَا هَادِئَةٌ وَقَرِيبَةٌ مِنَ الخَدَمَاتِ؛ عَلَى سَبِيلِ المِثَالِ، فِيهَا مَكْتَبَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ. فِي المَاضِي كَانَتْ صَغِيرَةً، وَفِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ سَتُصْبِحُ أَجْمَلَ.

Developed, three tenses
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Write — apply the rule

Task

Write about 80–90 words explaining how you will fix your top two speaking habits, and give a model developed answer you will practise aloud.

  • Apply the target rule correctly throughout.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Check agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Write 80–90 words.
Reveal a model answer

عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ أَكْبَرَ عَادَتَيْنِ تُضْعِفَانِ تَحَدُّثِي هُمَا الإِجَابَةُ بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَالصَّمْتُ الطَّوِيلُ. لِإِصْلَاحِهِمَا، سَأُحَوِّلُ كُلَّ إِجَابَةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ إِلَى جُمْلَةٍ فِيهَا سَبَبٌ وَمِثَالٌ، وَسَأَسْتَخْدِمُ عِبَارَةَ (فِي الحَقِيقَةِ) لِكَسْبِ الوَقْتِ بَدَلًا مِنَ الصَّمْتِ. سَأُظْهِرُ المَاضِيَ وَالمُسْتَقْبَلَ فِي كَلَامِي لِأَرْفَعَ المَدَى. نَمُوذَجِي: أُحِبُّ الرِّيَاضَةَ لِأَنَّهَا تُقَوِّي جِسْمِي؛ عَلَى سَبِيلِ المِثَالِ، لَعِبْتُ أَمْسِ، وَغَدًا سَأَتَدَرَّبُ أَكْثَرَ. سَأَتَدَرَّبُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

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Diagnose · correct · remember

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Reflection

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