Hello guys, and welcome to my ca Cambridge advanced English speaking paper video course. In this video lesson, we're going to be focusing on part one of the CA exam paper. So let's get started. First, let's have a quick look at the speaking section. How long is the speaking section? in total?

It's only 15 minutes, how many parts? There are four parts? How many questions are there? There are no set number of questions. This This can vary. It just depends on the examiner how quick you answer the questions, etc.

So these are the four main parts in the speaking paper. And what I said before what we're going to be focusing on in this lesson is part one, which is the interview This generally comprises some questions about you, your family, etc. So, in the rest of this lesson, we're going to look at some general information about the speaking paper. But we're also going to be focusing on the best tips technique and practice for this part of the speaking. So, part one interview. How long does Part One usually last?

Normally lasts about two minutes, because you are doing the exam with another candidate or the speaking part of the exam with another candidate. That means that you have about one minute talking time each. And we have to be honest to the to the next question, do you do it individually? No, you do it with One other candidate. Sometimes it could be that there are three of you, three people taking the exam. But normally it's just you and one other candidate.

So this section, Part one is designed to get you comfortable, make you feel relaxed into the exam. And the examiners are looking for your range of vocabulary. So the amount of vocabulary you use, the more words more phrasal verbs, etc, that you use. That's what they're looking for. And they're also looking for your interaction ability with other candidates, how well you can talk with another person, another candidate in a general conversation. And I say here, the key to getting really good marks in this part of the of the speaking exam is to ask yourself the question why Why did I say this?

Or Why did I say that? Okay. So in part one of the speaking section, as I said before, the examiner often will ask questions about you. And here are some typical topics that they might ask questions on. Maybe your interests or your experiences. Are you interested in football for example?

Are you interested in sport? Are you interested in reading? experiences could be Have you ever been to England? Have you ever visited England? Have you ever been traveling around Europe? They could ask you some questions about your plans for the future.

What are you going to do this weekend? So they could also ask you what you've been doing recently. So for example, what did you do last weekend? What did you do yesterday? They could also ask you about your English studies, how long have you been studying English? Etc.

There may also be a question about your daily life, so your routines or habits, your day to day activities. Okay, so on to my first tip. What you should do is you should think of different questions related to the topics before so we can practice this I want you guys to take two minutes to pause this video for two minutes. And then I want you to write down as many questions as you can that are related to the topics on the previous A slide. Okay. For example, what are your plans for the future?

That could be one question that's related to the topics on the previous slide. So you can pause this video now for two minutes, I would rewind it a little bit to look at the look at the topics from the previous slide and take two minutes to write down as many questions as you can to related to those topics. Okay, so you can pause the video now, and in two minutes can press play. Okay, so hopefully you've done that. Hopefully you've written down some questions related to the topics from before. And now we'll just have a look at this.

So this document now I'm about to show you is really, really useful. And I recommend that you read this document before you take the exam because there are so much useful information in it. And I'm just going to show you the document now. Okay, if you type this website, address here into your browser, into your web browser, your Google Chrome or your Internet Explorer, etc. If you type this in, you'll find something called Cambridge English advanced teachers handbook. First page looks like this.

What I'd like us to do right now is to you can either type in page 81 at the top here, like this, or you can scroll down until you find page 79 Then what you should do, which makes it easier is to rotate this page clockwise like that. Then you can see this is the typical exam questions that you will have. This is a is a sample test that the Cambridge exam board has given us here. So these are the typical questions you will be asked. And I've copied these from here, and I've put them into my presentation for you guys. So let me just go back to where they are.

So you can see those questions here. And what I'd like you to do is to compare the questions that you wrote down about the topics with these questions here, on this page or on this slide, compare them and see if you've written down any of any of the same artists Any of the same questions sorry. Maybe written down some similar questions. And that's really good. Because that gets you in a sort of mentality to know which questions you will be asked in the exam. And if you know which questions they're going to ask you, you're going to be able to prepare better answers for.

Okay. So now it's time for my second tip, which is to prepare some answers to these questions when you are practicing for the exam. So before you take the exam, you should look at the questions you've written Now, look at the questions that I showed you from this sample paper, and then prepare some answers to these questions. When you're preparing your answers, you need to try and give as much detail as possible. Because the more you speak The more language you show, the better mark, you'll get in the exam. So let's practice this.

I want you to take two minutes. And I want you to choose one question either from what you've written down before, or from the sample paper. And I want you to write down a potential answer to this question. And remember, what's really important for this is to try and write down a very detailed answer, because you want to try and expand your answers as much as possible in the exam. Remember what I said earlier in the lesson. A good way to do this is to is to ask yourself the question Why?

Why am I saying this? So here's an example question. How long have you been studying English? Now, you could use this example. Or you could use another one. But what you should do right now Pause the video for two minutes and write down an answer to one question.

Okay, hopefully you've done that. So let's have a look at this example that I have for us here. So the question was, how long have you been studying English? And here is my answer. I say, I started studying English when I was at school. I studied it for six years.

But the teachers were not very good. And I didn't learn a lot. Then I moved to England one year ago, and I started learning English again. I think I've improved a lot in this time. But this is a really good answer because I could finish. I could finish at the beginning of the sentence or after one or two sentences, but I try to expand it Here we have 1234 sentences, a little paragraph and this will get you speaking for a good 20 seconds at least.

So this is a really good answer. So, I think you should do some more practice answers to the questions you have after this lesson. Write down some more practice answers. And you can use this as a useful model to copy. Okay, time for my third tip. You should get a friend, a teacher, or someone you know, to ask you these questions, the questions that you've written down earlier, or the questions from the sandpaper, then you should practice answering them.

This is again just to try and get you in the mentality of answering these types of questions before you do the exam. Practice This makes perfect. That's what we say in English. And the more you practice before the exam, the better prepared you will be to pass the exam. So, after your friend, for example, has asked you a question, and you have given them an answer, you should ask them to give you feedback and to tell you how can you make your answers longer? or How can you make your answers better?

Get them to tell you how you can improve. And remember, I've said this a few times throughout the lesson, but it's really important. A good way to expand your answers to make your answers longer is to ask yourself the question Why? Why did I say this? Why am I saying this? Why do I think this?

Why did I say that? And then what you can do if you ask yourself the question Why in your head? You can answer this question out loud. That is the key to making longer answers. So for example, I could say, I like watching television. And then in my head, ask myself the question why?

Then out loud, I say, Hmm, I like watching television because or I said that because it's a really good way to relax and get you to continue speaking. That's what you want to be doing in the exam. As I said, you want to be speaking as much as possible. Okay, so here's some homework for you to do. First, you should write down some more potential answers to the exam questions in part one. So you can use these example questions here on this slide, or from the PDF document I showed you or your your own questions which you wrote Downloaded, write down some more answers.

Remember to expand them to write long and full answers. You should also think of more of your own questions for part one, and right answer to these questions as well, then you should find someone who can help you to improve your answers. Okay, this is the web address for the PDF document that I showed you earlier. If you want to, you can type that into your web web browser, again, your Google Chrome or your Firefox or whatever Internet Explorer that you're using. And I also say if you would like to book live lessons with me, you can go to my website here and complete this form. And I will get in touch with you about my life lessons.

Of course, you can practice this part of the speaking exam with me in my lessons. So if you don't have a friend or someone to practice with, you can book lessons with me and you can practice with me and I will help you to improve this part of the exam in the best possible way. Okay, thank you for watching this video. And I'll see you in the next video lesson, which is the speaking paper, part two