General SELT Speaking
Approximately 12 minutes across questions, everyday or workplace role plays, read aloud with follow-ups and a prepared one-to-two-minute talk.
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Start with the route's required skills and CEFR level. Four-skill Academic and General tests and the two-skill A1-A2-B1 suite are not interchangeable.
Core concepts
Concept 1
General Speaking uses four interlocutor-led parts in everyday-life, work-related and general contexts.
Exam cue: Answer personal questions directly and extend naturally.
Concept 2
Role plays require both appropriate response and initiation.
Exam cue: Identify role, relationship and desired outcome in each role play.
Concept 3
The final part provides 30 seconds of preparation for a one-to-two-minute talk followed by questions.
Exam cue: Use the 30-second preparation to choose a beginning, two points and an ending.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Giving a long answer that does not perform the role-play action.
Guardrail: Use a 15-second safety pause before finalizing your action.
Reading aloud without meaningful phrasing.
Guardrail: Use a 15-second safety pause before finalizing your action.
Stopping the final talk after one unsupported sentence.
Guardrail: Use a 15-second safety pause before finalizing your action.
Memory anchors
Four Parts
General Speaking covers questions, role play, read aloud and presentation.
Everyday Work
Use language appropriate to social and workplace situations.
Respond Initiate
Role plays test both replies and starting an exchange.
Read Clearly
Use phrasing, stress and intelligible pace.
Thirty Seconds
Plan the final talk in 30 seconds.
One to Two
Sustain the topic for one to two minutes.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
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