Speaking Test Strategies 25 Review of delivery & quick wins

What have you learned?

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This is a review of the final 4 lessons in this course, covering delivery and quick wins.

Introduction

In this final review lesson, you will recall the previous four lessons and have the chance to practice each of the skills one more time.

Warm Up

Recall the previous four lessons. Which was the easiest? Which was the most difficult?

Practice

Use the skills you learned in each lesson to answer the questions.

What kind of gestures and body language did you learn? Gestures for:

thinking time at the beginning of the question (the cheek tap, chin scratch, lean back, or look up and frown);
emphasis on your key point (make eye contact and use strong gestures);
showing uncertainty (the shrug, or using open hands);
making an analogy (gesture to one side, then the other); and
counting (count up, starting with your index finger or thumb).

Question:

Describe the best party you have been to.

Here are two of the easiest to use. If you want more practice, review lesson 22:

Question:

In an "ideal" world, would everybody work, or nobody work?

Two patterns were practiced:

Making a list with rising and falling tones, e.g.,
- "Food in Paris is amazing, and there's a lot of variety. You can find good Chinese↗, Italian↗, Indian↗, and of course French↘."
Comparing positives and negatives by stressing the auxiliary verb, e.g.,
- "My hometown might not be cheap, but it is a fun city!"

Question:

What is the most amazing thing about the human brain?

Two patterns were practiced :

The future perfect continuous, e.g., "Next year, I will have been working for my company for 5 years."
The third conditional: "If I hadn't taken lessons here, I wouldn't have met you!"

Question:

Some people think that facing challenges improves a person. Do you agree or disagree?