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DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE ORDENACIÓN Y CENTROS DOCENTESConsellería de EducaciónPRUEBAS DE CERTIFICACIÓN ING_NI_EO

TASK 1.6

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Please introduce yourself to the examiner and other candidate. In this part of the

exam, you are going to give a short talk on a topic. Discuss some of the ideas given

below. The talk should last 3 or 4 minutes.

ASSESSMENT: Content, organisation of ideas, lexical and structural variety, accuracy,

pronunciation and fluency. The ability to talk fluently and in an organised way about a topic

even though there may be pauses to think or find the right word. Help from the interlocutor

may be needed.

YOUR JOB

x What do you do for a living?

Describe your duties

x What things would you change

about it and why?

x What three things are most

important for you in a job?

What's your ideal job?

x How has technology changed

business?

x Would you prefer to have an

easy routine job or a job in

which you made a lot of

decisions?

x Would you like a job that

involved a lot of travelling?

Why(not)?

x If you could own your own

business, what would it be?



DIRECCIÓ GENERAL D’ORDENACIÓ I CENTRES DOCENTSConselleria d’Educació PROVES DE CERTIFICACIÓ

SET 9 CANDIDATE A

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x Read the title of the topic a

x Choose one or more ideas tcan add ideas of your own.

x Talk about the topic for 3 to

17 ADMIRATION

x Who is the person you most admire (artists, sportspe

x Do you admire anybody in your family? Why? Do yWhy?

x Do you think it is necessary to admire your boyfrien

x Do you admire any organization or group (NGOs, t

x ‘Heroes and heroines are really normal people’. Do

x What do you admire most about yourself?




SET 2 CANDIDATE A

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3 ANIMALS

x Do you have any pets? If so, talk about it.

x People sometimes abandon their pets. Talk about t

x Some people keep exotic and wild animals as petsopinion?

x Fur coats, ivory decorative furniture, using animals fyou feel about this?

x Keeping animals in captivity for our entertainment: this?

x Can animals help people in any way? How? Therap




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COMMUNICATION TODAY

x How many phone calls do you make a day? What type of telephone do you use?

x Are international phone calls expensive in your country? What would be the best

way to keep in touch with friends abroad?

x How much of your communication is done electronically?

x What IT systems do you use to communicate e.g. email, Skype, Face book, chat

rooms, blogs ? What are the pros and cons?

x Which age-group do you think finds IT most difficult and why ?

x Do you use the postal system? What for?

x Have personal and family relationships changed as a result of the use of new

communication technologies?




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EATING HABITS

x Do you ever cook?

x What is your favourite dish?

x Do you think we eat differently

now than 20 years ago? If so,

explain why.

x Most experts agree that theMediterranean diet is

particularly beneficial. What

are its main characteristics?

x Do you think vegetarians are

healthier that people who eat

a lot of meat. Explain.

x Do you ever eat unhealthy

food? How do you feel about

it?

x Do you eat out often? Do you

think you have to pay a lot to

eat well?



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SET 3 CANDIDATE A

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5 EDUCATION

x What was school like for your parents? Is it very differeceived/are receiving?

x What is/was your favourite subject at school? Why?hate/hated? Why?

x Do you think Physical Education is important? Why?

x Are there any subjects that you miss in today’s schophilosophy, etc)

x What are the good and bad points of education n

x Are computers going to replace books and notebo




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EDUCATION

x How was/is your experience of education? Explain briefly what you know aboutthe situation in Spanish schools.

x What can be done to improve the education system?

x If you had to make a choice between private or public school what would you

choose and why?

x Whose responsibility is it to provide children and teenagers with a good

education?

x What do think about university education?

x What is your opinion about bilingual education?




SET 1 CANDIDATE B

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2 FAME

x Nowadays, a lot of people want to become famou

x “Big Brother”, “Operación Triunfo”…people participcelebrities and to get a lot of money, but they doneffort.

x Being famous is a positive value in our current socie

x I would love to be famous.

x If I became a celebrity, I would…




SET 8 CANDIDATE B

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16 HOLIDAYS

x What kind of holidays do you prefer:guided tours / going camping/ backpacking/ in y

x What kind of places would you like to visit most:cultural places/ ski resorts / seaside resorts etc?

x Who do you prefer to go on holiday with (alone, wi

x What kind of activities do you enjoy doing when yo

and museums, relaxing, doing sports…)?

x Where did you go on your last holidays? What did y

x How do you enjoy travelling (by plane, by boat, by




SET 7 CANDIDATE B

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JOBS

x What is your job now? Are you a student? Do you

x If you could choose your ideal job, which one wou

x Which jobs would you never do? Why?

x If you had enough money… would you stop workin

you do with your time if you didn’t need to work?

x What do you think is the ideal age to retire? Why?



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SET 6 CANDIDATE B

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12 MANNERS

x Smoking should be banned in all public places.

x People who throw litter in the street should be seve

x There should be more pedestrian areas in towns.

x Drinking alcohol in the street is a problematic issue.

x Noise is a kind of pollution in towns and cities.




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MEANS OF TRANSPORT

x What means of transport do

you use?

x What kind of public transport is

there in your town/city?

x What can be done to improvethe transport system in your

country?

x Do you think people drive

safely in your country? Do they

wear safety belts?

x Are speed cameras effective?

x Are there cycle lanes? Do

many people use them?

x How easy is it parking in the

cities near you?

x Have you ever been fined for

speeding or parking illegally?




SET 4 CANDIDATE B

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8 MEMORIES

x Do you usually remember appointments or birthdayleft things? Are you a forgetful person or are you ab

x Have you ever used mnemonic techniques (strategones? Did they work?

x What is the oldest memory that you have? Do you your childhood (good or bad)?

x Do/did your parents tell you any memories from theWhat are the ones which they tell/told you more of

x Do you think remembering things from the past is g




SET 9 CANDIDATE B

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18 MONEY

x Money makes the world go round. What do you thi

x What do you usually spend your money on?

x Do you like shopping? What kind of things do you bto?

x

What things do you consider too expensive in socie

x Do you give money to charity?




SET 8 CANDIDATE A

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15 MUSIC & BOOKS

x What kind of music do you like? What is your favou

x What kind of music do you listen to in different situa…when you are sad? / …when you are happy?…when you want to relax? / … when you want to

x Do you play any musical instruments? Can you sing

x What kind of books do you like? Do you usually rea

x Is reading a good habit? Why? Why not? How can

x What is your favourite book? Why? What book / bo

x What do you think about the books which have beremember any?




SET 6 CANDIDATE A

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x Choose one or more ideas can add ideas of your own

x Talk about the topic for 3 t

11 OLD AGE

x How are elderly people treated in our society by th

x What kind of problems do they have? What advan

x Many of them live alone and feel lonely. Why? How

x Homes for elderly people. What are their advantag

x How should we spend our time when we retire? Ho

x Your life when you are old. How do you imagine it?




SET 5 CANDIDATE A

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9 PARENTAL RELATIONSHIPS

x Parents should be strict about what time their child

x Every child needs at least one brother or sister.

x Children learn more from their parents than they do

x Everybody in the family should cooperate with the

x Children should work in their school holidays and ea

x Children should leave the family house before 25.




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may be needed.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

x What recycling projects does your community have?

x What are the worst environmental problems in your region? What can be done

to improve them?

x Have you suffered the consequences of any natural disasters?

x Are people environmentally responsible? Why? Why not?

x What things do you do to contribute to help the environment?

x Do you think companies are more responsible now than they were in the

past?

x What do you think about renewable energies i.e solar power, wind power,geothermal energy etc.? Are they in use in your area?




SET 4 CANDIDATE A

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7 SPORTS

x Do you do any sports? Which ones? How often? Wh

x What do you think about sports which make a lot oabout sportspeople who appear in adverts?

x Have you ever practised any risk sport? Which onethink about this kind of sports?

x

‘High-level sports are dangerous and unhealthy for Do you agree with this statement?

x What’s the most popular sport in your country? And




SET 1 CANDIDATE A

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1 STEREOTYPES

x Are there any typical characteristics which you thincountry? Which ones?

x Are people from different areas of your country sim

x Do foreign people have any stereotypes about peones? Do you think they are right?

x What are the stereotypical ideas you have about pKingdom, USA, France, Italy, China...)? Are they rea

x Think about this sentence and comment on it: “Peonot very different from each other”. Do you agree w




SET 7 CANDIDATE A

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13 STRESS

x Do you think stress is a problem in current society? H

x Is everybody affected by it, even children? Give ex

x How can we avoid or relieve stress? Talk about diffe

x

Are you stressed? What causes this feeling? What aHow do you relax?




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may be needed.

SUPERSTITIONS

x Do you believe people canpredict the future?

x Do you ever touch wood to

send bad luck away? Which

are the most popular Spanish

superstitions?

x Do you believe any of them?

x Can you think of occasions

when people use a coin to

make a decision?

x Why do you think some people

go to an astrologer or a

fortune- teller to find out about

the future?

x Would you ever consider

going? Why (not)?

x Do you read your horoscope?

Does it influence your life?

x Have you ever carried a lucky

charm with you to an exam?




SET 5 CANDIDATE B

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10 TECHNOLOGY

x High-tech mobile phones are very common deviceabout them? What do you use them for?

x Do you use MP4s or i-pods? Have they changed yo

x Video-games isolate children. Do you agree?

x The internet has meant a revolution in current socie

disadvantages of this tool? Do you use it often? Wh

x What are the good and bad things about technolo




SET 2 CANDIDATE B

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4 TELEVISION

x People waste a lot of time in front of the television.

x Reality shows and gossip programmes vs. documenprogrammes.

x You can learn a lot of things watching TV.

x There are too many channels on TV.

x Violence is really common on TV these days.

x Children watch too much TV.

x Advertising on TV.




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may be needed.

THE MEDIA

x Describe the media that you use:

radio, TV newspapers and

magazines, Internet

x Do you read the newspaper every

day? Will newspapers disappear in

the future?

x Which kind of news is the best?

(e.g. newspaper, TV, internet etc)

x Do you think the news influences

people too much?

x What is the most memorable TV

moment you've ever watched?

x What kind of magazines do you

like to read?x Do you prefer listening to the radio

or watching TV?

x What kind of TV shows do you (not)

like? Why?




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may be needed.

TYPICAL SPANISH

x What do you think the

Spanish people of today

are like?

x In what ways do you

think Spanish people are

different from people

from other countries?

x Which stereotypes aboutSpanish people do you

think are true/untrue?

x How are young

Spaniards today

different from young

Spaniards forty or fifty

years ago?

x Have you got any

foreign friends? If so, are

they like the stereotype

of their country?

x Germans, Frenchmen,

Britons, Italians… what,

in your opinion, are the

stereotypes of these

people?




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may be needed.

TRAVELLING

x Have you ever travelled abroad? If so, can you remember the most

interesting things you did? If not, why haven’t you?

x Do you think it is expensive to travel?

x What do people spend most of their holiday budget on?

x Do you usually buy souvenirs for yourself or others when you’re on a trip?

x If you could choose to go anywhere in the world, what place would it be?

Why?

x Which do you prefer: beach holidays or cultural holidays?

x When did you last go on holiday?

x Did anything interesting happen to you?

x Do you think watching travel documentaries is a good alternative to

travelling? Have you ever watched one?




SET 3 CANDIDATE B

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6 YOU

x How would you describe your character? What’s y

x How much attention do you pay to your appearan

x What is your job? / What are you studying? What’s

x What are your hobbies? What activities would you

x What are your ideals in life? Do you have any amb

x Who are the most important people in your life? Wh

x Which are the most important decisions you have m




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may be needed.

YOUR HOBBIES

x What do you like doing in

your free time?

Do you play any sports?

x What do you watch on TV?

x Do you have a computer?

How do you use it?

x Do you collect anything?

x What do you usually do at

the weekend? And during

holidays?

x Do you belong to any

group or association?

x Is there something you

would like to do but have

not done yet?

x What do you think is the

right amount of free time we

should have? Explain




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may be needed.

YOUR HOME TOWN OR VILLAGE

x What kind of place is it?

x What’s the most interesting

part of your home area?

x What kind of jobs do the

people in your town/village

do?

x Is your home town changing?

x Would you say it is a good

place to live? Why?

x What changes would improve

life in your home town?

x Are there any typical

festivities?

x How do you celebrate them?

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