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Individual Oral (IO)
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your one-to-one spoken assessment with your teacher — the IA for English B
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visual stimulus
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the photo/image you talk about, linked to one of the five themes
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the five themes
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Identities, Experiences, Human ingenuity, Social organisation, Sharing the planet
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supervised preparation
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the ~15 minutes you get alone to plan, with short notes only
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the presentation
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Part 1 — you speak about the image for about 3–4 minutes
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the conversation
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Part 2 — the teacher asks you questions for about 4–5 minutes
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to interpret an image
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to say what it means or suggests, beyond what you literally see
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to relate to a theme
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to connect the image to a course theme and say why
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How long is supervised preparation?
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About 15 minutes — and you may use short notes only, never a full script.
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How long is each spoken part?
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Presentation ~3–4 minutes; conversation ~4–5 minutes.
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What order should the presentation follow?
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Describe → interpret → relate to a theme → opinion → invite the conversation.
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How is the IO marked?
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Out of 30: A Language /12, B Message /12, C Interactive & receptive /6.
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How do you avoid a one-word answer?
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Add a reason ("because…"), an example ("for example…") or an opinion ("in my opinion…").
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Where do Message (B) marks really come from?
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Interpreting the image and linking it to a theme — not from describing every object.
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