What it is: The Individual Oral is a talk with your teacher about a literary extract. It has a preparation time and three parts.
| Stage | What happens | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Choose one extract and plan. No dictionary or course notes. | 20 |
| Part 1: presentation | You talk about the extract. Spend most of the time on the extract itself. | 3–4 |
| Part 2: discussion | Your teacher asks more about the extract. | 4–5 |
| Part 3: conversation | You talk about one or more of the course themes. | 5–6 |
Two rules
- The stimulus: you are shown two extracts of up to about 300 words, one from each work you studied, and choose one.
- Notes: up to 10 bullet points. You can look at them, but never read them aloud.
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Four criteria: Your teacher marks the whole oral on four criteria, out of 30.
| Criterion | Marks | What it checks |
|---|---|---|
| A Language | 12 | Many different words and tenses, with few mistakes |
| B1 Message: literary extract | 6 | Your presentation: what you say about the extract |
| B2 Message: conversation | 6 | How well you answer and develop your ideas in Parts 2 and 3 |
| C Interactive skills | 6 | Understanding the teacher and keeping the talk going |
| Total | 30 | 25% of your grade |
Three habits to practise
- Place the extract in the work in one sentence, then comment on it.
- Back up each idea with a short quotation from the extract.
- Never give one-word answers: add a reason or an example.