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SPEAKING PART 2 - LONG TURN ]

MAKING NOTES @ you talk for 1-2 minutes,
For Part 2 of the Speaking test
� Look at the Part 2 task card and the notes a candidate called Claudia made in based on instructions on a
preparation for her talk. How could they be improved? task card. You have one
minute to make notes for your
talk. Make sure you cover all
Describe someone whose creative or artistic work you like. four points on the card.
You should say:
• what you know about the life of this person
• what kind of creative work this person does/did
• why you like his/her work
and describe the way his/her work makes you feel.

The artist I like is: £:alvador Dalf. l-te was: famous: as: a s:urrealist painter.
'Born - around Jq04? Catalunya, s;:pain. Famous: painting -Pers:istence of Memory
Died - late JqoOs:? Why I like his: work. - cymbolis:m, he is:
interested in Maths: and £:cience

� Listen to the candidate doing the task. Take notes on the content.
Rewrite the notes above.
Don't waste time writing unnecessary
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� Swap notes with a partner. words like articles (a, the) or
prepositions (in, to, at). Just write the
1 Did your partner use 'key word notes' (without articles, prepositions, etc.)? key words. Use initials or shortened
2 Did he or she use short forms? forms of words to save time.
3 Do his or her notes cover all the points on the task card?

Work together to improve both sets of notes.
Make your own notes for the task in exercise 3.
Show your notes to your partner. Can he or she understand what you are Part 2 tasks do not require any
planning to say? specialist knowledge, so here you

� Look at the notes another candidate, Vaz, made for his talk on his favourite artist. don't have to talk about an artist
Discuss the advantages or disadvantages of using this style of notetaking. in the sense of the fine arts
(painting, sculpture, drawing,
etc). You could talk about
someone from other creative
fields such as music and film
making.

� Rewrite your notes as a mind map.