Speaking activities — Grades 7–9

Resources

These activities complement communicative teaching practices. They don’t cover all exam requirements — remember to use the GESE Exam information booklet to ensure that you cover all the exam content.

There is no pre-designed Topic form to download at this level (GESE Grades 4, 5 and 6 only).

Exam preparation

Grades 7–9 — CEFR levels B2.1–B2.3

• Classroom activity 1 — choosing a topic 
• Classroom activity 2 — developing a topic 
• Classroom activity 3 — preparing the interactive phase 
• Classroom activity 4 — preparing the conversation

Sample prompts

• Prompts for the Interactive phase

Additional speaking activities

The following additional speaking activities at CEFR level B2 are informed by insights gained from the Trinity Lancaster Spoken Learner Corpus research project. Learning from prior assessment results, these activities focus on practising aspects of speaking that will help students improve their communication skills in all situations.

• B2 Worksheet 1
• B2 Teacher Notes 1 
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 2
• B2 Teacher Notes 2
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 3
• B2 Teacher Notes 3
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 4
• B2 Teacher Notes 4
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 5
• B2 Teacher Notes 5
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 6
• B2 Teacher Notes 6
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 7
• B2 Teacher Notes 7

• B2 Worksheet 8
• B2 Teacher Notes 8
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 9
• B2 Teacher Notes 9
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 10
• B2 Teacher Notes 10
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 11
• B2 Teacher Notes 11
  
  
• B2 Worksheet 12
• B2 Teacher Notes 12