The oral part is held on a separate day in a computerized form, without the participation of an interlocutor examiner, based on special software. The tasks are presented to the examinee on the computer display, the computer program contains the exact timing of the time for preparation and for the answer. Audio recordings of the answers of the examinees are provided for evaluation by experts who have undergone special training.

Task execution strategies

Evaluation criteria

Interactive simulators in real time

- Trainer 1 (Demo 2015)
- Trainer 2 (open bank tasks)
- Trainer 3 (open bank tasks)
- Trainer 4
- Trainer 5
- Trainer 6
- Trainer 7(tasks of the trial exam 26.02.2015)
- Simulator 8 (Demo 2016)
- Simulator 9 (tasks for the early exam 2016)
- Simulator 10 (Demo 2017)
- Simulator 11 (Demo 2018)
- Trainer 12 (Demo 2019)

In 2017, the wording of task 3 was amended. Pay attention to this when using trainers 1-9, as they were created earlier and remain the same! Now the speaker is not necessarily the author of the picture, he can even say that he himself is depicted in the photo. Now the first point of the plan suggests that the student must say not only WHEN, but also WHERE the picture was taken. Word present changed to describe and the word is gone imagine.

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English language. Section "Speaking" on the exam. 10-11 grades. Muzlanova E.S.

M.: 20 1 6. - 64 p.

The manual contains the main types of speaking assignments provided for by the USE format. For each of them, recommendations for implementation and criteria for evaluating answers are given. The book also included reference material necessary for: preparing for the exam about the rules of reading: in English, about articles and irregular verbs. A separate section of the manual: devoted to the general structure and content of the exam in English. The manual is intended mainly for: students: grades 10-11 of general educational organizations, but can also be used at an earlier stage of education:. The collection will also be useful to teachers who will find in it the necessary material for: their work in the classroom.

Format: pdf

The size: 23.1 MB

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Content
Preface 4
Task 1 6
Recommendations for task 1 6
Sample task 1 in the format of the exam 8
Task 2 10
Recommendations for task 2 11
Task 2 samples in the USE format 13
Task 3 18
Recommendations for task 3 20
Task 3 samples in the USE format 22
Task 4 32
Recommendations for task 4 34
Task 4 samples in the USE format 36
Reference material 41
Rules for reading in English 41
Articles 45
Table of irregular verbs 48
Structure and content of the exam
in English 55

Since 2015, the section "Speaking" has become part of the unified state exam in English. It presents tasks of different levels for better differentiation of graduate training. The tasks are aimed at testing not only language knowledge and skills, but also the formation of meta-subject skills. When answering, the examinee must plan his speech statement, highlight the necessary information, compare factual information, generalize and draw conclusions, express his point of view.
The Speaking section includes four types of tasks:
task 1 - basic level - read aloud a fragment of an informational or popular science stylistically neutral text - 1 point;
task 2 - basic level - ask questions to obtain the necessary information - 5 points;
task 3 - basic level - describe one of the three proposed pictures of the student's choice based on the plan of expression - 7 points;
task 4 - high level - compare two pictures and justify your attitude to the proposed problem - 7 points.
All student responses are digitally recorded and reviewed by certified experts.
The maximum possible primary score for all tasks is 20. The time for preparation and response of the student is determined by the computer strictly in accordance with the tasks. The planned time for completing the tasks of this section, taking into account the preparation stage, is 12-15 minutes.

update. Please note that this article was written in 2015 and has not been updated or expanded since.

I would like to collect in one article everything that I know today about the format of the oral part of the exam in English, as well as the criteria for evaluating the exam. All of the following is based on information posted on the website of the Federal Institute for Pedagogical Measurements, as well as presentations and reports conducted by Macmillan, in particular those made by Maria Valerievna Verbitskaya, the author of numerous manuals on the English language, one of the leading experts on the Unified State Examination. I have tried to be as precise and as accurate as possible when presenting the facts. If you think that any information in this article is inaccurate or outdated, please write about it in the comments.

Let's start with a little announcement. Demo versions of the exam and the entire package of documents (specifiers, codifiers, demo versions) for the exam are located on the new site at http://new.fipi.ru. (the old site is operational, there is a bank of open tasks).

They wanted to return the oral part of the exam in a foreign language for a long time. The problem was only how to do it in an accessible and methodically sound form. At the experimental stage, in 2004-2008, the oral part was, but then it was decided to exclude it. Mainly due to organizational difficulties, such as time constraints (the exam is long, students get very tired), poor technical equipment and insufficient number of experts.

When introducing speaking in the academic year 2014-2015, we decided to follow the path computerization, that is, they refused the participation of a “live” examiner (there will be only a technical specialist in the audience), the students “communicate” with the computer, a digital record of the answers is kept, which will be evaluated by experts after the end of the exam. Over time, they want to computerize the entire exam entirely.

The oral part is held on a separate day, after a few days off.

Maximum the number of points for the oral part - 20. For the written part - 80 points.

The oral part is not (!) mandatory, but it will be necessary for those who want to get more than 80 points for the exam.

The minimum score is currently 22, it used to be 20. The threshold is very low, 99% of students overcome it.

When developing the exam, the compilers faced a huge number of scientific and methodological difficulties regarding the exam format, difficulty levels and assessment criteria. This year, the oral part of the exam in English will consist of the following tasks.

1. Expressive reading of a fragment of an informational or popular science text aloud.

Example.

"C3. Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have one minute to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud.

You don't see many birds in winter. Most have left your area. Those that stay are not active. Activity uses energy that is needed to keep warm. The worst problems for birds in winter are getting enough heat and holding on to the heat once it is made. These are problems for all birds."

Base level setting, score - 1 point.

Students are required to read intelligibly and expressively, which is easily perceived by ear without interruption in communication.

Main evaluation criteria:

• speech is easy to understand
• there are no unreasonable pauses,
• phrasal stress, intonation contour and pronunciation of words without violating the norm,
• the stress on the words is correct.

Allowed no more than 5 phonetic errors(including 1-2 errors that distort the meaning), that is, even if the student makes 5 phonetic errors, he will still receive 1 point. A score of 0 points is given if speech is perceived with difficulty (a large number of unnatural pauses, hesitation, incorrect stress, more than 5 phonetic errors, more than 3 errors that distort the meaning).

2. Conditional dialogue-questioning with verbal and visual support.

C4. Study the advertisement.

You decided to visit the place and now you are calling to make some clarifications. In a minute you are to ask five questions to find out the following:
1) dates for departures
2) hotel facilities
3) if breakfast is included
4) number of city tours
5) availability of party reductions

Necessary ask 5 direct questions (of any type) for reference keywords, that are in the assignment.

Setting the baseline. Per each question - 1 point. Total maximum 5 points.

The content question should correspond to the task, that is, it is necessary to ask about what you want to ask, and have the correct grammatical form of a direct question. Estimated language and intonation. The intonation should correspond to the type of direct question being asked, possible phonetic and lexical errors should not impede perception.

Grade 0 points is set if the question is not asked, if the content of the question is incorrect, if the question is not grammatically formatted, or there are lexical and phonetic errors that prevent communication.

Here disputes concerning types of questions are possible. While the compilers decided so. A divisive question is possible, requests from the What about...? Could you tell me about...? do not count as questions as they are essentially requests. Questions like Could you tell me what the price is? is not considered incorrect if the word order is correct.

One of common mistakes- Instead of asking questions, students start the story from the picture. In this case, a score of 0 points is given, since the communicative task has not been solved.

3.A monologue thematic statement based on a verbal situation and visual information.

Example.

"C5. Imagine that while traveling during your holidays you took some photos.
Choose one photo to present to your friend. You have one minute to think it over.
When presenting the picture remember to mention:
when you took the photo
what/who is in the photo
what is happening
why did you take the photo
why did you decide to show the picture to your friend

Setting the baseline. Need to describe only one a photo. There was a problem with this during testing. The children did not read the task, or read inattentively, and began to describe all three photographs. In theory, there should not be such a problem on the exam, since the student will need to press one of the three buttons, and only one picture will remain on the screen.

Next, I will highlight the whole sentence in bold, since this point was not obvious to me. To receive a high score, a coherent story consisting of 12-15 sentences is required, with an average of 3 sentences per item. If the student says only one sentence for each item, then he will not receive a high score for this task.

Assessed three criteria:

• solution of a communicative task (3 points).

3 points are given if the communicative task is completed completely, the content fully, accurately and fully reflects all the aspects specified in the task. 2 points - if one aspect (point of the plan, what is in the lines) is not disclosed, 1 point - if two aspects are not disclosed (or all aspects are disclosed, but very little is said). 0 points - if the task was ignored, or three or more aspects were not disclosed.

• Organization of oral utterance (maximum 2 points).

Here I do not really agree with the requirements, namely the need to speak the introductory and final phrases, for example, I "d like to show this photo / That"s one of the most beautiful photos ... or That"s all I wanted to say ... But ... requirements are requirements.

• Language design of the statement (maximum 2 points).

Language design is a complex and rather subjective criterion, here the difference in the approaches of experts is of great importance. Since the speech is spontaneous (1 minute for preparation is very little), errors and reservations are allowed. The main thing is that there are no language errors that impede communication. Total maximum 7 points.

I will highlight one more suggestion, as it is important. A common mistake of students is that children say that they are captured in the photo, although the task simulates a situation when they cannot be in the photo, since they took this photo. In case of such an error, 0 points are assigned for the task, since the student did not complete the communicative task, did not understand the task.

4. Monological thematic task.

"C6. Study the two photographs. In a minute be ready to ...

1) give a brief description of the photos (action, location)
2) say in what way the pictures are different
3) say which of the pastimes presented in the pictures you prefer
4) explain your choice

This task is fundamentally different from task 3, as it is a high-level task. Here you need analytics and a fairly high level of other language training, since the basic level of vocabulary and grammar will not be enough. Evaluation criteria - see point 3. Total maximum 7 points.

A few more points. The preparation time for each task is about 1.5 minutes. The response time for the first 2 tasks is 1.5 minutes, for the second 2 questions - 2 minutes. The total time to complete the oral part of the exam is 15 minutes. Students are NOT expected to take any notes in a draft during the exam, as there is very little preparation time. In January, Macmillan will release a new collection of tests to prepare for the exam.

As the main benefits for preparing for the exam, the compilers of the exam recommend the following:

Preparation for the OGE and the Unified State Examination

Secondary general education

Line UMK M. V. Verbitskaya. English "Forward" (10-11) (basic)

Line UMK O. V. Afanasyeva, I. V. Mikheeva, K. M. Baranova. "Rainbow English" (10-11) (base)

We analyze the exam in English: the oral part

Dzhalolova Svetlana Anatolievna, English teacher of the highest qualification category. Winner of the competitive selection for the grant of Moscow in the field of education in 2010. Senior expert of the GIA Unified State Examination in English. Winner of the All-Russian Olympiad of English teachers "Profi-Kray" 2015. Diploma of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation in 2014, Diploma of the winner of the contest for the best teachers of the Russian Federation in 2007, Diploma of the winner of the competition for the Grant of Moscow in 2010. Work experience - 23 years.

Nedashkovskaya Natalya Mikhailovna, English teacher of the highest qualification category. Winner of PNPO in 2007. Winner of the competitive selection for the Moscow Grant in the field of education in 2010. GIA OGE expert in English. Conducted a pedagogical examination of educational publications at the Russian Academy of Education 2015-2016. Diploma of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation in 2013, Diploma of the winner of the contest for the best teachers of the Russian Federation in 2007, Diploma of the winner of the competition for the Moscow Grant in 2010. Work experience - 35 years.
Podvigina Marina Mikhailovna, English teacher of the highest qualification category. Winner of PNPO 2008. Winner of the competitive selection for the Grant of Moscow in the field of education in 2010. Senior expert of the GIA Unified State Examination in English. Conducted a pedagogical examination of educational publications at the Russian Academy of Education 2015-2016. Diploma of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation in 2015, Diploma of the winner of the contest for the best teachers of the Russian Federation in 2008, Diploma of the winner of the competition for the Grant of Moscow in 2010. Work experience - 23 years.
Trofimova Elena Anatolievna, English teacher of the highest qualification category. Senior expert of the GIA Unified State Examination in English. Honorary diploma of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation in 2013. Work experience - 15 years.

Task 3. Description of the photo

Task 3. These are photos from your photo album. Choose one photo to describe to your friend

You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). In your talk remember to speak about:

• where and when the photo was taken
• what/who is in the photo
• what is happening
• why do you keep the photo in your album
• why did you decide to show the picture to your friend

You have to talk continuously, starting with: “I’ve chosen photo number …”

Work program for teaching materials Enjoy English (basic level) for grades 10-11. Available for viewing and free download.

Read the assignment carefully and familiarize yourself with the presented plan. You have 1 minute 30 seconds to prepare for this task. To complete it (that is, describe the photo) - 2 minutes. Choose one of the photographs offered for description. When choosing, be guided not by which photo you like, but by how familiar you are with the topic and vocabulary on it, and how much you can describe in it. The choice should not take more than three seconds.

Important! The proposed plan does not include an introduction and conclusion, but they must be present, as you are offered to make a coherent complete description of the photograph, which in itself implies the presence of an introductory and final part.

For the introduction and conclusion, as well as for answers to the first, fourth and fifth questions, several templates can be prepared in advance, which can be easily and quickly modified depending on the photo. Thus, the bulk of the time (about a minute out of one and a half) allotted for preparation, you can spend on describing the photo itself, that is, who and what are in the photo (the second point of the plan) and what is happening on it (the third point of the plan) . A few tips:
1. It's always easier to talk about people you know, so imagine that your friends or relatives are in the photo, determine what family ties are between you, and give people names.
2. When describing the photograph itself, it would be advisable to divide it into parts and describe first what is in the background (in the background), then on the sides (on the left / right side), gradually moving towards the center or foreground (in the center of/in the foreground). Do not forget that if the photo was taken on the street, then you can always say a few words about the weather.
3. When describing the people in the photograph, one can say about their age and appearance, what they are wearing, what emotions they experience.
4. Next, we describe what is happening in the photo. To do this, we use the Present Continuous time. Sometimes there is practically no action in the photo for some reason. It should be mentioned, explaining the reason. It suffices to name three actions.

The description of the photograph as such (that is, the answer to the second and third points of the plan) should take approximately half of the total time, the second half should include the introduction and conclusion and the answer to points 1, 4, and 5 of the plan.

Important! Remember that this is not a story about what was happening in your life or in the lives of your relatives/friends at the time the photo was taken, but a description of what is happening in the photo.

Approximate completion of task 1

I "ve chosen photo number 1. (Introduction) You know, taking photos is my hobby, and I always take a lot of photos wherever I go. I keep the best photos in my family album. (Question 1 of the plan) I took this photo last summer in the forest near our country house when we had a family reunion (Question 2 of the plan).In the photo you can see a group of children playing football (general information on the picture). and not windy. In the background you can see a forest with tall trees and bushes and in the foreground there is green grass. There are some children in the center of the picture - they are all my relatives. They are all quite young. The girl is 6. She is my oldest sister Olga. She is at the front of the group. And the youngest one is my nephew Nikolay who is just behind Olga. They are all light clothes-T-shirts wearing and shorts as it is very warm. They all look very happy and excited as they are playing together. They are running after a ball trying to kick it. And y ou can see that Nikolay is very concentrated as he is moving very fast to be the first to catch the ball. (Please note that the entire description is in present tenses - Present Simple (to describe static) and Present Continuous (to describe movement)! (Answer to question 4 of the plan) I keep this photo in my family album as it is very dear to me. It was actually a very memorable day when our big family got together and I could meet all my cousins ​​and nephews and nieces and enjoy time together. (Answer to plan question 5) I decided to show it to you as I "m proud of my family and happy that we get together from time to time and I wanted to share my emotions with you. about this photo.

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Task 4. Comparison of two photographs, identification of common and differences.

Task 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location)
• say what the pictures have in common
• say in what way the pictures are different
• say which of the professions presented in the pictures you'd prefer
• explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

As you complete this task, keep the following in mind:

You have 1 minute 30 seconds to prepare for this task and 2 minutes to complete it.

As well as in the third task (photo description), when completing task 4, you must make an introduction and conclusion before you proceed directly to the answer according to the plan. The introduction consists of one or two sentences on the general topic revealed in the photographs (the fourth point of the plan can suggest the topic) and one sentence telling what you will do now. If the topic is not formulated in any way, one last sentence is enough. In conclusion, summing up what has been said, you need to return to the topic again (one or two sentences).

Answering the first point of the plan, a very brief description of each photo will suffice. It is necessary to say for each picture what is happening and where. And you can add one sentence of a general nature about what is in the first and second photographs.

When we disclose the second and third points of the plan, we must find two similarities and two differences. And the similarities and differences should be common. Point number 4 of the plan can help not only with the introduction, but also with significant similarities and differences, because. they are also related to the main theme of the photographs.

When answering the fourth paragraph of the plan, it is enough to rearrange the word order of the phrase indicated in the plan I "d prefer the ...... (Profession) presented in the picture number ....... You cannot say I" d prefer the picture number. ... as it doesn't fit the job. You can’t say I "d prefer to be in the picture number ...., since this is incorrect in meaning - we cannot be in the picture. In the fifth paragraph of the plan, you need to justify your choice made before with 2-3 extended sentences (paragraph four).

Do not forget that task 4 is structurally close to the essay format, so you need to use linkers (allied words) when listing similarities and differences. For example, Firstly, /Secondly,..... Or To begin with, -Furthermore, (Moreover,....What is more....). In conclusion / To conclude .....-in conclusion.

Before listing common features, it is necessary to say that you will now talk about common features. For example, Both pictures have some features in common. Before moving on to the differences, this also needs to be mentioned. For example, however, there are some differences.

When compared, phrases or verbs expressing assumptions will sound good. For example, they could be designers. They must be in the office. They seem to be teenagers. They look like young employees. ......

Differences should not repeat common features. With an approximate layout of the entry time, the answer to the first and second points of the plan should not take more than one minute.

Approximate completion of task 4

(In modern society there is a great variety of different professions. People try to choose one according to their taste and abilities. And these two pictures show this. - this part of the introduction can be omitted) Now I "d like to compare and contrast these in the first picture there is a young teacher explaining something to the pupils in front of her. Both pictures have some similarities. Firstly, the most striking common feature is that both pictures show people engaged in doing jobs. Secondly, people are interested in what they are doing. They look quite concentrated on their work. Nevertheless, both photos have some differences. To begin with, in the first picture we can see the profession which presupposes working with people - the teacher is teaching pupils on her own, other people are not included in the process. in the second picture there is a profession which involves doing the job with co-workers. in the first picture the classroom is practically empty except for a blackboard and some desks while the second picture depicts an office with a lot of furniture, models and whiteboards. I would prefer the profession presented in picture number one as I think it is a very challenging but rewarding job. Besides I love working with people, especially children and I have always been good at teaching my friends and my younger sister's friends some things. (In conclusion, choosing the right profession which will suit you in all aspects is a very hard task and we must think a lot and ask for advice before we make the correct choice. - in case of time constraints, this sentence can be omitted) That is all I wanted to tell you.

I really want to write about why the oral part of the exam does not reflect the real conversational skills of the student, but I will restrain myself. Instead, we will discuss more relevant issues - what does speaking at the Unified State Exam consist of and how to beat it.

Assignments of the oral part

The oral part of the Unified State Examination consists of 4 tasks:

1. Reading text
2. Dialogue-questioning with support
3. Photo Description
4. Comparison of two photos

All this is allotted 15 minutes. For the correct completion of all tasks, you can get 20 points.

The peculiarity of this part of the exam is that it is given on the computer. You come to a specially equipped classroom and receive a disk with the program. Run the program on your computer, put on the headset and follow the instructions on the screen. You can see how it will look on the exam in online simulators or. On the display you will see a timer that will help you track the response time yourself.

If there are any difficulties with the program, an assistant who is present in the class will help you. After recording each task, the student will be able to listen to himself. Please note that if the answer was not recorded, or recorded with strong interference, you must definitely tell the assistant about it! If you do not do this, the incorrectly recorded answer will go to the assessment of the expert.

Reading text

Task 1 of the oral part of the exam is a reading of the text of popular science topics. The legend says that you are preparing for a report in a foreign language and rehearsing it in front of a friend.

On the training 1.5 minutes are given for the task, and for text reading also given 1.5 minutes. The text is small, so it is quite possible to meet this time.

Here is an example of such a task:

Evaluation criteria

For the task you can get everything 1 point, if “speech is perceived easily: there are no unreasonable pauses; phrasal stress and intonation contours, pronunciation of words without violations of the norm. No more than five phonetic errors are allowed, including one or two errors that distort the meaning.

An error that distorts the meaning is considered:

1. Change of sound, which leads to a change in the meaning of the word. For example, live is pronounced with a long vowel - leave, cut - like cart. Or put is pronounced with a vowel “a” in the middle, and science is pronounced with two consonants at the beginning.
2. Incorrect pauses when reading text.

Simple phonetic errors include:

1. Incorrect reading of sentences with enumeration (should be with rising intonation)
2. Incorrect intonation of affirmative sentences (should be with a descending tone)
3. Incorrect setting of logical stress (it should fall on words that carry the main meaning in the sentence - most likely, this is a noun or a verb)
4. Incorrect pronunciation of sounds typical of the English language, substitution of their pronunciation for Russian sounds: [θ], [ð], [w], [h], [ŋ], [ɜ:]
5. Lack of "linking r" (linking r) - that is, voicing the final r / re in position before the vowel, if the next word begins with a vowel (for example, where is ..., there are ...)

Training

In fact, getting a maximum of 1 point for the first task is not difficult.

How I practice reading aloud with students:

1. I choose the text (I take the texts for reading from the Solutions textbooks of the Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate levels - they are voiced there), listen.
2. Let's work together to find the places we don't understand.
3. We are looking for a suitable passage.
4. We look through it and mark the semantic pauses with vertical lines - | .
5. We underline the words that carry meaning (we ignore all service words - articles, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs).
6. We listen to the passage again and repeat after the speaker, then the student reads himself.

Then I ask the same algorithm at home and listen to the student in the lesson. Below is an example of the text parsed in this way:

About the reading rules that I pay attention to when preparing, I already wrote in, and. These are articles about the OGE, the first task in both exams is very similar. Also on the links you will find exercises on the studied sounds.

• Practice at home with a voice recorder, listen to yourself and mark mistakes. Since during the exam you will encounter noise interference in the face of other students who will start talking with you and annoy you, I advise you to turn on the TV or radio during training to simulate this very irritant.
• If you don’t know how a word is read (for example, shallow), remember how similar words are read (narrow) and read by analogy. When preparing, I strongly recommend that you check the pronunciation of all difficult words with the dictionary
• Pause at punctuation marks and emphasize intonation independent parts of speech
• Take your time! 90 seconds is enough to read the entire text at a calm pace
• If you realize that you read a word incorrectly, reread it correctly. Only the last version of the word will be counted.
• Before the oral part of the exam in the morning, say one option at home

To prepare for this part of the exam, as always, I recommend assignments from the FIPI website, as well as the following books: