🇬🇧 🎓 School & exams · Fine for most work and travel (B1)
🎓 IELTS / TOEFL speaking: long turn
🎯 Speak for 2 minutes on a topic with structure and detail
🎮 Play this in classUse the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.
💬 Warm-up questions
- What score are you aiming for?
- How do you prepare for speaking?
🔑 Key phrases
- I'd like to talk about…〜についてお話しします。
- What made it special was…特別だったのは〜。
- Looking back, I realize…振り返ると〜と気づきます。
- It had a huge impact on me.大きな影響を受けました。
- To be honest,…正直に言うと〜。
- All in all,…全体として〜。
📚 Useful words
- memorable — 記憶に残る
- influence — 影響
- vivid — 鮮やかな
- turning point — 転機
- challenging — 困難な
- rewarding — やりがいのある
⚡ Speaking challenges
- Talk about a memorable trip for 1 minute without stopping.
- Use 3 'vivid' adjectives to describe a place.
- Answer: 'Is it better to study alone or in groups?'
- Fill a pause naturally: 'That's an interesting question…'
🎭 Role-play
Mock IELTS Part 2: 1 minute to prepare, 2 minutes to speak.
🧑🎓 Student's card
Topic card: 'Describe a person who influenced you. Who, how you know them, what they did, why they influenced you.'
🧑🏫 Your card (tutor)
Time strictly. Then ask 2 Part 3 follow-up questions. Give band-style feedback on fluency, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation.
🌀 Twist (halfway through): Change the topic card at the last second: 'Describe a time you changed your mind.'
🗣️ Discussion questions
- Do role models matter for young people?
- Are teachers more or less respected now?
- How has technology changed education?
📌 Homework
Practice 2 cue cards and record them; note filler words you usedキューカード2枚を練習して録音し、つなぎ言葉をチェックする