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TASK ONE

Warm-up questions

[ max. 2 minutes ]

1.

What’s your name?

2.

Can you spell it?

(military of phonetic alphabet)

3.

What’s your job?

and/or

Where do you live?

TASK TWO

Role-play

[ max . 4 minutes ]

CANDIDATE’S ROLE

The examiner is a librarian.

You have a problem with one of the books you’ve borrowed.

● one book lost / apologize
● Norman Mailer “The Castle in the Forest”
● offer to pay
● buy lost book – OK / borrow books now - possible?

The examiner begins by saying: “Hello, how can I help you?”

EXAMINER’S ROLE

You work in a library. The candidate is telling you about a problem.

● title of the lost book?
● very popular book
● payment –no, must buy new book
● sorry, can’t borrow book until Mailer’s book is given back

You begin by saying: “Hello, how can I help you?”

TASK THREE

Questions

[6 – 7 minutes ]

1.

What sort of newspapers / magazines / books do you like reading? Why?

2.

Tell us about an interesting article / book you’ve read recently.

3.

Why do young people read books less and less often? What can be done about it?