A2017 C1 Speaking

NOCN ESOL International Speaking
Level C1 Advanced LIVE SUMMER 2017

Speaking Booklet
ESOL International
English Speaking Examination
Level C1 Advanced
Instructions to interlocutor
Tick the learner’s name on the attendance register.
Check the learner has an Entry form and take it from them.
Start the recording – do not stop the recording until the end of the
examination.
Complete the examination sheet as the learner responds to the prompts.
The learner must not see this paper
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LIVE SUMMER 2017 Version 1
Speaking Booklet
Interlocutor:
My name is……………… and this is the NOCN Speaking Examination at Advanced Level
C1. Today is …………….. (date)
The learner’s name is ……………………. Please state your name for the recording
………………….(learner name).

Speaking Booklet
This is Part 1 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 2 minutes)
I am now going to ask you some questions. I would like you to answer in full sentences.
1. Can you tell me about the area you live in, and what you like the most?
2. Please tell me three countries you would like to visit and why.
3. Can you tell me what activity you have enjoyed doing this week?
4. Can you tell me what three things you do to relax?
5. Tell me one thing you would like to change to make the world a better place.
Additional prompts allowed:
In Part 1, the interlocutor may ask additional questions to probe e.g. to extend the
learner’s answer if they have just given very short answers. The questions may be
rephrased slightly to ensure that in questions where there are two parts (i.e. and why…),
the learner responds fully. The interlocutor may also give an example if it is clear that the
learner is struggling to think of ideas. For example, in question 2, the interlocutor may
prompt by asking what countries he/she has visited already, and where of all the
countries in the world they would like to visit. Interlocutors should be aiming to guide the
learner towards language structures expected at this level.
Thank the learner.

Speaking Booklet
The interlocutor chooses two of the situations per learner, making sure that a mix of situations are used
across the learners being examined. For each of the situations being used, give the learner the relevant
prompt sheet. Ensure that the learner does not take the prompt sheet from the room.
Please listen carefully and tell me what you would say in these scenarios.
Situation 1: Your friend has asked you for advice about changing their job. They are thinking of
applying for a job which is totally different to what they are doing now. What advice would you give?
Situation 2: You have been asked to plan a day out for your friends. The choices are between a
shopping trip and a sightseeing trip. Decide which idea you would support. You must speak formally
and present your choice.
Situation 3: You are explaining to a friend about a film you have just seen and really liked. Tell your
friend what the film was about and what you particularly liked about it.
Situation 4: Your friend wants to start exercising to keep fit. He/she asks you for advice. What would
you say?
It is expected that the learner gives a minimum of four sentences to respond to each scenario, including
at least one complex sentence. The interlocutor may have to ask supplementary questions to gain a
sufficiently detailed response.
In Part 2 the interlocutor may ask additional questions to probe the learner’s answers.
Situation 1: The learners may be prompted to think about: the new job role, the person’s abilities and
experiences, the existing job role.
Situation 2: The learners may be prompted to discuss: the preferred option, the costs and planning
involved.
Situation 3: The learners may be prompted to think about the film’s story and what particularly appealed
to them about it.
Situation 4: The learners may be prompted to say what they do to keep fit and why they think it is good
for them.
Thank the learner.

Speaking Booklet

The interlocutor chooses one scenario per learner, making sure that all scenarios are used across the
learners being examined. For the scenario being used, give the learner the relevant prompt sheet.
Ensure that the learner does not take the prompt sheet from the room.
Interlocutor: You will now take part in a conversation.
Scenario 1: You have been offered a job you don’t like, but the salary is excellent. Decide whether
you will take the job or not. Choose what is more important – job satisfaction or money? Convince
your friend you have made the right choice. You will have two minutes to prepare your arguments.
You may make notes. I will take the place of your friend.
Scenario 2: It is your friend’s birthday next week. You and your other friend want to buy a gift and
can choose between buying a gift voucher, taking your friend out for a meal or paying for a day out at
the cinema. Persuade your other friend to contribute towards the gift of your choice. You will have
two minutes to prepare your arguments. You may make notes. I will take the place of your friend
who has a different choice.
Scenario 3: You and your friends would like to decorate your classroom. Convince your teacher that
the classroom needs decorating, suggest some paint colours and persuade the teacher to buy a new
carpet and new curtains for the windows. You will have two minutes to prepare your arguments. You
may make notes. I will take the place of the teacher.
Additional information:
There should be a minimum of eight exchanges to ensure that the learner has considered a number of
options and put across sufficient arguments. Ideas that the interlocutor may use include:
Scenario 1:
Talk about jobs the learners would hate to do.
We have to spend a lot of time at work, so doing a job we like is important.
Money is necessary to pay bills and buy food and clothes.
Money cannot buy happiness.
Scenario 2:
People can buy what they like with a gift voucher but you cannot share the experience of the gift.
You can share the experience of a meal and eat what you like.
You can share the experience of going to the cinema but you cannot talk much at the cinema.
Scenario 3:
Painting the classroom is not a problem, you need to agree what colour or colours.
A new carpet is too expensive, particularly as learners chew gum which gets stuck on the floor.
Carpet tiles are better.
Curtains are too expensive and luxurious for a classroom.
Blinds may be better, but repairing the existing blinds is more cost-effective.
Thank the learner.
End of Examination

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Speaking Booklet
ESOL International
Level C1 Advanced
Please give the learner the correct sheets for the situations and scenarios
being used in the examination for Part Two and Part Three.
The learner must complete two situations for Part Two and one scenario for
Part Three.
Do not allow the learner to take the prompt sheet from the room.
Do not allow the learner to see the additional prompt sheets for the
scenarios not being used.

Speaking Booklet
Part 2 - Situation 1:
Your friend has asked you for advice about changing their job. They are thinking of
applying for a job which is totally different to what they are doing now. What advice
would you give?

Speaking Booklet
Part 2 - Situation 2
You have been asked to plan a day out for your friends. The choices are between a
shopping trip and a sightseeing trip. Decide which idea you would support. You must
speak formally and present your choice.

Speaking Booklet
You are explaining to a friend about a film you have just seen and really liked. Tell your
friend what the film was about and what you particularly liked about it.

Speaking Booklet
Part 2 – Situation 4
Your friend wants to start exercising to keep fit. He/she asks you for advice. What
would you say?

Speaking Booklet
Part Three – Scenario 1
You have been offered a job you don’t like, but the salary is excellent. Decide whether
you will take the job or not. Choose what is more important – job satisfaction or
money? Convince your friend you have made the right choice.
You will have two minutes to prepare your arguments. You may make notes. I will
take the place of your friend.

Speaking Booklet
Part 3 - Scenario 2
It is your friend’s birthday next week. You and your other friend want to buy a gift and
can choose between buying a gift voucher, taking your friend out for a meal or paying
for a day out at the cinema. Persuade your other friend to contribute towards the gift
of your choice.
take the place of your friend who has a different choice.

Speaking Booklet
Part 3 - Scenario 3
You and your friends would like to decorate your classroom. Convince your teacher that the
classroom needs decorating, suggest some paint colours and persuade the teacher to buy a new
carpet and new curtains for the windows.
You will have two minutes to prepare your arguments. You may make notes. I will take the place of
the teacher.

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Speaking Booklet
NOCN
The Quadrant
Parkway Business Centre
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WG
UK
E-mail: nocn@nocn.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)114 2270500

Fax: +44 (0)114 2270501

Level C1 Advanced
Speaking Booklet – Set 1
ESOL International
Level C1 Advanced
Tick the learner’s name on the attendance register.
Check the learner has an Entry form.
Start the recording – do not stop the recording until the end of the
examination.
Complete the examination sheet as the learner responds to the prompts.
The learner must not see this paper

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
Interlocutor:
My name is……………… and this is the NOCN Speaking Examination at Advanced Level
C1. Today is …………….. (date)
The learner’s name is ……………………. Please state your name for the recording
………………….(learner name).

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
I am now going to ask you some questions. I would like you to answer in full sentences.
1. Can you tell me about your best friend, when and where you met?
2. Can you name three places you have visited and tell me what you did there?
3. When was the last time you really enjoyed going shopping and what did you buy?
4. Please tell me three things you do to keep healthy and fit.
5. Tell me one thing you would change in your town.
In Part 1, the interlocutor may ask additional questions to probe e.g. to extend the
learner’s answer if they have just given very short answers. The questions may be
rephrased slightly to ensure that in questions where there are two parts, the learner
responds fully. The interlocutor may also give an example if it is clear that the learner is
struggling to think of ideas. For example, in question 3, the interlocutor may prompt by
asking what shops he/she has visited, which are his/her favourite shops and who do they
go shopping with? Interlocutors should be aiming to guide the learner towards language
structures expected at this level.
Thank the learner.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
The interlocutor chooses two of the situations per learner, making sure that a mix of situations are used
across the learners being examined. For each of the situations being used, give the learner the relevant
prompt sheet. Ensure that the learner does not take the prompt sheet from the room.
Please listen carefully and tell me what you would say in these situations:
Situation 1: Your friend has asked you for advice about learning English as quickly as possible. What
advice would you give?
Situation 2: You have been asked to raise some money for a charity. You want to organize a car wash.
You must speak formally and present your idea to the local Councillor.
Situation 3: You tell your friend, you have just given your old mobile phone to a teenage family
member. Describe the mobile phone to your friend. Say what the phone is like and the things it does.
Situation 4: Your neighbour has left a lot of rubbish in his garden and it is attracting rats. Speak
formally to the Town Council and explain how you feel about it and how it is affecting your family
home environment.
It is expected that the learner gives a minimum of four sentences to respond to each situation, including
at least one complex sentence. The interlocutor may have to ask supplementary questions to gain a
sufficiently detailed response.
In Part 2 the interlocutor may ask additional questions to probe the learner’s answers.
Situation 1: The learners may be prompted to think about their own experiences of learning English.
Situation 2: The learners may be prompted to discuss how they are going to pay for the cost of the soap
and wax, where the water will come from and how many people will be needed.
Situation 3: The learners may be prompted to think about the uses of mobile phones and the Apps that
come with them.
Situation 4: The learners may be prompted to say what kind of rubbish was left, how long it has been
there and how do they know rats are there.
Thank the learner.

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Level C1 Advanced

The interlocutor chooses one scenario per learner, making sure that all scenarios are used across the
learners being examined. For the scenario being used, give the learner the relevant prompt sheet.
Ensure that the learner does not take the prompt sheet from the room.
Interlocutor: You will now take part in a conversation.
Scenario 1: You have been offered a job you don’t like, but the salary is excellent. Decide whether
you will take the job or not. Choose what is more important – job satisfaction or money? Convince
your friend you have made the right choice. You will have two minutes to prepare your arguments.
You may make notes. I will take the place of your friend.
Scenario 2: It is your friend’s birthday next week. You and your other friend want to buy a gift and
can choose between buying a gift voucher, taking your friend out for a meal or paying for a day out at
the cinema. Persuade your other friend to contribute towards the gift of your choice. You will have
two minutes to prepare your arguments. You may make notes. I will take the place of your friend
who has a different choice.
Scenario 3: You and your friends would like to decorate your classroom. Convince your teacher that
the classroom needs decorating, suggest some paint colours and persuade the teacher to buy a new
carpet and new curtains for the windows. You will have two minutes to prepare your arguments. You
may make notes. I will take the place of the teacher.
Additional information:
There should be a minimum of eight exchanges to ensure that the learner has considered a number of
options and put across sufficient arguments. Ideas that the interlocutor may use include:
Scenario 1:
Talk about jobs the learners would hate to do.
We have to spend a lot of time at work, so doing a job we like is important.
Money is necessary to pay bills and buy food and clothes.
Money cannot buy happiness.
Scenario 2:
People can buy what they like with a gift voucher but you cannot share the experience of the gift.
You can share the experience of a meal and eat what you like.
You can share the experience of going to the cinema but you cannot talk much at the cinema.
Scenario 3:
Painting the classroom is not a problem, you need to agree what colour or colours.
A new carpet is too expensive, particularly as learners chew gum which gets stuck on the floor.
Carpet tiles are better.
Curtains are too expensive and luxurious for a classroom.
Blinds may be better, but repairing the existing blinds is more cost-effective.
Thank the learner.

End of Examination
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Level C1 Advanced
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Level C1 Advanced

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
ESOL International
Level C1 Advanced
Please give the learner the correct sheets for the situations and scenarios
being used in the examination for Part Two and Part Three.
The learner must complete two situations for Part Two and one scenario for
Part Three.
Do not allow the learner to take the prompt sheet from the room.
Do not allow the learner to see the additional prompt sheets for the
scenarios not being used.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
Your friend has asked you for advice about learning English as quickly as possible.
What advice would you give?

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
You have been asked to raise some money for a charity. You want to organize a car
wash. You must speak formally and present your idea to the local Councillor.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
You tell your friend you have just given your old mobile phone to a teenage family
member. Describe the mobile phone to your friend. Say what the phone is like and the
things it can do.

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Level C1 Advanced
Part 2 – Situation 4
Your neighbour has left a lot of rubbish in his garden and it is attracting rats. Speak
formally to the Town Council and explain how you feel about it and how it is affecting
your family home environment.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
Part Three – Scenario 1
You have been offered a job you don’t like, but the salary is excellent. Decide whether
you will take the job or not. Choose what is more important – job satisfaction or
money? Convince your friend you have made the right choice.
take the place of your friend.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
Part 3 - Scenario 2
It is your friend’s birthday next week. You and your other friend want to buy a gift and
can choose between buying a gift voucher, taking your friend out for a meal or paying
for a day out at the cinema. Persuade your other friend to contribute towards the gift
of your choice.
take the place of your friend who has a different choice.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
Part 3 - Scenario 3
You and your friends would like to decorate your classroom. Convince your teacher
that the classroom needs decorating, suggest some paint colours and persuade the
teacher to buy a new carpet and new curtains for the windows.
take the place of the teacher.

LIVE SUMMER 2017
Level C1 Advanced
NOCN
The Quadrant
Parkway Business Centre
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WG
UK
E-mail: nocn@nocn.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)114 2270500

Fax: +44 (0)114 2270501

LIVE SUMMER 2017

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NOCN ESOL International Speaking

Level C1 Advanced LIVE SUMMER 2017

English Speaking Examination

Tick the learner’s name on the attendance register.

Complete the examination sheet as the learner responds to the prompts.

The learner must not see this paper

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This is Part 1 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 2 minutes)

4. Can you tell me what three things you do to relax?

Additional prompts allowed:

Thank the learner.

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This is Part 2 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 4 minutes)

Additional prompts allowed:

Thank the learner.

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This is Part 3 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 6 minutes)

Interlocutor: You will now take part in a conversation.

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English Speaking Examination

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Part Three – Scenario 1

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Tel: +44 (0)114 2270500

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English Speaking Examination

Tick the learner’s name on the attendance register.

Check the learner has an Entry form.

Complete the examination sheet as the learner responds to the prompts.

The learner must not see this paper

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This is Part 1 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 2 minutes)

4. Please tell me three things you do to keep healthy and fit.

5. Tell me one thing you would change in your town.

Additional prompts allowed:

Thank the learner.

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This is Part 2 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 4 minutes)

Additional prompts allowed:

Thank the learner.

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This is Part 3 of the Speaking Examination. (Approximately 6 minutes)

Interlocutor: You will now take part in a conversation.

Thank the learner.

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