GESE Grade 6 - Basic exam information

GESE (Graded Examinations in Spoken English) Grade 6 (CEFR B1.2) examination is a conversation in two parts between you and the examiner. For more detailed information, please download the Trinity Exam Information booklet from www.trinitycollege.com/GESEexaminformation.

Exam format

Time: 10 minutes

Exam procedure:

• Greet the examiner. • Have a conversation (up to 5 minutes) with the examiner on a prepared topic - Give the examiner your topic form and tell him her what you are going to talk about; - The examiner chooses the discussion points on your topic form for you to talk about; - The examiner asks questions and makes comments about your topic this continues until at least four points on your topic form have been covered; - You must ask the examiner at least one related question during the topic phase. • Have a conversation (up to 5 minutes) with the examiner on two subject areas selected by the examiner. You must ask the examiner at least two related questions during the Conversation phase. • Say goodbye.

For the exam, you must know and be able to use the language items for Grade 6 and for the previous grades. For Grade 6, you must understand and use the functions, grammar and vocabulary (relating to the subject areas) below.

Functions

Expressing and requesting opinions and impressions Expressing intention and purpose Expressing obligation and necessity Expressing certainty and uncertainty Describing actions over a period of time

Vocabulary

Travel Money Fashion Rules and regulations ealth and fitness Learning a foreign language More expressions related to future time e.g. in a year’s time Common phrasal verbs

Grammar

Zero and First conditionals using if and when Present continuous tense for the future Past continuous tense Modal verbs related to Grade 6 functions, e.g. must, need to, might and don’t have to Infinitive of purpose

Phonology

The correct pronunciation of vocabulary specific to the topic and sub ect areas Sentence stress to clarify meaning Basic intonation and features of connected speech at sentence level Intonation patterns of more complex question forms Avoidance of speech patterns of recitation