0% found this document useful (0 votes)
5 views6 pages

Speaking Samples

The document outlines various responses to questions about daily routines, family celebrations, and the influence of social media on shopping behavior. It categorizes responses into low, mid, and high band levels, suggesting improvements in vocabulary and detail for higher quality answers. The content emphasizes the importance of family ties, role models, and the advantages of online shopping.

Uploaded by

ariptiptop95
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
0% found this document useful (0 votes)
5 views6 pages

Speaking Samples

The document outlines various responses to questions about daily routines, family celebrations, and the influence of social media on shopping behavior. It categorizes responses into low, mid, and high band levels, suggesting improvements in vocabulary and detail for higher quality answers. The content emphasizes the importance of family ties, role models, and the advantages of online shopping.

Uploaded by

ariptiptop95
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Question Low Band Mid Band High Band

PART 1: * Go toilet brush teeth. * I brush my teeth and then I go to * The first thing I do after awaking is to go to the toilet loo and get dressed
What do you pray. to face the day ahead.
normally do * After wake up, urm, I go (USE BETTER QUALITY VOCABULARY)
after you wake toilet first. * I usually go to the toilet after I
up? wake up. * I hit the snooze button and I only wake up properly maybe 10 minutes
* I wash my face and take a later. Only then do I drag myself to the toilet. bathroom for a refreshing
shower. * After I wake up, I normally brush shower.
my teeth and get dressed before (BE SPECIFIC WITH DETAILS – CONCRETE EXAMPLES)
having breakfast.
PART 1: * Eat lunch. After that * Mom usually prepares lunch for * As soon as I return, I like to wolf down my lunch as I seldom have anything
What do you sleeping. me and I sometimes take a nap after during recess at school.
usually do after that. (USE BETTER QUALITY VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS)
coming back * After come back from
from school? school I eat and then play * After coming back from school, I * When I get home, I usually hit the showers first especially after a long and
with my phone. usually rest for a while before taking dreary day at school. I also find that I enjoy my lunch more when I am
a shower. I like to feel fresh before refreshed and in comfortable home clothes such as jeans and a t-shirt.
having lunch. (BE SPECIFIC WITH DETAILS – CONCRETE EXAMPLES)

PART 2: * I like celebrate with * I enjoyed myself there because I * I thoroughly enjoyed myself there because family is precious and they
I’d like you to family. love my family. mean everything to me.
talk about a (USE BETTER QUALITY VOCABULARY)
family * Last time, my family * My sister and I usually celebrate on
celebration you celebration my birthday. the same day because we are born in *My sister and I share the same birth month so my parents always celebrate
had recently. the same month so it is easier for our birthdays on the same day which is usually the first Sunday of June.
our family to meet together to enjoy (BE SPECIFIC WITH DETAILS – CONCRETE EXAMPLES)
our party.

PART 2: * I admire my mother * There are many reasons why I * Other than that, he is my idol because he advises me and shows me a
I’d like you to because she is good. admire my mother. The main reason totally different perspective on the matter.
talk about a is she is very loving and caring. (USE COHESIVE DEVICES)
person you * Person I admire is father.
admire. He always help me. * I admire him because he is very * My admiration for him has a lot to do with his good character: he is kind,
intelligent and knowledgeable. confident, responsible and able to show empathy towards others.
(USE BETTER QUALITY VOCABULARY)
* I like the way he helps people and
shows a good example to others.
PART 3: * People online to buy * The first reason why people shop *These days, it is a breeze to buy things online because social media
Why do people things. online is because it saves money and provides an excellent platform for e-commerce.
shop online? time. (USE BETTER QUALITY VOCAB & EXPRESSIONS)
* Many people shopping
online because now got * By now, people are familiar with *Sites like Lazada and Shopee make shopping online such an interactive and
smartphone. Shopee and Lazada and they are able exciting experience that people keep coming back for more.
to shop online with confidence. (BE SPECIFIC WITH DETAILS – CONCRETE EXAMPLES)
* Shop online is good
because many people buy * These days people do not have to * I actually do agree with you on this matter because.. (comment on friend’s
many things from there. go anywhere to shop because online point)
shopping is at the tip of our fingers (SHOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO YOUR FRIEND)
and with a single click we can buy
anything we want. * So what you’re actually trying to say is that..
(SHOW TEAMWORK IN THE DISCUSSION)
* I agree.
(SKILL: AGREE/DISAGREE) * What say you on this matter?
* I’m sorry I don’t understand you. (ASK QUESTIONS TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION FLOWING)
(SEEK CLARIFICATION)
* What do you think?
(ENQUIRE/ASK FOR OPINIONS)
PART 3: * Urm, I don’t know. * In my opinion, people post a lot of * Lastly, online shopping really helps follow the trend because the website is
In what ways pictures on social media so maybe able to recommend items that are in season.
does advertising * Social media can buy many people want to buy the (SHOW UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUESTION)
on social media things. popular things.
influence *Social media does definitely influence people’s buying behaviour because
people’s buying *(Silence) * I believe that FB and Insta can there are influencers on Instagram and TikTok that are paid to promote
behaviour? influence people to buy certain products so more people will want to buy them.
products because it looks good. (SHOW HIGH CRITICAL THINKING SKILL)
1: A family celebration 2: A person you admire
Talk about a family celebration you had Talk about a person you admire.
recently. You should say:
You should say: who this person is
what the event was what this person looks like
what you did there why you admire this person
if you enjoyed yourself (why / why not?) if you think it is important for people to
why family celebrations are important in have good role models (why / why not?)
Malaysia

Last month, our family had a birthday celebration The person that I admire the most is James Hetfield.
for my sister. My brother and I are the organizer He is the main singer and rhythm guitarist of
organisers for this birthday party. We both had Metallica. He is a nice and very lovable person. Why
organised a variety of interesting activities such as do I admire him?? I admire him because he got has
playing a musical chairs, puzzles, and many more. I a very creative mind in writing the songs, not only
really enjoyed myself during that event because it that but he is also a great leader. He managed to
is one of a the good memories in my life. Family keep his band together for over 41 years as of this
celebration is very important to strengthen family year. I think it is important for people to have a
ties. good role model because it can inspired them to be
what they want in the future.
The last few weeks were new year's, A few weeks The person I admire the most is my mother. My
ago was New Year’s Day. My family and I celebrated mother is a beautiful woman who loves to dress
New Year at home. It was simple yet extravagant. elegantly especially in suits and designer dresses
There were varieties of scrumptious foods served like Padini. Other than that, my mother is also a
and we enjoyed the food as we were dining hardworking woman. Since I was little, she always
together at the dining hall. When the clock struck showed her confidence and kindness to the people
12, there were loud sounds of fireworks from around her. I remember she gave sweets to the
outside. We immediately went outside to watch the neighbours’ kids when they couldn’t stop crying.
fireworks. I enjoyed this year's New Year Therefore, I think it is important for an individual to
celebration because it's a wonderful thing to have a great role model to admire because it helps
happen to start the new year with. to motivate us into being a better version of
Taking everything into consideration, celebrations ourselves. (BETTER QUALITY CONCRETE EXAMPLES)
are indeed important in Malaysia because
celebrations are a symbol of unity for Malaysian
citizens as Malaysia is packed populated various
races. Thus, with celebrations, it creates a bond
between the citizens in Malaysia.
FORMULA: P+ E+ E
Question 1. Point 2. Elaboration 3. Example (Concrete)
PART 1 OF PART 3: First and foremost, ‘better prices’ is the Personally speaking, we will get To illustrate, if we go to Shopee and look for a Genshin
Why do people shop main reason why I concur that more and better prices because… Impact tshirt, there will be many vendors selling the
online? more people are using online shopping shirts at different prices and it is up to the buyer to
these days. choose the best deal.
From my point of view, time-saving is With just one click on the “Buy” Let me provide a clear image by giving an illustration of
inevitably the main purpose people shop option, we have purchased the buying a stuffed teddy bear online; it is a thousand
online. items which does not require a times more efficient than traditional shopping where we
lot of manpower to do so. wait for long hours of queuing at the cashier to pay.
In From my perspective, one of the main Personally speaking, we are able For instance, we can find a beautiful dress at Lazada
reasons why people nowadays love to to get better prices by shopping that comes with a variety of prices from different sellers
shop online is because they can find their online because there are a variety and it is up to us to choose our desired one.
desired products at better prices. of online shopping websites or
apps to shop from.
From my point of view, I personally think As far as I am concerned, citizens To illustrate, Shopee and Lazada now is one are two of
that people nowadays prefer to shop especially youngsters prefer an the most popular apps to shop online. By accessing to
online is because it is time-saving. easier way to shop. the app, we don't have to go to the local store and
queueing to enter. Additionally, we just need to click and
tap to order and just wait for the parcel to arrive.
In my humble opinion, "no crowds" is the From my vantage point, we will As an illustration, we often have to queue to make
main reason why many people are using get more comfortable in the payments at the counter and face the crowd at the mall
shopping online nowadays. absence of crowds. especially at Parkson during Hari Raya sales. So, we will
not have to face all this if we make a purchase for our
Raya clothes online.
FORMULA: P + E+ E
Question 1. Point 2. Elaboration 3. Example (Concrete)
PART 2 OF PART 3: From my perspective, advertising on social In lieu of this, social media such Take for example, if we put ourselves in other people’s
In what ways does media influences people’s buying as Instagram is a great platform shoes, we couldn’t agree more that creative illustration
advertising on social media behaviour by creating attention of the to promote a product because of a Harry Potter book along with reasonable prices can
influence people’s buying product to the customers. everyone uses Insta almost every attract those bookworms to buy it if they saw the
behaviour? day so it is a great place to advertisements in Insta or FB.
influence buyers.
As far as I'm concerned, I believe that In fact, this is due to the usage of Other than that, social media uses an eye catching
advertisements online can influenced metaphor attractive advertising illustrations to attract the buyers to give an impression
people much easier. techniques that are bombastically of the product such as when buying branded shoes like
used to convince people to buy Nike or Asics, they may use famous people like Micheal
the product. Jordan to promote their products on Insta and TikTok.

You might also like