Part 2: the long turn
A one-minute note method, a simple three-part shape and ways to keep talking for two minutes, with a model answer and three original cue cards to practise.
50 min
Module 5 · Lesson 3 of 8
In this lesson
- Know exactly what happens in Part 2, from the task card to the follow-up questions.
- Use your one minute to choose one specific story and make keyword notes in a three-part shape.
- Keep talking for the full two minutes by zooming in with senses, comparisons and short stories.
- Recover calmly when you run out of ideas, and choose the right tenses for each kind of card.
- Practise three original cue cards under test timing and review your own recordings.
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Inside this lesson
- What happens in Part 2
- Read the card and choose your story
- One minute of notes: keywords, not sentences
- A simple shape: scene, details, feelings
- Keeping going for two minutes: zoom in, do not summarise
- If you run out of things to say
- Choose your tenses from the card
- Prepare stories, not scripts
- A worked example: from card to two minutes
- The follow-up questions
- Practise: three cards under test timing