CAE Speaking Success

Syllabus: CAE Speaking Success!

CAE Speaking Success! comes in 12 Units each containing:

  • easy-to-remember strategies to ensure you won’t dry up in the exam
  • recordings of advanced non-native speakers applying the strategies and offering an achievable model for you to aim for
  • use of the CAE assessment criteria to evaluate the speaker’s performance, giving you a clear understanding of the exam requirements
  • error correction activities to help you avoid the language mistakes made at advanced level.

Unit 1: Giving Full Answers to Questions
  • The REDS method (Part 1,4)
  • Functions: Explaining reasons and results
  • Language awareness: Determiners
  • Topic vocabulary: Food

Unit 2: Showcasing your English
  • Focus on accuracy (Part 1,4)
  • Functions: Expressing likes and dislikes
  • Language awareness: Word order
  • Topic vocabulary: Hobbies and interests

Unit 3: Focus on Fluency
  • How to maintain fluency (Part 1, 2, 3, 4)
  • Functions: Using fillers
  • Language Awareness: Countable and uuncountable nouns
  • Topic vocabulary: Education

Unit 4: Structuring your talk
  • Organising the Part 2 response (Part 2)
  • Functions: Comparing and contrasting
  • Language Awareness: Dependent prepositions
  • Topic vocabulary: Technology

Unit 5: Getting your talk started
  • Essential points for Part 2 introductions (Part 2)
  • Functions: Expressing opinions and feelings
  • Language Awareness: Verb patterns
  • Topic vocabulary: Holidays

Unit 6: Speculating about visuals
  • Responding to the Part 2 task in full (Part 2)
  • Functions: Speculating
  • Language Awareness: Relative pronouns
  • Topic vocabulary: Transport

Unit 7: Commenting effectively
  • Answering the comment question effectively (Part 2)
  • Functions: Commenting
  • Language Awareness: Modal verbs
  • Topic vocabulary: Shopping

Unit 8: Managing the Part 3 task
  • Managing the discussion (Part 3)
  • Functions: Summarizing
  • Language Awareness: Give make and take
  • Topic vocabulary: Accommodation

Unit 9: Working together in Part 3
  • The ACE method (Part 3)
  • Functions: Modifying levels of agreement
  • Language Awareness: Vague language
  • Topic vocabulary: Communication

Unit 10: Effective timing in Part 3
  • Completing the Part 3 task in full (Part 3)
  • Functions: Suggesting
  • Language Awareness: Questions
  • Topic vocabulary: Family

Unit 11: Ending in style
  • Responding to Part 4 questions effectively (Part 4)
  • Functions: Giving examples
  • Language Awareness: Tenses
  • Topic vocabulary: Work

Unit 12: Troubleshooting CAE Speaking
  • Responding to tricky questions
  • Dealing with mistakes
  • Feeling lost for words
  • Confirming understanding
  • Dealing with interruptions
  • Practising pronunciation
  • Topic vocabulary: Revision tests (x5)