Spreken: the speaking exam, step by step
Six lessons on the computer speaking exam: the format, an answer formula that fills your time, describing and choosing pictures, telling a story in the past, and B1 opinions, advice and explanations. Practise every example out loud with a timer.
6 lessonsabout 52 minutes
Lessons
- 1How the Spreken exam worksYou will know what happens in the A2 and B1 speaking exams, how answers are recorded and rated, and how to handle the timer.A2 and B17 min
- 2The answer formula: answer + reason + exampleYou will build answers that fill 20 to 30 seconds naturally by adding a reason and an example to your first sentence.A2 and B18 min
- 3Describing a pictureYou will describe what you see in a picture using er is/er zijn, place words and 'aan het + verb'.A28 min
- 4Choosing between two pictures and explaining whyYou will make a clear choice between two options and support it with reasons and comparisons.A28 min
- 5Telling a story from three pictures in the past tenseYou will tell a short, connected story about three pictures in the past tense, using order words.A210 min
- 6B1: opinions, advice and explaining a process in 30 secondsYou will use the 15 seconds of preparation to give a structured 30-second B1 answer for opinion, advice and how-to tasks.B111 min