# Spreken: the speaking exam, step by step

URL: https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken
Publisher: Inburgeringklaar

> 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.

1. [How the Spreken exam works](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken/how-spreken-works) (A2 and B1, 7 min): You will know what happens in the A2 and B1 speaking exams, how answers are recorded and rated, and how to handle the timer.
2. [The answer formula: answer + reason + example](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken/answer-reason-example) (A2 and B1, 8 min): You will build answers that fill 20 to 30 seconds naturally by adding a reason and an example to your first sentence.
3. [Describing a picture](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken/describing-a-picture) (A2, 8 min): You will describe what you see in a picture using er is/er zijn, place words and 'aan het + verb'.
4. [Choosing between two pictures and explaining why](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken/choosing-between-two-pictures) (A2, 8 min): You will make a clear choice between two options and support it with reasons and comparisons.
5. [Telling a story from three pictures in the past tense](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken/telling-a-story-from-three-pictures) (A2, 10 min): You will tell a short, connected story about three pictures in the past tense, using order words.
6. [B1: opinions, advice and explaining a process in 30 seconds](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/spreken/b1-opinions-advice-processes) (B1, 11 min): You will use the 15 seconds of preparation to give a structured 30-second B1 answer for opinion, advice and how-to tasks.