Your Trinity GESE Grade 10 exam

Advanced C1

Section of What you have to do The language you should use

exam
Formal In the Formal topic presentation phase Language functions
presentation Developing an argument
of a topic Give a formal presentation, discursive in Defending a point of view
prepared by nature, on a chosen subject, with an Expressing beliefs
the candidate identifiable structure and sequence, using Expressing opinions
discourse connectors and cohesive devices tentatively
5 minutes Introduce the presentation, develop particular Summarising
points, give supporting reasons and examples information, ideas and
Conclude the presentation by inviting questions arguments
and comments from the examiner Deducing
Grammar
A broad range of complex
A candidate- In the Topic discussion phase structures to express
led discussion thoughts clearly
of the topic Initiate and engage the examiner in a A high degree of
presentation discussion of some of the points made grammatical accuracy,
with the Share the responsibility with the examiner for although minor errors
examiner the maintenance of the discussion may occur when
Respond to the examiners requests for attempting to use a
5 minutes clarification or elaboration combination of
Be prepared to defend a point of view and structures across
develop an argument further sentence boundaries
Interactive In the Interactive phase Lexis
task Vocabulary specific to the
Take responsibility for the direction and topic and subject areas
5 minutes maintenance of the interaction A range of idiomatic
Utilise turn-taking conventions to ensure that expressions and
the interaction flows and develops naturally colloquialisms
Relate his or her own contributions closely to Modifying words, e.g.
those of the examiner basically, quite, certainly
Intensifiers, e.g.
The examiner will say something like this: absolutely, completely,
totally
Sometimes Im not sure if some of the surprising things Tentative expressions,
that keep happening to me are a result of chance or e.g. I may be wrong
whether there is more to it. but..., Dont you think it
might be...
Or this: Signposting words, e.g.
firstly, finally
My daughter wants to go to school in this country but Phrases and expressions
is not sure how much help she relating to the language
would get with choosing a career. functions listed above
Phonology
You have to ask questions, respond to what the The correct
examiner says, and keep the conversation going. pronunciation of topic
and subject-area specific
Listening task In the Listening phase vocabulary
Sounds with minimal
3 minutes Understand a range of spoken texts and interference from the
recognise implicit meaning first language
Use contextual, grammatical and lexical cues to A range of stress and
identify attitude, mood and intentions and intonation patterns, pitch
anticipate what follows and volume to:
Use knowledge of grammar, lexis and register engage and
to identify context and participants from a maintain the
piece of discourse examiners
interest
There are two types of task. signal the
provision of new
In the first task the examiner says something and you information
have to complete the sentence. Example: indicate
discourse
The boss of an advertising agency, Mr Mason, was a structure
tyrant. He was always in a terrible mood, shouting
orders, complaining. He never said anything polite to his
secretary, never
greeted anyone when he arrived in the morning. Then
one Monday morning, it was just as
if he was a completely different person. He walked into
the office and

Expected response: did/said something nice/polite.

In the second task the examiner says something and

you have to answer a question about the situation.
Example:

I take the tickets as the people arrive and show them to

their seats. Even though the rows have letters and the
seats are numbered, youd be amazed how confused
people get. Most people arrive in good time for the
performance, but there are always one or two
latecomers. Then you have to make sure theyre as
quiet as possible as the actors find the smallest noise
disturbing.

Question: Where does the speaker work?

Expected answer: In a theatre.

Conversation In the Conversation phase

on two
subject areas Share the responsibility with the examiner for
selected by the maintenance of the conversation
the examiner Offer new contributions to influence the
direction of the conversation
6 minutes Participate without much obvious searching for
expressions

The examiner will choose two subject areas from the

list below (List B):

International events
 Equal opportunities
Social issues
The future of the planet
Scientific developments
Stress management