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    CELEBRITIES

     Following celebrities on social networks


     Celebrities and the paparazzi
     Right to a private life
     Adolescents and heroes
     Celebrities supporting causes

    CREATIVITY

     What is creativity?
     Creativity and taking risks
     Creativity and education
     Genes or environment?
     Creativity and the workplace
    MONOLOGUES
    The monologue is the first part of the oral exam and it lasts approximately 4
    minutes. This is a semi-prepared task and the examiners are looking for a
    variety of language, good pronunciation and coherence in what you say. Here is
    some advice on a structure and expressions you can use:

    1) ORGANISE YOUR
    MONOLOGUE 4) ENUMERATION OF POINTS
    • I’ve divided my • First of all, I would like to say…
    presentation/monologue/ into • In addition to that…
    three/four main parts. • Moreover, …
    • In my presentation/monologue I’ll • Furthermore, …
    focus on three/four major • Another example of this is…
    issues. • First, second, third…
    • Finally, …
    2) TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF
    THE AUDIENCE: 5) MOVING TO THE NEXT POINT
    • Rhetorical questions • This leads directly to my next
    Example: Are children and point.
    teenagers watching too much TV • This brings us to the next
    these days? question.
    Remember that when you ask a • Let’s now move on to…
    rhetorical question you don’t have to • After examining this point, let’s
    answer it, it’s just used to make the turn to…
    audience think and make your topic • Let’s now take a look at…
    more interesting.
    • Interesting facts
    Examples: according to an article I 6) GOING BACK
    read recently, … / Did you know • As I said/ mentioned earlier…
    that…? / I would like to share an • Let me come back to what I said
    amazing fact/figure with you. before…
    • Stories • Let’s go back to what we were
    Examples: Let me tell you what discussing earlier.
    happened to me…/ Suppose…/ • As I’ve already explained, …
    Imagine…/ Say… (=imagine) • As I pointed out in the first section,
    • Problems to think about …
    Examples: Suppose you wanted
    to…/ Imagine you had to… / What 7) STATING SOMETHING AS A
    would be your first step? FACT
    • Quotations • As everyone knows…
    • Examples: as … once said, …/ • It is generally accepted that…
    To quote a well-known writer, • There can be no doubt that…
    … / To put it in the words of… • It is a fact that…
    • Nobody will deny that…
    3) INTRODUCING A POINT • Everyone knows that…
    • First of all, I would like to point
    out…
    • The main problem is…
    • The question of…
    • Speaking of…
    8) GIVING YOUR OPINION
    NEUTRALLY 12) REPHRASING OPINIONS
    • I think… • What I mean to say was…
    • I feel that… • Let me put this another way
    • In my opinion, … • Perhaps I’m not making myself
    • As far as I’m concerned… clear…
    • As I see it… • The basic idea is…
    • In my view… • One way of looking at it is…
    • I tend to think that… • Another way of looking at it is…
    • From my point of view…
    13) INDICATING THE END OF
    9) GIVING A STRONG OPINION YOUR TALK
    • I’m absolutely convinced that… • I’m now approaching the end of
    • I’m sure that… my presentation.
    • I strongly believe that… • Well, this brings me to the end of
    • I have no doubt that… my presentation.
    • There is no doubt that… • As a final point, I would like to
    • I am absolutely certain that… say…
    • Finally, I would like to highlight
    10) EXPRESSING UNCERTAINTY one key issue.
    • I definitely doubt if that…
    • I am not sure that… 14) DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
    • I am not certain that… AND SUMMING UP
    • As far as I know… • The obvious conclusion is…
    • Last but not least…
    11) GIVING REASONS • The only possible
    • The reasons for this is (that)… solution/conclusion is…
    • I base my argument on… • In conclusion we can say that…
    • I tell you all this because…

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