B2: Part 1 of the exam involves discussing a pair of photographs.
False (Part 1 involves a conversation with the examiner.)
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B2: Part 3 is a conversation with the examiner.
False (Part 3 is a conversation with the other candidate.)
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B2: The collaborative task in Part 3 involves making a decision together.
True
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B2: Part 4 is a discussion with the examiner about a different topic than Part 3.
False (Part 4 is a discussion about the same topic as Part 3.)
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B2: In Part 1, students may have to talk about their future plans.
True
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B2: The student's partner in Part 2 has to answer a short question from the examiner.
True
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B2: Part 2 involves discussing a topic with the other candidate.
True
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B2: The examiner guides the discussion in Part 4 with questions.
True
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C1: there are always three candidates.
False – there are normally two candidates but if there is an odd number at the end of the session, then a group of three candidates will be examined together.
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C1: there are usually two examiners but sometimes only one.
False – there are always two examiners. The test cannot take place if there is only one examiner except in pre-arranged and exceptional circumstances.
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C1: both examiners speak.
False – only one examiner (the interlocutor) speaks to the candidates throughout the test. The other examiner (the assessor) says hello but then just listens an
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C1: both examiners assess.
True – although one examiner concentrates only on assessing, the other examiner also gives a mark. However, the two examiners assess using different scales.
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C1: there are four parts.
True
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C1: the whole test takes 13 minutes.
False – the whole test takes approximately 15 minutes.
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C1: the candidates do not speak to each other, except in the collaborative task in Part 3.
the candidates do not speak to each other, except in the collaborative task in Part 3.
