Telc Oral Exam

Some more difficult oral examinations for TELC B2 examsG.N. - 2009

Part 1: Presentation

Candidates A/B/(C)

You are expected to give a short presentation to your partner(s) on one of the followingtopics. (The prompts in brackets may help you.) Your presentation should take about90 seconds and you should answer your partner’s questions afterwards.

While your partner is giving his/her presentation, listen and think of the questions youwould like to ask.

You should not interrupt your partner during her/his presentation.

Traditional hungarian dishes (short introduction, what makes a dish hungarian, your opinion, etc.)

or

Advantages of modern technology (appliances, your favourite ones, your opinion, etc.)

Part 2: Task

Candidates A/B/(C)

Read the following text from the net. Discuss the content of the text with your partner.

Tell her/him your opinions, give reasons and personal examples to support your ideas. Talkabout your own experience with the problems mentioned and possible solutions.

The Average Global Temperature is Increasing Quickly

Today, the increase in the Earth’s temperature is increasing with unprecedented speed. To understand just how quickly global warming is accelerating, consider this:

During the entire 20th century, the average global temperature increased by about 0.6 degrees Celsius (slightly more than 1 degree Fahrenheit).

Using computer climate models, scientists estimate that by the year 2100 the average global temperature will increase by 1.4 degrees to 5.8 degrees Celsius (approximately 2.5 degrees to 10.5 degrees Fahrenheit).

While the majority of mainstream scientists agree that global warming is a serious problem that is growing steadily worse, there are some who disagree. John Christy, a professor and director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is a respected climatologist who argues that global warming isn’t worth worrying about.

Christy reached that opinion after analyzing millions of measurements from weather satellites in an effort to find a global temperature trend. He found no sign of global warming in the satellite data, and now believes that predictions of global warming by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the 21st century are incorrect.

Part 3: Task

Candidates A/B/(C)

You and your partner want to publish a newspaper about the modern problems of not respecting the laws of the nature.

First decide on your ideas for what kind of articles should be used. You can mention some unpleasantbut serious issues, too.

Tell your partner your ideas and try to agree on something that you and your partner find quite important.

You have 20 minutes to make notes about your ideas that you can use but must not read them continuosly.