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I'm going to give you five useful tips to get a better score in Task 3 of the DELE B2 Oral Test. In this instance, you must maintain a dialogue with the person who will examine you, based on a survey carried out on a sector of the population, who have been asked two questions, related to each other, about uses, customs and opinions on different subjects. The answers will appear in percentages that you can see and analyze.
They will ask you, for example, what you would have answered, what percentages caught your attention the most or what you think the results would have been if the survey had been done in your country. Take into account these recommendations to raise your score!
- Ask at least one question
Remember that this is a dialogue and the conversation must flow between two parties. Don't hog the word because it's not a monologue, but don't be passive and wait all the time for questions from the examiner or examiner.
Instead, try to ask the examiner at least one question as well. To do this, you can return the question he asked you or ask him his opinion on some piece of information from the survey.
This way you'll get more points, since you'll have greater control of the conversation. In addition, this will prove that you are not only ready to give answers but also to ask questions naturally and fluidly on a specific topic.
- The singer carries the voice
You must be the one to hold the reins of this conversation. If they ask you a question, after answering it, you can link it to another part of the survey.
In addition to asking the examiner questions and asking for their opinion, you can continue the conversation beyond the question you were asked. In other words, answer what you have been asked and always justify your answer, but then you can contrast that data with another one included in the survey, or comment on what that data would have been like in your country. Thus, you will be the one who will guide the conversation.
- Use idioms
During the test, use at least one idiomatic expression, which is not too vulgar of course, to get a better score in the Outreach section, which evaluates your ability to show vocabulary.
You can have some of these expressions ready to be included in different conversations, such as “In case the flies” (just in case), “All that glitters is not gold” (to refer to a disadvantage) or “It's not a path of roses” (to say that something is not easy), among others, depending on the occasion.
Also, if among the results you notice that a percentage is very low, you could say that it is “In a fallen layer”, or if it is very high, that it is “Through the clouds”. There are many more expressions like these, easy to introduce into a conversation, that will allow you to score points in your Oral Test.
- Includes discursive markers
Learn discursive markers and connectors that allow you to express contrast, since in this Oral Test task you'll have to compare and join the survey data.
It is important that you connect the topics well, for which you can use connectors such as “In spite of”, “While”, “However”, “Although” and “However”, among many others, being clear about what verbs they can be accompanied with.
The use of these discursive markers will raise your score, especially in the Coherence section. But if you also use them with the right verb tenses, you can have a better Correction.
- Use relative quantities
To refer to the survey data, it will not be necessary to talk about the exact percentages at all times. Instead, you can mention some of the results with relative quantities.
For example, instead of talking about “73.4% of respondents”, you can instead say “The majority”, “The vast majority” of that sector of the population or, on the contrary, “The minority”, “A quarter” or “Almost half”, among other possibilities, if the percentage were lower.
You will also enrich the conversation by combining precise quantities, referring to the number, with relative quantities, to have more variety and fluency in this dialogue with your examiner.
I hope these tips have been useful in raising your score in Task 3 of Test 4 of the DELE B2.
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