Screen 1: Sample Speaking Test Question Screen
How do I use the Speaking sections?
In the Speaking section you will respond to questions to demonstrate your ability to speak about a variety of topics. There are three types of speaking tasks. You may take notes and use your notes to prepare your response in all three tasks. In an actual test your response will be scored on your ability to speak clearly and coherently about the topic.
Speaking Question Types
Independent Speaking Tasks
In the first type of speaking task, you will speak about a general and familiar topic.
Integrated Reading and Listening Tasks
In the second type of speaking task, you will read a passage and listen to a lecture or conversation and then answer a question based on what you have read and heard. You will need to combine appropriate information from the reading passage and the listening passage to provide a complete answer to the question.
Integrated Listening Tasks
In the third type of speaking task, you will listen to a part of a lecture or conversation and then answer a question about what you heard.
Screen 1: Sample Speaking Test Question Screen
Speaking Skills
The Speaking Skills section offers a variety of ways to improve performance in the Speaking section of the test.
Sample Notes
The Speaking section of the test allows you to take notes and use your notes while you give your response. In the Speaking Skills section of this program, you will practice taking notes for both Independent and Integrated tasks. You will take notes while reading a passage, listening to a passage, or preparing your answer to an Independent or Integrated question. You can then compare your notes with sample notes provided in the program.
Screen 2: Sample Speaking Skills with Listening Passage Sample Notes
Prepare, Record, and Play back
In the Skills section, you have the opportunity to prepare and record your response to the question. You may prepare your response, using your own notes and the sample notes, for an unlimited amount of time. When you are ready to answer the question, go to the Recording screen. In the Recording screen, you can record and play back your response.
Click on Record 
and speak into your microphone when you are told to begin speaking. The red circle indicates when recording is activated on your computer.
Depending on the question type, you will have 45 or 60 seconds to respond. The recording bar 
will indicate the approximate time remaining.
You can click on Stop 
any time before the response time has ended to stop the recording. When the response time is finished, you will hear a beep.
Click on Play 
to hear the recording of your response.
Screen 3: Sample Speaking Skills Record Answer Screen
You can record as many attempts as you want. Each attempt will delete the recording of the previous attempt. When you are satisfied with your response, go to the next screen to evaluate your response and compare it to a sample answer.
Self-Assessment Checklist
The Self-Assessment Checklist lets you evaluate your response. Click on the Yes or No column for each statement in the checklist. You can play the recording of your response while you evaluate yourself.
You may also read and listen to a sample answer and review sample notes. For Integrated Tasks, the reading and listening passages are available.
Click on Play to hear the recording of your response.
Click in the Yes or No column 
for each statement in the Self-Assessment Checklist. Your assessment will appear in the Skills Report. You must click on each checklist statement box before you can leave this section.
Click on Sample Answer 
to compare your response to a sample answer. To listen to the sample answer, click on Play Sample below the text.
Click on Sample Notes 
to see sample notes for the question or for the Reading and Listening passages in Integrated Tasks.
Click on View Text 
to review the reading passage in Integrated Tasks.
Click on Listen / View Script 
to review the listening passage in Integrated Tasks.
Click on Next 
to go to the next question.
Screen 4: Sample Speaking Skills Checklist
Click on Save Recording 
to save the audio file of your recording. If you save your audio file, you will be able to play back the recording in the Results screen. If you do not save the audio file, the recording will be deleted when you leave the section.
Sample Answers
The Speaking Skills section offers a sample answer to each question. You can see how your notes and the sample notes contribute to a clear, coherent response. You can also listen to the sample answer and play back your own response to compare the two.
Screen 5: Sample Speaking Skills Sample Answer Screen
Click on Play Sample 
to hear the sample answer.
Click on Play to hear the recording of your response.
Speaking Mini-Tests and Complete Tests
In the Speaking Mini-Tests, you will record a response to three questions. In the Speaking Complete Tests, you will record a response to six questions.
You will have 45 seconds to speak for an Independent Task. You will have 60 seconds to respond to a question based on information for an Integrated Reading and Listening task or to a question based on information for an Integrated Listening task.
You will not be able to play back your response until you have completed all of the tasks in the test.
The Next button is not available in the Speaking test. The program moves from screen to screen automatically.
Screen 6: Sample Speaking Test - Integrated Question
When you have completed all the Speaking tasks in one test, the program moves to the Self-Assessment Checklist.
Self-Assessment Checklist
The Self-Assessment Checklist lets you evaluate your responses. You can play back the recording of your response and click in the Yes or No column for each statement in the checklist. See Screen 4 for details on the Self-Assessment Checklist.
Screen 7: Sample Speaking Test Self-Assessment Checklist