【DSE 英文】DSE Speaking Tips 2 – Use the best structure

Structure your answer like an essay

Time (roughly)

【DSE 英文】DSE Speaking – Sample answer with the suggested best structure

Sample Answer

Would you like to live a simple life away from the city?

【DSE 英文】DSE Speaking Conclusion

1. 1. Use this simple structure to give your answer. Introduction -> reason 1 (+ explanation/example) -> reason 2 (+ explanation/example) -> conclusion
   2. If you really can’t think of two reasons, just try to develop your first reason with some good examples; the best answers, however, will have two well-supported reasons for your opinion

【DSE 英文】作文格式

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【DSE 英文】DSE Speaking Tips 3 – Stalling for time 拖延時間技巧

Sometimes you’re asked a difficult question. Here are tips from the examiners reports to help you to get more time to think about your answer.

• • • Don’t use stock phrases to start your answer.
    • Repeat back the question to have some more time to think.

【DSE 英文】試卷四說話 – 如何拖延時間想答案?

Don’t… (千萬不要)

• • Don’t use phrases like “That’s a good question” or “Let me think about that”: examiners have heard them lots of times
  • Examiners really hate it if you use these phrases when the question isn’t difficult: it’s a waste of time, and examiners find it annoying
  • Don’t waste time saying ‘Thank-you for your question’ at the start of your answer. Just go straight into your answer.

【DSE 英文】試卷四說話 – 如何拖延時間想答案?

Do… (拖延時間方法)

• • Only use phrases like the following if you really need time to think about the answer.
  • If you need to get some extra time to think, repeat back the question. If possible, change the words, so that you are not just copying the examiner
  • The word ‘well’ is a natural way to move on from the question to your answer.

【DSE 英文】試卷四說話 – 實戰例子

Do the public have the right to know about celebrities’ private lives?

Do celebrities have a right to privacy, or should people be able to know everything about them? Hmm, well I think that…

Do you think that living in the countryside is the best way to live?

Is living away from the city really the ideal lifestyle? Well, in my view…

Is it better to exercise outside or in a gym?

Outside or in the gym: which is the best option? Well, in my experience…

【DSE 英文】作文格式

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【DSE 英文】DSE Speaking Tips 1 – Make an argument

1. When giving your answer, have a strong opinion.
2. Don’t make your answer balanced: make it an argument.
3. Give one single, strong message with examples and reasons to support your opinion.
4. First and last sentences should summarise this view.

【DSE 英文】DSE Speaking – one-minute response Q&A

1. Do you think it’s okay for girls to play full-contact sports?

   Of course it’s okay for girls to play full-contact sports! I actually believe that it’s sexist to suggest that girls are too delicate or fragile for the kinds of violent sport played by the opposite sex.

   Take the girl’s Wing Chun club, for instance. I think that the girls are just as able as the boys. What’s more, I think they are proud of the fact that they don’t have to be regarded as weaker than their male counterparts.

   It’s not only okay, in my view, but we should actually encourage more girls to consider these sports. If we don’t, we create sexist inequalities in soceity, where only boys are allowed to be strong or powerful.

   Full-contact sports can be frowned upon for other reasons – the brutality, and ease of injury, and so on – but sex should absolutely not be something to consider when deciding about your participation in full contact sports.

   • This person has a clear opinon, and gives reasons and examples to support their answer.
   • Clear opinion -> example (Wing Chun club) -> reason (it’s sexist) -> reminder of opinion
   • Uses phrases like “I think” and “in my view” to show that this is their opinion.

    

【DSE 英文】作文格式

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南華早報提供的貼士 – Easy ways to make you seem natural and confident in your DSE English speaking exams

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