Master the standardised TELC English paired speaking test. Practise collaborative planning tasks, build prepared presentations, and secure your grade.
Visit Official TELC SiteTELC (The European Language Certificates) is highly popular across Europe for professional licensing, university entry, and residency applications, certifying conversational and professional English competence.
In Part 3 of the TELC Speaking test, you and your partner must collaborate to plan a practical event. Here is a realistic practice prompt.
The face-to-face paired speaking test takes about 15 minutes. It is conducted by two certified TELC examiners who evaluate your interactive dialogue.
Each candidate delivers a prepared 2-minute talk on a given theme (e.g. a book, a trip, an experience, or a local habit).
While your partner speaks, you must listen, take notes, and ask follow-up questions afterward to show comprehension.
You and your partner read a short, controversial statement or paragraph about a topical social theme (e.g. homework bans or public transport subsidies).
You must express your own views, argue points, respond to your partner's opinions, and hold a balanced debate.
You and your partner collaborate to plan a practical event (e.g. a charity drive, office party, or weekend trip) based on a task prompt.
You must negotiate options, make compromises, and conclude with a concrete, division of tasks.
Watch an official TELC English B2 speaking exam to observe candidate collaboration and examiner interaction.
Can you maintain a balanced dialogue? Reacting appropriately to your partner and asking their opinion are heavily scored.
Evaluates CEFR-appropriate structures, modal variety, sentence structures, and correct conditional phrasing.
Using varied vocabulary matching professional, conversational, and abstract debate scenarios without basic repetition.
Smooth flow of speech at a comfortable conversational pace. Intonation, correct sentence stress, and clear linking are assessed.
TELC (The European Language Certificates) English is an international standardised examination popular across Europe for work, university admission, and residency.
The test is taken in pairs (two candidates together) face-to-face with two certified examiners. It consists of a presentation, a discussion phase, and a collaborative planning task.
Part 3 is the Planning Task. You and your partner are given a scenario (e.g. organizing a school trip) and must negotiate details, cooperate, and come to a shared decision.
