Speaking & Listening - ISE I (B1)

Practice speaking and listening activities

Use these resources to help prepare for ISE I (B1) Speaking & Listening exam tasks:

Topic task

• Topic Form - ISE I - practise completing the blanks to take to the exam.
• Completed Topic Form - ISE I - example content for a topic discussion.

• Activity 1 - Generating ideas
• Activity 2 - Preparing a good topic form
• Activity 3 - Music

Conversation task

• Activity 1 - Travel, fashion and money
• Activity 2 - Rules and regulations
• Activity 3 - Travel experiences

Independent listening task 1

• Activity 1 - Money
• Activity 2 - New Year’s Eve

Independent listening task 2

• Classroom activity 1 - Learning a foreign language
• Classroom activity 2 - Fashion of the future
• Classroom activity 3 - Elephants

Additional speaking resources

The following additional speaking activities at CEFR level B1 are informed by insights gained from the Trinity Lancaster Spoken Learner Corpus research project. Learning from prior Trinity speaking assessment results, these activities focus on practising aspects of speaking that will help students improve their communication skills in all situations.

• B1 Worksheet 1
• B1 Teacher Notes 1

• B1 Worksheet 2
• B1 Teacher Notes 2

• B1 Worksheet 3
• B1 Teacher Notes 3

• B1 Worksheet 4
• B1 Teacher Notes 4

• B1 Worksheet 5
• B1 Teacher Notes 5

• B1 Worksheet 6
• B1 Teacher Notes 6

Practice independent listening activities