A neighbour avoiding her son’s teacher — CELPIP Speaking Task 1
One of the 24 questions in the Task 1 pool — 30 seconds to prepare, 90 seconds to speak, no second take. What the section is: the CELPIP test format.
20 Your neighbour Tara’s son is falling behind in maths. His teacher has asked to meet her twice. Tara would rather move him to another school than sit down with the teacher. Advise her, and explain your reasons.
Speaking to: Tara, your neighbour
What the question is asking for
Which of the two she should do — meet the teacher who has now asked twice, or move the boy — and what stands behind your answer.
What to settle in the 30 seconds
Answer the meeting first. Then have one thing ready that changing schools would not fix.
Where this one goes wrong
Advising the boy instead of his mother. The person the prompt names is Tara, and the answer is spoken to her.
Before this one: A father driving nine hours in February · After this one: A child in a language support class · All 24 Task 1 questions
Written for this simulator to the published CELPIP format, not taken from a real test form. Reading a prompt is not practising it.
The app sets this task with the real clock on it and returns a scored report in about five seconds.