The ICFE test of speaking assesses a candidate’s ability to orally communicate on specialised topics by means of answering questions, giving a presentation and as part of a discussion. For this part of the examination the candidate will be given a partner with whom they will have to communicate and debate with in order to create solutions to scenarios given.

Test Summary

Part 1 – For this part of the exam the candidates will have to answer questions about themselves as well as give their opinions on finance related topics.

Part 2 – In this part each candidate will be given two topics from which they must choose one and then give a one minute presentation after which the other candidate will be offered the chance to ask questions.

Part 3 – For this part the examiner will give the candidates a task which they must collaborate and negotiate together in order to reach some kind of answer or conclusion.

Part 4 – This part will involve the examiner offering topics to each candidate for discussion for which both candidates must add input.

What can you do to prepare?

Along with signing up for The Learning Institute’s specialised ICFE course training, students can practise speaking out loud for one minute on different topics in order to become familiar with speaking for a time frame of one minute. They can also listen to conversations from different media sources to pick up useful words and phrases to help link ideas, start conversations and stall their speech whilst thinking of the correct answer.