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Exam Speaking: Talk about yourself

2:47470 summary words · ~2 min readEnglishBy British Council | LearnEnglish TeensTranscribed Jul 20, 2026

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Summary

This video models a speaking exam by showing two mock interviews where students answer personal questions about name, school subjects, family, and future study plans.

Watching the modeled answers shows the exact structure and language examiners expect for self-introduction speaking tasks.

Section summaries

Kelvin interview part 1: name and subjects

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The examiner greets Kelvin and asks his name, then questions about school. Kelvin says he likes economics for demand/supply theory usable in daily market observation, and dislikes physics due to difficult calculation and math vocabulary he is not used to. The section ends with the examiner acknowledging the physics dislike and moving to future plans.

State name clearly at start of exam speaking.
Give a real-life application as reason for liked subject.
Name a specific struggle (calculation, vocabulary) for disliked subject.

Core model of how to answer subject questions with reasons.

Kelvin interview part 2: future and Melissa intro

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Kelvin confirms he will attend university to study business, claiming financial sectors are the only way to get rich, and says he wants to get rich. The examiner thanks him and starts Melissa's interview, asking her name and family. Melissa says she is an only child living with parents and a dog. The section closes as the examiner transitions to Melissa's school questions.

Link university study choice to a personal financial goal.
Family answer can include pets as part of household.

Shows future-plan answering and a family-description example.

Melissa interview: subjects and close

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Melissa answers school questions: she likes mathematics for satisfying calculation and English for fun of language learning; finds accounting most useful due to company demand for accountants; hates Chinese for difficult passages. The examiner thanks her, ending the video's modeled content. No further candidates appear.

Name two liked subjects with distinct reasons.
Identify most useful subject via career relevance.
Disliked subject reason can be comprehension difficulty.

Completes the second full candidate model with all expected question types.

Key points

Two modeled candidate responses — The video presents Kelvin and Melissa each answering a scripted speaking exam with questions on name, subjects liked/disliked, and future plans. These serve as concrete examples of what a candidate might say.
Subject preference with reasons — Both candidates state liked and disliked subjects and give a short reason (e.g., Kelvin likes economics for demand/supply theory; Melissa hates Chinese for difficult passages). This shows examiners want justified opinions, not just lists.
Future orientation in answers — Kelvin links school to university and money via finance; Melissa connects accounting to company needs. Future plans are part of the expected 'talk about yourself' arc.

“I think I like economics most because I can study different kinds of demand and supply theory and I can use it in the daily life to observe the market.” — Kelvin

“I think nowadays we can only make a lot of money by participating in the financial sectors.” — Kelvin

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0:09

Hi. What’s your name?

0:11

My name is Kelvin.

0:12

Kelvin, OK. So, Kelvin, I’m going to ask you a few questions. I’d like to ask you

0:17

about your school. So, what subjects do you like most?

0:23

I think I like economics most because I can study different kinds of demand and supply

0:30

theory and I can use it in the daily life to observe the market. I think that’s very

0:37

interesting, yeah, and very useful.

0:40

OK. And are there any subjects that you don’t like so much?

0:44

Actually, I don’t like physics too much because I need to calculate many difficult

0:52

questions and all those mathematics words. I’m not very...I’m not very get used to that.

1:03

So I don't like physics.

1:05

I see. All right. Well, how about in the future? Are you hoping to go to university?

1:12

Yeah, sure.

1:13

OK, and what would you like to study there?

1:16

I think I would like to study something about business. So, I think nowadays we can only

1:25

make a lot of money by participating in the financial sectors. So, I would like to study

1:33

something about financial business. I want to get rich, yes.

1:38

OK, that’s great. Thanks, Kelvin.

1:42

Hi. What’s your name?

1:44

My name is Melissa.

1:45

Melissa?

1:45

Yeah.

1:46

Hi, Melissa. And, can you tell me about your family?

1:49

I’ve got no sisters and brothers. I live with my father and mother and my dog.

1:55

And your dog?

1:56

Yeah!

1:57

Great. All right, I’d like to ask you a few questions about your school. So first,

2:04

what subjects do you like most?

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I like mathematics the most because I think it’s satisfying to calculate the solution.

2:12

OK. So, mathematics ... is there any other one?

2:17

And English, I think, because it’s fun to learn a language.

2:21

Great, OK. Which subjects do you think are most useful for you?

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I think accounting is the most useful because every company needs an accountant and to be

2:32

an accountant I need to study this subject.

2:35

Sure, OK. And are there any subjects that you don’t like?

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I hate Chinese because it’s difficult to study the passage. Yeah, and I don’t really

2:44

understand what it’s about.

2:45

OK, that’s great. Thanks, Melissa.

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