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Practice Task 21 — Workplace training policy

Task 7 · Expressing Opinions — state and support an opinion on a community or workplace issue

Speaking Task 7Expressing OpinionsSPK-T7-21Intermediate
30s prepare · 90s speak

You have 30 seconds to prepare and 90 seconds to speak. State your opinion clearly and support it with reasons and examples.

Listen to the task prompt. Two fixed voices: a female examiner and a male situation narrator.

Should employers pay for their staff's language and skills training? Give your opinion.

Workplace training policy.

Points to cover

  • • trained staff are more productive
  • • training costs money up front
  • • shared cost agreements can work well

You get 30 seconds to prepare, then 90 seconds to speak. Everything here works offline — no AI needed.

  1. 1. State your opinion
  2. 2. Reason 1
  3. 3. Example
  4. 4. Reason 2
  5. 5. Example
  6. 6. Conclusion

Sentence template

In my opinion, ___. The main reason is that ___. For example, ___. Another important point is ___, because ___. Of course, some people would say ___, but I still believe ___ overall.