This document provides a tutorial for preparing for and passing the B1 level exam at the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas. It outlines a step-by-step technique for developing exam dialogues that demonstrate the assessment criteria. The technique involves understanding the exam question, brainstorming ideas, connecting ideas to grammar structures and vocabulary, using interactive techniques like questions, and practicing with model dialogues. Resources like an exam assessment checklist and dialogue templates are also provided to help students structure their responses to meet the criteria needed to pass.

1. Speaking
Exam-dialogue
Places to live
Role A: Flat in the city
Role B: Cottage in the countryside
B1 EOI
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EOI Guía Diálogo

2. 2: Assessment
Criteria
1. Escuela Oficial de Idiomas
assessment criteria
2. Assessment criteria
checklist
Contents:
1: Introduction
1. Advice
2. Be smart
3: Exam Technique
Plan:
1. Understand exam question
2. Brainstorm 3 ideas
3. Connect grammar,
vocabulary & connectors
4. Use interactive techniques
Practise:
1. Complete model dialogue
with opening lines, the
interaction & the ending
Apply:
1. Repeat with new exam
question
4: Resources & Tips
1. Exam assessment
checklist
2. Dialogue template
Adriana Valencia
PASSED: EOI B1
I am delighted, I passed the B1! We are the
winners. This work has been made by us
together. Thanks so much

3. Introduction
01

4. Introduction
Advice
This tutorial was made to
help people develop a
technique to specifically
pass the EOI exam system
Be Smart
You can pass even if you
don't know everything.
Focus on demonstrating
the assessment criteria
Adaptable
Be adaptable. Be organised.
Make decisions based on
your strengths & personal
situation
Practise
Practise in timed conditions.
Record your voice to improve
fluency, pronunciation, stress
& intonation

5. Assessment
Criteria
Is the key to success!
02

6. Assessment Criteria
Use your time wisely!
1. Focus on your specific exam
assessment criteria & the minimum
pass mark
2. Perfection does not exist
3. The truth is not important
EOI assessment criteria table

7. Exam assessment checklist
Use this exam assessment checklist to help you plan & get points.
You must use a range of grammatical structures, vocabulary, connectors and, when necessary,
language functions appropriate for the exam level. Think about using examples of the following:
1 Presents 5 Passives 9
Adverbial Linkers / Phrases
2 Pasts 6
Questions: Direct /
Indirect / Tag
10
Language Functions:
• Certainty, Speculation, Possibility
• Advice
• Recommendations & Suggestions
• Obligation & Prohibition
3 Futures 7
Connectors
4 Conditionals 8
Vocabulary /
Expressions / Idioms

8. Exam
Technique
Your approach to exam success
03

9. 01
ApplyPractisePlan
02 03
Understand
Connect
Brainstorm
Interactive Techniques
Opening lines
End dialogue
Interaction
New Question
Practise
Plan
RepeatReview

10. Plan
03

11. Dialogue between Toni and Ana

12. 01
04
Understand
Understand the exam
question & your role
Connect
Connect ideas to assessment
criteria: The Grammar.
Vocabulary. Connectors.
03
Brainstorm
Brainstorm 3 different
ideas
02
Interactive techniques
Interact by asking questions
& responding to ideas
Toni Planning

13. 01
Understand
Read the question carefully
Is the context formal or informal?

14. 1: Understand the question
You are moving to live with your friends and
you are deciding where to live.
You think that the best is a flat in the city
centre.
Explain to your friends the advantages of
living there.
Try to come to an agreement. YOU BEGIN

15. Brainstorm
Quickly think of 3 different ideas
02

16. 2: Brainstorm 3 ideas:
Entertainment
• Go shopping
• Visit museums
• Eat out
• Go to the cinema
Jobs
• Easy to find a job
Language Skills
• Easy to meet foreign
people & improve
language skills
• Learn about different
customs & cultures

17. Connect
Connect ideas to grammatical
structures, vocabulary & connectors
03

18. 3: Connect
1: Entertainment
If we live in the city centre, then we can go
shopping, visit museums, go to the
cinema, and eat out every day.
It would be perfect!
Grammar:
1. Conditional
2. Modal Verb
Vocabulary:
Cohesion:
1. Connectors

19. Interactive Techniques
Question Structures
Respond to Opinions
04

20. 4: Interaction - Question structures
Entertainment
1. What do you think?
Jobs
2. Don´t you think it´s
better for us to be close
to companies?
Language Skills
3. What do you reckon?

21. 01
04
Understand
Understand the exam
question & your role
Connect
Connect ideas to assessment
criteria: The Grammar.
Vocabulary. Connectors
03
Brainstorm
Brainstorm 3 different
ideas
02
Interactive techniques
Interact by asking questions
& responding to ideas
Ana Planning

22. 01
Understand
Read the question carefully
Is the context formal or informal?

23. 1: Understand the question
You are moving to live with your friends and you
are deciding where to live.
You think that the best is a cottage in the
countryside.
Explain to your friends the advantages of living
there.
Try to come to an agreement.

24. Brainstorm
Quickly think of 3 different ideas
02

25. Connect
Connect ideas to grammatical
structures, vocabulary & connectors
03

26. 3: Connect
1: Health
It is well known that living in the
countryside is better for your health
because there is less noise and
pollution.
Grammar:
1. Passive &
reporting verb
2. Present
Vocabulary:
Cohesion:
1. Connectors

27. Interaction
04
Question Structures
Respond to Opinions

28. 4: Interaction - Question structures
Health Save money Free-time activities
1. What do you think? 2. Wouldn't you agree
that it will be cheaper
to live in the
countryside?
3. Don´t you think it
would be fun to have a
garden?

29. Practise

30. 1: Opening lines – greet, introduce topic, and your role
Hi Ana. How's it going?
I was just thinking about you, because
remember last week when we were
talking about where we should live.
Well, I´ve been thinking about it, and it
seems to me that we should live in a flat
in the city centre as living in a city is super
fun.

31. 2: First Idea– Entertainment
In fact, if we live in the city centre, then
we can go shopping, visit museums, go to
the cinema, and eat out every day.
It would be perfect!

32. 3: Ask question?
What do you think?

33. 1: Respond to idea - introduce your role
Well, perhaps you’re right.
But, have you considered the advantages
of living in the countryside?

34. 2: Finishing lines
Perfect!
I´ll phone some estate agents to
make an appointment.

35. Congratulations!
You have finished your practice test

36. Review – how well did you do?
Ask yourself:
1. Did I say everything I had planned to
say?
2. What things went well/badly?
3. What things should I change to reduce
my mistakes?
4. How can I improve?

37. Apply
Apply the technique

38. Role A: Open fast food restaurant
Your friend and you want to open a
new business in your town. You
consider that the best option is to
open a new fast food restaurant.
Explain why this restaurant would be
the best option. Try to convince your
partner. You need to come to an
agreement. You start
New Exam Question
Role B: Open vegetarian restaurant
Your friend and you want to open a
new business in your town. You
consider that the best option is to
open a new vegetarian restaurant.
Explain why this restaurant would be
the best option. Try to convince your
partner. You need to come to an
agreement.
YOU BEGIN

39. Apply 03
New Restaurant: Fast food / Vegetarian
02
Practise End dialogueInteraction ReviewOpening lines
Plan ConnectBrainstorm Interactive TechniquesUnderstand01
New Question

40. Resources
&Tips
04

41. Dialogue template for your notes
Greetings: (formal/informal)
Opening Lines: 1) Introduce the topic. 2) Explain your role & say your first idea
3 different IDEAS
connect 3 GRAMMAR points
3 different
QUESTION structures
3 different
RESPONSES
1 +/- Partly agree
2 - Disagree
3 + Agree
Closing Lines: Negotiate an agreement & confirm you agree or disagree

42. 1. Use the Inglés Málaga B1 EOI Diálogo Guía
Pràctica to help you plan and practise different
exam questions. www.inglesmalaga.com
2. The practical guide includes:
● Examples of different types of dialogues –
formal & informal
● Exam-ready sentences using a wide variety of
grammatical structures, vocabulary and
connectors for you to copy and adapt
● A useful list of connectors
● A useful list of adverbial phrases & linkers
● Suggestions on how to start & end dialogues
● Suggestions on how to negotiate an
agreement
Dialogue & Interaction Guide

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