CELPIP Speaking Course
Structure, fluency, and task-specific responses
Prepare for all eight CELPIP Speaking tasks with clear structures, natural vocabulary, developed examples, timed practice, and recording-based review.
Learning outcome: Prepare, record, and review spoken responses with flexible organization, an understandable pace, and complete attention to each prompt.
Lessons
Learning path Speaking
- 1
Lesson 1
Before speaking: Understand, prepare, and organize
A good response starts before the microphone turns on. First identify what you need to communicate; then choose ideas you can develop clearly.
28 min - 2
Lesson 2
Natural vocabulary and clear delivery
Speaking precisely does not mean always choosing the longest word. It means expressing your intended meaning with language that fits the situation and is easy to understand.
30 min - 3
Lesson 3
Task 1: Giving Advice
In Giving Advice, you help someone decide or prepare for something. You have 30 seconds to prepare and 90 to speak. Your advice should address their situation with reasons and practical examples.
28 min - 4
Lesson 4
Task 2: Talking about a Personal Experience
In Talking about a Personal Experience, you narrate something you experienced and explain why it mattered. You have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 to speak.
24 min - 5
Lesson 5
Tasks 3 and 4: Describe and predict
Both tasks begin with a visual scene but require different skills. In Task 3, you describe what you can observe; in Task 4, you predict what might happen next. Each allows 30 seconds of preparation and 60 seconds of response time.
32 min - 6
Lesson 6
Task 5: Comparing and Persuading
Comparing and Persuading has two parts. First, you have 60 seconds to compare two options and choose one without speaking. A new option then appears: you have 60 seconds to prepare and 60 to persuade the person that your choice is more suitable.
30 min - 7
Lesson 7
Task 6: Dealing with a Difficult Situation
In Dealing with a Difficult Situation, you choose between two ways of responding to a dilemma and communicate your decision. You have 60 seconds to prepare and 60 to speak.
26 min - 8
Lesson 8
Task 7: Express and support an opinion
In Expressing Opinions, you take a position on a question and develop it. You have 30 seconds to prepare and 90 to speak.
30 min - 9
Lesson 9
Task 8: Describing an Unusual Situation
In Describing an Unusual Situation, you describe an image to someone who cannot see it. You have 30 seconds to prepare and 60 to speak.
26 min - 10
Lesson 10
Practise, review, and improve your response
Knowing strategies does not replace practice. Turn your recordings into evidence: listen, identify one priority, and respond again.
30 min