The Speakingexam is in 3 parts:

Two roleplays (A and B for Foundation or B and C for Higher candidates). Each roleplay is worth 10 marks

Then, you have to talk for up to 1 minute on a subject of your choice, providing it is about one of the 5 topics. For example: you could talk about your school and this is part of the Education topic, just don’t talk about your holidays as well as it falls under the Home and Abroad topic! Do you follow? If in doubt, ask your teacher! Questions on your chosen topic will follow for another minute and a half for Foundation and 2 minutes and an half for Higher

Finally, the last part of the Speaking exam is a “conversation”. I have used inverted commas because, of course, it does not feel like a conversation! It is just the examiner (usually your teacher) asking you questions on one topic (one of the remaining 4, have I lost you? never mind, ask your teacher!). The purpose of this is for you to be given the opportunities to show off! Your teacher will ask you questions which will help you show that you can give your opinion with reasons and use at least 3 tenses etc... You have to speak for about another 2 minutes and a half for Foundation and 3 and a half minutes for Higher.It goes quicker than you think!

Both the speech and the conversation are marked together out of 30. It is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the marking scheme. Notice that pronunciation is important!