CELPIP Speaking Course

A CELPIP Speaking course for the 2026 format: 19 lessons on the method for every task type, plus 9 worked drills, with practice built in. The first lesson is open to everyone.

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1 How CELPIP Speaking Works: 8 Tasks, About 20 Minutes CELPIP Speaking is eight tasks: 300 seconds of preparation, 540 seconds of recording, no pausing and no second takes. What each task asks, and when it runs. Free9 min
2 The Four Speaking Criteria The four CELPIP Speaking criteria explained: Content and Coherence, Vocabulary, Listenability and Task Fulfilment, each scored 1 to 12 and then averaged. Premium9 min
3 What to Do With 30 Seconds of Prep How to use the 30 or 60 seconds of CELPIP Speaking preparation time: the three things worth writing down and the one habit that wastes the whole window. Premium9 min
4 Filling the Time Without Padding Running short on a CELPIP Speaking task is measured and capped. So is padding. How to build answers that land within a few seconds of the recording limit. Premium9 min
5 Listenability: Pace, Pauses and Clarity Listenability in CELPIP Speaking is pace, pausing, clarity and sentence control. Accent is not scored. What the measurements show and how to move the band. Premium9 min
6 Hesitation, Fillers and the Long Pause Fillers, dead air and the four second pause in CELPIP Speaking: what the audio measurements show, what caps your band, and three drills that cut hesitation. Premium9 min
7 Describing a Picture Without Listing CELPIP Speaking Task 3 is 30 seconds prep and 60 seconds speaking on one illustration. How to describe rather than list, and why coverage is the wrong goal. Premium9 min
8 Predicting From a Picture CELPIP Speaking Task 4 asks what happens next in the Task 3 illustration. Why re-describing caps your band, and how to grade predictions by confidence. Premium9 min
9 Giving Advice That Sounds Like Advice CELPIP Speaking Task 1 gives 30 seconds prep and 90 seconds to advise someone. How to commit early, develop three pieces of advice and match the register. Premium9 min
10 Talking About a Personal Experience CELPIP Speaking Task 2 is 30 seconds prep and 60 seconds on one event from your life. Why a small story beats a big one, and the half candidates always drop. Premium9 min
11 Comparing and Persuading CELPIP Speaking Task 5 runs three screens: 60 seconds to choose, 60 to prepare, 60 to speak. Why the rejected option vanishes and what you must compare. Premium9 min
12 Dealing With a Difficult Situation CELPIP Speaking Task 6 gives 60 seconds prep and two people you could speak to. How to choose one, stay in that branch and propose a concrete resolution. Premium9 min
13 Expressing Opinions CELPIP Speaking Task 7 gives 30 seconds prep and 90 seconds to argue a position. How to commit, develop two reasons properly and concede without collapsing. Premium9 min
14 Describing an Unusual Situation CELPIP Speaking Task 8 is a circumlocution test: 30 seconds prep, 60 seconds to describe something odd to a person who cannot see it, ending in a request. Premium9 min
15 Speaking Vocabulary Under Time Pressure Vocabulary in CELPIP Speaking is precision and range under time pressure. How to reach for the word you have, build abstraction, and stop hunting for nouns. Premium9 min
16 Your Microphone Is Part of Your Score A CELPIP Speaking answer is only worth what the microphone captured. Mic placement, room noise, clipping and the silent recording that cannot be scored. Premium8 min
17 How Speaking Maps to CLB 1 to 12 How CELPIP Speaking levels map to CLB 1 to 12, what the level names mean, and the specific things a CLB 9 speaker does that a CLB 7 speaker does not do. Premium9 min
18 The Five Speaking Errors We See Most The five recurring CELPIP Speaking errors in the order worth fixing: stopping early, answering the wrong task, no request, no position, wrong register. Premium9 min
19 Speaking in the Final Week A seven day CELPIP Speaking plan in fifteen minutes a day: which drills to run, what to record, and what to stop doing in the final forty eight hours. Premium8 min

Drills

Worked question sets for each part of the speaking section, with every answer explained. These are open to everyone.