Starting a Community Choir at the Bankstown Centre
Community programs officer (speaking English) and Choir organiser (speaking Spanish) talk through “Starting a Community Choir at the Bankstown Centre”. You interpret both ways — English into Spanish, and Spanish into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Español
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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Hello, take a seat. Tell me about your idea. You'd like to start a community choir here at the Bankstown centre, is that right?
Model answer and marking points
Hola, siéntese. Cuénteme su idea. Le gustaría formar un coro comunitario aquí en el centro de Bankstown, ¿es así?
What an examiner checks here:
- greeting, invitation to sit
- question: tell me about your idea
- wants to start a community choir
- here at the Bankstown centre
- question: is that right?
Easy to miss: The final tag question must stay a confirmation question, not become a statement.
Sí, señor, así es. Quiero formar un coro con gente latina del barrio. Necesitamos una sala para ensayar los jueves por la noche.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, sir, that's right. I want to form a choir with Latino people from the neighbourhood. We need a room to rehearse on Thursday nights.
What an examiner checks here:
- confirms the idea
- choir with Latino people from the neighbourhood
- needs a room to rehearse
- Thursday nights
Easy to miss: "Los jueves por la noche" means every Thursday night, a recurring slot, not just one Thursday.
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Interpret it aloud now →Lovely. Our rehearsal room is free on Thursdays at seven in the evening. Hire is forty-five dollars a session, and I'll lodge bookings with Canterbury-Bankstown Council for you.
Model answer and marking points
Qué bien. Nuestra sala de ensayo está libre los jueves a las siete de la tarde. El alquiler cuesta cuarenta y cinco dólares por sesión, y yo me encargo de presentar las reservas ante el Concejo de Canterbury-Bankstown por usted.
What an examiner checks here:
- rehearsal room free on Thursdays
- at seven in the evening
- hire is $45 per session
- I will lodge bookings for you
- with Canterbury-Bankstown Council
Easy to miss: Keep "per session" with the $45 and note that the speaker, not the client, lodges the bookings with the council.
Perfecto, a esa hora la mayoría puede venir después del trabajo. Cuarenta y cinco dólares por ensayo está bien, pero primero tengo que ver si reúno suficiente gente para pagar la sala.
Model answer and marking points
Perfect, at that time most people can come after work. Forty-five dollars a rehearsal is fine, but first I need to see whether I can gather enough people to pay for the room.
What an examiner checks here:
- 7 pm suits, most can come after work
- $45 per rehearsal is acceptable
- first must see if enough people join
- need enough people to pay for the room
Easy to miss: The price is accepted, but only on the condition that enough people join first.
Sensible. How many members do you need to make it work? And have you found a conductor yet, someone to lead the rehearsals?
Model answer and marking points
Es sensato. ¿Cuántos integrantes necesita para que funcione? ¿Y ya encontró a un director, alguien que dirija los ensayos?
What an examiner checks here:
- that's sensible
- question: how many members needed to make it work
- question: have you found a conductor yet
- conductor leads the rehearsals
Easy to miss: There are two separate questions, and the second one asks whether she has already found a conductor, not whether she needs one.
Necesitamos veinte integrantes para empezar. Todavía no tengo director, pero conozco a una profesora de música que tal vez acepte si le ofrecemos un pequeño pago por ensayo.
Model answer and marking points
We need twenty members to start. I don't have a conductor yet, but I know a music teacher who might accept if we offer a small payment per rehearsal.
What an examiner checks here:
- twenty members needed to start
- no conductor yet
- knows a music teacher
- she might accept
- if offered small payment per rehearsal
Easy to miss: "Tal vez acepte" is only a possibility, not a confirmed yes, and "todavía no" means not yet.
Good. If she can't be paid at first, many conductors start as volunteers. Now, how will you recruit members? We can put a notice on our community noticeboard.
Model answer and marking points
Bien. Si al principio no se le puede pagar, muchos directores empiezan como voluntarios. Ahora, ¿cómo va a reclutar integrantes? Podemos poner un aviso en nuestro tablón de anuncios comunitario.
What an examiner checks here:
- if she can't be paid at first
- many conductors start as volunteers
- question: how will you recruit members
- offer to put a notice on community noticeboard
Easy to miss: "If she can't be paid at first" is a condition about the teacher, not a refusal to pay.
Me parece muy bien lo del tablón. También voy a correr la voz en la iglesia, en el grupo de WhatsApp de mi barrio y entre las familias de la escuela de mis hijos. ¿Puedo poner un cartel en la entrada?
Model answer and marking points
I think the noticeboard is a great idea. I'm also going to spread the word at church, in my neighbourhood WhatsApp group and among the families at my children's school. Can I put a poster at the entrance?
What an examiner checks here:
- noticeboard is a good idea
- will spread the word at church
- neighbourhood WhatsApp group
- families at children's school
- question: can I put a poster at the entrance?
Easy to miss: The last sentence is a request for permission (a question), and the three recruitment channels must all be kept.
Yes, a poster in the foyer is fine. Please don't stick it on the glass doors. Could you start with a trial session before committing to regular bookings?
Model answer and marking points
Sí, un cartel en el vestíbulo no hay problema. Por favor, no lo pegue en las puertas de vidrio. ¿Podría empezar con una sesión de prueba antes de comprometerse con reservas regulares?
What an examiner checks here:
- poster in the foyer is fine
- don't stick it on the glass doors
- question: could you start with a trial session
- before committing to regular bookings
Easy to miss: The foyer is allowed but the glass doors are not; don't lose the negative instruction.
Entendido, nada en las puertas de vidrio. Sí, me conviene mucho una prueba. Si en el primer ensayo vienen menos de veinte personas, preferiría no firmar nada todavía. ¿Podríamos reservar solo el primer jueves?
Model answer and marking points
Understood, nothing on the glass doors. Yes, a trial suits me very well. If fewer than twenty people come to the first rehearsal, I'd prefer not to sign anything yet. Could we book just the first Thursday?
What an examiner checks here:
- understands nothing on glass doors
- a trial suits her very well
- if fewer than twenty come to first rehearsal
- would prefer not to sign anything yet
- question: could we book only the first Thursday
Easy to miss: "Menos de veinte" means fewer than twenty, and the final sentence is a question.
Yes, we can hold one Thursday. Fill in this form, and I'll confirm regular bookings once you know your numbers after the trial. What's the choir called?
Model answer and marking points
Sí, podemos reservar un jueves. Llene este formulario, y yo confirmaré las reservas regulares cuando sepa cuántas personas tiene después de la prueba. ¿Cómo se llama el coro?
What an examiner checks here:
- can hold one Thursday
- fill in this form
- will confirm regular bookings
- after she knows her numbers following the trial
- question: what's the choir called
Easy to miss: Regular bookings are confirmed only after the trial, once she knows her numbers.
Se llama Coro Latino de Bankstown, a nombre de Marisol Quiroga. Muchas gracias, señor, así me quedo mucho más tranquila. Esta misma tarde empiezo a avisar a la gente.
Model answer and marking points
It's called Coro Latino de Bankstown, under the name of Marisol Quiroga. Thank you very much, sir, that puts my mind much more at ease. This very afternoon I'll start letting people know.
What an examiner checks here:
- choir name Coro Latino de Bankstown
- booking under Marisol Quiroga
- thanks the officer
- feels much more at ease
- starts telling people this afternoon
Easy to miss: "Esta misma tarde" means this very afternoon, today, not later in the week.
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