BEC Vantage sample speaking test Time allowed | 14 minutes In the BEC speaking test there are normally two candidates and two examiners. One examiner will talk, ask questions and generally instruct the candidates about the different tasks in the speaking while the other examiner listens to the communication interchange. The second examiner will not talk or participate actively in the process. The BEC Vantage speaking test is divided into three parts BEC speaking Part 1 Conversation | approximately 3 minutes duration The examiner will encourage the candidates to talk about themselves and to give their personal opinions in this part of the BEC speaking test. BEC speaking Part 2 Mini-presentation | approximately 6 minutes duration In this part of the BEC speaking test individual candidates are presented with a card with three topics related to business on it. Each topic will have two related ideas for a talk. Each candidate will choose one of the ideas and will have one