Guidelines and Sample of Speaking Module-2

     This tip refers to the whole Speaking test. Don’t start long and complicated sentences if you don’t know how to finish them! Keep your sentences simple, and words understandable. If you make grammatical error – it’s ok to correct yourself, but don’t overdo it, you must sound fluent.

     When you hear a question, your mind automatically draws an image with the answer. You can describe this image in your own language, but when you start to describe it in English, suddenly you don’t have enough words in your vocabulary. So try to think of what part of that image you can describe, do it and stop there. Don’t let yourself show what words you don’t know by saying incomplete sentences.

It can happen that the examiner asks you a question and you don’t have a clue what is he/she talking about. Don’t panic! Just say:

• I am not sure what you mean, could you be more specific?
• Could you repeat the question, please?

If you don’t have a ready answer and you are trying to borrow some time, say:

• Well, I never thought about that, but if I do, I would say that…
• Well, it is not a simple question.

If they ask for your opinion, you can start by saying:

• In my opinion…
• I think that…
• Well, if you ask me, …
• When it comes to me, I …

You will probably have to speak in present, past and future tenses. When asked to speak about future, say:

• I am sure that (something will/won’t happen)
• It is likely/unlikely that (some event will / won’t occur)

FINALLY!!! When leaving the room after the interview, look the examiner in the eyes, smile and simply say: “Thank you for your time. Good bye”.

Isn’t life great? ☺

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Guidelines and Sample of Speaking Module-1

Speaking test is the fun part of IELTS. Many people agree that the secret of success in the Speaking test is being confident and creative person. Does it mean that others will fail? Not at all! This test is PREDICTABLE. Use the following tips to prepare yourself to what's coming and the confidence will come.

These guidelines refer to every part of the speaking test. Stick to them and you will satisfy your examiner.

    * Speak without long pauses (When you are trying to thinkof something to say)

    * Understand what the examiner asks you and confirm that by answering accordingly

    * Demonstrate how many "smart" words you know.

    * Use all the tenses when you speak- past, present, future- and use them correctly.

    * Pronounce the words correctly. For example the word "culture" should sound like
      "kolcher" not "kultur"

    * Important! Accent has nothing to do with pronunciation, so it will not affect your score.

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Introduction to IELTS Speaking Module

Speaking Module:

     The Speaking module takes between 11 and 14 minutes. It consists of an oral interview between the candidate and an examiner.
There are three main parts:

Part 1

     The candidate and the examiner introduce themselves and then the candidate answers general questions about themselves, their home/family, their job/studies, their interests and a wide range of similar familiar topic areas. This part lasts between four and five minutes.

Part 2

     The candidate is given a task card with prompts and is asked to talk on a particular topic. The candidate has one minute to prepare and they can make some notes if they wish, before speaking for between one and two minutes. The examiner then asks one or two rounding-off questions.

Part 3

     The examiner and the candidate engage in a discussion of more abstract issues and concepts, which are thematically linked to the topic prompt in Part 2. The discussion lasts between four and five minutes.

    The Speaking module assesses whether candidates can communicate effectively in English. The assessment takes into account Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, and Pronunciation.

I have attached the video of  very good example of IELTS speaking test.

I will hopefully attach some more IELTS speaking test samples in my future post with more tips to satisfy your examiner to achieve good band.

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