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“WhatcanIcallyou?

”（=WhatshallIcallyou?

=WhatshouldIcallyou?

=Whatwouldyoulikemetocallyou?

）

3. 

“Canyoutellmewhereyou’refrom?

”（=Whereareyoufrom?

4. 

“CanIseeyouridentification,please?

”（=CouldIseeyouridentification,please?

=MayIseeyouridentification,please?

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（Theexaminerisusuallyreferredtoas"

he"

onthispagebecausewriting,"

heorshe"

istoocumbersome.Actually,about40%oftheexaminersarefemale.）

The‘Introductory’phaseofthetestconsistsofagreetingfromtheexaminer,followedbyfourquestions.Themainpurposeofthispartistocheckthecandidate’sidentity.Atthesametime,theexaminerbeginstogetanimpressionofthecandidate’sEnglishability.

Althoughthisis（indirectly）partofthetest,youshouldnotgivelong,detailedanswersbecause:

a） 

Long,detailedanswersarenotappropriateforthesequestionsand,

b） 

Theexaminerwantstodothispartofthetestquitequickly,inabout30seconds.

Sincethisistheverybeginningofthetestandsincetheexaminerwantstodothispartquickly,trytoavoidcausingtheexaminertoaskyoutorepeatwhatyoujustsaid.

Thefourquestionsarestandardquestionsthatareusedineverytest.Therefore,sinceweknowexactlywhatthequestionswillbe,itisagoodideatolookattheminordertoavoidmakingunnecessarymistakes.

Whentheexaminerfirstturnsonthetaperecorder,hemakesashortstatementintothetaperecorder,statingsuchinformationasthedate,locationandthecandidate’sname.

1.Thentheexaminersayssomethinglike:

“Goodmorning.Myname’sJohn.Couldyoutellmeyourfullname,please?

”

∙Manyexaminerssaythesethreesentencestogether,withoutpausingaftersaying,“Goodmorning.Myname'

sX.” 

Becausetheexaminerdoesnotpausetowaitforthecandidatetoreturnthegreeting,mostcandidatesjustanswerthequestionwithoutreturningthegreeting.However,it’sbothgoodmannersandmorefriendlytoreturnagreeting.Inotherwords,youshouldinclude“Goodmorning.”or“Goodafternoon”inyouranswer.Ifyoucancatchtheexaminer’sname（withoutaskinghimtorepeatitbecausehewantstodothissectionquitefast）thenyoushouldalsoincludehisorhernameinyouranswer.

∙Don'

tsay, 

“Goodmorning,Mr.John.”ThewordsMr.,Miss,Mrs.andMs.areonlyusedbeforeaperson'

ssurnameand“John”isnot（usually）asurname.Theexaminerusuallyjustsayshisorhergivenname（firstname）,nottheirfullname. 

∙Asuitablereplyis:

“Goodmorning,John.MynameisWangJianfeng.”Ifyoudonotincludehisname,itdoesn’tmattertoomuchbutrememberthattheexaminerisahumanbeingandhearingyousayhisnamewouldbeapleasantsurpriseforhim!

Hewillthinkofyou,“Whataniceperson!

∙Throughoutthespeakingtest,itisbesttousethecontractedformsofEnglishwheneverpossiblebutinthisfirstanswer,itisperfectlyappropriatetosay,“Mynameis”ratherthan,“Myname’s”.ItisappropriateherebecausewhenapersonstateshisorhernameinasituationsuchastheIELTSinterview,theyusuallywanttosayitveryclearlysothatthelistenermakesnomistakewiththename.Don'

tforget,theexaminerisverifyingyouridentityhere. 

∙It’soktosay,“Goodmorning,John.MyfullnameisWangJianfeng.”butit’snotreallynecessarytorepeattheword,“full”.However,youdefinitelymustsayyourcompletename–don’tjustsay,“Myname’sWang.”

∙EventhoughyouarespeakingaChinesename,youstillshouldspeakitclearlyfortheforeigner.Infact,youshouldspeakitmoreclearlythanyouwouldifyouwerespeakingtoaChineseperson.Thisisbecauseitisimportantfortheexaminertoconfirmthatitreallyisyousittingthereandnotyourbrotherorsomeoneelse.Theexaminerhasyourapplicationforminfrontofhimandyournameiswrittenonitinhanyupinyin.Remember,theexaminerdoesnotwanttowastetimebyaskingyoutorepeatyournamebecausehedidn’thearitclearly.

∙Don’tchangetheorderofyournameandsayyournameis,“JianfengWang”.（Evenifyoudothetestoverseas,respectyourChinesenamingsystem.） 

Besides,yournamewillbewrittenas,"

WangJianfeng"

ontheapplicationform,whichiswhattheexaminerislookingatasyousayyourname.

∙Don’tsay,“MyChinesenameis_____”.Itiscompletelyunnecessarytosaytheword,“Chinese”becausethepurposehereistocheckyourlegalidentity,thatis,yourrealname;

youonlyhaveonelegalnameandthatisyourChinesename.Thewordingofthequestion,“...yourfullname...”showsthatthisisaseriousquestionandthattheexaminerwantsyoutosayyourrealname.YourEnglishname,ifyouhaveone,isnomoresignificantthananickname;

youcanchangeitatanytime.

∙Don’tspellyourname. 

（Onlyspellitiftheexaminercan'

tunderstandyourpronunciationofit.） 

∙Don’tsay,“WangismyfamilynameandJianfengismygivenname.”Thequestiondidn’taskyoutoexplainyourname.SometimesthereisaPart1topicconcerning‘Names’andinsuchatopic,explainingyournamecouldbesuitable.Butnothere.SayingthatalsogivestheexaminerthefeelingthatyouranswercomesfromanIELTSbook.Youshouldavoidcausingtheexaminertothinkthisbecauseexaminersverymuchpreferoriginalanswersfromyou.TheonlytimewhenitmightbeappropriatetoexplainwhichisyoursurnameandwhichisyourgivennameisifyouareaChinesepersondoingtheIELTStestoverseas. 

∙Don’tcalltheexaminer,“Sir”,“Miss”or“Madame”.Ifyoudidn’thearhisorhername,justsay,“Goodmorning.”withoutsayinghisorhername.Using“Sir”, 

“Miss”or“Madame”isasignthatyoueitherconsidertheexaminertobeateacherorthatyouarebeingunnecessarilyformalorthatyouconsidertheexaminertobeyour‘superior’–youshouldthinkoftheexaminerasanequal,notassomeonesuperiortoyou.Ifyouthinkoftheexaminerasanequal,youwillspeakmoreopenly,bemorerelaxedandgetabetterscorethanifyouthinkheorsheisasuperior, 

orsomekindof‘examininggod’.Remember,WesternersareusuallylessformalthanChinesepeople.

∙Theexaminer’squestionwas,“Couldyoutellmeyourfullname,please?

”andthissoundslikea“Yes/No”question.However,thisformofquestionisnotreallya“Yes/No”question;

it’sanindirectquestion,whichreallymeans,“Whatisyourfullname?

”Indirectquestionsareconsideredmorepolitethandirectquestions. 

∙Wheneveryouareaskedsuchanindirectquestion,youshouldnotanswerwith,“Yes”or,“Yes,Icould.”NativeEnglishspeakerssometimesdoanswersuchquestionsbyfirstsayingaveryquick,“Yes”butyoushouldnotsaythatbecausetheexaminermightthinkthatyouthinkitreallyisa“Yes/No”question. 

∙Somecandidatesgiveananswersuchasthis:

“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert.”Thisanswerisquiteacceptableandquitenaturalinanon-testsituation,forexample,ifyoumeetaforeigneronthebus.ButIsuggestyoudon'

tsaythatintheIELTSSpeakingtestbecausesomeexaminersmightthinkthatyoualreadyknewwhatthesecondquestionis（“WhatcanIcallyou?

”）andthatyouhadrehearsedyouranswerandexaminersdon’tlikeanswersthatseemtobeobviouslyrehearsed. 

Notonlythat,addingthewords,“...butyoucancallme...”inasituationwheresomeoneisverifyingyouridentityisalittleunsuitable.Ifapolicemanorabankclerkaskedyou,“Canyoutellmeyourfullname,please?

”wouldyouanswerwith,“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert”?

∙Inotherwords,Iwouldsayitisbetternottoadd,“...butyoucancallme...”afterthisquestion.Instead,waitfortheexaminer'

ssecondquestion.

2.Thentheexaminerwillsay:

“WhatcanIcallyou?

”（Or,“WhatshallIcallyou?

”）

Withthisquestion,theexaminerisindicatingthatheorshewouldliketoaddressyouinthetestwithsomenamethatisshorterandfriendlierthanyourfullname.Thisisasignthatthetestwillnotbeveryformalandseriousbutwillinstead,tosomeextent,havesomeofthefeaturesofafriendlychat.

However,asImentionedabove,itisbettertowaitfortheexaminertoindicatethis,withthissecondquestion,thanforyoutomakethedecisionontheformalitylevelofthetestbysaying,"

...butyoucancallme...."

.Lettheexaminerbeinchargeofthetest.

∙Youdon’tneedtouseanEnglishname!

ButifyoudouseanEnglishname,makesurethatitissimpleandeasyfortheexaminertounderstandthefirsttimeyousayit.It’sprobablybesttouseafairlycommonlyusedname.Forexample,noEnglishspeakerchoosestobecalled,“Apple”,evenasanickname.Thiskindofnamecouldcausetheexaminertoaskyoutorepeatyournamebecausehemightnotbesurehehearditcorrectly.

∙IfyoudochoosetosayanEnglishname,makesurethatyoucanpronounceitcorrectly!

MispronouncingyourownEnglish（nick）nameisanunnecessarymistakeandwouldnotgivetheexamineraverygoodimpression.Forexample,ifyourEnglishnameisHarry,don’tsay,“JustcallmeHairy.”（Seehereforthemeaningof"

hairy"

.）Or,ifyourEnglishnameisJustin,don’tsay,“JustcallmeJustine.”（JustineisthefemaleformofJustinandispronounceddifferently）. 

∙Occasionally,acandidatesayss