Tips for IELTS Speaking.docx

Tips for IELTS Speaking.docx

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TipsforIELTSSpeaking

Prelude

Wearclothesyoufeelcomfortablein

Manycandidatesbelievethattheirclotheswillhaveanimpactontheirscore.Thisisuntrue.Wearclothesthatyoufeelcomfortablein.Theexaminers（andyouscore）willnotbeinfluencedbyyourappearance,butyouwillperformbetterifyoufeelthatyouaretidyandreasonabledressed.

Goingintotheexaminationroom

Waitoutsidetheexaminationroomuntiltheexaminerinvitesyouin.Ifyouentertheroomunasked,youmaydisturbtheexaminer（whichislikelytoputhim/herinabadmood!

）.Theremaybeevenstillbeacandidateintheroomandneithertheexaminernorthecandidatewillthankyoufordisturbingtheinterview.Forthesamereason,donotknockonthedoorortalktoothercandidatesoutsidetheroom.Youwouldn’tlikeyourspeakingtesttobeinterrupted,wouldyou?

Whattotakewithyou

TakeyourIDcardwithyou,butdonottakeyourmobilephone（oranyelectronicdevice）orpaperorpens/pencilsintotheexaminationroom.ManycandidateshavetriedtocheatintheIELTSSpeakingModule,soexaminerstendtoreactbadlyifyouevenappeartobecheating.Testcentreshavespecialareaswherecandidatescanleavetheirpersonalbelongings,butthesemaynotbeverysecure.Ifyouareworriedaboutsomeonestealingyourmobilephonewhileyouaretakingthetest,don’teventakeitwithyouonthetestday.

Beginningandendingtheinterview

Atthebeginning,simplygreettheexaminerwith“Hello”or“Goodafternoon”.Theexaminerwillguideyouthroughthetest.Attheendsimplysay“Thankyou.Good-bye.”Thenleavetheroom.Inparticular,avoidpoeticphrasessuchas“Ithasbeenagreatpleasureandhonourtohavesuchawonderfulandlovelydiscussionwithyou.”Theexaminerisjustdoingajob.UsingsuchphrasesindicatesthatyoucannotuseEnglishappropriately!

GivingyournameandyourIDcard

Whentheexaminerasksyournameatthebeginningofthetest,don’tbeginaspeechaboutwhatyournamemeansorwhyyouweregivenyourname.Youcangiveyour“English”name,butonlydosoafteryouhavegivenyourfullChinesename.Manycandidatessaythattheir“English”nameissomethinglike“Pierre”or“Dark”.“Pierre”isaFrenchnameand“Dark”isusedasanadjectivefarmoreoftenthanitisasaname.Saysomethinglike“MynameisDuTailei,butyoucancallmeJason.”

Someexaminersdon'tlikeitifyougivethemyourIDcardbeforetheyaskforit.Othersdon’tmind.Playitsafeandwaituntilyouareaskedforit.MakesurethatyourIDcardisthesameoneyouusedtoregisterforthetest,oryoumaynotbeallowedtotakethetest.

Part1

Part1timing

Inpart1,theexaminerwillaskyouabout3topicsforatotalof4–5minutes.Thatmeansanaverageof90secondspertopic.Theexaminerwilltrytoaskyou3–4questionspertopic,soyouraverageanswershouldbe20–30secondslong.Ofcourse,youwillprobablygive1–2longeranswersand1–2shorterones,whichisfine.Justmakesurethatyouraverageansweris20–30secondslong.Iftheexaminerfeelsthatyouransweristoolong,he/shemaystopyou.Thisisnotaproblemunlessyouhavebeenrepeatingyourselfornotansweringthequestion.

Firsttopic

Thefirsttopicisalwaysoneofthefollowingfive:

a）Yourwork

b）Yourstudies

c）Yourhometown

d）Whereyoulivenow

e）Yourhome

Besuretocreateagoodexpressionbyansweringthesequestionsparticularlywell.Ifyoucannotanswerthesequestionswell,youaretellingtheexaminerthatyouareunpreparedforthetest.

Iftheexaminerwantstoaskaboutyourworkorstudies,thefirstquestionwillbe“Doyouworkorareyouastudent?

”Youcanjustgiveasimpleanswerandthentheexaminerwillcontinue.

InEnglish,yourhometowniswhereyougrewup–whereyouspentmostofyourchildhood.

Yourhomeisthehouse,flatordormyoulivein.

Longanswers

Donotspendtoomuchtimeansweringonequestionoransweringquestionsononetopicfromthe3theexaminerwillaskyouaboutinpart1.Thisindicatestotheexaminerthatyouhavepreparedverywellforonequestionortopicwhichcouldappearinthetestandmaynotwanttoriskbeingaskedaquestiononanothertopic.Evenanaveragestudentisexpectedtobeabletotalkaboutseveraldifferenttopics.

Longanswersarenotalwaysgoodanswers.Ifyouthinkyouhaveansweredaquestion,wheninfactyouhavenot,youhavewastedtime.Ifyougivealonganswer,butmuchofwhatyousayisrepetition,youwillhavewastedtime.

Part2

Part2preparation

First,theexaminerreadstheinstructionsandhandsthestudentacuecard.Thecuecardhastheinstructionsforpart2atthetop.Theexaminerwillreadtheseinstructions,soyouhearthemandseethem.Thisgreatlyreducesthechancesofamisunderstanding.

Inthemiddleofthecuecard,thereisthemainquestionalongwith4