雅思考试口语技巧.docx

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雅思考试口语技巧

NotethatEVERYcandidateisaskedthesequestions,exactly（oralmostexactly）astheyarewrittenhere.

TheStandardIntroductionQuestions

1.  “Goodmorning（goodafternoon）.Myname’sX.Canyoutellmeyourfullname,please?

”  （=Pleasetellmeyourname.）

2.  “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.）

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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.Theonlytimewhenit might beappropriatetoexplainwhichisyoursurnameandwhichisyourgivennameisifyouareaChinesepersondoingtheIELTStestoverseas.  

∙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”but you shouldnotsaythatbecausetheexaminermightthinkthatyouthinkitreallyisa“Yes/No”question. 

∙Somecandidatesgiveananswersuchasthis:

“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert.”Thisanswerisquiteacceptableandquitenaturalinanon-testsituation,forexample,ifyoumeetaforeigneronthebus.ButIsuggestyoudon'tsaythatintheIELTSSpeakingtestbecausesomeexaminersmightthinkthatyoualreadyknewwhatthesecondquestionis（“WhatcanIcallyou?

”）andthatyouhadrehearsedyouranswerandexaminersdon’tlikeanswersthatseemtobe obviously rehearsed. 

Notonlythat,addingthewords,“...butyoucancallme...”inasituationwheresomeoneis verifyingyouridentity isalittleunsuitable.Ifapolicemanorabankclerkaskedyou, “Canyoutellmeyourfullname,please?

”wouldyouanswerwith, “MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert”?

∙Inotherwords,Iwouldsayitisbetter not toadd,“...butyoucancallme...”afterthisquestion.Instead,waitfortheexaminer'ssecondquestion.

1.Thentheexaminerwillsay:

 “WhatcanIcallyou?

” （Or,“WhatshallIcallyou?

”）

Withthisquestion,theexaminerisindicatingthatheorshewouldliketoaddressyouinthetestwithsomenamethatisshorterand friendlier thanyourfullname.Thisisasignthatthetestwillnotbeveryformalandseriousbutwillinstead,tosomeextent,havesomeofthefeaturesofafriendlychat.

However,asImentionedabove,itisbettertowaitfor theexaminer toindicatethis,withthissecondquestion,thanfor you tomakethedecisionontheformalitylevelofthetestbysaying,"...butyoucancallme....".Lettheexaminerbeinchargeofthetest.

∙Youdon’tneedtouseanEnglishname!

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

∙IfyoudochoosetosayanEnglishname,makesurethatyoucanpronounceitcorrectly!

MispronouncingyourownEnglish（nick）nameisanunnecessarymistakeandwouldnotgivetheexamineraverygoodimpression.Forexample,ifyourEnglishnameis Harry,don’tsay,“Justcallme Hairy.”（Seehereforthemeaningof"hairy".）Or,ifyourEnglishnameis Justin,don’tsay,“Justcallme Justine.”（JustineisthefemaleformofJustinandispronounceddifferently）. 

∙Occasionally,acandidatesayssomethingl