Wednesday, 12 November 2014

IELTS Speaking Tips

Hi and welcome to my IELTS Speaking  blog. I will be sharing ideas about the IELTS test and also about Pronunciation and Speaking tips. As I am now to blog writing it might seem a bit stiff but hopefully I will get the hang of it soon and you will find it useful. I have been teaching ESL for many years to hundreds of students from all corners of the globe. Recently I have been teaching IELTS online to students who want to work or study in Canada or the US. The IELTs is a very difficult exam and needs a lot of preparation even if your English is good the exam is very specific so I would advice everyone to get practice to increase your IELTS score.
It is very important to have teacher who is familiar with the latest changes to IELTS and who give you lots of feedback or criticism. Feedback is something you can’t get by self study or from doing an online course unless it is in real time with a real humans. The teacher can give you important speaking strategies allowing you to get the best score on your IELTS Speaking. Part 1 is the least important part and you should give short answers not more than a few sentences. For example, “Do you live in an house or an apartment?” Don’t ramble on about where you live and the examiner will have to stop you as this par this only a matter of seconds. You might say "I live in an apartment with my family in Toronto". The second question might be “Will you live there in the future? Again just a a sentence  like “No, actually, when I pass my IELTS I hope to move to Calgary and buy a house next year”.

Some students who haven’t taken a good course might speak for a few minutes and waste valuable time on a question that has a low impact. 
The examiner has to follow script so don't chat or ask any questions for Part 1 and Part 2 because they can not answer any questions.
The second part IELTS Speaking Part 1 talks about familiar topics e.g accommodations, daily routines, entertainment, family food, holidays, interests, shopping, studies and  work. try to give extended answers by giving reasons, examples and any other extra information the is relevant. Do not memorize long speeches as this will sound unnatural and will lose you marks.
If you were asked "Do you enjoying going shopping? "
A suitable and were might be:  I like going shopping with my sister. There's a big shopping centre in the town where we live and we often go there at the weekend to look around the shops and have coffee. There's an ice rink there too so we sometimes take my little brother, but he doesn't like shopping! If I need to get something expensive like new shoes I'll go with my mom because she can pay for them.

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