10 Best Tips for your IELTS Speaking Test Day

hello my friends and today I'm going to share with you 10 tips for your IELTS speaking test that will help guarantee your success on test day let's jump straight into it [Music] hello everybody my name is Keith and just in case you don't know me I run a website called IELTS speaking success giving you resources ideas and model answers to help you improve your English give better answers and get a higher score on the IELTS speaking test also I run Facebook and YouTube live lessons free lessons for everybody every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m. Spanish time go and check it out in the links below now come closer now listen imagine that you've prepared for your IELTS speaking test for months right you've been preparing you've had lessons you've watched videos you've done a mock test you've got a speaking partner and you're ready to go and then it's test day you get a bit nervous you check your Facebook and you think everybody's better than me and then you start getting a bit anxious and you start to lose your confidence you go into the test room the examiner doesn't smile you start making mistakes and then the examiner keeps interrupting you and it all goes belly-up well listen don't let that happen to you get a pen and paper listen carefully make notes and follow these tips to make sure your test day is a success and that you get the score you deserve let's get into it so my first tip is go to bed early the night before the test test a is a big day even if it's just this be in test you need to be on form right energetic and alert and awake so you need to sleep well there is no point in cramming and studying the night before until the early hours it's not gonna help it's not gonna change your English speaking at this late stage so don't study maybe watch a film in English listen to a podcast in English but relax go to bed early so the next day you're full of beans ready for your IELTS speaking test number two breathe and focus one of the biggest problems all candidates have is nerves getting nervous makes them anxious make mistakes and very quickly you can lose all of your confidence so the thing to do in the morning right you've got up early you've had a big breakfast you get to the venue on time find a place a quiet place just for two minutes and breathe you can call this meditation mindfulness following the breath it's just taking time to breathe and notice your breathing so you breathe in and out do this with me just now I'll show you breathe in and out don't try to breathe just let your body breathe but you can notice the breath maybe you can feel it on your nostrils down in your abdomen and when it comes out maybe on your lips or on your nostrils and just follow that breath it is an amazing way to get focused try it with me just for two breaths it's an amazing way to get into that moment and to get really focused it's not easy to do you can't just do it like that it's a bit like the gym or speaking English you do need to train and practice so maybe for the the week before the test every morning just find a quiet place and sit for two minutes and follow the breath do it first thing when you get up when the house is quiet if you've got lots of children and people around the house do it in the toilet go in the toilet and when you've finished your business or brushing your teeth just follow the breath if anybody knocks on the door don't say I'm meditating doesn't work oh you could do that later say I'm on the toilet because everybody understands you're on the toilet oh right okay let him be that's okay and then have that two minutes every day follow the breath just let it be tip number three smile before you enter the room the exam room okay because when you smile your body changes your physiology changes and your psychology changes you start to feel better and you will project a bit of energy which hopefully will make the examiner feel better so smile just a few seconds before you go into the room and get ready and this will help you relax and help the examiner relax tip number four make your first answers in the introduction short the introduction I mean the questions about either your home hometown or family not family about your home hometown work or study you'll just get one or two questions there it really is a warm up so keep your answers short because if you make them longer you've got a good chance of making mistakes and hesitating and it's a bad first impression so keep it really short and make it a better impression for example right what do you do well I'm a teacher I've been teaching for about ten years boom stop it's enough right do you like your job yeah I do actually I really enjoy it particularly making videos and teaching students and watching them progress boom stop keep it short warm up that's it tip number five take your time when you answer in part one but particularly part three don't rush into your answer what a lot of people do is they get a bit nervous they hear the question and they start speaking before they've got their first idea it's fine to stop for a second or two just be silent and then give your answer for example do you cook yes I do cook I've been cooking since I was a kid I'm really enjoying it actually my favorite dish is paella so I took a few seconds to stop and think get my first idea at least and then I can make up the rest as I go but be careful that you don't do this do you cook yeah yeah I do yes oh no I don't cook well kind of I like to cook I am I saying I hate cooking and cook eggs but fry do I say now boiled egg oh what a mess tip number six don't worry if the examiner interrupts you or cuts in they often do this because they have a certain number of questions they have to ask you and they want to test you each question will be testing something different so they want to see also the range of vocabulary on different topics so they're always cutting and changing question to see if you can show that range of vocabulary and language and to see if you can react quickly to a different question it's perfectly normal don't worry it's not necessarily a bad thing actually it can be a very good thing sometimes because maybe the examiner has heard enough and they want to move to the next topic so they cut in go to the next question it will happen just relax breathe and move on to the next question tip number seven remember in part 1 and actually part 2 it's all about you your personal experience so try not to talk in wide vague general terms right if somebody asks you know do you get up early in the morning don't say yes getting up early in the morning is very good for you I think it's a great habit that everybody should adopt that's not about you that's very very general change it to I yes I get up very early in the morning I think it's a great habit and I'm really happy it's one that I've adapted or not adapted adopted can you see the difference i me not vagaries number eight in part three develop your answers that's key the simple way to do it give an opinion give a reason and give an example and make it really specific examples why because it gives and brings out much richer vocabulary and that's what you want to show off to the examiner right so don't wait for them to say why for example give that information tell them your opinion why and give some examples and that can be done very simply with I would say blah blah blah because blah blah blah for blah blah blah imagine this question what are the advantages of living in a big city well I would say one of the biggest advantages is there are more job opportunities and I think that's because a lot of the big companies tend to put their headquarters in the big cities for example HSBC an international bank it has its main headquarters in London and other branches in other cities in fact I think in London they have a branch down on near Trafalgar Square it takes up about 3 floors of this high-rise building and they must have over 200 employees there so with a specific example new language comes out branch employees three-story high-rise building suddenly it's a different wider set of vocabulary and that's what you want to show off so remember develop your part 3 answers [Music] number 9 be as natural as possible imagine if you can that the examiner is a new friend you've just met and you're chatting over a coffee they want to find out some things about you you want to tell them some things about yourself and so just speak as naturally as you can with the kind of language you would use when speaking naturally yes your focus is on your language vocabulary and grammar but you want to do it in a very natural way not an artificial way one of the biggest problems many students have is when it comes into an exam they go into an exam mode it's becoming a bit of a robot right so what do you do oh I am a teacher I have been teaching for 10 years now I really enjoy it it is a it is a really good job infinity and you become a little bit robotic now if you were speaking to a friend well so what do you do I'm a teacher actually yeah I've been teaching for around 10 years it's a pretty good job yeah I kind of enjoy it so you want to be getting that feeling of naturalness when you speak yes remember some nice vocabulary that'd be natural it sounds like an advert for perfume or an advert for soap let's go on to the next tip the last tip last but not least is a bit strange and I know you're gonna think I'm nuts right and I'm crazy but tip number 10 is enjoy the test are you crazy enjoy the test it's the most nerve-wracking horrible experience ever well exactly and that's the problem because you think it is it probably will be but if you think you're gonna enjoy the test remember that little smile before you work at walk in the room all of that enjoying your experience there whilst still being alert and awake and producing your best language enjoy the test it will change your behavior it will change what's going on up up here something's going on up here for the better if you can try and enjoy the test and it really really does work believe me have a go and see so guys I hope these 10 tips will help you prepare better and give your best performance on the test day if you want to keep learning with me of course follow YouTube's command join me YouTube live Facebook live Tuesday Thursday 10:00 a.m. we have a whale of a time it's brilliant come along I look forward to seeing you there in the meantime take care stay safe bye bye [Music]

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Length: 16min 39sec (999 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 11 2020