IELTS Speaking - Better Connectors, Better Fluency

when you're answering IELTS speaking questions do you sometimes ramble go round in circles get lost or even forget the question so yeah I think that I've forgotten the question and if you do it's bringing your fluency score down but don't worry you're not alone it happens to many people and in this video I'm going to show you some natural and advanced fillers and connectors that will up your fluency level hi my name is Keith if you don't know me I run the website IELTS speaking success trying to give you better English better answers and get a higher score on IELTS speaking I also run free live lessons on Facebook Facebook live every Tuesday and Thursday check out the link below 10 a.m. 10 a.m. Spanish time I also have an online course on udemy IELTS speaking success get AB and 7 plus check it out if it's right for you today then we're going to look at fillers and improving your fluency so fluency makes up 25% of your score in the IELTS speaking right it consists of hesitation I I be I live repetition I want I want I want I want I want to I want to arrange of connectives and discourse markers and what are they well connectives and discourse markers a rather fancy names for fillers and signposts to improve your fluency you need to be coherent you need to connect your ideas and your sentences with good connectors and fillers and show the examiner what you're going to say now many people have a limited range they repeat the same connectors and I think also I also think that and I think I think for a band 7 and above you need a wide range of connectors and discourse markers first and foremost I love desserts but that said I only eat them now and again so let's have a look at what we do in IELTS speaking we need to give opinions right add information emphasize clarify compare and contrast conclude and we'll be using different language to do this we may be saying for example I think also I really think I mean but however in conclusion and all of these are good but they're not enough you need a wider range of connectors to impress the examiner and really push up your fluency so let's have a look at each of these different areas and how we can expand your fillers so let's look first of all at opinions giving opinions take this question do you like going to museums well to be honest I'm not a big fan of museums honestly I'm not a big fan of museums so notice if the answers are no we can say well to be honest or honestly notice the rising falling intonation honestly if the answer is a positive Wow without a doubt I'm a big fan of museums absolutely I'm really into museums notice we can say yes or Wow without a doubt without a doubt or absolutely with quite a bit of emotion as well right absolutely show the emotion on your face absolutely it's nice to give some feeling you know IELTS speaking and here's another question do you think history is important now if your answer is yes it's very important you could say yeah I reckon it's essential for sure in my eyes it's really important because without it yep I'd say it's pretty important because without it yeah I reckon I reckon means I think it's more colloquial and really nice to use in IELTS speaking you could also say for sure in my eyes in my view all of these are good you can say yes yeah yep all of these are natural English and really good to use I would say or I'd say I advise you make the contraction I would say I'd say I'd I I'd say if you're not sure if it's important or not you may be using language like I guess so or I suppose so notice how you can mix them up right I guess so I suppose history gives us a sense of identity and I suppose so I guess history shapes our present-day culture and identity I guess so I suppose history dee dee dee dee I suppose so I guess history is important and notice the number one mistake the most common mistake is do you think history is important I think yes that's not right right you have to say this I think so yes it is important so be careful with that one let's move on let's look now how we can use some nice fillers and connectors to begin an answer here's one question what are the advantages of traveling by plane well first of all it's fast and really convenient first of all make sense right logical notice we often say well first well first of all and you're connecting first of all well to kick off its faster than most other means of transport well to kick off to kick off it's like the football match right to begin to kick off is just to begin well to begin or to kick off for starters it's faster than most other means of transport now that's a really nice colloquial filler for starters often we use it for the first course of a meal but also when you're talking to say to begin with for starters nice let's move on now a look at the same question the advantages of flying and how we can add information what fillers can we use here well we can use another thing is on top of that as far as I know to my knowledge all of these are great let's see these in action another thing is apparently flying is the safest way to travel on top of that flying is said to be the safest way to travel as far as I know flying is the safest way to travel to my knowledge flying is the safest way to travel and now for emphasizing there are different ways we can emphasize a nice one rather complex but higher level is this one I'd go as far as to say which means I would add even more emphatically I would go as far as here to say something let's have a look I'd go as far as saying flying is the best way to travel hands down hands down is a lovely expression hands down just means for sure undoubtedly make notes start practicing it we can also use actually as a matter of fact in fact and here's the thing notice the intonation is really important actually usually has that falling and rising information and that mm indicates you're going to carry on actually I think this actually flying is the safest way to travel let's have a look at these in action actually flying is the safest way to travel as a matter of fact flying is the safest way to travel in fact flying is the safest way to travel and here's the thing apparently flying is the safest way to travel now when we move to giving examples there are many ways we can do it the common ones for example for instance take me four eggs take me as an example take me as an example let's see some of these in action for instance to my norwich Qantas airlines has never had a fatal accident ever you can see this with Qantas airlines as far as I know they've never had a fatal accident ever I love that last one you can see this with Samsung you can see this with Apple so whichever your example is it's a really nice smooth natural way to give an example let's move on now apart question is often why does some people do this now this is a difficult question because it's very open and often we want to clarify what we mean or what we're going to talk about and one of the great strategies in part three is with the why do some people question is to break it down to look at different kinds of people right we can talk about young people parents old people workers unemployed break it down and so to do that we use very simple clarifying techniques my favorite is this one if we're talking about young people I reckon they move to the city in search of better job opportunities did you get that if we're talking about if we are talking about something or someone if we're talking about mmm great here's another example if we're talking about parents I suppose they want a better school for their children let's look now at contrasting contrasting similar to comparing but where we look at a and then contrast it with B so often we use the word but there is this but there's that but is the most overused connector what other ways we can use to express that well however that said mind you at the same time and notice with most of these we have that falling rising intonation that said mind you and it just indicates that we're going to carry on speaking it's great natural intonation lovely connector let's see in practice the same question as before why do some people choose to live in the city rather than in the countryside if we're talking about young people I reckon they move to the city in search of better job opportunities that said many people who work remotely choose to live in the suburbs or even the countryside if we're talking about parents I suppose they want a better school for their kids mind you nowadays there are lots of good quality schools to be found in rural areas too can you see how that works brilliant start practicing and let's wind up with concluding hat concluding there are different ways to conclude finally to summarize in conclusion I think some of the more natural ones are these in a nutshell overall all in all at the end of the day so again let's have a look at these in action in a nutshell I think people move to the city because it offers more opportunities overall I think people move to the city because it offers more opportunities all in all I'd say people move to the city because it offers more opportunities at the end of the day I suppose people move to the city because it offers more opportunities guys that's it a whole bunch of fillers that will help you improve your fluency and give cracking answers in your IELTS speaking for part 1 and part 3 I hope this has helped just to remind you come along to Facebook so I alt speaking success Facebook page Tuesday and Thursday 10 o'clock Spanish time free lessons it's brilliant we have a ball we have a whale of a time do come and join us and if you're looking for a more in-depth online course check out my course on udemy IELTS speaking success gets AB + 7 + go ahead go and get it get a band 7 + please share this video with your friends subscribe turn on notifications I really appreciate you following me and thank you very much and I can't wait to see you soon take 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Length: 16min 20sec (980 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 28 2020