Hello, everybody. My name is Jay. I'm Alex and
welcome to the E2 task of the week. What are we going to do today? Today we are working
on IELTS speaking. And in particular, we're going to practice part one of the tests. Okay, and
what are we going to do specifically Alex? Well, I'm going to start with a speaking test overview.
Then we're going to practice a full part one. We'll have a look at the criteria and do some
self-evaluation and then at the end, we'll go through some tips to improve your speaking.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but today I'll be participating. I'll be doing the exam. Right.
Okay, that sounds fun. So you'll get to hear my responses which would be good for you, hopefully.
Okay, so Alex, can you give me just a bit of a background and overview of IELTS speaking? Sure,
well, basically the exam is one on one with an examiner takes about 11 to 14 minutes and there
are three sections or three parts to the exam. Okay, and we're just doing part one today, right?
That s right just one. What about scoring? Well, the examiner actually gives you four scores.
And there are four separate criteria. So you will get a score for fluency and coherence,
lexical resource. That's your vocabulary, grammatical range and accuracy. And of course,
pronunciation. And your final score is an average of those four. All right, and you're going to
do a separate video on the scoring, right? Yeah, we're going to talk about this in another video.
So just make sure that you subscribe to keep up with that. And also like, comment, share with your
buddies, who are preparing for the test. Okay, cool. That sounds good. All right. So let's
imagine it's test day and I'm waiting in the room there with the other candidates. What's going
to happen? So basically, the examiner will pick you up from the waiting room, take you to the
private examining room. And in there that will start a voice recorder. Yep. And a timer. Yep.
Read an introduction. And then there will be a very quick identity check. Okay, no problem. Let's
have a look at this. So what happens here? So the examiner will introduce themselves formally like
this. Hello, my name is Alex. And then they'll ask you these questions. Could you tell me your
full name, please? Right. What shall I call you? Can you tell me where you're from? Okay. Can I
please see your identification? Now this part of the test is not assessed. So you should just give
short factual answers. So let me get this right. So those questions we just saw, the examiner
always asks those questions. That's right. At the start. Yeah. Okay. Can we practice this? Let's
do it. Okay. I'm ready. Short, factual. Short, factual answers. Hello. Hello, Alex It's so good
Hello, my name is Alex, could you tell me your full name, please? My full name is Jay, Jay. Thank
you. What shall I call you? You can call me Jay. But most of my friends No? Just short factual
answers. Right. Okay. What should I call you? Jay. And can you tell me where you're from? Well,
I grew up in a really, Australia. Can I please see your identification? Yes. That's it short, factual
answers. This is not assessed. So once you've done that, then we get into IELTS speaking part one.
Okay, what happens here? Alright, so in this part, it goes for four to five minutes, and you're going
to talk about three topics. And within each topic, there ll be three or four questions. All of these
questions are simple, personal ones. So they're pretty easy. The test always begins like this.
Let's talk about what you do. Or let's talk about where you live. Okay. So it's going to be one
of those two questions or start putting starting points. It always starts with a 50/50 chance of
that. So you should really prepare to talk about what you do work or study, or where you live.
Okay, great. So then after that, there are two more topics, and these could be about anything.
Okay. Some of the common ones are; sport, food, family, TV. What's favourite TV show? Do you like
watching TV? mobile phones, fashion, holidays, animals, anything. Okay. I have a question. I
don't like watching TV. That's fine. That's fine. Yeah, I can talk about that question. Why I don't
like watching TV. I'd love to hear about that. Okay, sounds good. So, let's practice. Alright,
so I'm going to play the role of the candidate and you'll be the examiner, you're going to ask
me the questions. Right? That's right. Okay, I'm ready. For now, I want to hear a bit more
extension. Okay. So I need to extend my answers. That's right. So let's start. Let's talk about
where you live. Do you live in a small town or a big city? Big city. I didn't extend my answer,
did I? So you have no idea about my language ability. That s right, the examiner is trying to
rank you really from zero to nine expert user. So if you give a short answer, what are you? Zero
or a nine? It's hard to tell. So what I need to do is extend my answers. Try and use some good
vocabulary, some different sentence structures, right. Let's try it again. Let's try and give me a
best English. Alright, and I'll speak for about 20 seconds. Great. Okay, cool. So let's talk about
where you live. Do you live in a small town or a big city? Well, actually, I grew up in a small
town but I've been living in a reasonably big city for how long I guess about six or eight years now.
I'm not sure if you're familiar with Melbourne, but I've been living here and as far as I'm
concerned, it's a beautiful city. I m nervous. And what can people do for fun? In Melbourne?
Well, it's actually a really sporting city. We have the Grand Prix. We have the football, we
have cricket. We're also surrounded by beaches. So if you're sporting person, it's very good for
you. But apart from sport, there's also shopping, lots of live music and fantastic restaurants.
And probably speaking a bit quickly because I'm getting nervous. I need to be conscious to
slow down. But the examiner is ticking off very nice linking word very nice intonation or past
perfect. Present perfect continuous. Okay. Okay, good. I'm doing Okay. One more question. Okay.
Would you like to move to another place in the future? Well, recently, I visited New York City
in America. And that was the most amazing city I've ever been to apart from Melbourne. So
perhaps I'd like to live there. But to be quite honest with you. I'm very happy living in
Melbourne. Well done. I passed. Cool. Your turn, I think right? That's right. All right. So grab
your phone, because you're going to record your answers and listen back later. You should aim for
around 20 seconds per answer. I'll have a timer on the screen so you can watch that. Obviously in
the real test. You won't have that advantage. Are you ready? Let's talk about where you live.
Do you live in a small town or a big city? What can people do for fun there? Would you like to move
to another place in future? Let's move on to talk about clothes.
What kind of clothes Do you like wearing? How often do you go shopping for clients? Do you prefer to shop for clothes
alone or with someone else? Has your style of clothing
changed in recent years? Now let's talk about staying healthy.
Is it important for you to be healthy? You're healthier now than when you were a child. What could you do to have a healthier lifestyle? Whoa, Alex, there are a lot of questions there,
right? Yeah. But on test day, it actually goes pretty quickly. It does actually. Yeah, it does.
Time really flies on test day you'll find that. So how do you think you went answering those
questions? How is your vocabulary? How is your grammar? How is your pronunciation and how is
your fluency? Maybe you want to give yourself a little score and pop it into the comments below.
If you found that difficult or if you think you need additional help, you may want to check out
www.E2Language.com we've got an amazing online IELTS preparation course. And what you can do
as part of that course is actually book one on one speaking tutorials with expert IELTS teachers,
including some of them who are ex-IELTS examiners so they know exactly what happens and what you
need to do. Cool. What else can people do? Well, today since you don't have a teacher with you, you
can listen back to your recording. And you can ask yourself these questions. Here's a checklist that
you can go through. So listen to your recording. Even though everybody hates the sound of their own
voice it really is valuable. Ask yourself this did I speak fluently without noticeable effort? Did
I develop my topics coherently? That's really extension. Did you extend your answers? Did you
use a range of connectives discourse markers on the one hand on the other hand. Apart from that.
That's it vocab did you use a wide range of vocab flexibly? What was the best word that you use?
Pop that in the comments box perhaps? Did you use some less common idiomatic language?
Maybe phrasal verbs? Okay, so let me get this straight idiomatic language. Should I talk
about raining cats and dogs kicking the bucket and turning over a leaf? If you can do it really,
really well? Yes. If it fits right? If it fits, yeah, don't force your idioms in really phrasal
verbs are another way to get idiomatic speech in, like take over. Okay? So by idiomatic it means
natural sound. That's right. All right. That's good to clear up. Did you paraphrase effectively,
maybe you forgot a word doesn't matter if you can explain around that word, the examiner will
reward that. So in terms of grammar, when you're listening back, have you used a wide range
of structures? Have you got all the tenses in there relative clauses? passives maybe? Are your
sentences frequently error free? This is something your one on one tutorial will be really helpful
for it's hard sometimes to pick up your own errors. Pronunciation Have you used a wide range
of features connected speech, emphasis stress, chunking intonation, and are you speaking clearly
with all the correct sounds of English? 44 sounds right. That's right. Cool. All right. Excellent.
Cool. What about tips? Do you have any last minute tips or just any tips for the guys at home? Yeah,
let's go through five really simple tips to lift your IELTS speaking score. Okay. All right. Number
one, it's a big one, practice, practice, practice as much as you can try to completely immerse in
English in the lead up to your test. Number two, record yourself, listen back, try to get over
that phobia of your own voice. Number three, extend, extend, extend. So talk about the past
and the present, talk about the present and the future. Compare other people to yourself, look
for ways to make your answers longer. Come and join our live classes at www.E2Language.com. We
do a full speaking test every week. And of course, book your One on One tutorial to get that really
important personal feedback. Cool. I've got a couple of tips. The first tip is on test day,
bring some something with you like a magazine or a book because there's a lot of waiting around and I
see people sort of sitting there really bored. And they're not reading English. And if you're reading
while you're waiting or listening to a podcast, it's really activating that part of your brain
and getting you warmed up. Yeah, I think that's a really big one. So bring something with you
on test day. It's also just very boring waiting around so it's nice to kill the time doing
that. My second tip and this is an important one is you should check out E2Language.calm.
As I said, we run a one on one tutorials for speaking or writing, for example, we've also
got a great online platform. And of course, as Alex mentioned, we've got the live group
classes. And we also give speaking and writing feedback. So just check out the website
for that, which is E2Language.com. Well, I hope that was useful. It was Yeah, at least for
me, it was. You did a really great job. Thank you. And I'm sure you did as well. Thanks very much,
guys. See you next time. See you soon. Bye.
