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  • Hi and welcome to a E helps isles test preparation videos.

  • In this video, you will see a native Canadian english speaker who scores about an 8.5 for lots more help with the academic coyotes for different parts of the exam as well as the speaking section.

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  • Okay, so just before we look at the speaking interview, let's quickly discuss what you need to remember when you're thinking about your score for the speaking section of the aisles.

  • So basically there will be three different factors that the markers of the adults will be looking at when they're judging.

  • You're speaking interview.

  • The first point is natural speech.

  • So natural speech means how similar is your speaking to a native speakers?

  • So this includes pronunciation, this includes your intonation.

  • So you're up and down in your sentences, your enunciation.

  • So how well do you project your words?

  • Of course, your use of natural fillers like um and use of slang like wanna gonna use of idioms and of course self correction if you make a mistake.

  • Do you stop and say oh sorry, what I meant to say was or do you just simply correct yourself?

  • This is all part of natural speaking.

  • The second factor that they will be looking at very closely is coherence.

  • So this means do you answer the questions accurately?

  • Do you stay on topic?

  • And do you give a complete and clear answer?

  • Is it easy to understand what you're trying to say?

  • Don't go off topic, don't just keep talking about anything and everything until the examiner stops you because you will lose scores when you've finished answering a question.

  • Just stop, the examiner will ask you the next one.

  • So it's important to be coherent to be accurate to stay on topic.

  • And then of course the third part will be the complexity.

  • How complex your languages.

  • So this means are you able to use adjective clauses?

  • Are you able to use advanced forms of grammar?

  • Like present, perfect, past, perfect, passive voice, um progressive tense.

  • So the complexity of your language is very important.

  • Do you join your sentences?

  • Do you use words like because since therefore however in order to and so forth.

  • Um so these are not exclusive from each other, it means that they are not just separate pieces but they're inclusive.

  • So they depend on each other when your speech is natural, of course it's more coherent, it's easier for an english speaker to understand.

  • Um if your language is complex, it's more descriptive, it's going to be more coherent and of course it's going to be more natural.

  • So the key to getting a good score in the aisles speaking section is to try to focus on all three of these factors to try to increase the natural part of your speaking the coherence and the complexity now that you know this, you can practice this and watch jade do this in the interview.

  • So notice how her responses are.

  • Of course very natural, coherent and complex.

  • So again let's look at the interview now and let's see how a native speaker.

  • Does this?

  • Yes, come on in.

  • Hello.

  • Hi, please have a seat.

  • Thanks Welcome to the speaking section of the Eilts exam.

  • My name is Adrian.

  • I'm going to ask you a few questions and I'm going to record this interview for marketing purposes.

  • Is that okay?

  • No problem.

  • Alright.

  • Okay.

  • So can we start with your full name please?

  • My name is jade blake.

  • Nice to meet you, jade.

  • Where are you from jade?

  • I'm from victoria, which is the capital city of british Columbia, the westernmost province of Canada.

  • All right, So this will take about 12-15 minutes and there will be three parts.

  • I will give you instructions.

  • Are you ready to begin?

  • Okay, before we begin, May I see your passport?

  • Thank you.

  • Okay.

  • All right.

  • Okay.

  • There you are.

  • So first of all let's talk about leisure time.

  • What do you do when you have free time?

  • Well, I'm a very active person.

  • So I like to do some sort of outdoor activity.

  • Like maybe go for a swim or go for a jog.

  • Excellent.

  • Do you like to meet friends or be alone?

  • Well, I'm quite social.

  • So I like to maybe go for coffee with my friends and have a good chat.

  • All right.

  • How often do you have time to relax during the week?

  • I guess I would relax usually in the weekdays after seven.

  • I work until five, so after I get home from work, I cook dinner and freshen up.

  • So after seven o'clock usually.

  • Is it important for people to be active in their free time?

  • Yes, I definitely think so.

  • Like I said I'm a very active and social person, I think that leading an active lifestyle is great for your longevity and for maintaining a positive attitude every day.

  • Okay, if you could be anywhere to relax for an hour, where would you go?

  • That's an interesting question.

  • I guess if I had time to myself for an hour I would want to go somewhere outside maybe like a sunny secluded beach where I could just sit and relax alone with my thoughts.

  • Have you heard any good suggestions about what to do for relaxing?

  • Ah Some of my friends give me good advice about sort of stretching exercises.

  • It really helps to decompress at the end of the day with just get your thoughts centered and relaxing.

  • Alright so that's the end of part one.

  • Now, for part two I'm going to give you a card.

  • The card will have some questions.

  • You're going to have one minute to prepare your answers and then you'll have 1 to 2 minutes to speak, I'll tell you when to start and when to stop.

  • Okay?

  • Alright so here is the card, you may take notes in the one minute, please don't turn it over, please write the notes on the paper?

  • Not on the card, Okay, Are you ready to begin?

  • Alright?

  • You're one minute begins now.

  • Go ahead.

  • Alright, you're one minute is up.

  • Okay.

  • I guess I really like art, so it's hard for me to choose just one of my favorite art pieces, but I think if I was going to choose my favorite one, I would say it's an oil painting by Emily Carr called to see the rest of this video and for lots more help with the academic aisles, please visit us at triple W dot hee help dot com and join the full course.

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