Name: Band 8.5 IELTS Practice Speaking Exam (mock test) - with teacher feedback - Jed from Myanmar
Uploaded: 2024-06-11T06:54:21.000Z
Duration: 30 min 29 s
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And he's just about to take one of our practice speaking exams.

I'm Maddy and I'll be his practice examiner.

So have you ever taken the test before Jed?

I actually did it back in 2017 and I think it was a good run.

And do you enjoy taking the test or is it a bit nerve-wracking?

It was a bit nerve-wracking but I was able to stay calm throughout the speaking test which I think I did pretty well in.

How long have you been living in Australia now for?

A total of about seven years but it was two different blocks so four years before and then three years another time.

Yeah I love it here in Australia but yeah the plan is to go back though so I'm just enjoying the time I have here.

Do you think that the IELTS speaking test is difficult?

The great news is that we've made some fantastic mock exam videos with a real practice exam with real students and a real practice examiner.

During these videos, I'm going to be looking at what the students do well, how they can improve and also how you guys can use some of their tips, techniques and ideas in your speaking test.

So today's session we're listening to Jed and Jed is from Myanmar.

He's studying at a university in an English-speaking country so his base level of English is really great.

At the end of this test, I'm going to talk about the four criteria related to the band descriptors, the speaking band descriptors and I talk about those all the time.

We're going to look at each band descriptor and I'm going to point out and I'll highlight some of the areas that he does really well and maybe how he could improve, maybe some little mistakes that he makes.

Hello and welcome to this practice exam conducted by IELTS Daily.

My name is Jen and I'm your practice examiner.

The questions in this test are designed to simulate the IELTS speaking test.

At the beginning of the IELTS test, you will be required to provide some ID but as this is a practice test, we don't need to do that today.

So do you live in a house or an apartment?

I live at a college so it's like a dorm room, it's a studio apartment I would say yeah.

Okay so Jed gave an example of where he lives and did you notice that his language was a little bit higher than some other examples that we might hear in the exam?

So you could say you live in a house or you could say you live in an apartment but did you notice that he said a dorm room.

A dorm room is a dormitory so he lives with other people and it could be halls of residence or it could be university accommodation.

Depending on where you live, just give some language which would show off to the examiner but don't show off too much.

Are there any advantages to living in an apartment?

Primarily you get to interact with people close to you, you get to see more people but yeah there are also disadvantages.

It is quite small and you have to be wary of the amount of noise you make.

Great so Jed talked about the positives of living in a dorm and he also highlighted some of the disadvantages.

So you need to be aware of the noise that you make when you're living with other people.

So you have to be considerate when you're living with other people.

I did notice a very very small grammatical mistake and I think he said there is also disadvantages.

We know that we should say there are also disadvantages.

I would think so with the current environment and the housing market I think it would be a good time to buy a house.

Maybe they can't afford the price of the house upfront so renting a house reduces the amount of money that you pay now so I think that would be a really good reason too.

He used words like upfront so if you pay something upfront that means that you pay it in advance.

My only piece of feedback at the moment is that he could speak a little bit more.

He could give a little bit more example or he could explain a little bit more about what he thinks, how he feels.

At the moment his answers are quite short.

It's not bad because he's showing really great language but I think you guys should just bear that in mind.

Please remember try to expand on your answers as much as possible.

Okay let's move on to the topic of local food.

What is some traditional food from your country?

So I'm from Myanmar so we have a national dish dish called le peto and it is pickled tea leaf salad.

So you've got pickled tea leaves which not many people know you can actually eat and actually taste good and we'll have lots of different nuts.

We'll have sesame seeds and we'll have shrimp and it's really really good and we have many different types of noodles but yeah there's too many to list.

Is homemade food healthier than eating out?

Maybe just because my mom cooks really well and I get to see and be part of like the food that's being made and like the cooking process.

I love that but some people could argue that restaurants might have better quality or cleaner food because there are government regulations on whereas there's none at home.

He gave lots of examples and expanded on his ideas.

Let's have a look at some of his really useful language.

So he said pickled tea leaf salad and that's an adjective.

So he's describing the reality of this may say not many people know about a traditional food from my country.

He'd said many different types of noodles so he started with pickled tea leaf salad and then he gave other examples and I think that's a really useful technique that he has utilized there.

He started with one topic and then talked about something else.

That's totally acceptable during the test so I advise you guys to do that.

He said and oh definitely I think so oh I definitely think so and this is kind of a filler phrase and it's buying him a little bit of time.

Oh yes definitely I think so and remember lots of students say I think yes.

That's an incorrect way of answering a question.

We don't say I think yes we always say I think so.

He also said some people could people might think something.

So he said some people may argue that but actually I think something else.

That was a really great and you can use that in your essay as well when you're thinking about two arguments.

Some people argue one thing but I think another thing.

He said I might have better quality or cleaner food.

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