Name: Band 8.0 IELTS Practice Speaking Exam (mock test) - with teacher feedback - Kevin from China
Uploaded: 2024-06-24T11:28:08.000Z
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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.

It's Chris from IELTSdaily, and you're back for another mock exam session.

I hope you find these sessions really useful.

Kevin's from China, and he is not originally a native speaker.

So, we're going to talk about what Kevin does well in his sample test, how can he improve, and we'll also be sharing some ideas of what you guys can use in your speaking test.

So, if you're ready to go, let's go and watch Kevin.

Hello, and welcome to this practice exam conducted by IELTSdaily.

My name is Maddy, and I'm your practice examiner.

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

Hongling, H-O-N-G-L-I-N, but you can call me Kevin.

Did you notice that Kevin gave his native name, and he said, but you can call me Kevin.

This is common if you have an English name.

In the test, they will probably want to hear your original native name and the name which you prefer.

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

I'm a full-time university student at the University of Melbourne, studying the IELTS.

It's a pretty much set course on either research, scientific research, or medicine school in the future, but I still haven't decided which path I might take.

At the moment, I'm majoring in genetics, and I have a particular interest in genetics and especially CRISPR technology, which allow us to edit genes and maybe cure cancer in the future and all sorts of diseases that we aren't able to cure at the moment.

A couple of points that I want to be really picky on.

It's a common mistake for people who don't have the th sound.

So, be careful if you don't have the sound in your language.

He spoke about his full-time university degree in biomedicine and gave some extra evidence, and he elaborated on his answer, which is really great.

Did you notice that he struggled a little bit to think of an idea, and he hesitated?

If you want to score a Band 9, you can hesitate, but don't hesitate too much.

If you're looking for ideas, that's normal.

I noticed that he was looking up at the sky, and he was...

So, just be prepared to speak as much as possible, as quickly as possible.

It's not bad here, but I noticed that he did struggle a little bit.

So, I was introduced to this topic by a Netflix documentary.

I think it's called Unnatural Selection, and it talks about gene drive and a lot of the ethical issues surrounding genetics, but it also talks about the potential and the exciting new area that CRISPR have brought to us.

So, I always thought this is a very interesting topic.

I wanted to So, I decided to continue on.

And do you enjoy the place where you study?

I have to say not the best this year because it's all online, but usually at university campus, it's always exciting because from lectures to lectures, we go to different buildings, and it's always good to see, meet other people and see different, especially if we have lectures in the what's it called?

The design school, and the building is really nice, and the lecture theatres are really big and modern, and I enjoy having classes in there.

Did you notice again that Kevin struggled a little bit with finding a word, and he was looking for the word design school.

If you want to score a band eight or above in the lexical resource mark, you can't really be thinking too much for words, and this will affect your fluency and coherence as well.

So, the hesitancy, making hesitations will really affect your mark if you're looking for words.

I think in this case, he would probably be limited now to a band eight in the fluency and coherence mark because he couldn't find the word design school.

He also said, I have to say, it's not the best year.

I have to say is a great filler phrase which you could use in your test.

Okay, let's move on to the topic of clothes.

Well, I actually spend way more than average time that I would spend on clothing today, but usually I don't really care too much about clothing as long as it's comfortable, and as long as I'm not in my pyjamas, I can just go to uni, spend a day there or at the library, and then come home, and then it'll be easy, and it won't be.

I don't care too much about fashion, but as long as it doesn't make me look bad or it's comfortable, I'm fine with it.

And do you prefer wearing formal or relaxed clothing?

I don't particularly enjoy wearing jeans because sometimes, like after a whole day wearing it, it's a bit tight and things might get uncomfortable.

So, I do enjoy wearing like exercise, like sporting pants, and it makes things easier for me.

And as I've said, I don't really care too much about fashion.

Maybe I should, but I don't personally, so I don't mind wearing comfortable things.

Pronunciation of the word clothing, clothing, very difficult for people from countries without this th sound again.

I know Kevin's from China originally, and Chinese doesn't have the th sound, so clothing, clothing, not closing, clothing.

He said, I don't care too much about fashion.

He contracted the word university, so university is uni.

Just a couple of areas now that probably are going to limit him from getting a band nine, but he's on track for a band eight at the moment.

And does your country have any traditional clothing?

I think we do, but yeah, but I think it's more of a, there's something called qipao, which is mainly worn by, I think, female.

Oh, look, I'm horrible at Chinese history, but I think we do have like clothes, traditional clothes, but I've personally never worn them because I've never found the right occasion to wear it.

But mainly in a formal event, we stop using traditional Chinese clothes.

It's more westernized and we wear suits and ties just like everyone else.

Okay, now are some particular pronunciation problems, and it goes back again to this th sound.

Kevin is struggling a little bit with the th sound, so I know this word is really difficult for Chinese speakers.

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