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  • ok so in this video I'm going to give

  • you lots of tips for doing the IELTS

  • speaking test really well and here's my

  • first tip: you need to use things called

  • fillers. Now here are some examples of

  • fillers:

  • Now fillers don't really

  • say anything in particular; they don't

  • give content they don't give information

  • but they get you extra time, they

  • buy you time; they give you a second to

  • think about what to say and native

  • speakers in English use these all the

  • time; you probably use fillers in your

  • own language all the time sometimes

  • without even noticing it and we use them

  • to give ourselves some extra thinking time

  • which is really important in the IELTS

  • speaking test but you need to try to use

  • them naturally; you don't want to sound

  • like a robot, you want to sound like a

  • natural speaker; you also need to use

  • things called linking words; this is

  • really important as well; these are words

  • that help join different ideas for example:

  • So try to use linking words as well as fillers

  • when you talk. It will really impress the examiner;

  • will help you get a better band score for speaking.

  • You should also paraphrase the examiner; you

  • should try to paraphrase the questions

  • asked in parts two and three.

  • What that means is rephrase the question

  • asked by the examiner to show

  • first of all that you understand it and

  • secondly to show your range of

  • vocabulary so you can you change the

  • examiner's words to your own words so

  • for example maybe the examiner asks you:

  • "do you have any brothers and sisters?" and

  • you can say

  • "yes I've got three siblings" - now siblings

  • is a synonym of "brothers and sisters" so

  • you're paraphrasing what the examiner

  • asked you. Here is another useful tip:

  • she's confused, she doesn't understand

  • the question. If you do not understand

  • the question, ask the examiner to

  • explain the question to you. And some

  • students don't do that because they

  • think that if they ask the examiner to

  • explain the question

  • it makes them look bad but actually it's

  • a good thing to do because it gives you

  • the opportunity to use language to

  • ask for clarification, so you can use

  • language like this:

  • so it helps you use different

  • language, or you could say something like

  • "do you mean...?"

  • so if you ask the clarification that's a

  • good thing.

  • so "what what do you mean by?" If you're

  • not sure of a word "what do you mean by...?" and the

  • examiner will tell you but the examiner

  • will also think "this candidate can

  • ask for clarification". In part one

  • remember to extend your answers; do not

  • just answer yes or no; come up with a

  • longer answer so for example maybe the

  • examiner says "are you studying at

  • University at the moment?"

  • Do not just say "yes" ok? You should

  • something like "yes i'm studying

  • economics at Beijing University. I've

  • been there for just over a year". So

  • you're extending your answer. In part two

  • for the long turn, remember to make

  • notes before the Part 2 long turn. Use

  • that minute to write down a list of

  • notes or a mindmap; you have one minute;

  • remember to plan; a lot of candidates

  • don't do this

  • and during the 2-minute talk their minds

  • their brains stop; they forget what to

  • say; so make sure you plan your talk for

  • two minutes. So you should also in Part 2,

  • aim to talk for two minutes;

  • some candidates think that one minute is

  • enough; it isn't - you should try to talk

  • for two minutes.

  • In Part 3 it's very important to listen carefully

  • to the question you've got to think

  • about what kind of question is the

  • examiner using, what kind of question is

  • the examiner asking, because the question

  • might be asking you to predict something,

  • to speculate about the future, to

  • hypothesize; so listen carefully to the

  • language used by the examiner so you

  • know exactly what you're being asked.

  • So here the examiner says "how might

  • education change in the future?"

  • The examiner has used the word "might" and

  • "in the future" so you know you're going

  • to try and speculate so you need to

  • maybe use the word "might" again so "I

  • think children might

  • use more mobile devices in the future."

  • And that tells the examiner that you

  • understood the question properly.

  • So to summarize those ideas remember:

  • ...and one final tip very important

  • to do but also quite difficult because

  • you're quite nervous is remember to

  • smile at the examiner. So there

  • are your exam tips for the IELTS speaking

  • test.

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