IELTS Preparation Series 3, Episode 10: Vocabulary for Speaking
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Hello, and welcome to Study English, IELTS Preparation. I'm Margot Politis.
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Today we'll look at how to make best use of your vocabulary and get your meaning across
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in the IELTS Speaking Test.
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Knowing how to use your vocabulary in different ways can help you maintain conversation.
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When you find that you can't think of the right word, you can talk around the idea as
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this candidate does here:
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Do you think the children of famous people have it easy?
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No, I don't think so. It must be very, very hard. You know, when I lived in Ecuador, I
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knew a lot of famous people and they always have to have bodyguards, or they have to live
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behind bars, you know, behind big walls, and children are always protected, and they don't
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have the freedom, so it's a big price you pay.
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You can picture the surroundings from her description even though she has not named
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it.
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She said 'have to have bodyguards' 'live behind bars'
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'behind big walls' 'children are always protected'
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and 'they don't have the freedom'.
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She paints a clear picture of what she means: 'live behind bars' - we imagine someone in
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jail; 'bodyguards' - employing someone to protect you and your children.
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The vocabulary used in her description accurately, effectively and successfully describes a 'gated
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community'.
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The ability to use your vocabulary to describe something you don't have the exact word for
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is called circumlocution. Circumlocution means 'talking around something' and is assessed
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as a vocabulary skill.
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During the interview the examiner may use a word that you don't know the meaning of.
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Let's imagine the topic of computers in education comes up in the interview. The interviewer
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takes the opportunity to explore this area and says: