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IELTS Preparation Series 3, Episode 7: The Speaking Test


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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 the IELTS Speaking Test.

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There are three parts to the test. Each part has a particular purpose.

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The examiner will record the interview to ensure the test is to standard and conducted

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fairly for all candidates.

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Let's watch someone begin their interview. Good morning, my name is Maria. What's your

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name? My name's Sanjay.

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Thankyou. Can I just check your ID please Sanjay. Thank you, that's fine. What are you

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doing at the moment? Are you a student, or do you work?

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I'm currently a student. And what are you studying?

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I'm studying a Diploma in Business.

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The purpose of Part One is to settle you down and get you used to the test situation. So

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you will only be required to answer some general questions about yourself on some familiar

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topics such as: studies, travel, sports, family, food and exercise.

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Let's see how another candidate answers questions about exercise. The first question is designed

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to test her skills at identifying:

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What kind of exercise do you enjoy? I enjoy running, because I think it's easy,

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and I think you should need, er, good shoes and you can run and I can run at morning,

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it's really good I think.

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The next question is to see how well she expresses an opinion:

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Is it important to exercise regularly? Yes, I think it's really important, because

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you can, um, keep your body healthy and you can keep fit, especially for girls' health,

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keep fit. And it's good for your health as well.

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This question tests comparing:

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Do you think people are exercising more these days, compared to 50 years ago?

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No, I don't think so. Because, you see, like me, they don't have enough time. I think it's,

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a lot of people don't have enough time as well, so they don't have enough regular exercise.

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Other skills that are assessed include: describing;

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expressing preferences; and giving reasons

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You are not expected to give in-depth answers at this stage of the interview but you can

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extend your answer with a longer sentence.

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To help prepare for this section you can develop vocabulary around the topic areas and make

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sure you know the verb tense that is appropriate for answering the question.

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For example the question 'What kind of exercise do you enjoy?' is in the simple present tense,

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so she replies with the same tense: I enjoy running. Listen again:

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What kind of exercise do you enjoy? I enjoy running.

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In Part Two the examiner will give you a topic on a prompt card to talk about for one to

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two minutes. You will be allowed one minute to make some notes. After your talk, the examiner

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will ask you a follow up question.

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The topics are of a general nature. You could be asked to talk about an object that is important

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to you or a major festival in your country or to describe an interesting building.

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Let's see how the interviewer introduces the second part of the interview and how the candidate

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prepares for the talk.

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Now, I'd like you to talk for one to two minutes on a topic that I'll give you.

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Sure. You have one minute to prepare, and make some

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notes to help you. Do you understand? Yes.

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Okay. Well, here's a pencil and a paper for making notes, and here is your topic. I'd

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