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Below are some IELTS Speaking Tips you should know to score higher on the exam.
- Before the Speaking test, talk to friends, coworkers, and people on the phone to practice speaking English. You might also want to record yourself to feel comfortable speaking English on the test. Speak about your daily routine and what you did yesterday. It will help you relax and warm up your mind. At Voxcel, we teach students this; the result is always 100%.
- The speaking test doesn’t have right or wrong answers. You will be graded on how well you can use English to express your thoughts and feelings. Thus, stop worrying about your general knowledge or cramming for facts and figures. It’s an English assessment test, and not your intelligence assessment exam. Relax!
- Visualising that you are talking to a friend will help you calm down. Remember that you are not being graded on what you think, but on how well you use English. Trick your mind that you don’t know the examiner, and the same for the examiner – and you will never see him/her again. So be natural. You aren’t there to impress the examiner, but to showcase your English speaking skills.
- Don’t use the exact words that were used in the question. Write in your own words to show the reviewer how good you are. Try at least. If you can’t, don’t copy the entire question in your answer in every answer. It can lower your marks. Once in a while is okayish. Still, we recommend paraphrasing the question and staying on track with it.
- Don’t rush; speak properly. You might make mistakes or say the wrong words if you talk too fast. You aren’t in a race, and there’s no finish line. Act natural and speak naturally. Everyone has different speaking abilities. Don’t copy.
- Answer with as much information as you can. Assume that you are asked a question, then answer it. For each question, try to come up with a different answer. Use your own experience and examples to help you. You will be tested on your ability to talk at length about various subjects. Watch podcasts and read as much as possible to think of more ideas. Also, reading improves your personality and keeps you ahead in the race.
- When answering questions on the Speaking test, use the right word tense. Pay close attention to the question and the word tense used. “I like pop music best” is an example of an answer in the present tense to the question “What kind of music do you like?” As you go on, you can use different tenses, like “I haven’t always liked that kind of music…”. A lot of students make mistakes in it. They answer the question in a different tense and thus lose track. Paraphrase the question in the same tense as the question, and then you can use a connector to change the tense to show your grammar variation and English speaking skills.
- Practice saying the numbers out loud to make sure you understand. Many numbers can sound alike when you talk, so make sure you say them clearly. For example, “Thirty” and “Thirteen,” “Forty” and “Fourteen,” “Fifty” and “Fifteen,” and so on. Also, work on the ‘ed’ sound in the past tenses. Students often don’t stress the sound and lose marks in grammar.
- Using simple, everyday words properly is better than using unfamiliar, hard-to-understand words. However, you must show you can use more complex words to get a good grade.
- The examiner will give you a job card and some paper in Part 2. Then you have one minute to get your answer ready. First, think about the subject, then choose the correct tense to start your answer. In simpler terms, utilise the same tense(s) as the questions on the card.
- As much as possible, try to answer and explain your answers. This will help you use more words and correct spelling. Always give reasons for your choices, like if the question is “Which is your favourite colour?”?. After telling your favourite colour, explain why you like it. It will be a well-connected and coherent answer.
- Do a warm-up before the actual speaking test. Warm up your mind before entering the speaking room to face the examiner. It will keep you relaxed and confident. Think in English, watch English content to keep immersed in the English language. Your mind will love it.