IELTS Speaking part 3

               

                Speaking part 3

In part 3 of the Speaking test the examiner will ask further questions which are connected to the topics  discussed in part 2. 

This part of the test is designed to give you the opportunity to talk about more abstract issues and ideas. It is a two-way discussion with the examiner, and will last 4-5 minutes.

How to practice

Ask your study partner to prompt your practice test discussion using the questions below. Try to speak as naturally and fluently as possible.

Record your discussion if you can.
Let’s consider first of all how people’s values have changed. 

• What kind of things give status to people in your country? 
• Have things changed since your parents’ time? 

           Finally, let’s talk about the role of advertising. 

• Do you think advertising influences what people buy?
   or something.
  
  Example-
  
  Examiner: We’ve been talking about things we own. I’d like to discuss with you one or two more general questions relating to this topic. First, let’s consider values and the way they can change. In Switzerland, what kind of possessions do you think give status to people?
  Candidate: The first thing which comes in my mind is the car. Yes, because lots of people like to have posh cars or expensive cars to show their status, their place in the society.
  Examiner: Is that a new development?
  Candidate: No, I think it isn’t.
  Examiner: People have thought like that for quite a long time?
  Candidate: Yes. Another thing is probably the clothing. It starts already when you are young. When the children go to school they want to have posh labels on their jumpers or good shoes.
  Examiner: What do you think of this way of thinking, that I need to have a car or certain clothes to show my status?
  Candidate: Probably it’s sometimes a replacement for something you don’t have, so if your wife has left you or your girlfriend, you just buy some new, I don’t know, new watches or new clothes to make you satisfied again.
  Examiner: You don’t think of it as a healthy way of thinking?
  Candidate: It’s probably not honest to yourself. You can understand what I mean?
  Examiner: Yes. And do you think this will change? In the future, will cars and designer clothes be status symbols in the same way?
  Candidate: I’m sure that clothes will be ... that the thing with the clothes will be the same. I’m not so sure about the cars because cars cause lots of environmental problems and probably in some years, a few years, this will change because it’s not reasonable to drive a car anymore.
  Examiner: Can you tell me a little bit more about that? 
  

  
  
  

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IELTS Speaking part 2

               

                  Speaking part 2

In the IELTS speaking part 2 test you will be given a task card on a particular topic, and this will include key points that you should talk about. 

This section of the Speaking test gives you the opportunity to speak for longer on a topic.

You will be given one minute to prepare to talk about the topic on the task card.  A pencil and paper will be provided for you to make notes.

You will have to talk for 1-2 minutes, and then the examiner will ask you one or two questions on the same topic. Part 2 takes 3-4 minutes in total.

How to practice

Ask your study partner to listen while you speak about the task card topic. You should talk for 1-2 minutes.

Your study partner should then ask you one or two questions on the same topic using the rounding off questions. 

Record yourself if you can.

Speaking test part 2: candidate task card

Describe something you own which is very important to you. 

You should say:

• where you got it from
• how long you have had it
• what you use it for; and 
• explain why it is important to you.

You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes.

You have one minute to think about what you're going to say.

You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

Example-

Examiner: Alright? Remember you have one to two minutes for this, so don’t worry if I stop you. I’ll tell you when the time is up. 

Candidate: OK

Examiner: Can you start speaking now, please?

Candidate: Yes. One of the most important things I have is my piano because I like playing the piano. I got it from my parents to my twelve birthday, so I have it for about nine years, and the reason why it is so important for me is that I can go into another world when I’m playing piano. I can forget what’s around me and what ... I can forget my problems and this is sometimes quite good for a few minutes. Or I can play to relax or just, yes to … to relax and to think of something completely different. 

Examiner: Thank you. Would it be easy to replace this, this piano?
Candidate: Yes, I think it wouldn’t be that big problem but I like my piano as it is because I have it from my parents, it’s some kind unique for me.
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IELTS Speaking Part-1

               Speaking part 1

In part 1 of the Speaking test the examiner will introduce him or herself and ask general questions on familiar topics.

The examiner will ask you to confirm your identity.

He or she will then ask general questions on familiar topics such as home, family, work, studies and interests. Part 1 of the test will last 4-5 minutes.

How to practice

You will need a study partner to practice the Speaking test.

Ask your study partner to interview you using the questions below. Record yourself if you can.

 Speaking test part 1: questions

Let’s talk about your home town or village:

• what kind of place is it?
• what’s the most interesting part of your town/village?
• what kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do?
• would you say it’s a good place to live? (why?)

Let’s move on to talk about accommodation:

• tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in?
• how long have you lived there?
• what do you like about living there?
• what sort of accommodation would you most like to live in?
  
  Example-
  
  
  Examiner: Now, in this first part, I’d like to ask you some more questions about yourself, OK?
  Let’s talk about your home town or village. What kind of place is it?
  Candidate: It’s quite a small village, about 30 km from Zurich. And it’s very quiet. And we have only little ... two little shops because most of the people work in Zurich or are orientated to the city.
  Examiner: What’s the most interesting part of this place ... village?
  Candidate: On the top of a hill we have a little castle which is very old and quite well known in Switzerland.
  Examiner: What kind of jobs do people in the village do?
  Candidate: We have some farmers in the village as well as people who work in Zurich as bankers or journalists or there are also teachers and some doctors, some medicines.
  Examiner: Would you say it’s a good place to live?
  Candidate: Yes. Although it is very quiet, it is … people are friendly and I would say it is a good place to live there, yes.
  Examiner: Let’s move on to talk about accommodation. Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in.
  Types of questions
  

  
  

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IELTS WRITING TASK 2

      

IELTS Writing Task 2:

Lessons, Tips and Strategies

For IELTS writing task 2, general or academic modules, you have to write an essay that must be a minimum of 250 words. You have 40 minutes. 

These lessons, strategies and tips will show you how to write an IELTS essay. They go through all the various types of essay that you may get and instructions on how to best answer them.

IELTS Writing Task 2 Lessons

These lessons are free and teach you all the key things you need to know about the IELTS writing task 2, such as writing an introduction, analyzing essay questions, writing for a band 7, developing coherency and understanding opinion essays.

How to Write an IELTS Essay:
This starter lessons tells you in simple steps how to structure and write a basic IELTS essay.

Learn how to identify the topic of an essay question in order to help you answer it correctly.

This IELTS practice will help you identify the task of an essay question. The most important thing to make sure you answer the question.

In this IELTS lesson, learn how brainstorm ideas for your essay and how to extend those ideas and create a plan.

Candidates often worry about not having any ideas for IELTS essay topics. This gives you some advise on how to generate ideas.

Parts of an Essay:

IELTS Essay Introduction
This lesson explains how you should approach writing an introduction for an IELTS Task 2 essay. 

Writing a Thesis Statement
The thesis statement is an important part of your essay, so this lesson explains how to write thesis statements for different essay types. 

Paragraph Writing
Writing clear and well-organized paragraphs is essential for your essay, so here you will learn about the basic elements that make up a good paragraph. 

IELTS Essay Conclusion
Learn how to write a quick conclusion for an IELTS essay.

Coherency and Cohesion:

Writing Coherence
One way to improve coherency in your writing is to use transition words. This lesson teaches you how. 

Pronouns
Your writing must be coherent, and this IELTS practice lesson shows you how pronouns can help you to do this.

Essay Types:

Problem Solution Essays
Learn how to write a problem solution essay for the IELTS test - a quick method that will produce a well-organized answer.

IELTS Opinion Essays
Get an overview of the various types of essay that ask for your opinion in the test.

Advantage Disadvantage Essay
This lesson shows you how to write an IELTS advantage disadvantage essay that requires you to give an opinion. 

A Complex Essay Question
This lesson shows you how to answer a more complex IELTS essay question that does not have a straightforward 'task' given to guide you.

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IELTS WRITING TASK 1

Writing Task-1 For IELTS              

IELTS Writing Task 1 Essential Information

Under the 7 essential facts about Task 1. Many students worry about these small details to focusing on what really matters- improving your performance. These facts will help you understand what the test is and how it is scored so that you can move on to improving your performance.

1. People doing the Academic test will write a report on a data set, map, or process. People doing General Training will write a letter.
2. You must write 150 words or more.
3. You should spend around 20 minutes on this part of the test.
4. Task 2 is worth 1/3 of your total mark on the Writing test.
5. You will be assessed in four areas:
   1. Task Achievement (25%)
   2. Coherence and Cohesion (25%)
   3. Lexical Resource (25%)
   4. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (25%)
6. The most important thing is that you can demonstrate that you can clearly communicate in English.
7. The key to doing well is to know exactly what the examiners want and giving it to them.

Task 1 Academic Writing Skills

• How to write an overview paragraph

Your overview paragraph is the most important part of your whole Task 1 essay. This article will show you how to pick out the main features and how to include them in your overview.

• How many words?

Around 150 words? Exactly 150 words or over 150 words? How many words over? How do I know how many words I have? This article answers all those questions.

• How to paraphrase

Paraphrasing is one of the most essential IELTS skills, not just in Writing Task 1, but in all parts of the IELTS test. You should paraphrase the question in every essay and I recommend doing this in the very first sentence to help boost your vocabulary score.

• How to write a complex sentence

Complex sentences help you boost your score for grammar. Complex sentences are actually very simple to write and are not complex at all- in this article we show you how.

      Paragraphing and editing 

This article will show you how to make your writing as clear and as easy to read as possible. It will also give you advice on whether to use a pen or pencil.

• Writing Academic Task 1 in 5 Easy Steps 
Task 1 can seem really difficult if you haven’t seen one before. This lesson breaks the question down into 5 easy to understand steps.
• Charts Lesson
Charts are probably the most common Task 1 question. We show you what data to choose and how to describe it.
• Maps Lesson
Maps are not very common, but they are the easiest (in my humble opinion). If you don’t learn how to do them, you will really regret it if one appears on your paper.
• Multiple Charts/Graphs 
What should you do if you get two different charts or graphs? This lesson shows you how.
• Process Lesson
Sometimes you will be shown a process such as a life cycle or how something is manufactured. This requires a very specific approach and we cover everything here.
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READING TIPS

Read Academic Texts

Read in your free time!IELTS texts are “general academic texts”. This means they are taken from sources such as textbooks and specialist magazines and journals. If you are not familiar with reading these kinds of texts in English it is essential that you start reading them in your free time so that you are used to the types of language and structure used when you meet them in the exam. Three typical sources for IELTS texts are (in order of difficulty – easiest first) the National Geographic, the New Science fiction book and the Economic   book. You can get these magazines in most newspaper.

Focus

Focus on the text first, the questions second! A good understanding of the text helps you answer the questions more efficiently and effectively and you need to practice.

Categorise

IELTS exam writers select a range of specific types of texts. Learning to recognise the type of text you are reading can help you predict its structure and therefore understand it more quickly. There are four types of IELTS texts a) analytic texts, which discuss the reasons why something happened or make recommendations or explain a concept b) descriptive texts, which describe a situation, explain how something is done or categorise something c) discursive texts, in which different opinions are expressed about an issue and d) narrative texts, which explain a chronological sequence of events.

Skim

Develop your ability to skim. Skimming is reading quickly by skipping over unimportant words like prepositions and ignoring difficult words that you don’t need to understand. Do this to get a general idea about a text or a paragraph or to intensively search for the answer to a question.

Scan

Learn to scan. Scanning is what you do when you look for a price in an advertising text or a name in a telephone book. When you scan you do not actually need to read the text but move your eyes quickly over it. You can scan from left to right or right to left, from top to bottom or bottom to top. Do this to find the location of answers in the texts looking out for easy to spot words like numbers, dates and words beginning with capital letters such as place names.

Structure

Learn to recognise paragraph structure. This often involves spotting the relationship between the main ideas and supporting ideas in a paragraph. Paragraphs are most frequently descending, i.e. they begin with the main idea somewhere near the start and develop from there, although some, frequently the first and last paragraphs of a text, are ascending – the main idea is located towards the end. This can be particularly helpful when matching headings to paragraphs.

Overview

Get an overview of a text before dealing with the questions. Do this by reading the title and subtitle as well as focusing on the beginnings and ends (but not JUST the first and last sentences) of paragraphs. This helps you process the information in a text (and thereby answer the questions) more quickly.

Parallel Phrases

Learn to spot parallel phrases. These are different ways of expressing the same thing, such as, “I like to ski” and “skiing is enjoyable”. Many questions, e.g. YES NO NOT GIVEN questions and gap fills, test your ability to match up a similar phrase in the task with its equivalent in the text.

Don't Panic

Don’t panic when you encounter an unknown or difficult word. IELTS texts are packed with highly specialised vocabulary. Skip over difficult words which are not essential for your understanding of the text. For words you do need to understand, practise trying to guess their meaning using the overall context of the text and sentence as well as the form of the word – e.g. is it a noun or verb.

Manage Your Time

Time manage in the exam. Most IELTS candidates run out of time in the third reading section. Each text should take you roughly 20 minutes (the examiners will tell you after 20 minutes have passed). Never spend too long on a single question – guess the answer or leave it to return to later. Also if you feel you are running out of time, tackle questions like gap-fills before doing “easy to guess” tasks like YES NO NOT GIVEN questions. Don’t forget you also have to have all your answers on your mark sheet by the end of the test. A good tip is to write them on the mark sheet in pencil as you go, correcting where necessary at the end.

practice practice and practice.........

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LISTENING TIPS

Instructions to candidates:
In the actual test you will be given the following instructions:

• 1.Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so
•                           2.Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page
•   3.Listen to the instructions for each part of the paper carefully
•   answer all the questions
•          4.While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper
•                            5.You will have 10 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet; use a pencil.

                   IELTS listening tips:

1. Read before you listen – predict the answer

2. Read as you listen – focus on the whole question

3. Look at 2 questions at once

4. Don’t leave the writing to the end

5. Practice your shorthand

6. Numbers and names – check your spelling

7. Don’t write the answer too quickly

8. Don’t leave any blank answers

9. Listen for repeated information

YOU CAN TRY TO HELP FROM YOUTUBE..
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ABOUT IELTS

                                              IELTS

International English Language Testing System

Modules

There are two modules of the IELTS:

• Academic Module
• General Training Module

The IELTS test has four parts

• Listening: 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes' transfer time)
• Reading: 60 minutes
• Writing: 60 minutes
• Speaking: 11–14 minutes

The test total time is: 2 hours and 44 minutes                                                                                

Listening  

Section 1 has a conversation between two speakers.

Section 2 has one person speaking.
Section 3 is a conversation between two main speakers.
Section 4 has one person speaking about an academic subject.
 

Reading

The Reading paper has three sections and texts totaling 2,150-2,750 words.
Question types: short-answer questions, multiple choice,identifying information and writer’s views,using summary taken words and  text and matching information/headings/features in the sentence ending.


Texts in IELTS Academic
Reading texts which come from books, journals, magazines, newspapers and online resources written for non-specialist audiences.

Texts in IELTS General Training
Section 1 contains two or three short texts or several shorter texts, which deal with everyday topicsSection 2 contains two texts, which deal with work.Section 3 contains one long text about a topic of general interest.

Writing

IELTS Academic
Task 1: test takers describe a graph, table, chart or diagram in their own words.Task 2: test takers discuss a point of view, argument or problem. Depending on the task, test takers may be required to present a solution to a problem, present and justify an opinion, compare and contrast evidence, opinions and implications, and evaluate and challenge ideas, evidence or an argument and so on.

IELTS General Training

Task 1: test takers write a letter in response to a given everyday situation. For example, writing to an accommodation officer about problems,writing to a new employer about problems value of time,writing to a local newspaper about a plan to develop a local airport.
Task 2: test takers write an essay about a topic of general interests. For example, whether smoking should be banned in public places, whether children’s leisure activities should be educational, how environmental problems can be solved and so on.

Speaking

The speaking test is a face-to-face interview between the test taker and an examiner.

The speaking test contains three sections.
Section 1: introduction and interview (4–5 minutes). Test takers may be asked about their home, family, work, studies, hobbies, interests, reasons for taking IELTS exam as well as other general topics such as clothing, free time, computers and the internet.

Section 2: long turn (3–4 minutes).Test takers have one minute to prepare to talk about this topic. The task card states the points that should be included in the talk and one aspect of the topic which must be explained during the talk. Test takers are then expected to talk about the topic for 2 minutes, after which the examiner may ask one or two questions.

Section 3: discussions (4–5 minutes). The third section involves a discussion between the examiner and the test taker, generally on questions relating or may not the theme which they have already spoken about in Section 2.

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