Hi, I'm Jessica Beck from the podcast IELTS Energy and the website IELTS.allearsenglish.com.
Today we're going to talk about vocabulary that is necessary for you as an IELTS candidate.
Not only is the topic of education on the listening exam, in the reading passages, sometimes
there are articles about this, and it's involved in questions on writing task two and also
graphs in writing task one.
And it is everywhere on the speaking test.
You have a 50% chance of getting asked about your studies and your education on the speaking
exam.
I mean, it's called the academic IELTS test.
You're going to talk about academics and education.
Even if you're a general student, you'll be asked about your studies.
So let's get into some vocabulary for you guys to secure a seven or higher on the IELTS
speaking exam.
For example, in speaking part one, the examiner might say, "What are you studying right now?"
You could say, "Well, in the future I would like to study to be an engineer, but in the
meantime, I am working on perfecting my English skills with an online IELTS course."
Like, my online IELTS course, which I recommend.
The vocabulary there; in the meantime.
It just means for now or at present.
And then I love that phrase, "perfecting my something skills."
Perfecting my English skills.
Perfecting my soccer skills.
Any skills could be used with this phrase.
By the way guys, now is a great time if you don't already have a pen or paper, take these
notes, okay?
Write down these phrases that I'm telling you because you must practice them after the
video in order to use them on exam day.
Okay, so, so far we have "In the meantime" and "Perfecting my skills."
And by the way guys, these are phrases that could be used in any topic.
All right?
I'm just connecting them to education today.
All right, so how about speaking part two.
In speaking part two you might be asked to describe a class or a teacher or a year from,
a moment, a day, something from your high school career, your elementary school days.
You could be asked to describe a variety of different things connected to your studies
in the past or now.
Some phrases that you could use.
For example, if you're describing a math class that you took in high school, you could say
that "I believe that the math classes I took in high school, although I wasn't the best
student and to be honest I didn't actually enjoy these classes, however I do believe
that this subject has reaped the most long term rewards.
The most long-term benefits for me as now I have to calculate my student loans in my
daily budget."
For example.
The phrase to remember there is "Reaped the most long-term rewards."
Or just "Reaped the most rewards" is also fine.
Think about things that you did in the past, especially things that you learned.
What has reaped you the most long-term rewards or benefits?
Think about it.
Those should be the examples you write down in your vocabulary notebook so you remember
these phrases.
In speaking part three, you might be asked to talk about how education in your country
has changed in recent years.
This is a very possible question to come up on the exam.
You could say that "Luckily, I'm from a country whose government has put a lot of money into
technology and education and we are full on tech bound in the classroom now.
There are computers in every classroom.
Students have access to their own personal tablets that they're given the first day of
school.
And I believe that this creates a more erudite population as they have access to information
at all times."
That was such a good answer.
That was a shining number nine, part three answer.
The vocabulary to note from that answer.
We have full on, which is totally, completely.
Very descriptive, very native speaker phrase to say.
We have tech bound.
Bound is a goal, something for the future.
Their goal is technology.
They are tech bound.
Another great golden phrase to get you a seven or an eight or a nine for vocabulary on the
IELTS exam.
And then another gold star, formal, academic word; erudite.
I love that word.
If you can work that in on test day, speaking part three, writing task two, that's fantastic.
Erudite is an adjective.
It means knowledgeable.
Learned.
So guys, I hope you found this useful.
And you should have and please practice all this vocabulary.
If you would like more lessons on how to score the highest score possible on IELTS exam,
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Thank you so much for watching and have a wonderful day.