Hi.
I'm Jessica Beck from the Three Keys Success System, your opportunity to get the score
you need on IELTS.
So, today we are going to talk about speaking part two and how to introduce your answer.
I have taught IELTS for a very long time, uh, 10 plus years, let's say.
(Laughs.)
Over, well, a few years past 10, and, uh, I know that a lot of teachers tell students
to do exactly the same thing where, um, the teach, the, the student should say, "In this
answer, I am going to tell you about my dog," or whatever.
Like, that's so boring.
And it's weird.
I mean, a native speaker would never say that, like, ever.
It doesn't sound fluent, it, it sounds a bit awkward, and it sounds like, uh, just a student.
That's all it sounds like.
It doesn't sound like a seven or higher, that's for sure.
So, don't say that.
Don't be boring.
Don't sound like everyone else.
What you should do is think of an, an interesting way to begin your talk and introduce what
you're going to say without copying the task two card, all right?
So, don't stare at the card and say, "Today, I am going to describe the last movie I saw
at the cinema."
(Laughs.)
Like, that's terrible.
It's not your own vocabulary, and it's just, it sucks as an answer.
Uh, all right.
So, let's get into some examples.
So, if, um, the task two asked you to describe a person you know and admire, um, you can
say, "There is a person in my life that I have known, it feels like forever, and I have
a great deal for respect for them."
Okay, so what I did there was paraphrase the task two card, okay?
Uh, paraphrasing is going to get you a seven or higher for vocabulary.
The examiner listens for that.
That is a very specific thing the examiner wants to hear to give you a higher score,
and it's nice for your fluency and coherence because it's a nice introduction to your answer.
And you don't sound like a student robot.
(Laughs.)
All right?
So, what you should do is rewi-, rewind this video and write down what I just said because
that's an example you can use, uh, to help up paraphrase speaking part two cards about
people.
Um, lately there have been a few part two cards about describing objects, and I know
this is the toughest one, so if a part two card said, for example, describe something
you own that you could not live without.
Uh, I would introduce my answer by answering, "This is, this is kind of a funny question
because if I think of something I can't live without, I don't think about my phone or an
actual object.
I think about my son," or, "I think about my life."
No, that doesn't make sense.
(Laughs.)
"I think about my exercise habit."
Okay?
So, that's what, that's one way to approach is to, to find an interesting perspective
on it, and again, like, those are the first things that came to mind.
My son and my exercise.
(Laughs.)
And that's fine.
What you need to go with is the first thing that comes to mind, because that's what going
to save time.
You don't have to think of anything else, go with that.
Take notes right away, and that's what you talk about.
So, in that example, I used a conditional phrase, higher grammar score, I used a conditional
phrase to introduce my answer.
Um, and again, rewind, write that down, try and make it your own in your practice, okay?
I'll give you one more example.
So, so far we've done, um, the object and a person.
Another thing you might be asked to describe is an experience on, in part two.
So, for example, the part two card might say, describe the last party you went to that was
boring.
(Laughs.)
That would actually be a, a funny topic.
It might happen.
You never know.
IELTS has some funny topics.
Uh, I would introduce my answer by saying, um, "Honestly, I don't go to a lot of parties
because I'm very busy and I'm in my 30s, but if I have to talk about a party that I've
been to, I would say last Halloween I went to a party at a neighbor's house, and to be
frank, unfortunately it was not that fun."
(Laughs.)
So, again, I'm paraphrasing the topic, I'm making it my own, I'm introducing what I'm
gonna talk about.
I'm accomplishing all of these things for high scores, for fluency and coherence, vocabulary,
grammar, pronunciation, and I'm still, uh, I'm still doing the introduction like teachers
want you to do, I'm just making it better.
I'm making it mine.
All right?
So, please write down my examples and try and make them your own, okay?
For a variety of topics that you might see on part two.
For more speaking examples, vocabulary, linking words, transition phrases, please check out
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Thank you for listening, and have a good day.