I just saw you yesterday yeah welcome back to you hi guys welcome back to everybody welcome
back everyone all right guys so yesterday on the show we talked about how Panic inducing the IELTS
speaking exam is now because the examiner has to be so strict with timing and has to interrupt
you guys all the time um and It's Tricky it's difficult definitely listen yesterday because
we have three tips for practicing ahead of time so you don't get freaked out on test
Day by these new rules but today guys we are going to show you what that looks like exactly
right we don't want it to be Panic inducing we want you to have all the preparation you need
so that you're calm and confident on test day all the tips we gave you yesterday will help
you with that and also hearing practice answers that are the correct time because you need to
get a feel for how long these answers should be okay now I have my timer out Aubrey do you have
your timer out we are really focusing today guys I know sometimes in our sample answers
um we talk we really like to talk and that's great because you learn a lot of ideas and
vocab and great grammar structures but today guys we're really going to be strict with each
other with the timing and I'm pretty sure we're gonna have to interrupt each other so um in part
one so I'll briefly review what we talked about yesterday guys part one is a total of four to
five minutes all right 11 questions there are three groups of questions in part one the first
group there's so many numbers get ready the first group has three questions and it is about work or
studies or home hometown the next two groups are could be about anything chopping colors trees
um Lakes I don't know could be about anything okay they're like personal sort of daily topics
um but you will have to answer two groups of questions and each group has
four questions in it all right so we're gonna time this out we're gonna do one group for part one and
it really has to be no more than a minute and a half in total for this whole group of questions
okay so uh I'm Gonna Be The Examiner first Aubry okay are you ready all right I'm ready
and so just FYI guys this is a group two so it's not going to be about worker study it's
those personal questions that you would be asked in that second group of questions and
that's one of my favorite topics food my favorite and not favorite favorite is food not favorite is
cooking okay all right getting into examiner mode um let's move on to discuss food and cooking what
sorts of food do you like eating most dessert anything with sugar anything super sweet I even
like sugar lots of sugar in coffee and chocolate like a mocha and then I always with the entrees
appetizers I'm trying to limit how much I eat so that I always have room for dessert
who normally does the cooking in your home in the past it was always me and I was over it so
I set up a schedule and now everyone who's old enough takes their turn everyone has their night
and then we'll have like a night to go out and it has saved my life it has changed everything
because now I know that it won't be me every day and also the person who cooks never has to clean
which is always how it should be so yeah we made some big changes and it's so much better
do you watch cooking programs on TV I used to we used to watch MasterChef Junior and the Great
British baking show but I feel like it's been at least two years since I've seen any cooking shows
so I don't know what the new fangold programs are I um they haven't kept up on it thank you
um in general do you prefer eating out or eating at home
eating out it's always better to not have to clean and it's so fun to have a giant menu with
a plethora of options to choose from and dessert of course so I can get a chocolate moon thank you
okay so guys that was interesting I didn't have to interrupt you on the first two questions
um because they were shorter than 40 seconds right but as and this is gonna happen on the test guys
as you get to the end of the group and the timing grows shorter and shorter that's usually when the
examiner interrupts you unless you're like going Way Beyond right in the first couple answers
you're usually going to be interrupted in the last couple answers because the examiner is eyeing the
time and like oh get into that minute and a half have to wrap it up um but I want you guys really
to listen back to aubry's answers there the intonation really stood out to me while I was
listening um I have so many mock speaking tests with students and their English is fantastic the
vocab is great grammar is awesome and the thing is they're not super expressive in English and
a lot of times they're not super expressive in their first language you have to be super
expressive on the test even if you're not usually so the best way to practice that is by mimicking
so listen to aubry's answers and mimic copy those out loud even to the point where I'm interrupting
on those last two two answers so how did that feel for you Aubry timing wise like were you conscious
of trying to speak shorter yeah it was really tricky and we know this giving speaking exams
right now with these changes but those final questions I've had so little time but luckily I
know that that's not affecting a score so I wasn't stressed I can totally see students with such a
short amount of time for those last two questions being thrown feeling like is this right I had
very little time to speak and if you start feeling that question of like either is the examiner doing
something wrong or am I doing something wrong imagine the Panic that can be created so I think
when you have a better idea of the timing and you know those final questions might be really short
your answers because the examiner has to ask that fourth question if you're expecting it then you
can remain confident and not let that cause Panic exactly exactly um yeah as long as like really try
to get to the specific details immediately just like Aubry did right like in that third question
about cooking programs like you mentioned you know Great British Bake Off baking show whatever like
you got to the examples and specifics immediately so I could hear that strong answer from the start
right so that's another thing to keep in mind is like go to the details right away oh that's such
a good point especially for those final answers where you're not you won't have a lot of time left
if you're spending a lot of time on filler phrases especially for you know answers that should be
pretty easy like what TV do you watch right then you're not ever going to get to the answer and
that could be a problem exactly totally so like that first answer you gave was just a little over
20 seconds and then this second answer was a bit longer and I'm pointing that out because
because it's tricky guys the examiner's job is tricky not every answer is the same exact
length you're gonna have answers that are shorter and then you have more time for other
answers right so this guideline we're giving you of don't let yourself go over 40 seconds
we're not saying every answer has to be 40 seconds like it can't be it can't be some answers have to
be shorter but in total like your longest answer will be 40 seconds right but just in total for
those four questions minute and a half right that's it okay the other tricky thing is don't
let this make you think oh maybe some answers should only be a couple of words absolutely
not you still have to go into detail right you have to give something show your fluency Let The
Examiner stop you rather than worrying about the time yourself and feeling like you need to cut
something short get used to seeing that hand and hearing thank you and not letting it phase you
rather than shortening really really short answers yourself right exactly exactly all right guys so
after this short break we will give you a model for what part three looks like on the IELTS exam
all right everyone so um I loved that part one model I thought it was so 100 what could happen
on test day it was it went so well and now we're gonna try and do the same for part three yeah so
for this one it's two and a half minutes in total for three questions so you guys want to
aim for no more than one minute per question but again if it's going too long The Examiner
will stop you don't let that stress you out are you ready Jessica yeah yes [Laughter] now
let's talk about science and invention how does science influence people's lives
wow that is a very general question um there are so many types of Sciences that could influence
our lives there's environmental science that could change the way we are making cars and the
types of cars we can't buy uh for instance the electric cars are becoming more common
and I think that changes the way we drive that changes the way we handle our gas budgets for
sure and that also changes the way we plan our trips as far as where we can charge our cars
um but I would say the Health Sciences the medical industry would impact Our Lives the most
um we can now live to longer ages we don't have to worry as much about certain diseases
that have been eradicated due to science so I would I would Hazard to say that science
changes our lives in almost every way these days what can be done to improve scientific research
honestly I think the the capitalism has to be taken out of scientific research
um more specifically the pharmaceutical industry is what comes to mind first because
our greatest Minds deserve to be paid well and really smart scientists researchers they tend
to go for the highest paying gigs which would be with pharmaceutical companies because that's what
people pay so much for are these drugs right um and if being paid if a paycheck weren't a factor
then our greatest scientific Minds could actually be tackling the biggest problems like cancer right
instead of researching ways to decrease male pattern baldness instead of researching ways
more ways to kill pain we have enough painkillers instead of spending our thank you what are the
effects of international cooperation in the field of science well this goes to what I was
saying before if we could take the paycheck out if we could take out um the um incentive to only
make money and work for private companies then there would be more International cooperation
because as it stands now the greatest minds are not sharing their discoveries with people from
across the pond as they say or around the world thank you that is the end of the speaking test
wow good job that is so hard oh my goodness but well done very well done right a minute for those
first two questions and then where there's only it can only be two and a half minutes in total
you have to be stopped in order to get at least 30 seconds for that third question right but you
did a fantastic job I want you guys to of course pay attention to the timing here listen to this
again so you get a feel for about how long it is for a question to be a minute an answer to be a
minute but so much good vocab to say I'd Hazard to say band 9. you guys need to use this right it
means like I'd go so far as to say or adventure to say but I've never heard a student say this
I would Hazard to say so add that to your vocab notebook guys and use it go back and listen to how
Jessica used it and then eradicate as a verb to mean get rid of eliminate band 9 and gigs
right to say a bunch of gigs and mail like the details to talk about male pattern baldness just
details it's so impressive right so such the other thing I want to point out you guys these
are difficult questions these are questions that if you're not watching the news and thinking about
these things it would be very difficult to to really say something on topic that's pertinent
that makes sense with the vocabulary like topic specific vocabulary clearly Jessica
had thought about this before that capitalism should be taken out of this that the paycheck
shouldn't be the issue you don't have time with part three there's no time to think about it and
what do I think and maybe capitalism you have to have already had these thoughts that's why
it's so important to be filling your mind with ideas reading reading reading watching the news
and documentaries it's all part of your IELTS preparation so as a final note guys
um I just want to highlight how difficult the examiner's job is in this case because
like I was thinking about this while you were talking just now Aubry and the the
reason why examiners are going to tend to stop you towards the end of the groups of questions
is because we have to let you talk for the first few questions because it's like if I
stop you too soon and then your last answers Too Short then I get in trouble because I didn't let
you speak enough so we're always going to let you speak a bit more in the first few answers
and interrupt you in the last few answers you know that just ha that has to be the way it is
or else we're the examiners will get in trouble for not managing the time correctly so very spot
on models today guys of what could happen on the IELTS exam um and we want to remind you guys that
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um all right Aubry thanks this was fun yes so fun awesome see you next time bye bye
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