If you're preparing for an English speaking test such as IELTS or even if
you're not working on techniques to get a high score will improve your English
fluency and I'm gonna show you exactly how to do it right here
I'm Deirdre Nicholas teacher speaker and your personal English language coach now
you may have heard of IELTS which is the International English Language Testing
system and it's a test which is used for anybody who wishes to study or work in
any countries where English is the main language of communication so you may be
preparing for your IELTS test now in which case this video about the IELTS
speaking test will be fantastic for you or you may be thinking of going to live
or work in another country where English is the moment of communication and where
you'll need IELTS to be accepted so this will give you a really good head start
or even if you aren't doing any of those things learning how to get a high score
in IELTS speaking it's one of the best things that you can do to improve your
English fluency and you can do all of these things at home either on your own
or just with a friend so I'm going to give you some top-quality guidance on
how to improve your fluency and get a high score in IELTS in your speaking
test now for those of you who are taking the IELTS test this video relates to
part 1 in the speaking test first of all try to talk as much as possible
now the IELTS speaking test part 1 tests your ability to talk about personal
experiences and interests and is very short it only lasts about 4 to 5 minutes
in general conversation so my first tip for doing well in this test and for
talking more fluently is try to talk as much as possible the examiner is looking
to hear you speak so that they can tell how good you are at English speaking and
you need to demonstrate that you're really good at English thinking - if you
don't speak how will the examiner know how good you are at English the second
thing is to talk fluently and develop your answers it's important for example
in any conversation of course but particularly in the IELTS speaking test
to develop your answer and expand of what you're saying
so if you're asked a question such as where are you from
don't just say Cairo or wherever it is that won't get you a very good score and
also it's not going to start a very good fluent conversation either you need to
expand and say something like well I'm from Cairo the capital of Egypt it's in
North Africa now when I was an IELTS examiner I often used to get candidates
who just stopped talking and and just gave silence though I didn't know if
they could speak good English or not if you don't speak the examiner will never
know how brilliant you are and they won't be able to give you a good score
so how do you do this and what is the best preparation I'm going to tell you
first of all get a list of topics now the topics that you will be asked
about in part 1 of the IELTS speaking our simple topics such as about you
study work your home town free time holidays transport shopping your
neighborhood reading sports and games so make a list of topics like this then
take each topic and expand your ideas about it so that you can develop a range
of vocabulary for each of these topics so let's take an example your home town
think about lots of things that you could talk about if someone asked you
about your hometown where is it in which country is it a busy crowded
town or a quiet rural area are there a lot of people there do you like your
hometown how do you feel about your hometown and so on now I don't want you
to write anything down I just want you to think about ideas because of course
in the exam you won't be able to write anything down for part one so this is
quick thinking and developing of ideas number four its list of phrases and
vocabulary you then need to have a range of vocabulary and phrases for each topic
so for your hometown you might talk about it being a busy bustling city not
far from the mountains or it's a popular coastal resort favored by tourists the
view use simple vocabulary like it's a big city this will give you a low band
score and you don't want that whereas it's a busy bustling city will be much
more impressive for the examiner it's much more advanced and also if you use
it in everyday speech it sounds a lot more fluent by the way make sure you get
the adjective order right I've got a video about this so make sure you watch
that now another thing you need to think about is collocations and freezes that
go together and fixed phrases to you can use verb collocations like my city makes
an impression on visitors and my hometown has the benefit of being near
the capital of my country now your next step in becoming more fluent and getting
a higher score in IELTS is to record yourself so you choose maybe six
questions from one of the topics we talked about take your mobile phone and
answer the questions into the phone recording your voice remember don't
write anything just speak and record your voice and then check in listen to
your voice find out how fluent you sound and where
your weaknesses are this is so important because this is the way you're going to
improve so how do you know when you're making a mistake I'm going to tell you
all about that and I'm going to show you four things that you can check against
to see how fluent you are oh and before I go on don't forget to hit the
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the email address below deirdre at palm tree teaching comm and I'd love to help
you and I really hope you decide to do this as it
really improve your English so the four things that you need to think about when
you listen to yourself on your recording are fluency vocabulary grammar and
pronunciation so why these four things well two reasons firstly these four
things are equally important and these things are what the examiner will be
marking you against and the second reason is that these four things make up
fluent English speaking so fluency what does fluency mean well first of all
you need to check the links of your answer remember I said keep talking
that's very important if you can develop your answer and expand your ideas you
will not only get a higher band score but in everyday speaking you will sound
much more fluent don't be silent and don't stop just keep speaking with a
good flow we don't want hesitations in the answers so if you um
then you need to practice a lot more do more recordings until you sound more
natural and flowing so the vocabulary you need to have a good range of words
and phrases try not to repeat the same words so for example it was a very nice
meal it was very hot I was very tired instead you need to find different words
that mean the same thing so instead of those things say things like the meal
was delicious it was a boiling hot day I was exhausted that will give you a much
higher band score so this paraphrasing as it's called it's
very important finding words and phrases that mean the same thing now if you can
paraphrase successfully you're looking at at least a band 7 IELTS so back to
that important question how do you know when you're making mistakes well it's
easy when you listen to yourself on your recording write down the words that you
say then look them up and check them to see if
they are correct are they accurate do they mean what you wanted them to say do
you pronounce them properly so grammar the next thing you need to listen out
for in your speaking practice is grammar now you can check for mistakes in the
same way as you did for vocabulary you also have to make sure that you're using
a range of different grammar tenses now if the question that you're being asked
is in the present simple you need to vary the way you answer it
not just answering in the present simple but using different verb tenses for
example the question in part one could be do you like your hometown you could
answer yes I like it a lot although it has changed it used to be a much
friendlier place and there was less traffic now you've changed a simple
present simple question into a great answer with a range of different verb
tenses and there's a good linking word there too although and this is something
else you need to prepare create a list of good linking words things like
however they're for and so on or even just but okay so the last point to
consider and something which is equally important as the other three is
pronunciation are you pronouncing each word correctly you can check on online
dictionaries where you can hear the sound of the word online are you
pronouncing the sounds correctly like the schwa for example and strong sounds
like purr and turn of course rhythm and intonation are really important too so
it's important to listen to lots of different native speaker English to get
the sound of the flow of the language listen to where the stress is in
sentences and words I've created a video on this so make sure you have a look at
that because that will help you then all you need to do is keep practicing find
out what you need to work on where your weaknesses are and keep repeating the
steps that we've worked through in this video you will improve your
English both for iOS and for fluent speaking I can guarantee it
now I've made lots of videos actually on improving your fluency so make sure you
have a look at those I'll put the links below this video because that will
really help you as well they will build your English fast and improve your
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as well so I'm gonna see you next time good luck with your English bye