Hello everyone and welcome to English for learners. In this video I will give you some
useful tips and strategies to prepare for your daily english speaking test
there are three to four extended speaking tasks in
the Duolingo English test so let's take a look what they're all about
so the Duolingo speaking tasks aim to gauge your ability to express yourself on a particular topic
so basically they evaluate you on your knowledge of the language knowledge of the topic your
confidence and the fact that how much time you can spend speaking on a particular topic whether you
can speak a couple of sentences and then you can't speak anymore or whether you can give a complete
well-rounded answer for the question asked the point of discussion is that you need to prove
your ability in all these areas but how can you do that i'm going to discuss the same in a little bit
now the main problem with many of the english proficiency test takers is that
they do not have a good command over the english language
i have come across many students who have ideas on a certain topic but they have a very loose
command on grammar sentence structure punctuation or vocabulary as a result their answers do not
make much sense when they speak or write which gives a very negative impression to the examiner
so the first tip i would give you is to improve your knowledge of english if you're not confident
about your knowledge of grammar sentence structure punctuation and vocabulary then please start
learning the basics and make sure you can write and speak your sentences correctly do not rush
for the exam without having the knowledge of english because you will get a little credit
for grammatically incorrect answers or a sentence structure wise incorrect answers now let's move on
the second speaking test preparation tip is to read and listen to sample questions
and answers and speak them out loud it is really important to speak your answers loud
before the exam in order to get some practice of speaking and train your brain to speak on a topic
when prompted now the first point in the list over here is read sample questions and answers on the
internet secondly listen to video lectures and when you come across sample question and answers
you need to speak them out loud on a daily basis as a part of your preparation there is a lot of
material on the internet in the form of videos and on some websites as well you can go and
look for them as you read and listen to different topics on the internet you will learn about these
topics and that will give you an insight into what kind of questions can be asked in the test
Now besides reading and listening to sample questions and answers and speaking them out loud
you can also choose sample topics and write on them yourself
so what you can do you can choose topics from the practice exercises on the official websites
you can find topics posted by students and teachers in the lingo english test groups
you can also find a list of topics for the lingo on the intranet i have also given
some topics in my videos you can choose some topics and write your own answers for them
another useful tip to prepare for your speaking test is to make a daily routine
with your friend or a partner your friend can ask you a question and you can answer him
you can prepare your answers but it's better to write the main points only
and then answer the question in your own words this is how many institutions prepare
their students for their interviews or their english proficiency tests the teacher breaks
out the students into a group of two or three and they talk to each other on a given topic
the next tip i'll give you is to improve your general knowledge about a variety of topics
why it is important is because duolingo test has a wide range of topics it is important that you have
some knowledge or information about various topics so that you can give your opinion about them
if you have very limited information about things then it will be hard for
you to answer the questions for example if you do not have a favorite book if you don't
have a favorite movie a picnic sport and you haven't ever thought about these things
then it will be hard for you to answer a question that involves all these topics
having said that you need to improve your information about subjects like sports culture
personal likes and dislikes scientific inventions education technology etc
another important thing that you are tested on in your speaking test
is the use of vocabulary you can learn vocabulary related to different topics for example you can
find vocabulary related to environment sports seasons internet technology etc on google
and make a world bank of your own the use of strong vocabulary words will
improve the quality of your answer and as a result you will get a really good score
Next you need to note down the main points of information related to different topics
that is because you won't get the same topic that you prepared so be ready to deal with different
questions under one main topic for example if the topic is culture some questions might be describe
some interesting cultural facts of your country or compare the food culture of your country with
that of another country or is it advisable to make friends across cultures for example so it
is advisable not to memorize your answers because you won't be able to reproduce it in the same way
and then just keep in mind the main points of information dot them down so that you
can remember them and then reproduce them in your own words when asked a related question
one good strategy to prepare for your duolingo speaking tasks is to time your answers according
to the time allowed for each question in the test so that you are able to practice just like
the real test for example cue card questions and speak on an image allowed question types
have 30 seconds to 1 minute 30 seconds timer and the video interview question has 1 to 3 minutes
so when you practice speaking your answers as a part of your preparation
you should take a note of how much time you can speak easily on a particular topic
i would recommend that you speak for at least one minute on any of the extended speaking tasks
you do not need to speak very fast or rush through your answer you can speak
comfortably although there should not be very long pauses in your conversation or answer
the last tip i would give you here for your daily english speaking test preparation is to
immerse yourself in english by which i mean that you need to expose yourself to english language
as much as you can listen to podcasts news plays movies etc watch videos and mock or real
interviews of english proficiency test candidates online you will easily find a lot of them
on youtube and i totally believe they're really really helpful that was my final tip here i hope
you will use these tips from start to finish you can also visit my website www.english4learners.org
you will find free Duolingo English test preparation material on it
that was the end of this video i wish you good luck for your exam and i'm
pretty sure you will all do fine i'll see you in the next video bye for now