Hey sraza,
I an quite amazed to see ur ielts score..ive given the test yesterday..but not sure of the writing section..and i have to appear for the speaking test tomorrow..any suggestions...??
One thing I did right for Writing as well as Speaking is thoroughly understand the evaluation criteria. We often get carried away with content and that could be one reason why some people find their results worse than expected.
There are youtube videos that explain these criteria.
For speaking, Keep in mind that you have to score in each of the following:
a) Fluency and coherence
b) Lexical resource i.e vocabulary
c) Grammatical range and accuracy
d) Pronunciation
I am attaching a file I found with a large number of questions (answers) on the internet but I didn't read it myself.
Also note that the whole speaking test is recorded with your candidate details along with examiner details. So you can't benefit much from the Halo effect (performing well towards the end of the test will not bias your result).
I under estimated the speaking piece and couldn't perform as well as I could have. If I were to do it again, I would improvise on the following :
- Your introduction is generally the most predictable question. For this question, have some possible answers in mind that covers Coherence and Grammatical range. Grammatical range is essentially complex sentences.
- Follow up questions after my two minute monologue stumped me. They were subjective open ended questions and I was scrambling for my opinion before I spoke. I was tempted to start speaking when I had not completely thought through my opinion .
Here are some questions I faced :
Speaking Part 1
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What do you do?
What do you do on a day to day basis?
Which time of day do you like for working and why?
How important is it to plan your week? Can you give an example.
Do you enjoy sports, especially indoor games?
Which indoor games do you like?
which indoor games did you play when you were young?
Why did you play those games?
Speaking Part 2
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Describe a recent film you watched
Where did you watch it
When did you watch it
What did you like about it
Speaking Part 3
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Do films play a role in learning?
Are films better than books when it comes to learning?
When are books more useful than films?
Do films help in language learning? How?