IELTS Speaking Test Advice- Important Tips

IELTS speaking test is a face to face conversation of an examinee with examiner. It basically includes all the questions from real life situations, upto an extent a test can have.

The examiner can question you anything about your hometown, job and education in Speaking Part 1. The test is actually designed in this way to make you feel comfortable so these are just common IELTS speaking questions. Speak as natural as you can because this will help you to speak confidently and fluently. In Speaking Part 2, you are given a cue card, a general topic to speak on. You will have 1 minute to make notes on the topic before you start speaking for it for 2 minutes. Always try to relate that topic with your real life incident and make notes accordingly, you will get enough data to speak this way. Once you are done with cue card, or after two minutes, examiner will stop you. It is strongly advised not to stop until an examiner interrupts you. This will create bad impact on the examiner. IELTS Speaking Part 3 includes cross questioning that will be linked with your cue card subject.

For example if your Cue Card topic is:

The best gift you ever got till date. You should say:

What was the gift?
Who gave you the gift?
Why is this gift important to you?

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Cross questions can be:

• Do you think presenting gifts are important in your culture?
• On what occasions, should we gift someone?

Before your real test, practice is must.  Try to speak as much English as you can, at your home, at your college or workplace, everywhere. Find or think about any subject that can become your cue card topic and start speaking on it for 3 minutes. Practice more than required time. For the perfect preparation you can also take help from different IELTS tests available online.

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Follow some tips to give your best in speaking test. During test:

• Talk fluently and spontaneously.
• Be relaxed and confident so that you enjoy your speaking.
• Develop your answers like story, to make them fascinating.
• Do not restrain yourself to 2-3 lines, speak until examiner stops you.
• Ask for clarification, if required.
• Do not learn answers, examiners are smart enough to spot.
• You are just examined on the ability to express your views, Just the way you communicate not on your knowledge.
• Almost all the questions are predictable, so no need to fumble, think and speak.

Recommended activities for IELTS Speaking preparation

• Find out previous IELTS speaking test topics or sample topics on internet. Read their answers and prepare your own.
• Practice under strict time deadline, each time when you practice with your friends or alone
• Join IELTS coaching with British IELTS.
• Get help from the study material offered by coaching institute.
• Take a glance of IELTS Test Day advice before going for the test.