雅思口语 Part Two Strategies

IELTS SPEAKING
Part 2
Candidates are tested by the following skills:
∙Organizing a speech
∙Providing facts and details about people ,things,places and events ∙Giving explanation and reasons
A happy event/a successful person/ ∙Expressing feelings/how you feel Gift/wedding /birthday/sport
I have to say, that day I was like a monkey on a tree ,jumping up and down ,literally over the moon,trust me,I
was feeling, like, I was on top of the world .
∙Describing unreal condition
An ideal home /a place you would like to visit /a book you might like to write/what would you do if you received a million dollars
∙Evaluating effects and impacts
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Test Strategies
Useful sentence structures for the beginning of part 2:
∙I would like to …
∙I suppose to …
∙Ok ,I will start by talking about …
∙Ok ,so I’ve been asked to talk
about ….
Useful sentence structures for the ending of part 2:
∙Basically…
∙That’s all I can think about …∙I like …because of…SHOULD :
∙K eep eye contact
∙B e friendly and keep smiling
∙T aking notes
∙B e cool and keep talking
even though you are not
very familiar with the topic ∙Ask the examiner for help with difficult or new
words.(excuse me ,sir .I am not quite sure about what it means by leisure time ,would you please explain it for me ?)
∙A t least talk for 1.5
minutes
( That’s all I have to say about ….,hope I’ve already given you enough information ,if not ,do you want me to say more about it?)
∙Look at your notes when needed
∙M ake up a story when needed
∙S how that you are willing to talk about the topic
∙T alk with coherence
∙Q uickly sum up your talk when noticing the marked body language of the examiner.
Shouldn’t :
∙R ead your notes
∙L ooking at the ceiling instead of the examiner
∙B e very intense or nervous
.Talk like you are writing
∙T alk less than 1 minute
∙T alk too slowly
∙C orrect your mistakes frequently
Attention:
1)You don’t have to answer 4
questions,two is acceptable ,three will be better,but one is absolutely not ok.
2)You can take your notes in any
language because the examiner will not look at it at all.
3)Notes–taking is strongly recommended. Taking notes
1)notes taking (key words,not
sentences,basically notes should be
nouns and adjs)15-20 Seconds Sample 1:
Tell me about a wedding you attended .(p.170)
You should say:
who was getting married 5s
Who went to the wedding 5s
Whether you often go to weddings 5s
And explain how you felt at this wedding
5s
Sample 2.
Tell me about a gift you have received . You should say:
What the gift was 5s
Whether you think it expensive 5s
Who gave it to you 5s
And explain what your reaction was when you got it .5s
2)Structure your thoughts with
the help of the notes. 35-40
seconds .
Introduction -- main body -- summary frame:key words –sentences –paragraph。