雅思口语7分

口语7分

Marking system

F+V+G+P

No marks for ideas/facts

You do not need to be intelligent or correcyt

Intelligent answers do not get high scores stupid answers donot get low scores)

We emphasis more on the way you speaking English

Fluency

What do you do to get a higher score?

Long answers =higher fluency score 6+

Part one questions –at least 20seconds for each question

Part three at least 40seconds to one minute

Part two at least 1‘30 (if <1;30 then fluency down to 5 score)

Never stop yourself in part two ,wait the examiner to tell you to stop)

Keep talking quickly=== lower score 5 in fluency

Results in repetition ==fluency 4

Short pauses/ hesitations for ideas+details will increase your fluency score!

Natural conversation style = fluency 7

It is inforaml conversation ,not a speech competition

You must stay on topic(for all questions)

Willing to talk on any topic=fluency 7

Only able to talke on very familiar topics =fluency 4

Actually I donot know anything about this ,,but let me try to answer---(ability to talk on an unfamiliar topic= fluency and vocabulary 7)

Never tell examiner that you are familiar with some toipc.Lying always helps your fluency score Linking words are very important for a fluencyscore 6-7)

A variety of linking words

Some less-common linking words =7

So, but ,because,however, in addition. In cintrast .although. on the other hand, in some ways .as well as this .this means ,especially. In particular,more inportantly. What I mean is

Typical native speaker linking expressions

But /however/although

Contrast linking words

―mind you‖=but

I play quite a lot of sport in summer,mind you I donot really do much sport in winter.

―still‖=however

Iam not so keen on watching TV,still I guess sometimes watch the news on TV

:yet:=but

Train travel is quite slow yet I suppose trains are getting faster nowadays

;like for instance=for example(这个在英国年代久远，已经不常用了，基本都用前者代替)

Though at the end of the sentence

I like Korean food . I donot like japanese food though.

Examples of redundant expressions

Redudant words/phasees will increase your fluency score( you must use these for a fluency 7-8) You know well actually . what I mean is that and like in some ways

And like really in some ways

I guess like

I suppose

I mean like

V ocabu;ary

The examiner is listening to evert word you use

When you answer questions you must use some vocabulary that is directly related to the topic

例如art

Do you like art

这儿的art including painting sculpture drawing ceramics)

Vocabulary 7 some use of paraphrase where necessary

Two times in your test ,explain somethig

Grammer score in speaking

Grammar scores are directly influenced by sentence length verb thnses grammar mistakes There are certain questons which are secret grammar questions

These questions are used to test on e area of your grammar

Would you like to change your subject?

Would you like to move to another city?

The purpose of these questions 是看你是否理解虚拟语气，考的是语态，不是你回答的内容。这样的问题必须用虚拟语气回答

Yes I would like to move to --- because if -----

No, I would not like to --- because ---

If+past tense structures + would

I guess that if I had the chance .optioon I would like to -------/I would not mind+verb+ing

Would you like to be in a film?

Would you like to be a professional photographer?

Always asy yes I would like to ---

If you try to answer no to any of these questions the grammar becomes too difficult

Past tense questions

In part one topics

When/How did you learn to use a computer?

How long have you been learning english?