HƯỚNG DẪN TRẢ LỜI TRONG SPEAKING IETLS
[...]... regular changes to the speaking test content, but the format remains the same All IELTS speaking tests follow a rigid structure Wherever in the world you take your speaking test, you can expect your interview to follow the same pattern Examiners are regularly monitored to ensure that they deliver the speaking interviews in the correct way as set by UCLES (the test designers) Overall, speaking interviews... own experience here Many years ago in an IELTS speaking test, I interviewed a young lady who was arrogant , impolite, impatient and quite rude – I awarded this candidate a score of 8 because her spoken English matched the descriptions in the marking system for band score 8 23 Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking The Speaking Test Format At the time of writing, the speaking test follows the format introduced in... Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking Pronunciation 6 The average of these four scores 5.5 In the IELTS speaking test, scores are rounded up or down to the nearest half-band (5.0 5.5 6.0 etc.), so in this example the candidate would score an overall 5.5 for speaking 5.25 = 5 5.5 = 5.5 5.75 = 6 etc 5 A Summary of the Marking System In this section we have looked in detail at the way that the speaking test is marked... points are the first step in producing a native-speaker style English The next section deals with the marking system in detail 12 Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking The Marking System The IELTS speaking test is marked according to a carefully designed marking system All speaking examiners use exactly the same marking system and use it in the same way The marking system is divided into four sections: Fluency and... many of these features were present in your spoken English As we have already stated, a high score in the IELTS speaking test is given when the candidate produces language which is similar to native-speaker style English The first step to achieving a higher score in the speaking test is to start speaking English in the following way: Give longer responses Avoid being too direct Use filters and redundant... anything you say before this point is not being tested The start of the speaking test (asking for candidate name and checking ID card) usually taks about 30 seconds to 1 minute This time is not included in the interview time The examiner starts timing the interview when the test questions begin 1 Part One of the Speaking Test Part One of the speaking test lasts for 4~5 minutes Many people wrongfully call Part... this section the majority of sentences should be complex sentences 19 Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking There is a section later in this book which gives advice and activities on tenses and sentence structures 4 Pronunciation (1~9) With effect from August 1st 2008, the marking scale of pronunciation will change in all IELTS speaking tests worldwide Examiners will now be able to award band score 1~9 instead of...Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking If you are speaking English in the same way that you speak Chinese, you will not be producing this important ―native-speaker feature‖ of spoken English There are many examples of redundant language Another... watching TV To some extent I would say I like watching TV 11 Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking Well, I wouldn't say I actually like watching TV Well, I suppose you could probably say that I'm fond of watching TV Do I like watching TV well it's hard to say The examples above display a common feature of spoken English – the use of speaking in degrees‖ Chinese answers usually begin with a definite and clearly... candidates avoid the question by talking 15 Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking about something else Look at the following example: “What sports do you like?” “I don't like sports I like computer games My favorite computer game is Counter Strike and this game is very popular in China now I like Counter Strike because ” This situation happens quite often in the speaking test If it happens once or twice, the examiner