Some Tips for IELTS Speaking
Here are some IELTS speaking tips which will help you in speaking exam.
1. Before you take the test start reading books and listen to the podcasts because this is how you can build quite a solid lexical resource and vocabulary for which you are evaluated so make sure you learn words in context. This will help you when you will find yourself in a specific situation and a word just pops up in your head. So that’s how you can come out of this type of specific situation by just learning words in context.
2. Also try to think in English because English thinking helps you to come up with words instantly because you know you are thinking in English. So you don’t need to translate sentences in your head which is extremely beneficial.
3. Try to talk to a mirror because this is extremely helpful for you. Also you can check your look, face expressions including your smile. Some of the students have no ability to talk with strangers in English because of lack of confidence. But if you start mirror practice than definitely you will improve your confidence and speaking ability.
4. Recording your voice is also the most effective tip to improve the speaking. So make sure that you not only record yourself also you should listen your recording several time until you write down every mistake that you had. And try to work on your weak points.
5. Try to do practice with other speakers of English and in every country you may find an English speaker. If it is not possible than try to speak in English with your family, friends, migrants and so on. There are lots of people who usually use their English language in their day to day life. So don’t hesitate to talk with someone in English.
6. Try to watch the speaking of native speakers on some applications. In this way you can know about the accents of native speakers. Also you can pick some vocabulary words and improve your pronunciation. When you are ready for something more challenging, try out tongue twisters.
7. Do speaking test every day. And try to generate ideas on particular topics. As you all know that you have just 1 minute to prepare your cue card in your exam. For this you have to keep some important points in your mind.
Focus on the tense it is in present, past or future. If you use wrong tenses then examiner will think that you are not able to make sentences. And they will give you zero score in your grammatical range and accuracy. So always take care about all the parameters of speaking while practicing.
8. The next tip is that you should start listening English music and need to learn the lyrics of that. If you don’t understand the English songs once than Play it again and again and try to understand the meaning of lyrics. In case you don’t understand it again then convert in your own language to understand it more clearly.
9. During your exam day, don’t think that everybody is better than you. And don’t lose your confidence. Sometime examiner doesn’t show any facial expressions so don’t worry about that. Sometime, examiner’s are frustrated but it doesn’t mean that they will not give good band scores to you. In this case, take a long breath before entering the speaking room and just focus on your test instead focusing on the expressions of examiner’s.
10. Don’t worry if examiner interrupts you. Examiner often does this because they have number of questions that they have to ask you. They just want to test you that do you have the unique idea? Also they want to see the range of vocabulary on different topics. So they are always cutting and changing questions to see your performance.
11. Keep smile on your face before you enter the room because when you smile your body changes. And you start feeling better also you project bit of energy which hopefully will make the examiner feel better.
Thank you:)
