This article will go into detail on some useful activities you can do to practice speaking part 2. In this article we are going to look at 4 different activities: 🎙️ Recording and Transcription 🐢 Slow-Faster-Fast ✍️ Vocab Generation ⏲️ 4 / 3 / 2 See this post for general Speaking Part 2 tips and this post for Speaking Part 2 practice cue cards. 1. 🎙️ Recording and Transcription Use your phone or computer to record yourself answering a Speaking Part 2 prompt. Listen back to

In this post I will give you my top tips on how I would use the 1-minute thinking and planning time in IELTS Speaking Part 2. How to Use...

In this post I will discuss two of the most common ways of using the 1 minute of thinking and planning time as well as structuring your...

There are four important techniques that you will need to use throughout the listening exam. I've also included an important, bonus fifth point that'll help you in every part of the test! Specifically, we will look at: 🎯 Predicting answers 🔍 Predicting and understanding synonyms and paraphrases. ⚖️ Avoiding being tricked by 'distractors' 📝 Understanding fast, connected, and reduced speech 💬 How improving your vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation will improve your listen

In this lesson we will: 😔 Look at some bad anwers to Speaking Part 1 questions 😊 Look at some good answers to Speaking Part 1...

In this lesson we will do the following: 📑 Look at the format of the Speaking Exam 🎯 Look at the type of topics that come up in the exam 🤔 Compare Speaking Part 1 to a 'Real Life' activity 💡 Review some general Speading Part 1 Tips 1. 📑 Speaking Part 1 Format Time Speaking Part 1 lasts 4 - 5 minutes. Format First, the examiner reads some instructions, then introduces themself and confirms the candidate's identity. The first question you will be asked is your full name.

There are 5 different "types" of essay question in Writing Task 2. There is not a huge difference between the types - they all ask you to consider two sides of an argument and give your opinion about them. The difference is that they will give you instructions which will influence the focus and structure of your arguments. To make sure there are no surprises on exam day, you should be able to recognise these different types of instructions, and know how to answer each of them

To achieve the grade you want in IELTS, it is important to understand how the examiners evaluate your English. In this post, we will focus specifically on how your Writing Task 2 essay is evaluated in terms of Task Reponse . To do this, we're going to do 4 things. 🎯 Define what Task Response is. 🔍 Look at how to get a good Task Response grade (7+). ⚖️ Compare a good essay and a bad essay. 📝 Write our own Writing Task 2 essay. 1. 🎯 Defining Task Response What is Task Respo