1. 1 IELTS Test SPEAKING

2. 2 Real-life test for the real world

3. 3 Test Format Listening 30 minutes, 4 sections, 40 items (+ 10 minutes transfer time) General Training Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items Academic Reading 60 minutes, 3 sections, 40 items General Training Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks Academic Writing 60 minutes, 2 tasks (150 & 250 words) Speaking 11 - 14 minutes, 3 parts Total Test Time= About 2 hours, 54 minutes (including the 10 minute listening transfer time)

4. 4 What I’ll Cover Today 1.Overview of the three parts of the exam 2. Examples of Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 3. Speaking exam practice

5. Face-to-face speaking test

6. 6 IELTS Speaking Format Part RequirementTime PART 1: General questions Give short answers to everyday questions about YOU- such as your hobbies 4-5 Minutes PART 2: Long-Turn Give a 2 minute speech on an everyday topic 3-4 Minutes (+1 minute preparation) PART 3: Discussion Discussion based on PART 24-5 Minutes

7. 7 Scoring% Fluency and Coherence25 Vocabulary25 Grammar25 Pronunciation/Accent25

8. 8 Fluency and coherence: Fluency is about your ability to speak freely at a normal speed. Coherence refers to your speaking being easy to understand.

9. 9 Vocabulary: For a high score, you must use higher level words, pay attention to collocation, and also control your word endings (s, ed). In addition, you should try to show an ability to paraphrase and use colloquial language.

10. 10 Grammar: To score high, you need to use a variety of sentence types (simple, compound, complex) and also avoid grammatical errors, such as with articles, prepositions and sentence order, especially when they make your speaking difficult to understand.

11. 11 Pronunciation/Accent: Your score is influenced by the level to which your accent makes it difficult to understand what you are saying, and also the degree to which you use language features of a native speaker such as intonation, stress and rhythm.

12. 12 Test Scores 9 – expert user 8 – very good user 7 – good user 6 – competent user 5 – modest user 4 – limited user 3 – extremely limited user 2 – intermittent user 1 – non user

13. 13 Part One: Introduction Let’s talk about your hometown or village. Where is it? What are some places of interest there? What kind of jobs do people in your town/village do? Do you like your hometown?

14. 14 Part Two: Individual Long-Turn Describe an unhealthy habit you have. You should include: What it is When and how often you do it Why it is unhealthy and explain what you can do about it.

15. 15 Part Three: Two-way Discussion Health - Do you agree or disagree that health is more important than wealth? - Compare how healthy people are today to the past. - Comment on how much healthcare support your government provides.