IELTS SPEAKING GUIDE

IELTS speaking tests your ability to communicate without hesitation, with proper grammar and with cohesion and compliance. Apart from these technical abilities you have to acquire one more piece of command to present your IELTS speaking well, which is “Just speak your mind”. That means you should be able to speak whatever is there in your mind about the asked question, in English, without going off the topic and without putting in more information than required.  

IELTS speaking module is divided in three sections.

Section Number	Type of Questions	Time taken (Approximately)
section 1	Introductory questions	4-5 minutes
Section 2	Cue-card/monologue	3-4 minutes
Section 3	Two way discussion	5-7 minutes

IELTS Speaking Section 1:

Here you will be asked general things about you.

•        Your full name
•  Your identification             
•        What you do? (Work/study)                
•     your daily routine.                
•     your house.             
•        your hometown.           
•        your hobbies.            
•        your liking of foods.

IELTS Speaking Section 2:

In this section you will be given two minutes to speak on given topic/situation which can be from your past, present or future.

Sample cue-cards:

1)      Describe a special event you have visited.(Past)

•             What was that
•            Where it was?
•       Why it is so special for you?

2)      Discuss one of your traits which helps you a lot in your life.(Present)

•             What is it?
•       How it is good for you?
•             How the other people react to it?

3)      What kind of change you would like to see in your country in future?(Future)

•             What it is?
•              How is it beneficial for your country?
•              How would you like to contribute in it?

IELTS Speaking Section 3:

In this section you will be asked counter questions related to the cue-card question you had. It will be a two way discussion.

Describe a special event you have visited.

=> Do you think this kind of events should happen regularly?

Discuss one of your traits which help you a lot in your life.

 => How personality development is so important in professional life?

What kind of change you would like to see in your country in future?

=> Can politics play a vital role for social change in the country?

 Tips to improve your speaking 

  ü  Regularly speak in front of the mirror, with friend or coach.

  ü  Record your speaking and notice errors and try to remove it from the next round

  ü  Get comments and tips on your speaking from other.

  ü  Always try to speak in English in normal conversation with friends or relatives, if possible.

  ü  Make sure the pronunciation is correct for every word you speak.

  ü  In cue-card, practise to organize your time well. So, you do not miss any point to speak upon.

  ü  Learn to create the answer. Because it is possible that you get the question about the situation you have          never come across in your life. BUT, you have to speak!!!! YES. It is fine to create the answer as long          as you are not clashing it with the other answer you have given.

        ü  In short, you just have to make your tongue habit of flawless speaking in English.