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  • mhm Welcome to a help dot com's isles test preparation videos.

  • You will now see Everette from mainland china score a perfect band nine for his performance on the isles interview.

  • Let's watch and learn.

  • Welcome to the speaking portion of the Eilts exam.

  • My name is Adrian, I will be your examiner for this part of the test and I'm going to record this remarking purposes.

  • What is your full name?

  • My given name is wang young and my family name is lee please just call me by an english nickname.

  • Everette.

  • Okay, could you please hold up your identification to the glass please?

  • Thank you.

  • You're perfect.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Now the speaking has three parts.

  • I will give you instructions for each.

  • For part one.

  • I will ask you a couple of questions to get to know you better and some questions on a general topic.

  • Do you work or study?

  • And currently I'm a student in the third year of Electric electronics engineering.

  • I also help out at my mom's souvenir store sometimes.

  • What is your favorite food?

  • I love a delicious crapped in some way.

  • I could have it every day.

  • Let's talk about colors.

  • What color is your home?

  • Um, the outside of my home is like blue and the inside walls are extra wide as this makes a room feel brighter and gives a sense of cleanliness.

  • What is your favorite color?

  • My favorite color is sky blue as it gives a sense of liveliness.

  • Often when I buy shirts, I like to choose this color.

  • Are there any colors that you do not like?

  • Yes, I'm not particularly a big fan of gray because I find it bland and boring.

  • Often when I buy shirts or choosing decorations, I will try to avoid this color, one of the most popular colors in your country.

  • And do these colors have meanings in china?

  • The colors of the flag come into my mind immediately.

  • Um So red and yellow or gold, if you may say so, red is a symbol of the Communist revolution.

  • Uh and yellow or gold star represents the Communist party.

  • Interestingly.

  • Red is also the color of Manchu dynasty and yellow or gold is an imperial color.

  • Have your preferences and colors changed over the years or stayed the same?

  • Well they have pretty much stayed the same over these years since my childhood.

  • I have always loved sky blue as well as other brighter color.

  • Um In fact, I have never had any epiphany thinking like, wow, I really like this color and I never used to, if you repainted your home, what colors would you use?

  • Um I really like the color of my home now, so it is unlikely I would repaint it anytime soon.

  • But if I have to say I would likely to pick some brighter color like shade of yellow or teal.

  • That's the end of part one.

  • Now we'll continue with part two.

  • So why does Everette deserve this Perfect Band nine score.

  • An expert user of the english language, his pronunciation, 8.5 to 9 grammatical range and accuracy.

  • 8.5 and his lexical resource and coherence fluency.

  • A definite band nine overall Band nine notice right away in part one that he sits with a straight and confident posture, he keeps his hands on the table, he focuses on the examiner, makes eye contact and even with the shield and face mask, he delivers accurate, complete answers throughout the interview.

  • During the introduction, he gives his full name and then he clearly instructs the examiner to call him by his english nickname Everette.

  • This is obviously a candidate who has practiced and prepared for the islets exam.

  • This is what you need to do before you sit.

  • The test preparation is key for the level of confidence that Everett has when he's asked about what he does during the introduction.

  • He clearly explains that he's an engineering student but that he also helps out at his mom's souvenir shop.

  • He gives a complete answer with two parts using a compound sentence but he doesn't over speak and go into more details that go off topic.

  • You have to find this perfect balance of fluency complete answers while staying on topic.

  • Again, his level of confidence and precision is reflected when he's asked the question about his favorite color and he responds with the answer that it's sky blue, even pointing to his shirt that he's wearing during the exam.

  • Clearly he is very present and aware of his current situation make sure to use examples from your real life when you are giving explanations to the examiner.

  • This can really help to boost your marks, especially when you're giving visual examples as ever did.

  • In the case of pointing to his shirt, Everette uses a lot of specific natural english language like he says I'm not particularly fond of the color gray.

  • This clearly paraphrases the examiner when being asked what colors he does not like he says I'm not particularly fond of this is a polite and very natural way of expressing that a person does not like something.

  • It's this kind of grammatical range and vocabulary that reaches those high high band scores, make sure to become familiar with natural everyday language by paying attention to natural conversations in movies, in podcasts and in your environment, in part one Everett even uses a direct quote, He explains to the examiner that his preference and colors have pretty much stayed the same using present.

  • Perfect.

  • And then he quotes himself saying, I've never really thought, oh I now really like this color and I never used to like it.

  • So this kind of language shows his confidence in natural english, become familiar with direct and indirect quotes as these can be very handy during the speaking and writing sections with part two for part two, here is a card with some questions, please do not touch this, you will have one minute to look at the questions, think about your answers, you have some note paper and a pencil there.

  • You can take notes in the one minute if you wish and then you will have two minutes to speak.

  • I will tell you when to start, when to stop.

  • Okay Albert you're one minute preparation time begins now.

  • Everette your one minute preparation time is up.

  • Please begin speaking.

  • One idea that I have sort of to make the planet a better place is to advocate for international clean energy regulations which people has to follow by this.

  • I mean implementing a few simple yet strict laws that the society in the world must comply in order to minimize the energy consumption and waste whenever possible.

  • I really started to think about this deeply about half a decade ago when I come into the realization that many companies and people in the world are creating a lot of waste and pollutions and because of their ignorance, let me explain this a bit more clearly with an example the world now has energy efficient lights and rechargeable batteries.

  • Yet the stores are still selling energy efficient light and re and disposable batteries and people still buy them this kind of energy inefficient light not just waste electricity but also uh the chemicals and materials in these products are really harmful for the environment even though people are allowed to recycle their battery nowadays, many of them still end up in the landfill and the acid is causing major damage to the water and land With eight billion people on Earth.

  • I believe it is gross negligence to overlook this issue.

  • In fact, such regulation um would be cost efficient for people and society in the long run.

  • So money really shouldn't be an excuse.

  • I believe by banning the energy inefficient light and disposable batteries, the planet would be a better place in both flora and fauna as well as people will live healthier lives.

  • I think the reason why such regulation hasn't been implemented yet is because of our greed and ignorance.

  • In order to make this happen, people and government must unite together again like they did for bending the plastic shopping back.

  • Okay, I'm gonna stop you there.

  • Uh and we'll continue with part three.

  • Can you please put the note paper and the pencil to the side?

  • Thank you In Part two.

  • Everette continues to deliver an outstanding performance immediately when his time is up.

  • He begins speaking clearly and directly using the topic statement, he says, oh, an idea that I thought of to make the world a better place.

  • It is very important that you start right away and that you reflect the topic of the cue card specifically and directly immediately.

  • As soon as the examiner tells you to start speaking now, Everette also delivers a mini presentation.

  • It has a beginning a middle, It has explanations, examples, pauses, nice intonation up and down in his voice.

  • It really feels like he's giving a presentation on an idea to make the world better by using energy efficient technology.

  • He goes into details giving examples of LED light bulbs versus traditional light bulbs and disposable batteries versus rechargeable batteries.

  • He simply brings the audience into his ideas and creates a strong and deep level of empathy.

  • This is what's required for those truly high band nine marks.

  • You can do this but you have to practice and you can practice this in the next speaking video, which will be a simulator, karaoke style video with the same questions where I will be your examiner and you will be the student, you can practice with the subtitles and then you can come up with your own answers in this way.

  • You two will be able to master these many presentations.

  • Thank you.

  • And um now for part three, I will ask you a couple more questions about your response to part two and some more questions on that topic.

  • How long do you think it will take for the global community to make the changes and create the regulations that you're thinking about what these disposable batteries and lights.

  • Um I think if people do not make these changes sooner within 10 or 15 years, people will have to make these changes in order to survive.

  • What have you done to advocate for these kinds of changes to happen.

  • Um I have communicated a lot with people um including some environmental advocacy group um and I also trying to encourage my family and friends to pay more attention to these important issues.

  • Let's talk about helping the planet.

  • What our everyday actions that people can do to help Mother Earth.

  • I think aside from paying attention to the products people buy people must also conserve drinking water, reuse and recycle as much as possible.

  • And which of these should people pay special attention to?

  • Well I think the most effective way to help our Mother Earth is to reduce waste.

  • So this is the most important for example I'm using this washable face masks instead of disposable one.

  • Why is it important for individuals to give their time freely to help Nature?

  • Individuals must devote their time freely volunteer for cleaning up the environment because of all the damages we have done and are still doing.

  • I think if people are expecting to get paid for that our planet and humans are in big trouble, what are the best ways to do this?

  • Um I'm not sure there's a perfect answer for this, but spending time to plant some trees and pick up garbage are good ways to help out.

  • Can you think of any charities whose main goals are to help the planet?

  • Yes.

  • A couple of environmental N.

  • G.

  • O.

  • S in china are friends of nature or phone as they are normally called and the Green Home.

  • Both organizations were established a couple of decades ago uh in order to preserve the nature in the country as well as bring awareness to environmental issues.

  • What can people do to help these organizations be more successful?

  • Um, people can volunteer their time or make donations for organizations like Phone or Green Home.

  • Let's talk about human responsibility.

  • Have people become more or less responsible for society and nature these days?

  • Um, I think both some people are doing their best to reduce reuse recycle and reduce their carbon footprints while others are just being more wasteful than ever.

  • Um, simply consuming the resources without thinking for our planet or the next generation.

  • Can you elaborate a little bit on that?

  • Yes, absolutely.

  • Um, we see that some people are buying TVs to drive around in the town while others by those large SUVs to commute daily with only one or two passengers in the car.

  • What are some of the most important social responsibilities that people need to pay careful attention to aside from protecting the nature.

  • I think people should also pay more attention to create a safe and enjoyable environment for others.

  • A representation on that is a covid situation now.

  • Um, in this pandemic, people should do their best uh, to avoid spreading the virus, especially for the elderly.

  • What can happen if they do not act responsibly in these?

  • Well, in the worst case scenario, people can die but less drastically.

  • People will suffer a much lower quality of life.

  • That's the end of part three that concludes the speaking portion of the Eilts exam, you will have your mark in about 10 days time.

  • Everette with the other sections, have a great rest of your day.

  • Everette continues with clear confident band nine level speech throughout part three.

  • He speaks with slow methodical language.

  • He doesn't speak quickly, but it's fast enough.

  • He uses natural fillers like um and ah but not too much, just enough to Think of good ideas like when he's asked about nonprofit organizations in China and he gives the example of ngos like fawn and green home.

  • These make for very visual specific and original language that's needed for those perfect band nine scores.

  • You can practice this with our simulators style videos, click that card to get into karaoke style speaking practice with me.

  • Good luck.

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