and welcome back.

We have a wonderful video.

We're looking at Jed part two today.

If you've already seen his video part one,

don't forget that you can also see other students

such as Talia and Tom and Saskia

lots of opportunities for you to learn things

So today we're looking at  grammatical complexity

and using higher kind of language lexical features

So let's start! 

As usual, we will be looking in depth on the features that Jed uses

I'm going to be stopping the video occasionally

to talk about how he does really well

and the things that he could improve

Don't forget that just because Jed is a really high-level speaker

doesn't mean that you can't aim for this.

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So, let's begin.

Hello.

and welcome to this practice  exam conducted by IELTS Daily. 

My name is Maddie and I'm your practice examiner.

The questions in this test are designed  to simulate the IELTS speaking test. 

Let's start.

What's your first name please?

Jedidiahf

Thanks Jedidiah

I want to begin by talking about you.

Do you enjoy studying?

Yeah, I definitely enjoy studying

I think I have done a lot of it

over the course of my studies

even in university

and I think the best part about it is knowing

having that sense of confidence on exam day

and when you get your results knowing

that you tried your best

Okay.

So in Jed's speech,

he uses something called a compound complex sentence

or a complex compound sentence

You need to know about simple  compound and complex sentences

and there's lots of materials on the internet for you to read about

That's not the purpose of today's class.

In his speech,

he says "when you get your results"

which is a complex sentence

and then he continues

then he says "and making your parents proud"

So he tries to use this idea of complex sentences

which is when joining it with an and sentence

and making it a compound sentence or a complex compound sentence

We're looking for a range

and a variety of complexity in his speech.

This is a great start.

Is it important for you to learn new information?

Yeah, definitely.

So as humans, I have...

I have a firm belief 

that we should be constantly learning

and evolving throughout our whole lives

and that's a... 

I think that my dad has always taught me

and i've learned from many different mentors

So, definitely yes. 

Learning is very important

Two things I want to say here

both really positive

The first one is that he gives this really well rounded answer.

He gives him his thought

then he gives an example

and then he makes this concluding statement at the end

I don't know if you notice,

go back and watch it again.

It's this extremely kind of sophisticated answer

where he's putting forward his point

and then concluding it at the end

Super work.

Promise you, he never knew these questions in advance.

None of the students actually knew the questions in advance

and it was all kind of adlib on the day.

The second thing I want to talk about is collocation.

If you don't  know what collocation is,

it can come in different forms

and in this case,

he uses something called a compound noun

and he said "a firm belief"

So the "firm belief" is using two words which fit together

and you could see

If you see on the screen

a strong belief

so we have a firm belief and a strong belief

and those mean the same thing.

If have a firm belief and a strong belief in something.

You can also have other collocations  when it comes to the word "belief".

You can have a "genuine belief".

I have a genuine belief and a sincere belief.

So those four words firm, strong, genuine,

and sincere are all different ways

that you can fit words together

and you have to be able to use those really flexibly

to reach above a band seven

that we're probably looking at a band eight

If you wanted to know the subtle differences between those.

Great use of the word "firm belief" there  

Which subjects do you prefer?

I prefer the most science-based subjects

just because I feel like

I'm more analytical as opposed to a creative

I struggle with drawing

and more artsy things like that

So, yes definitely I prefer the... 

the more mythological methodological  approach

that science takes

Three things I want to talk about in this case

and the first one is as "opposed to"

this is a great feature of thinking about ideas

I like something as opposed to something else.

You're recognizing that you are good  at one thing

but not so good at another

So using this language as opposed to as opposed to 

Now, the second thing that I want to talk about is his pronunciation

and he makes a slight mistake here

but he self-correct which is wonderful

he used the word methodological

Methodological.

and it's actually really difficult

even for a native speaker to say

As I as you just noticed

if you make a mistake on a pronunciation feature

Don't worry try to do it again

and if not,

don't spend too much time worrying about it

It's only a very small part of a big speech

So there's one thing that he did really well there

he took a mistake and he corrected it

Wonderful.

The final thing that I wrote down in this case

was the fact that he used science-based subjects

which is one way to talk about something

and then he flexibly used a different way to make this adjective

So when we have science-based subjects

we're using "science-based" as an adjective

It's describing.

Then, he used the word "artsy subjects"

and adding the letter "y" on the end of words

can very often create an adjective

So I like science-based subjects

but i'm not so good at artsy subjects.

You could even say "sciency subjects"

and that's a great feature of a very high level speaker

and that would probably be pushing  the band 9

using those adjectives in such varied ways

Really great.

Okay.

Let's move on to the topic of sleeping.

Do you fall asleep easily?

I do.

I...

as soon as I hit the pillow

I'm the type of person to just fall asleep sleep straight away

and I am a very heavy sleeper

So I love my sleep

Did you notice here that Jade's pronunciation

and this is something that Jackson talked about in his video

There are a number of different features of pronunciation.

One of which is this inflection and intonation

and rising and falling

The examiner asked him a question.

Do you fall asleep easily?

and he says "I do"

Did you notice that he's placing emphasis

and he's really showing the examiner kind of his feelings on something

and that's a feature of band nine

flexible use of pronunciation

and I use this word "flexible" a lot

because it's featured in the band descriptors

and flexible use of grammar

flexible use of language and flexible use of pronunciation features

it means using them without even thinking about it

The other thing that I wanted to talk about was his language.

"as soon as I hit the pillow"

as soon as I hit the pillow

Idiomatic high level language

Great work.

Do you ever find it difficult to fall asleep?

Yeah at times when I've had a long day

and maybe when I've had a role with someone

or some type of interpersonal conflict

I tend to think about it a lot

Okay back again sorry to interrupt

Two things here,

one good and one thing to improve

Now, the first one which is great

which is "when I've had a long day"

We're starting to see this variety in the complexity of sentences.

Wonderful.

when sentences are complex sentences

the second thing is the word "r o w"

Do you know how to pronounce the word "r o w"?

You'll see it on the screen now.

Well, this is something called a homonym.

A homonym is a word

which can be pronounced in different ways

or it's two words which are pronounced the same way.

So, we have homographs and homophones.

Learn more about them because you do need to know.

English pronunciation can be very difficult

when it comes to how words are written.

So let's focus on this word

which is the word "rou̇" or it's the word "rau̇".

In Jed's speech, he actually uses the word "rou̇"

which comes

which is related to the sport of rowing on the water

In fact, I think he wanted to say the  word "rau̇"

which explains an argument

or it means an argument

So, I'd want to hear this "ow" sound a little bit more "rau̇".

If we look at the band descriptors together now,

it doesn't make any reference to pronunciation problems at a band 9.

It says effortless to understand

sustains flexible use

and full range of pronunciation features at a band 8.

It does say sustains flexible use of features

with only occasional lapses.

Now, my question to you guys is what is this?

What does it mean only occasional lapses?

I received a lot of criticism in Saskia's video

because she said the word advertisement

and I marked her down because of that.

I genuinely think a strict examiner

would be looking for these lapses

these slips in pronunciation

So be prepared for a very strict examiner

because words like "rou" and "rau"

that examiner on that day could say

that was a lapse

should have known better band eight

I just want to warn you.

That's all.

I'm not an examiner,

so I don't know the the subtleties

but I do think that you should be prepared

for those little things.

Learn about homophones, homographs, homonyms.

Let's continue.

or like maybe if I have a big presentation

or event next day

I'll often sort of just analyze what it is that I..

I want to say or do at that event