you lots of tips for doing the IELTS

speaking test really well and here's my

first tip: you need to use things called

fillers. Now here are some examples of

fillers:

Now fillers don't really

say anything in particular; they don't

give content they don't give information

but they get you extra time, they

buy you time; they give you a second to

think about what to say and native

speakers in English use these all the

time; you probably use fillers in your

own language all the time sometimes

without even noticing it and we use them

to give ourselves some extra thinking time

which is really important in the IELTS

speaking test but you need to try to use

them naturally; you don't want to sound

like a robot, you want to sound like a

natural speaker; you also need to use

things called linking words; this is

really important as well; these are words

that help join different ideas for example:

So try to use linking words as well as fillers

when you talk. It will really impress the examiner;

will help you get a better band score for speaking.

You should also paraphrase the examiner; you

should try to paraphrase the questions

asked in parts two and three.

What that means is rephrase the question

asked by the examiner to show

first of all that you understand it and

secondly to show your range of

vocabulary so you can you change the

examiner's words to your own words so

for example maybe the examiner asks you:

"do you have any brothers and sisters?" and

you can say

"yes I've got three siblings" - now siblings

is a synonym of "brothers and sisters" so

you're paraphrasing what the examiner

asked you. Here is another useful tip:

she's confused, she doesn't understand

the question. If you do not understand

the question, ask the examiner to

explain the question to you. And some

students don't do that because they

think that if they ask the examiner to

explain the question

it makes them look bad but actually it's

a good thing to do because it gives you

the opportunity to use language to

ask for clarification, so you can use

language like this:

so it helps you use different

language, or you could say something like

"do you mean...?"

so if you ask the clarification that's a

good thing.

so "what what do you mean by?" If you're

not sure of a word "what do you mean by...?" and the

examiner will tell you but the examiner

will also think "this candidate can

ask for clarification". In part one

remember to extend your answers; do not

just answer yes or no; come up with a

longer answer so for example maybe the

examiner says "are you studying at

University at the moment?"

Do not just say "yes" ok? You should

something like "yes i'm studying

economics at Beijing University. I've

been there for just over a year". So

you're extending your answer. In part two

for the long turn, remember to make

notes before the Part 2 long turn. Use

that minute to write down a list of

notes or a mindmap; you have one minute;

remember to plan; a lot of candidates

don't do this

and during the 2-minute talk their minds

their brains stop; they forget what to

say; so make sure you plan your talk for

two minutes. So you should also in Part 2,

aim to talk for two minutes;

some candidates think that one minute is

enough; it isn't - you should try to talk

for two minutes.

In Part 3 it's very important to listen carefully

to the question you've got to think

about what kind of question is the

examiner using, what kind of question is

the examiner asking, because the question

might be asking you to predict something,

to speculate about the future, to

hypothesize; so listen carefully to the

language used by the examiner so you

know exactly what you're being asked.

So here the examiner says "how might

education change in the future?"

The examiner has used the word "might" and

"in the future" so you know you're going

to try and speculate so you need to

maybe use the word "might" again so "I

think children might

use more mobile devices in the future."

And that tells the examiner that you

understood the question properly.

So to summarize those ideas remember:

...and one final tip very important

to do but also quite difficult because

you're quite nervous is remember to

smile at the examiner. So there

are your exam tips for the IELTS speaking

test.