Understanding IELTS: Speaking

Syllabus

• Week 1

  Building confidence: fluency and coherence

  • Making connections

    Meet the team and find out how they can help you succeed in the IELTS speaking test.

  • Introductions

    Let's take a look at the kind of questions the examiner will ask you in the first part of the test and think about how best to answer them.

  • Giving better answers

    In this activity we look at ways of improving the fluency and coherence of your answers and strategies to help you improve.

  • The language you need

    Now we look at ways you can improve your skills

  • Review of the week

    A look back at what we've learned this week.

• Week 2

  The long turn: your chance to shine

  • Giving a talk

    Have you ever given a talk? Tell us about it.

  • Planning a successful talk

    What are the characteristics of a successful talk and how can you prepare yourself?

  • Assessment criteria: grammar

    Now we look again at the band descriptors and what you need to do to impress.

  • Assessment criteria: pronunciation

    Let's look at the assessment criteria for pronunciation.

  • Review of the week

    A look back at the key points from Week 2

• Week 3

  Saying what you think: extended discussion

  • The conversation

    Find out what you have to do in the final part of the speaking test

  • Understanding the task

    Part 3 is the most challenging part of the test. In this activity we look at how the test is designed to test your ability

  • Assessment criteria: lexical resource

    How to highlight the range of your lexical resource during Part 3 of the Speaking test.

  • Putting it into practice

    Practise speaking for part 3 of the test.

  • Review of the course

    A final look back.

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