Sample IELTS answer – Talking about sports and exercise
You have seen Ari answer three questions about sports and exercise for Part 3 of the Speaking Test. Compare his first attempt and improved attempt and assess these in terms …
Course: Improve your IELTS Speaking score
Sample IELTS answers – Discussion about university study
You have watched Ari answer questions about university study for Part 3 of the Speaking Test. Compare his first attempt and improved attempt and assess these in terms of Fluency …
Let’s meet Ari
In the next part of the course, Rose helps Ari with some strategies for the speaking test and particularly for Part 3. Listen to his first and improved attempts and …
Sample IELTS answer – Talking about a piece of technology
You have seen Camilo answer one question about a piece of technology for Part 2 of the Speaking Test. Compare his first attempt and improved attempt and evaluate his answers …
Wrap-up and tips for Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking Test
Well done for completing the first week of Improve your IELTS Speaking Score. Discussion In this video, Jose provides several tips for Part 1 of the test. Which tip did …
Course wrap-up
The team at Macquarie University hope that you enjoyed your time studying with us and learning about the IELTS Speaking test. We hope that you have learnt valuable skills that …
Let’s meet Camilo
Welcome to our second week! In the next steps, Jose gives Camilo a topic card with a question from Part 2 of the Speaking Test. Listen to his first and …
Tips for Part 3 of the IELTS Speaking Test
Well done for completing this section on Part 3 of the speaking test. Discussion In this video, you heard some tips for Part 3 of the test. Do you have …
Connected speech
In spoken English, words are not pronounced separately or in isolation. Instead, we connect sounds between words to sound more natural. This is known as connected speech. This is one …
Practising word and sentence stress
We have created the following three activities so that you can practise what you have learned about word and sentence stress: Activity 1 We have asked Ming Wei to tell …
Wrap-up and tips for Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test
Well done for completing this section on Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test. Discussion In this video, you saw Jose giving some tips for Part 2 of the test. …
Using pausing effectively
Chunking is a pronunciation feature that speakers of English use. It involves using pauses between groups of words. These pauses help ensure that the listener does not receive too much …
Sample IELTS answers – Speak about cooking
In this third video, Ming Wei answers three questions about cooking. Compare her first and improved responses and evaluate her performance in terms of Lexical resources and Pronunciation. You may …
Sample IELTS answers – Talk about your family
You have seen Ming Wei answer three questions about her family. For this set of questions, compare the first attempt with the improved attempt and consider Lexical resource and Pronunciation. …
Building up collocations
Well done for completing the previous quiz on collocations! There is a wide range of collocations in English, and it is unrealistic to try to learn them all. One of …