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Oxford Online English, IELTS Speaking Exam Cue Card - How to Do Part Two of the IELTS Speaking Test

IELTS Speaking Exam Cue Card - How to Do Part Two of the IELTS Speaking Test

Hi, I'm Oli.

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

In this lesson, you can learn about the IELTS speaking exam, part two.

The IELTS speaking test has three parts, and in this class, you can learn in more detail

about part two of the speaking exam, and how to improve your score.

First, let's review what happens in part two of the IELTS speaking test.

The examiner will give you a card with a topic.

You have one minute to prepare a short speech on the topic.

After one minute, the examiner will ask you to speak.

You need to talk for between one and two minutes.

After you finish, the examiner will ask you one or two simple questions about what you

said.

Let's look at a sample question from part two of the IELTS speaking test which we'll

use during this lesson:

Describe an important choice you made.

You should say:what choices you had, what you decided, and how easy it was to make your

decision.

You should also explain how you feel about this choice now.

Imagine: you're in the exam.

You have one minute to prepare your answer.

How should you use your time?

Let's look!

Part one: how to use your preparation time.

The first thing you should do: ask the examiner if there are any words you don't understand!

Asking the examiner will use some of your time, and that's not great.

But, don't talk if you haven't understood the question; that will be worse.

Secondly, look at the question.

It has four parts: the three bullet points, and the longer question at the end.

One minute is not a long time.

You can't prepare everything, so don't try.

Try to think of one or two things you can say for each part of the question.

Make short notes to help you remember your points.

How can you make effective notes?

Let's look:

For example, let's say you want to talk about choosing what to study at university.

You write:

"Computer science or engineering."

"IT—interesting career opportunities."

"Difficult—pros and cons on both sides."

"Satisfied—IT work is interesting/creative."

These notes will help you to speak.

Let's see how:

The four parts of the notes follow the four parts of the question.

This will help you to keep your answer organized.

You have some key words and phrases like 'career opportunities', 'pros and cons' or 'creative'

which you can use in your answer.

The notes give you at least one or two points to make about each part of the question.

Again, you won't have time to do more than this, so don't try.

Don't write full sentences—focus on covering all the points you need to talk about.

OK—your minute's up, and it's time to talk!

Now what?

Part two: how to organize your answer.

Organizing your answer well is easy to do, and important, but many students don't do

it so well.

So how can you organize your answer effectively?

First, start with an opening phrase.

Say something like:

"I'm going to tell you about…"

"I'd like to talk about…"

"I've decided to talk about…"

This gives your speech a strong, clear start.

What next?

Very simple: follow the bullet points.

Say 1-2 sentences, using your notes, about each of the three bullet points.

Hopefully, this will take you 30-60 seconds.

Be focused, and don't go off topic or add any points which don't answer the question.

Every sentence should be a direct answer to one of the points on the card.

Next, focus on the last part of the question—“…explain how you feel about this choice now.”

This is the most important part of the question, because it lets you go into more detail.

This isn't just true for this question; this is generally true for IELTS speaking

part two questions.

The three bullet points are quite simple, and you can't say very much about them,

sometimes.

The last part has more depth, and you should spend more time on it.

So, try to make 3-4 sentences about the last part of the question.

This should take you 30-60 seconds, again.

Great!

You've finished, right?

Well, not quite.

You also need a strong finish.

Often, when I practice IELTS with my students, they act surprised when they finish their

answers, like this:

“…and so I feel like I probably made the right choice…

… …

Finished!”

This doesn't sound like you've finished.

It sounds like you've just run out of things to say.

You should know when you've finished, and you should show the examiner clearly.

How can you finish strongly?

Use a concluding phrase, such as:

"That's why I feel that…"

"Finally, when I look back at my decision now…"

"I'm glad I made the decision I did."

Obviously, the finishing phrases aren't like the opening phrases, which you can use

for any topic.

The finishing phrases will depend on the question you get.

Just remember: you need to finish strongly, don't just…

Okay, I've finished point 2!

What's next?

Part three: adding details to your answer.

A lot of IELTS advice says the same things: give detailed answers, use varied vocabulary,

use different sentence structures.

OK, that's great, it's all true, but how?

And how can you use this in part two of your IELTS speaking test?

Actually, if you follow the advice I've given you so far, this will happen automatically.

If you make two sentences for each bullet point, make 3-4 sentences for the last part

of the question, write down key vocabulary to use in your notes; if you do these things,

your answer should already be detailed, with good vocabulary.

We've already done a lot of the work you need to do here.

What else can you do?

For each point, try to give at least one fact and at least one opinion.

For example, don't say:

"I had to choose between studying computer science and studying engineering."

Say:

"I had to choose between studying computer science and studying engineering.

I was interested in both, although I always felt that studying computer science was a

better choice."

Don't say:

"I decided to study computer science."

Instead, say:

"I decided to study computer science, because I felt that it would give me more interesting

career opportunities."

This is a good, simple rule to make your answers more detailed.

Always include a fact and an opinion if you can.

Add details wherever you can.

Don't say,

"It was quite a difficult decision to make."

Instead, say:

"It was quite a difficult decision to make, because my parents and my teachers all gave

me different advice, and I didn't know what to do."

Don't say:

"I feel like I made the right decision."

Say:

"I feel like I made the right decision, because I really enjoy working in IT—it's very

creative and there's always something new to learn."

Following these simple rules will make your answers more detailed, and give you a higher

chance to get a better score.

Next, let's look at timing.

Part four: how long should you speak?

This is simple: at least one minute.

Speaking for less than one minute will hurt your score.

You can speak for up to two minutes.

After two minutes, the examiner will stop you, even if you're in the middle of your

sentence.

If the examiner stops you, that's not necessarily a problem.

It doesn't affect your score if you go too long.

However, if you've haven't covered all the parts of the question, that could be a

problem.

That's why a good goal is to speak for 90 seconds.

This should give you enough time to say everything you want to say.

So how do you do that?

Practice, and time yourself.

Type “IELTS part two speaking questions” into Google and find some questions to practice

with.

First, speak and look at your timer, on your phone or wherever.

Answer the same question several times.

Your goal is to cover all parts of the question in 90 seconds.

Later, when you're more comfortable with this, practice your answers, but don't look

at the timer.

At the end, guess how long you spoke for, and then look at the timer to check.

If you do this a few times, you'll start to feel how long you need to speak for.

You'll also know how much you can say.

Different people speak at different speeds.

If you can speak fast and fluently, you'll be able to say more in 90 seconds.

If you're a slower speaker, you won't be able to say as much.

Practising will help you to understand how much you can say in 90 seconds.

Part five: dealing with common problems.

Finally, let's look at some problems which students face in part two of the IELTS speaking

test.

First problem: “I don't have anything to say about this topic!”

Well, I chose the question for this lesson because it's an easier one.

“Describe an important choice you made” Ithink is something which most people could

talk about.

Unfortunately, not all of the questions are so easy or general.

For example, if the question is, “Talk about a party which you went to.”

What if you haven't been to a party for several years?

What if you don't like parties?

This could happen.

We hope it won't, but it could.

What can you do?

First, when you're preparing for the exam, be strict with yourself.

Don't just practice easy questions, or questions which you think are interesting.

Find the most difficult question you can.

Find the most boring question you can.

Practice answering these.

Find more difficult questions, and more boring questions, and practice them.

You need to be prepared for anything.

If the worst happens, and you get a topic where you don't have anything to say, you

have two options:

First, you can just lie.

The examiner really doesn't care if you tell the truth or not.

Make up a story if you can.

Otherwise, try to think of a story from a friend, or from the news, or anything which

you could use.

For example, if the topic is “Talk about a party which you went to,” and your friend

told you about a party that he or she went to last week, use your friend's story.

To be clear, don't talk about your friend.

Use your friend's story and make it about you.

This is important: in other parts of the IELTS exam, it can be OK to say “I don't know,”

or “I don't have anything to say about this.”

But in part two, you must answer the question.

You can't change the topic or adapt it.

What other common problems do IELTS students have during part two of the speaking test?

Another common problem: “I'm so nervous!”

Alright, well giving a speech like this makes a lot of people nervous or uncomfortable.

What can you do about this?

First of all, understand that feeling nervous in this situation is natural.

Very few people can feel totally comfortable in this kind of situation.

Is there anything you can do to feel less nervous?

Well, yes, there is.

Try to practice making presentations or speeches in English, in front of as many people as

possible, maybe in class or with your teacher.

Practicing speaking like this is useful anyway, but it's also goodto get used to feeling

nervous.

Feeling a little bit nervous doesn't mean your English will get worse.

Feeling nervous is natural; you can feel nervous and you can still speak well.

It's important to understand this before your exam.

Okay, part six, let's review what we've talked about today.

To get a higher score in part two of the IELTS speaking test, you need to prepare carefully,

making sure you have something to say for each part of the question.

You should structure your speech, with a clear beginning and ending.

Add details to your answer where possible, especially for the last part of the question.

Try to speak for around 90 seconds.

And, practice in advance, including boring questions, difficult questions, and speaking

in situations where you feel nervous.

Okay, think about the question we looked at today:

Here it is again.

Who would you talk about?

What would you say?

What details could you add to your answer?

Try it for yourself, and try to use some of the things we've talked about today.

Alright, that's the end of the lesson.

Thanks very much for watching!

I hope you found this IELTS advice useful in preparing for your exam.

Good luck if you have an exam coming up soon!

You can see more of our free lessons on our website: Oxford Online English dot com, but

that's all for today.

See you next time!

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Hi, I'm Oli.

Welcome to Oxford Online English!

In this lesson, you can learn about the IELTS speaking exam, part two.

The IELTS speaking test has three parts, and in this class, you can learn in more detail

about part two of the speaking exam, and how to improve your score.

First, let's review what happens in part two of the IELTS speaking test.

The examiner will give you a card with a topic.

You have one minute to prepare a short speech on the topic. Bạn có một phút để chuẩn bị một bài phát biểu ngắn về chủ đề này. 您有一分鐘時間準備有關該主題的簡短演講。

After one minute, the examiner will ask you to speak. Sau một phút, giám khảo sẽ yêu cầu bạn nói.

You need to talk for between one and two minutes.

After you finish, the examiner will ask you one or two simple questions about what you

said.

Let's look at a sample question from part two of the IELTS speaking test which we'll Schauen wir uns eine Beispielfrage aus Teil zwei des IELTS-Sprachtests an, die wir beantworten werden Hãy xem một câu hỏi mẫu từ phần hai của bài kiểm tra nói IELTS mà chúng ta sẽ

use during this lesson:

Describe an important choice you made. Beschreiben Sie eine wichtige Entscheidung, die Sie getroffen haben. Opisz ważny wybór, którego dokonałeś.

You should say:what choices you had, what you decided, and how easy it was to make your Sie sollten sagen: welche Wahlmöglichkeiten Sie hatten, wofür Sie sich entschieden haben und wie einfach es war, Ihre zu treffen

decision.

You should also explain how you feel about this choice now. Sie sollten auch erklären, wie Sie jetzt über diese Wahl denken.

Imagine: you're in the exam. Stellen Sie sich vor: Sie sind in der Prüfung.

You have one minute to prepare your answer. Sie haben eine Minute Zeit, um Ihre Antwort vorzubereiten.

How should you use your time? Wie sollten Sie Ihre Zeit nutzen?

Let's look!

Part one: how to use your preparation time. Erster Teil: Wie Sie Ihre Vorbereitungszeit nutzen.

The first thing you should do: ask the examiner if there are any words you don't understand! Das erste, was Sie tun sollten: Fragen Sie den Prüfer, wenn Sie Wörter nicht verstehen!

Asking the examiner will use some of your time, and that's not great. Den Prüfer zu fragen wird einen Teil Ihrer Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, und das ist nicht so toll.

But, don't talk if you haven't understood the question; that will be worse. Aber sprechen Sie nicht, wenn Sie die Frage nicht verstanden haben; das wird schlimmer.

Secondly, look at the question. Zweitens, schau dir die Frage an.

It has four parts: the three bullet points, and the longer question at the end. Es besteht aus vier Teilen: den drei Stichpunkten und der längeren Frage am Ende. Składa się z czterech części: trzech podpunktów i dłuższego pytania na końcu.

One minute is not a long time.

You can't prepare everything, so don't try. Du kannst nicht alles vorbereiten, also versuche es nicht.

Try to think of one or two things you can say for each part of the question. Versuchen Sie, sich zu jedem Teil der Frage ein oder zwei Dinge auszudenken, die Sie sagen können.

Make short notes to help you remember your points.

How can you make effective notes? Wie können Sie effektive Notizen machen?

Let's look:

For example, let's say you want to talk about choosing what to study at university. Nehmen wir zum Beispiel an, Sie möchten darüber sprechen, was Sie an der Universität studieren möchten.

You write:

"Computer science or engineering." "Informatik oder Ingenieurwesen."

"IT—interesting career opportunities." „IT – interessante Karrierechancen.“

"Difficult—pros and cons on both sides." „Schwierig – Vor- und Nachteile auf beiden Seiten.“ "難しい-賛否両論"

"Satisfied—IT work is interesting/creative." „Zufrieden – IT-Arbeit ist interessant/kreativ.“

These notes will help you to speak.

Let's see how: Mal sehen wie:

The four parts of the notes follow the four parts of the question.

This will help you to keep your answer organized.

You have some key words and phrases like 'career opportunities', 'pros and cons' or 'creative'

which you can use in your answer.

The notes give you at least one or two points to make about each part of the question.

Again, you won't have time to do more than this, so don't try. Auch hier werden Sie keine Zeit haben, mehr als das zu tun, also versuchen Sie es nicht. 繰り返しになるが、これ以上のことをする時間はない。

Don't write full sentences—focus on covering all the points you need to talk about. Schreiben Sie keine ganzen Sätze – konzentrieren Sie sich darauf, alle Punkte abzudecken, über die Sie sprechen müssen.

OK—your minute's up, and it's time to talk! 好的-時間到了,是時候談談了!

Now what? Was jetzt?

Part two: how to organize your answer.

Organizing your answer well is easy to do, and important, but many students don't do

it so well.

So how can you organize your answer effectively?

First, start with an opening phrase.

Say something like:

"I'm going to tell you about…" „Ich erzähle dir von …“

"I'd like to talk about…" „Ich würde gerne darüber reden …“

"I've decided to talk about…"

This gives your speech a strong, clear start. Das gibt Ihrer Rede einen starken, klaren Start.

What next?

Very simple: follow the bullet points. Ganz einfach: Folgen Sie den Stichpunkten. Çok basit: madde işaretlerini takip edin.

Say 1-2 sentences, using your notes, about each of the three bullet points.

Hopefully, this will take you 30-60 seconds. Hoffentlich dauert das 30-60 Sekunden.

Be focused, and don't go off topic or add any points which don't answer the question. Seien Sie konzentriert und weichen Sie nicht vom Thema ab und fügen Sie keine Punkte hinzu, die die Frage nicht beantworten.

Every sentence should be a direct answer to one of the points on the card.

Next, focus on the last part of the question—“…explain how you feel about this choice now.” Konzentrieren Sie sich als Nächstes auf den letzten Teil der Frage – „…erklären Sie, was Sie jetzt über diese Entscheidung denken.“

This is the most important part of the question, because it lets you go into more detail. Dies ist der wichtigste Teil der Frage, da Sie dadurch mehr ins Detail gehen können.

This isn't just true for this question; this is generally true for IELTS speaking Das gilt nicht nur für diese Frage; Dies gilt im Allgemeinen für IELTS-Sprache Nie dotyczy to tylko tego pytania; jest to generalnie prawdziwe w przypadku mówienia IELTS

part two questions.

The three bullet points are quite simple, and you can't say very much about them, Die drei Aufzählungspunkte sind ganz einfach, und man kann nicht viel darüber sagen,

sometimes.

The last part has more depth, and you should spend more time on it. Der letzte Teil hat mehr Tiefe, und Sie sollten mehr Zeit damit verbringen.

So, try to make 3-4 sentences about the last part of the question.

This should take you 30-60 seconds, again.

Great!

You've finished, right?

Well, not quite. Nicht ganz.

You also need a strong finish. Sie brauchen auch ein starkes Finish.

Often, when I practice IELTS with my students, they act surprised when they finish their Wenn ich mit meinen Schülern IELTS übe, reagieren sie oft überrascht, wenn sie ihre Prüfung beenden

answers, like this:

“…and so I feel like I probably made the right choice… „… und so habe ich das Gefühl, wahrscheinlich die richtige Wahl getroffen zu haben…

… …

Finished!”

This doesn't sound like you've finished. Das hört sich nicht so an, als wären Sie fertig.

It sounds like you've just run out of things to say. Es hört sich so an, als hättest du einfach nichts mehr zu sagen. Wygląda na to, że właśnie skończyły Ci się rzeczy do powiedzenia.

You should know when you've finished, and you should show the examiner clearly. Sie sollten wissen, wann Sie fertig sind, und Sie sollten es dem Prüfer deutlich zeigen.

How can you finish strongly? Wie kannst du stark abschließen?

Use a concluding phrase, such as:

"That's why I feel that…" „Deshalb fühle ich das …“

"Finally, when I look back at my decision now…"

"I'm glad I made the decision I did." "Ich bin froh, dass ich die Entscheidung getroffen habe, die ich getroffen habe."

Obviously, the finishing phrases aren't like the opening phrases, which you can use Offensichtlich sind die Schlussphrasen nicht wie die Eröffnungsphrasen, die Sie verwenden können

for any topic.

The finishing phrases will depend on the question you get. Die abschließenden Phrasen hängen von der Frage ab, die Sie erhalten.

Just remember: you need to finish strongly, don't just… Denken Sie daran: Sie müssen stark abschließen, nicht nur ...

Okay, I've finished point 2!

What's next?

Part three: adding details to your answer. Teil drei: Hinzufügen von Details zu Ihrer Antwort.

A lot of IELTS advice says the same things: give detailed answers, use varied vocabulary, Viele IELTS-Ratschläge sagen dasselbe: Geben Sie detaillierte Antworten, verwenden Sie abwechslungsreiches Vokabular,

use different sentence structures.

OK, that's great, it's all true, but how? OK, das ist großartig, es ist alles wahr, aber wie?

And how can you use this in part two of your IELTS speaking test?

Actually, if you follow the advice I've given you so far, this will happen automatically. Wenn Sie den Ratschlägen folgen, die ich Ihnen bisher gegeben habe, geschieht dies tatsächlich automatisch.

If you make two sentences for each bullet point, make 3-4 sentences for the last part

of the question, write down key vocabulary to use in your notes; if you do these things, Notieren Sie sich für die Frage wichtige Vokabeln, die Sie in Ihren Notizen verwenden können. Wenn du diese Dinge tust,

your answer should already be detailed, with good vocabulary. Ihre Antwort sollte bereits ausführlich und mit gutem Vokabular sein.

We've already done a lot of the work you need to do here. Wir haben bereits einen Großteil der Arbeit erledigt, die Sie hier erledigen müssen.

What else can you do? Was kannst du sonst noch tun?

For each point, try to give at least one fact and at least one opinion. Versuchen Sie, zu jedem Punkt mindestens eine Tatsache und mindestens eine Meinung anzugeben.

For example, don't say: Sagen Sie zum Beispiel nicht:

"I had to choose between studying computer science and studying engineering." „Ich musste mich zwischen einem Informatik- und einem Ingenieurstudium entscheiden.“

Say:

"I had to choose between studying computer science and studying engineering. „Ich musste mich zwischen einem Informatik- und einem Ingenieurstudium entscheiden.

I was interested in both, although I always felt that studying computer science was a Mich hat beides interessiert, obwohl ich das Informatikstudium immer als a

better choice." bessere Wahl."

Don't say:

"I decided to study computer science." "Ich habe mich entschieden, Informatik zu studieren."

Instead, say:

"I decided to study computer science, because I felt that it would give me more interesting „Ich habe mich für ein Informatikstudium entschieden, weil ich das Gefühl hatte, dass es mich interessanter machen würde

career opportunities."

This is a good, simple rule to make your answers more detailed.

Always include a fact and an opinion if you can. Fügen Sie immer eine Tatsache und eine Meinung hinzu, wenn Sie können.

Add details wherever you can.

Don't say,

"It was quite a difficult decision to make." "Es war eine ziemlich schwierige Entscheidung zu treffen."

Instead, say:

"It was quite a difficult decision to make, because my parents and my teachers all gave

me different advice, and I didn't know what to do."

Don't say:

"I feel like I made the right decision." "Ich habe das Gefühl, die richtige Entscheidung getroffen zu haben."

Say:

"I feel like I made the right decision, because I really enjoy working in IT—it's very „Ich habe das Gefühl, dass ich die richtige Entscheidung getroffen habe, weil ich es wirklich genieße, in der IT zu arbeiten – es ist sehr

creative and there's always something new to learn." kreativ und es gibt immer etwas Neues zu lernen."

Following these simple rules will make your answers more detailed, and give you a higher

chance to get a better score.

Next, let's look at timing. Als nächstes schauen wir uns das Timing an.

Part four: how long should you speak? Teil vier: Wie lange soll man sprechen?

This is simple: at least one minute. Das ist einfach: mindestens eine Minute.

Speaking for less than one minute will hurt your score. Wenn Sie weniger als eine Minute sprechen, wird Ihre Punktzahl beeinträchtigt. 1分未満のスピーチはスコアに響きます。

You can speak for up to two minutes. Sie können bis zu zwei Minuten sprechen.

After two minutes, the examiner will stop you, even if you're in the middle of your

sentence.

If the examiner stops you, that's not necessarily a problem. 試験官に止められたとしても、それは必ずしも問題ではない。

It doesn't affect your score if you go too long. Es hat keinen Einfluss auf Ihre Punktzahl, wenn Sie zu lange gehen.

However, if you've haven't covered all the parts of the question, that could be a Wenn Sie jedoch nicht alle Teile der Frage behandelt haben, könnte dies a sein

problem.

That's why a good goal is to speak for 90 seconds.

This should give you enough time to say everything you want to say. Dies sollte Ihnen genug Zeit geben, alles zu sagen, was Sie sagen möchten.

So how do you do that? Wie machst du das?

Practice, and time yourself. Üben Sie und messen Sie sich selbst.

Type “IELTS part two speaking questions” into Google and find some questions to practice

with.

First, speak and look at your timer, on your phone or wherever. Sprechen und schauen Sie zuerst auf Ihren Timer, auf Ihrem Telefon oder wo auch immer.

Answer the same question several times. Beantworten Sie die gleiche Frage mehrmals.

Your goal is to cover all parts of the question in 90 seconds.

Later, when you're more comfortable with this, practice your answers, but don't look Später, wenn Sie sich damit wohler fühlen, üben Sie Ihre Antworten, aber schauen Sie nicht hin

at the timer.

At the end, guess how long you spoke for, and then look at the timer to check. Schätzen Sie am Ende, wie lange Sie gesprochen haben, und schauen Sie dann auf den Timer, um dies zu überprüfen.

If you do this a few times, you'll start to feel how long you need to speak for.

You'll also know how much you can say.

Different people speak at different speeds. Unterschiedliche Menschen sprechen unterschiedlich schnell.

If you can speak fast and fluently, you'll be able to say more in 90 seconds.

If you're a slower speaker, you won't be able to say as much. Wenn Sie ein langsamer Sprecher sind, können Sie nicht so viel sagen.

Practising will help you to understand how much you can say in 90 seconds.

Part five: dealing with common problems. Teil fünf: Umgang mit allgemeinen Problemen.

Finally, let's look at some problems which students face in part two of the IELTS speaking

test.

First problem: “I don't have anything to say about this topic!” Erstes Problem: „Zu diesem Thema habe ich nichts zu sagen!“

Well, I chose the question for this lesson because it's an easier one. Nun, ich habe die Frage für diese Lektion gewählt, weil sie einfacher ist.

“Describe an important choice you made” Ithink is something which most people could „Beschreiben Sie eine wichtige Entscheidung, die Sie getroffen haben“ Das ist etwas, was die meisten Leute denken könnten „Opisz ważny wybór, którego dokonałeś” Myślę, że jest to coś, co większość ludzi mogłaby

talk about.

Unfortunately, not all of the questions are so easy or general. Leider sind nicht alle Fragen so einfach oder allgemein gehalten.

For example, if the question is, “Talk about a party which you went to.”

What if you haven't been to a party for several years? Was ist, wenn Sie mehrere Jahre nicht auf einer Party waren?

What if you don't like parties? Was ist, wenn Sie keine Partys mögen?

This could happen.

We hope it won't, but it could.

What can you do?

First, when you're preparing for the exam, be strict with yourself. Erstens, wenn du dich auf die Prüfung vorbereitest, sei streng mit dir selbst.

Don't just practice easy questions, or questions which you think are interesting.

Find the most difficult question you can. Finden Sie die schwierigste Frage, die Sie können.

Find the most boring question you can. Finden Sie die langweiligste Frage, die Sie können.

Practice answering these. Üben Sie diese zu beantworten.

Find more difficult questions, and more boring questions, and practice them.

You need to be prepared for anything.

If the worst happens, and you get a topic where you don't have anything to say, you Wenn das Schlimmste passiert und Sie ein Thema bekommen, bei dem Sie nichts zu sagen haben, Sie

have two options:

First, you can just lie. Erstens kann man einfach lügen.

The examiner really doesn't care if you tell the truth or not. Dem Prüfer ist es egal, ob Sie die Wahrheit sagen oder nicht.

Make up a story if you can. Erfinde eine Geschichte, wenn du kannst.

Otherwise, try to think of a story from a friend, or from the news, or anything which

you could use. Du könntest benutzen.

For example, if the topic is “Talk about a party which you went to,” and your friend Zum Beispiel, wenn das Thema „Sprich über eine Party, auf der du warst“ und dein Freund ist

told you about a party that he or she went to last week, use your friend's story. Ihnen von einer Party erzählt hat, zu der er oder sie letzte Woche gegangen ist, verwenden Sie die Geschichte Ihres Freundes.

To be clear, don't talk about your friend. Um es klar zu sagen, rede nicht über deinen Freund.

Use your friend's story and make it about you. Verwenden Sie die Geschichte Ihres Freundes und machen Sie es über Sie.

This is important: in other parts of the IELTS exam, it can be OK to say “I don't know,” Das ist wichtig: In anderen Teilen der IELTS-Prüfung kann es in Ordnung sein, „Ich weiß nicht“ zu sagen.

or “I don't have anything to say about this.” oder "Dazu habe ich nichts zu sagen."

But in part two, you must answer the question.

You can't change the topic or adapt it. Sie können das Thema nicht ändern oder anpassen.

What other common problems do IELTS students have during part two of the speaking test? Welche anderen häufigen Probleme haben IELTS-Studenten während des zweiten Teils des Sprachtests?

Another common problem: “I'm so nervous!” Ein weiteres häufiges Problem: „Ich bin so nervös!“

Alright, well giving a speech like this makes a lot of people nervous or uncomfortable. Okay, eine Rede wie diese zu halten, macht viele Leute nervös oder unwohl.

What can you do about this?

First of all, understand that feeling nervous in this situation is natural. Verstehen Sie zunächst einmal, dass Nervosität in dieser Situation ganz natürlich ist.

Very few people can feel totally comfortable in this kind of situation. Nur wenige Menschen können sich in einer solchen Situation vollkommen wohl fühlen.

Is there anything you can do to feel less nervous? Gibt es etwas, das Sie tun können, um sich weniger nervös zu fühlen?

Well, yes, there is. Nun ja, das gibt es.

Try to practice making presentations or speeches in English, in front of as many people as Versuchen Sie das Halten von Präsentationen oder Reden auf Englisch vor so vielen Menschen wie möglich zu üben

possible, maybe in class or with your teacher. möglich, vielleicht im Unterricht oder mit Ihrem Lehrer.

Practicing speaking like this is useful anyway, but it's also goodto get used to feeling Das Sprechen auf diese Weise zu üben ist sowieso nützlich, aber es ist auch gut, sich an das Gefühl zu gewöhnen

nervous.

Feeling a little bit nervous doesn't mean your English will get worse.

Feeling nervous is natural; you can feel nervous and you can still speak well. Nervosität ist natürlich; Sie können sich nervös fühlen und Sie können immer noch gut sprechen.

It's important to understand this before your exam.

Okay, part six, let's review what we've talked about today. Okay, Teil sechs, lassen Sie uns noch einmal Revue passieren, worüber wir heute gesprochen haben.

To get a higher score in part two of the IELTS speaking test, you need to prepare carefully, Um im zweiten Teil des IELTS-Sprechtests eine höhere Punktzahl zu erzielen, müssen Sie sich sorgfältig vorbereiten,

making sure you have something to say for each part of the question.

You should structure your speech, with a clear beginning and ending. Sie sollten Ihre Rede strukturieren, mit einem klaren Anfang und Ende.

Add details to your answer where possible, especially for the last part of the question. Fügen Sie Ihrer Antwort nach Möglichkeit Details hinzu, insbesondere für den letzten Teil der Frage.

Try to speak for around 90 seconds.

And, practice in advance, including boring questions, difficult questions, and speaking Und üben Sie im Voraus, einschließlich langweiliger Fragen, schwieriger Fragen und Sprechen I ćwicz z wyprzedzeniem, w tym nudne pytania, trudne pytania i mówienie

in situations where you feel nervous.

Okay, think about the question we looked at today: Okay, denken Sie an die Frage, die wir uns heute angesehen haben:

Here it is again.

Who would you talk about? Über wen würden Sie sprechen?

What would you say?

What details could you add to your answer? Welche Details könnten Sie Ihrer Antwort hinzufügen?

Try it for yourself, and try to use some of the things we've talked about today.

Alright, that's the end of the lesson.

Thanks very much for watching!

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