All about IELTS Speaking

The IELTS speaking exam often increases anxiety among IELTS aspirants. The condition become worse when you are facing any one or all of these like, a lack of preparation, a fear of speaking in English for an extended period, and a lack of awareness of how the scoring scheme works. The effect on a score for the speaking module can be important.

Clearly, doing appropriate and accurate preparation before the day of the exam will help to decrease the stress related with the speaking test. However, it is recommended that candidates only do training courses with English teachers who are expert in the exam.

Undoubtedly, these teachers can give direction on improving a test taker's language skills. Due to their better understanding of IELTS, they help in a way which is really impossible to do by other teachers. They offer better understanding of the speaking module, because they can easily figure out the specific areas in which a test taker requires to progress to get a higher score in the speaking module. At times, only small things need to be avoided, or improved, for a noteworthy effect on the score that a candidate would get in the test.

Beside decent preparation, there are also things that can be accomplished in the test itself. Here is a list of some important things a test taker must perform throughout the test for improving the chances of getting the best possible score.

·         Look and sound confident. Try very hard to appear polite, friendly and - most importantly - relaxed. Remember, one of the areas assessed in the speaking module is fluency and coherence, which is effectively a measure of your confidence in using English.

·         Ask if you don't hear. If you don't hear something, ask the interviewer to repeat it.

·         Ask if you don't understand. If you don't understand a question, ask the examiner to explain it.

·         Don't try to be perfect. A fluent speaker of English can speak smoothly and continuously; in other words, with little or no pausing (or breaks), repetition and corrections when speaking. Therefore, don't worry about making grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation mistakes

·         Stay calm. Your fluency will drop off rapidly if you're anxious.

·         Keep it simple. It's better to be simple and clear, rather than complicated and unclear. The four areas assessed by the examiner are fluency and coherence, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.

·         Use less common words. But, make sure that it won't affect your fluency, try to use some less common vocabulary.

You can easily get a decent Band or score by keeping track on small issue and with lots of practise and patience. Prepare well and be confident.

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