IELTS Speaking: POETIC English ZONE growing skills together Speaking Home |Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 These pages will help you with the IELTS Speaking Test and with the PET Speaking test. The example questions in the next pages change every time you reload the page or press F5. Visit often! There are three parts in the IELTS speaking test: Part 1: Familiar Topics (3-4 minutes): Home, Work, College, Hobbies, Holidays, Sports, Free Time Part 2: Long Turn (1-2 minutes plus 1 minute preparation): Describe a Person, Place, Thing, Picture, Movie, Book, Historical Figure, Friend, etc. Part 3: Discussion (3-4 minutes): Advanced discussion, analysis, prediction, description, evaluation, opinion, cause and effect, possibilities Download tips for the IELTS Speaking Test (Word version) (Adobe Acrobat version). Don’t forget to check YouTube for examples of Part 1, Part 2 or Part 3 Speaking! Here’s one of the best resources out there: from the Australia Network television service, an excellent series of videos and other resources. Start with this cheerful video about IELTS Speaking Part 2 from Lester Chin. You can download videos and transcripts. Amazing resource.Highly recommended! IELTS Speaking: Part 1 Speaking Home |Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In Part 1, you have to talk about THREE topics: (A) your home town OR your work/study AND (B and C) two more topics. The topics are familiar. You are expected to talk fluently and easily for a total of 4 or 5 minutes. A Choose ONE of the two boxes below. (These are very common topics – practice them with your friends!) Let?s talk about your home/home town or village. What kind of place is it? What?s the most interesting part of your home area? What kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do? Is your home town changing? Would you say it is a good place to live? Why? What changes would you like to make to your home town? What’s your favourite part of your house? What would you like to change in your house? or Let’s talk about what you do. Do youwork or are you a student? Work What’s your job? Why did you choose that kind of work? How long have you been doing it? What is a typical day like at your work? Are there things you don?t like about it? What are they? Study What subjects are you studying? Why did you choose those subjects? How long have you been studying them? Do you enjoy them? Why? Are there many job opportunities for you? What is the best thing about studying? Now talk about BOTH of these green boxes, B and C. B Now, let’s talk about shopping. Where do you go shopping? In your country, is shopping a popular pastime? What time of day is best for shopping, in your opinion? AND C Now, let’s talk about animals. Do you have a pet? What animal is most popular in your country? Why? Do you like visiting zoos? Why/why not? Want a new topic, or the topics are the same? Press F5 or Ctrl F5 to refresh your browser IELTS Speaking: Part 3 Speaking Home |Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In Part 3, you and the examiner discuss some topics related to the topic you spoke about in Part 2. The time limit for Part 3 is about 3-4 minutes. The examiner will help you and move the conversation along. Examples So if your Part 2 (Long Turn) topic was "Describe something you bought recently," Part 3 might be about buying habits in the UAE, consumers, materialism, shopping, consumer protection, or differences between shops now and in the past, or a prediction about shopping in the future. If your Part 2 (Long Turn) topic was "Describe a teacher you had in school," Part 3 might be abouteducation, training, the internet and education, changes in education in the last twenty years, the importance of training, etc. Examples of Part 3 Topic in Part 2 Possible Related Topic in Part 3 Describe a place you visited recently How does tourism affect a country? Does it have some advantages? Can cultures learn from each other? Describe a friend Is friendship important in your culture? How many close friends can you have? Are friends more important than family? Describe a child you know What is the role of parents in raising children? Has the role changed in recent years? Who is responsible for discipline? Describe an object you like Do possessions make people happy? Why do people buy things? Are people in your country wise consumers? Describe a photograph Are images important in your culture? What is the role of advertising? Do films and television influence our decisions? Describe an historical figure Who are the most influential people in your society? Are there many heroes or role models today? What are the qualities of a good leader? Describe an important event in your culture How do different cultures celebrate events? What is the importance of festivals? How have special occasions such as weddings changed in your culture? Successful students: Comment on the question Relate the question to their own experience Divide up their answers Use modals (could, might, may) the past perfect, and future tenses correctly Comment on the question That’s interesting. I was watching a program about that last week That’s a big problem today. I heard Sheikh Mohammed talk about that in a speech in Dubai. Oh, that’s very difficult to predict! I don’t think anybody really knows what is going to happen. Wow, that’s a tough question. It depends on your point of view. Yes, I’ve often thought about that. Relate the question to their own experience That’s very important because I am getting married next month That’s an interesting question because I work in computers, so I often wonder what the future of technology will be. That’s a tough question because I am not an economist. That’s funny - the other day I was in Al-Ain and someone asked me the same question. My kids often ask me the same question Divide up your answer Basically, there are three ways to look at this problem. One way is to imagine…. I think there are several ways to solve this problem. I think one way would be to… It depends on how you look at it. For example, if you were a parent, you would have one opinion, and if you were a student, you might have another perspective. I think two very different things will happen. First of all, there might be… There have been several effects. One effect is that I suppose you could break it up into two or three areas. First… Use Modals In the IELTS speaking test, Part 1 focuses on Present Tense, Part 2 on the Past, and Part 3 on the future and modals (can, could, might, may, etc.) You are expected to predict, guess, analyse, relate, suggest and evaluate (give your opinion) in this part. POETIC English ZONE helps you learn English in an easy and effective way. 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