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IELTS Speaking Format

IELTS Speaking Format. Interview, Part One. Let’s talk about your home town or village. What kind of place is it? What’s the most interesting part of your town/village? What kind of jobs do people in your town/village do? Would you say it is a good place to live? [Why?]. Interview, Part Two.

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IELTS Speaking Format

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  1. IELTS Speaking Format

  2. Interview, Part One Let’s talk about your home town or village. What kind of place is it? What’s the most interesting part of your town/village? What kind of jobs do people in your town/village do? Would you say it is a good place to live? [Why?]

  3. Interview, Part Two Describe a teacher who has significantly inspired you in your education. You should say: where you met them what subject they taught what was special about them Explain why this person inspired you.

  4. Interview, Part Three Developments in education - (describe) changes over the last ten years in your country - (compare) your experience of education with that of your parents or grandparents - (speculate) on likely changes in the next fifty years A national education system - (describe) your country’s aims for education - (compare) expectations of today’s school-leavers with previous generations - (evaluate) advantages/disadvantages of grouping learners by ability Different styles/methods of teaching and learning - (describe) teaching styles/methods for different age-groups in your country - (suggest) your preferred method of learning - (evaluate) advantages/disadvantages of grouping learners by ability

  5. Speaking Contexts IELTS Pt 1:everyday interactionPt 2: extended talk --topic development Pt 3: express ideas, opinions on broad topics Academic Settings interactive/informational--classes/labs --study groups --office hours semi-formal--academic seminars formal--presentations

  6. Speaking skills Fluency/coherence Lexical Resource Grammatical Range/Accuracy Individual presentation to whole class

  7. Research on Speaking A. Brown (2006)What features of speech distinguish candidate performance?F/C: total amount of speechL/R: no linear increase in sophisticationGRA: little difference in complexity; increase in accuracy

  8. Implications for instruction Fluency: extended talk; topic development Lexical Resource: terminology may not be as important as idiom Grammatical range: develop accuracy (but don’t impede fluency)

  9. Speaking tasks Presentations to small groups Seminar discussions Group presentation to whole class Individual presentation to whole class

  10. Caveats Key academic activities can’t be covered in tests: reflection over time synthesis of different ideas development of language w/in knowledge context Teaching to the test reduces meaningful discourse

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