SPEAKING IN THE IELTS TEST (Part 1)

 Speaking is a part of the IELST test.

 In general, the IELTS Speaking test is a 10-

15 minute interview or conversation between
a candidate and an examiner.

 The Speaking test is the final section of the

IELTS Test, after the IELTS Writing section.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 1

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 At the end of the IELST Writing section of the

IELST test, you will be given a form to fill in.

 This form requires some basic information

about you, your career, your study plans and
your hobbies.

 The aim of this form is to give the examiner

some information to provide topics to ask
about in the interview.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 2

 SPEAKING IN THE IELTS TEST (Part 1)

 At the end of the IELST Writing section of the

IELST test, you will be given a form to fill in.

 This form requires some basic information

about you, your career, your study plans and
your hobbies.

 The aim of this form is to give the examiner

some information to provide topics to ask
about in the interview.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 3

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SPEAKING TEST PERSONAL DETAILS

These are the details you will have to fill in for the IELTS
Speaking test.

Family name:
Other names:
Nationality:
First language:
Occupation:
Work experience:

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 4

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SPEAKING TEST PERSONAL DETAILS

These are the details you will have to fill in for the IELTS
Speaking test.

How did you learn English?

What are your personal interests?

What are your future plans?

Why are you taking this test?

ASSESSMENT
FOR EXAMINER'S USE

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 5

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 The IELST Speaking test has 5 phases:

1. Introduction. The examiner and candidate
introduce themselves. The candidate is
made to feel comfortable and encouraged
to talk briefly about his or her life, home,
work and interests.
2. Extended discourse. The candidate is
encouraged to speak at length about some
familiar topic, which is either of general
interest or of relevance to his or her culture,
place of living, or country of origin. This
stage involves explanation, description or
narration.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 6

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 The IELST Speaking test has 5 phases:

3. Ehcitatian. The candidate is given a task
card with some information on it and is
encouraged to take the initiative by asking
questions ei-ther to elicit information or to
solve a problem.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 7

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 The IELST Speaking test has 5 phases:

Example form:
Describe your holidays
1) Where do you go for the holidays and how long do them last?
2) Who do you go with?
3) Talk about any interesting thins happening during your holidays
Follow-up:
What do the Australian people mostly do in their leisure time?
What's the difference between holidays today and 5 years ago
and the reasons for the change?
Do you think people will spend more time on leisure or working
in the future?

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 8

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 The IELST Speaking test has 5 phases:

4. Speculation and attitudes. The candidate is
encouraged to talk about future plans and
the proposed course of study. Alternatively,
the examiner may choose to return to a
topic raised earlier.
5. Conclusion. The interview is concluded.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 9

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Interview Example 1
(non-IELTS Test, speaking practice)
My name's Jasmine.

And could you spell that for me?

J-A-S-M-I-N-E.

Do you study here at university?

Yes, I do.

What do you study?

I'm studying medicine.

Medicine. And how long have you been studying medicine?

This is my first year here so it's just been nine weeks, into week nine.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 10

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Interview Example 1
(non-IELTS Test, speaking practice)
Where are you from?
I'm from Penang, Malaysia.

And you've only just arrived in Adelaide?

Yeah, that's right.

And do you enjoy it here?

Yes, it's good, 1..........................., 2........................

So many new things to 3...................... it's a good way. A new environment

where you can 4........................ with different people, it's good.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 11

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Interview Example 1
(non-IELTS Test, speaking practice)
How long will you 5...................., do you think?
Six years, for 6.......................................

So you live in university housing with other students?

Yes, it's a college.

What's the address there?

7.................. College, Brougham Place.

Can you describe a little bit about your room or the college?
We have 8.............................. so it's good because if you stay in this
building you create 9......................, camaraderie between the people that
stay in the same floor, the same building and then we have like
10................................., like we have 11................ or basketball
competitions and all that stuff, so it's good.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 12

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Interview Example 1
(non-IELTS Test, speaking practice)
That's the thing I like about Adelaide, you know, 12.................. by all your
parklands. That's one of the interesting 13........... that I have liked about
Adelaide.

And the people are 14..................., interesting. New culture, new language.
Although I have studied English before, but 15............... of English that you
use is totally different, you know, the 16.................. Australian version of
17.............. you know, 18................, laid back. So you live and learn. You
start saying things like 19.................. instead of 'very good' so you try and
20.................. the culture, and that's really good.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 13

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Interview Example 2
(non-IELTS Test, speaking practice)
I love music. I 1............... the guitar and I play soccer and I just generally
love to be around my friends and just have a good time.

Ah my 2.............. well, first of all I 3..............., for the university choir which
is a really good thing to do, like 4................... and all that stuff and I play
badminton as well, down at Lockleys so it's good.

I 5................... and rock climb.

I 6.............. netball and I umpire netball.

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 14

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Interview Example 2
(non-IELTS Test, speaking practice)
How often do they do their 7.....................?

8.................. a week. Yeah it's cool .

Probably 9................... and in all the holidays.

And rock climbing? How often do you do that?

Probably 10..................

Every week. Sometimes twice

Lecturer: Dr. Abrar Muslim, ST.MEng. 15