IELTS SPEAKING

Student name: Engr. Arjay Louie S. Romero

 IELTS SPEAKING AT A GLANCE

➢ The IELTS Speaking test lasts 11-14

minutes.

➢ The test consists of three parts.

➢ You cannot use a dictionary during the

test.

➢ IELTS Academic and IELTS General

candidates do exactly the same test
and it is marked in the same way.
WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT

Which of these subjects do you

think the examiner will ask you
about?

what was
in the
news last
week
your work
or studies
experienc
e you
have had

people
you how to solve
know a
mathematic
al problem
 THE IELTS SPEAKING BANDS

➢ IELTS Speaking measures how well you

can describe your own experiences and
express you own thoughts and feelings.

➢ Like the other parts of IELTS, it is graded

on a scale of 0 to 9. Candidates who can
express themselves on most subjects, but
who make many mistakes, will get band 5.
THE FOUR CRITERIA FOR IELTS
SPEAKING

pronunciation

lexical resource

grammatical
range and
accuracy

fluency and
coherence
 PRONUNCIATION
CAN YOU SAY THESE WORDS AND
PHRASE CORRECTLY?

photograph

What’s your
favorite film?

measurement

I’ve had a
delicious
breakfast.

breakthrough
LEXICAL RESOURCE (VOCABULARY)

➢ To get a high score on IELTS Speaking, you

need a large vocabulary.

Match these words with their synonyms:

car boiling

hot appreciate

fast benefecial

value (as a
speedy
verb)
helpful automobile
 GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND
ACCURACY

➢ For a high band in IELTS Speaking,

you need to be able to form simple
and complex sentences correctly.

1. The summer of 2012 have been very

rainy.

2. Louisa wants for going to the beach

next weekend.

3. During I was in Turkey, I enjoy going

to the market.

4. The history was my favorite subject

in school.

5. I called up the man which I met

yesterday.
 FLUENCY AND COHERENCE

➢ This refers to the ability to talk with

normal levels of continuity, rate and
effort and to link ideas and
language together to form coherent,
connected speech.
 PART 1 OF IELTS SPEAKING

➢ Part 1 last for around 4 - 5 minutes

➢ The examiner will ask you to

identify yourself, and then ask you
questions about your own life.

Here are some topics which might be

covered:

your house or apartment

your job or studies
your favorite sports or hobbies
what you like to eat
what kind of films, music or books you
enjoy
your family
 PART 2 OF IELTS SPEAKING

➢ Part 2 will take around 3 - 4 minutes.

➢ You will be given a piece of paper called a ‘cue
card’, which looks like this:
➢ The examiner will give you 60 seconds to
study the cue card, and to make notes on a
piece of paper. Then you will need to speak
without interruption for one to two minutes.
After that, the examiner will ask you two or
three questions about what you have said.

Describe a an interest
website you have visited.

You should say:

● when you visited it

● how you first learned about the
website
● what the website is about
● why you think it is interesting
 PART 3 OF IELTS SPEAKING

➢ Part 3 will last around 4-5 minutes.

➢ The examiner will ask you some

questions related to the topic of
your cue card. You will need to
express your thoughts and feelings
about this topic.