SPEAKING

The Art of Speaking in needs careful grooming. In India, opportunities for practice speaking in English in an authentic, communicating setting are not sufficiently available. Hence, it is best acquired through specially designed activities such as pair-work, group work and role-play.

Basic Grammar

  • Grammar Exercises are presented in a listening context.
  • Grammar items are explained in a clear and practical manner
  • Students one encouraged to analyze grammar in real life situation of language use.
  • Special attention is given to the improvement of pronunciation of te students through
  • Awareness of speech sounds of English training
  • Word accent
  • Practice in tone groups
  • Practice inconnected sentences.

Timing

11-14 minutes

Test Parts

There are 3 parts.

Part 1 Introduction and interview (4-5 minutes)

The examiner introduces him/herself and asks you to introduce yourself and confirm your identity. The examiner asks you general questions on familiar topics, e.g. home, family,work, studies and interests.

Part 2 Individual long turn (3-4 minutes)

The examiner gives you a task card which asks you to talk about a particular topic and which includes points you can cover in your talk. You are given 1 minute to prepare your talk, and are given a pencil and paper to make notes. You talk for 1-2 minutes on the topic. The examiner may then ask you one or two questions on the same topic.

Part 3 Two-way discussion (4-5 minutes)

The examiner asks further questions which are connected to the topic of Part 2. These questions give you an opportunity to discuss more abstract issues and ideas.

Skills assessed

A wide range of speaking skills are assessed, including:

  • the ability to communicate opinions and information on everyday topics and common experiences and situations by answering a range of questions.
  • the ability to speak at length on a given topic using appropriate language and organizing ideas coherently
  • the ability to express and justify opinions and to analyse, discuss and speculate about issues.

Marking

You are assessed on your performance throughout the test  by certificated IELTS examiners according to the IELTS Speaking test assessment criteria (Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy,

Pronunciation). The public version of the assessment criteria can be found at ielts.org/criteria.

Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score.

Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

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