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Speaking Tips!

This video will help you to understand how speaking sessions should be carried out. Scroll down for more useful tips . (Thanks IELTS Preparation)



 When you are preparing for a speaking session or an exam interview, you should take into consideration the following :
Make notes about the topic you want to discuss. If you want, you can organize your notes in a mind map.
Look up in the dictionary all the words you don't know. Make a list of the words and learn them by heart. You may find  THIS  interesting.
Carry out a two-minute talk trying not to stop and hesitate. Remember to talk loud voice and repeat at least twice. The more you practice , the better.
 
When you express your personal opinions  you can use:
 1. Cohesive devices for sequencing events. 
  • After that 
  • At the beginning
  • At first
  • Eventually
  • In the end 
  • Later on

 2. These cohesive devices are useful in structuring descriptions or arguments. 
  • Actually 
  • Whereas 
  • Particularly 
  • Specifically
  • First of all 
  • Basically 
  • To begin with 
  • On the other hand

 3. These are for expressing opinions: 
  • Personally I think 
  • In my opinion 
  • As I see it 
  • According to ( someone else's opinion) 
Hope it'll help !


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