WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:07.500 OK so let's go over some of the basics for I'll speaking the aisles speaking. 00:07.530 --> 00:14.410 Most students think of as being the easiest part of the exam and this is probably true. 00:14.760 --> 00:21.430 Child speaking I always tell students while I'm speaking is easier than the Tofel speaking. 00:21.600 --> 00:23.530 However you can't take it for granted. 00:23.610 --> 00:24.270 OK. 00:24.420 --> 00:30.300 There are certain things you need to understand in order to achieve a high score on the isle speaking 00:30.300 --> 00:31.140 section. 00:31.140 --> 00:34.660 So says first start off by taking a look at some of the basics. 00:41.050 --> 00:41.610 All right. 00:42.020 --> 00:47.370 The entire exam is going to last for about 12 to 15 minutes. 00:47.450 --> 00:50.360 It's going to be a real conversation. 00:50.370 --> 00:58.670 OK you're you're sitting down at a desk or sitting down at a table across from the Examiner and or directly 00:58.670 --> 01:02.120 across from you and yours that you're talking with a person. 01:02.450 --> 01:10.730 So one of the one of the things that makes it a challenge sometimes with the exam is that you don't 01:10.730 --> 01:16.070 know what the person across the table from you is going to say and you have to be able to respond right 01:16.070 --> 01:17.720 away in real time. 01:18.050 --> 01:22.460 I think a lot of students underestimate the challenge of doing that. 01:22.670 --> 01:27.500 So you know you need to be prepared for it because Also most students don't prepare for this. 01:27.500 --> 01:27.950 They don't know. 01:27.950 --> 01:29.770 They don't really prepare for it. 01:29.900 --> 01:35.840 And so that's why they have a difficulty in terms of your grading your grade four main areas. 01:35.840 --> 01:41.210 They're going to look at your fluency grammar pronunciation and vocabulary and each one of those is 01:41.210 --> 01:43.850 graded equally. 01:43.850 --> 01:46.300 Fluency is very very important. 01:46.520 --> 01:53.880 You want to be able to need to demonstrate really good fluency is very very good command of the grammar. 01:54.230 --> 01:58.730 Pronunciation is also something that's significant. 01:59.030 --> 02:04.520 But you'll notice that you don't see accent on there anywhere OK you're not great great graded on your 02:04.520 --> 02:05.510 accent. 02:05.660 --> 02:12.740 So a lot of students are worried about a concern a concern regarding their accent but you don't have 02:12.740 --> 02:14.030 to really worry about that you. 02:14.120 --> 02:16.490 You just have to make sure that you pronounce the words properly. 02:16.490 --> 02:18.030 OK. 02:19.040 --> 02:25.730 There are three main parts on speaking part one is basically an interview they're going to be sitting 02:25.730 --> 02:35.660 down and asking you questions about who you are where you're from what's your name and then they'll 02:35.660 --> 02:37.950 also ask few things like Do you like music. 02:37.970 --> 02:42.590 And they ask you some questions about music do you like reading has you some questions about reading 02:43.370 --> 02:46.260 some real basic kind of interview questions. 02:46.260 --> 02:48.150 That's the best way to think about it. 02:48.240 --> 02:52.980 Is is is it that you're doing the interview in part number three. 02:52.990 --> 02:55.310 Here is where you have. 02:55.310 --> 02:58.350 I mean part number two is a short presentation. 02:58.350 --> 03:00.710 This is going to last for about two minutes. 03:00.710 --> 03:04.740 Basically they're going to give you a topic card. 03:05.010 --> 03:11.120 And on that topic Cardus will have a main question and then usually three or four sub questions and 03:11.160 --> 03:14.670 you basically you have to look at those questions. 03:14.760 --> 03:16.400 He can take notes. 03:16.400 --> 03:20.550 And that's one of the biggest mistakes a lot of students make because they don't take notes. 03:20.640 --> 03:26.930 You could kind of outline within one minute how you want to structure your answer for part two if you 03:26.930 --> 03:32.060 speak you can speak up to two minutes uninterrupted by the examiner. 03:32.150 --> 03:40.060 Here's where they really are taking a look at your fluency in part three. 03:40.160 --> 03:44.550 This is going to be follow up questions to part number two. 03:44.730 --> 03:50.150 They're related to the same topic but part number three has the most difficult questions because the 03:50.150 --> 03:57.470 questions are going to be much longer and the questions are going to have more more difficult vocabulary. 03:57.560 --> 04:00.600 OK. 04:02.160 --> 04:03.290 Part number one. 04:03.290 --> 04:05.360 Some other basic information. 04:05.360 --> 04:08.630 I think part number one is where you have to show that you can shine. 04:08.630 --> 04:09.890 The questions are easy. 04:09.890 --> 04:13.770 It is a great chance for you to make a great first impression with the grader. 04:13.910 --> 04:20.600 You want to make sure that you give really solid answers to part number one show off your senses variety 04:20.600 --> 04:26.090 your vocabulary and your set and them language show them that show them that you love speak and that 04:26.090 --> 04:29.870 you're fluent if you do great in part 1. 04:29.960 --> 04:36.050 It gives them a great first impression to the greater and they're going to think more highly of you. 04:41.650 --> 04:50.410 Your part number two part number two is where where I would say most students really are able to decide 04:50.480 --> 04:50.770 real. 04:50.850 --> 04:56.140 I think part two is really what divides a person that can get a six from a person that can get a seven 05:00.310 --> 05:07.530 because in part number two you have to be you have to show fluency for up to two minutes. 05:07.630 --> 05:10.190 You have to speak for two minutes uninterrupted. 05:10.390 --> 05:17.050 And if you can form a mistake free sentences show a variety of sentences and you're speaking in part 05:17.050 --> 05:17.910 two. 05:18.010 --> 05:23.470 I think that's where that's where students can really impressed a greater more than any other area because 05:23.470 --> 05:25.950 the greater is sitting back and listening to you. 05:26.200 --> 05:32.830 And if you really show a high level of fluency and command of the language while Part two is where you 05:32.830 --> 05:39.790 really are going to be able to get it part number three has the most challenging section because of 05:39.790 --> 05:42.500 the vocabulary and length of the question. 05:42.530 --> 05:47.980 As I told you earlier these are follow up questions a part number two and what you want to make sure 05:47.980 --> 05:50.860 that you do is that you really speak. 05:50.860 --> 05:57.600 You try to speak for each question try to give about two to three sentences to answer each question. 05:57.610 --> 05:58.600 All right. 05:58.690 --> 06:07.330 Basically you want to answer extend extend what I mean by that is give a general response and then extend 06:07.330 --> 06:09.550 that answer again in another sentence. 06:09.680 --> 06:14.200 Yvette explain in some more one more sentence so answer extend extend 06:17.370 --> 06:20.450 some basic information about the examiner. 06:20.510 --> 06:23.080 They're going to come from an English speaking country. 06:23.550 --> 06:25.920 They are they actually have special training. 06:25.920 --> 06:27.920 I know this for a fact. 06:28.020 --> 06:33.150 There are special training so they know exactly how to grade you because the aisles people want the 06:33.150 --> 06:35.270 grading to be consistent. 06:35.430 --> 06:40.710 I don't think they're your friend substitute was good food because they say well the examiner was smiling 06:40.710 --> 06:42.770 at me so I feel better. 06:42.810 --> 06:47.630 No they're not there to be your friend or anything like that they're going to grade you. 06:47.940 --> 06:48.340 OK. 06:48.360 --> 06:50.330 They're going to grade your performance. 06:50.400 --> 06:56.780 So thanks a lot for listening to this opening on the basics of speaking. 06:56.970 --> 06:58.300 And I'll talk to you soon.