OK so this is the speaking test for it.
Hello Matt how are you doing.
I'm fine.
Thank you so much.
Good.
Good good.
Before we get started do you have any questions at all about the speaking section.
No I think it's clear just depends on how to apply the strategies and how to get the required patterns.
So you should have an objective we should have the a quiet band and see what the descriptors for this
band and try to apply it.
OK.
Thank you.
OK.
Good good good.
Have you have you taken the isle speaking test before.
Yes.
Once before was before and what was your score when you got when you took it.
And speaking all over again No no it's just specifically and speaking and sex you had a six.
OK good.
Yes.
And what was score are you hoping to get at least since I'm going to get a seven from five.
I hope.
All right.
Actually seven is OK for them.
OK.
And what what do you think is the reason why you were not able to get a 7.
What do you what do you see as the main problems or main issues as to why you think you probably did
not get a 7 or 8.
I think it may be that coherence and cohesion in my sentences in the last trial were the main reason
for getting seven and getting sex also and not using a wide range of vocabulary and some mist and some
mispronunciation words.
I mispronounced it.
So I think this was the reasons behind getting sex.
Yes because in that sentence you just mispronounced the word pronounced.
When you write well when you say pronounce it right.
So the word is the word.
So the word is pronounced.
So you know sometimes that sounds like a D like a T and sometimes it sounds like a D.
So you definitely want don't want to miss pronounce the word pronounced.
Yeah.
Yeah but those are some things that can get in the way when it comes to doing a speaking test.
Definitely Those are some of the things that can get in the way.
All right.
So just in general if someone were to ask you what are what are you what are the key things that doing
very well on the speaking section what are you what would you say are the key things you need to be
able to do
as you described in the video that we need to focus on the four parameters of the greater focus on number
one in cohesion and coherence you need to believe.
Is this mostly not to be flippant but to be mostly not to have many pauses or hesitations.
Number two it's about the vocabulary you need to upgrade your vocabulary to another level not use very
somber caps.
On the other hand I'm not mean that to use very very advanced vocab like technical vocab but I mean
that at a higher level vocab and show that you have a wide range of vocabulary and it looks at the resources.
Number three you have to show that you are grammatically perfect not perfect and which not.
Which doesn't mean that you don't have any mistake at all.
Yes it's OK it's acceptable to have one or two mistakes by faith it's fight.
Finally last but not least collegians were kept and and sources and the pronunciation.
Of course I'm not too concerned about the accent I'm talking about pronouncing the captain right.
Exactly.
Since I taught it to have an accent British or American.
Just when I supply exactly are a good while you know what.
You definitely watch the videos.
So that is that is very very impressive.
But like you said in the very beginning.
The key thing is your ability to apply the information that is good that is going to be the key key
thing for you is how well you're able to apply it.
OK so you have it exactly right.
You know what we're going to do now is I'm going to give you a test and in the beginning of the test
I'm going to probably stop you a few times if I notice anything that you're doing wrong.
Now in general all all three sections of the test are supposed to be graded equally but in reality the
way that it really really works is normally after Section 1.
A greater has a pretty good idea of where you go about the range of your score.
Right so you venesection Number one they may have they may have an idea and say Well I think he's between
6.5 and 7.5 right.
And his first impression is the first impression first par one gives you that first impression.
So they get an idea of a range in their mind pretty quickly.
But then when you get to section number two that's when they really are looking at it and be able to
really get a good idea.
Well OK.
He's more of a 7.5 or he's more of a 6.5.
Also that Section 2 is really really the determining section right.
So a lot of students tell a lot of students you know if you are going to you want to be very good at
Section 2 Section 2 with Empress's somebody more than any other section.
Section 2 is where you're free and the person is not guiding you.
They're not leading you with using the right the right verb tense and leading you in any kind of way
with questions right.
So if you're going to practice anything a lot before your test really really get good at section number
two because I can really be the determining factor what really pushes you in one direction or pushes
you in higher direction or lower direction.
All right so kind of like the more.
What was that.
Can't agree more.
Yep and I agree with you.
So let's get started.
All right so we're going to do section 1 and I'll break down some things that what you're doing good
and what you need to work on a couple of things.
Make sure in section 1 Don't repeat the question back to me.
Graters really love it when you use synonyms and you can paraphrase language you know try to use a minimum
of two sentences they answer a question.
Make sure that some people think well I should just talk talk talk talk talk talk a lot if I talk a
lot then that's going to help me and that's not necessarily true.
You've got to make you have to make sure that you stay inside the box of the questions.
All right.
Stay inside the box of the questions because a lot of times people talk and then go outside the question.
So let's get you ready ready.
So question number one note please tell me your name.
My name is that nobody.
Amen.
OK.
And is your name popular in your country.
Yes definitely.
Popular almost.
You can count like 30 percent of the newborns in my country are named Ahmed either.
MUHAMMAD So it's a very popular make sense.
OK.
And as we're speaking about countries where are you from originally I'm from Egypt specifically from
Alexandria the second capital for Egypt.
And it is a coastal city in the Mediterranean Sea.
However now I'm living in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
OK.
And do you work or are you a student.
Currently I'm working as a medical science in its own sense two years now which I'm mainly concerned
about getting the head of professionals about Sipek therapy I go.
So you do a really good so far Be careful with sense and for right when you wouldn't be since two years
now will be for two years.
Now OK.
All right.
So so so so I suppose to be 40 years non-USA USA for two years OK.
Or I or you or you could say since you know so in some sense the No since the past two years now how
is this for is for for the for the past two years or for many years or for the past three years.
OK.
All right.
Let's keep going.
Could you tell me again what are you studying.
What do you work where do you work.
I'm working as a medical science I'm in a in a pharmaceutical company in the medical of the past.
And Mitchum's principle for advocating that doctors.
Okay great.
And can you please describe your job a little bit more.
As I mentioned before that I am working in the medical affairs department.
This is a department the newly established rather than a sales and commercial unit in this area and
they really mean they might present.
My time is in the field meeting doctors and I'm really make with making communication with them to educate
them and making them up to date giving them the most updated information about specific therapy areas.
All right.
So this is my job.
OK.
Do you like to work alone or on a team.
Definitely prefer to work a team since you are complete each other.
And this is mixer's for my job had have meaning.
Meaning you know work with the team and contests from each other so I think this is definitely will
work.
All right.
And do you need do you need more training related to your work.
Yes.
On a regular basis I have sometimes I have a training every months every two months.
That's very important to be updated in my job.
OK.
All right let's move on and I want to ask you a few things about your family.
Do you spend you spend a lot of time with your family.
Yes I can say that.
No I don't spend enough time with my family.
Do we have any specific time.
Maybe one hour or two.
Their day to spend together as a one family.
But I think we need to make it more and more.
All right.
And with whom do you like to spend time with your family.
Of course it goes without saying.
That was my to you daughters.
They are two twin girls.
Of course I prefer Sarah and I love to spend time with them.
OK.
And why is that.
Why do you enjoy spending time with them.
Generally I love my children and those of my daughter so I love spending time with them in order to
feel that I'm fulfilling my responsibilities for them and I'm trying my best to bring them up in the
right way.
So I think spending time this is the first right for them and I should say and I'm good.
So you're doing pretty good there only.
I've only counted just a few mistakes here and there.
But you do and you're doing a really I mean just like a preposition missed here or you know mispronouncing
the word prefer you say I'd prefer you know as this professor but just minor things but so far you're
doing pretty good.
All right.
Let's move on and let's talk about computers.
Do you agree.
Do you use the Internet.
Yes.
Now we are using the Internet to make this discussion
up.
OK.
Are you what you want.
You probably want to get like give me an answer that you would give for the test or not like that.
All right.
So that's my question again.
All right.
Do you do you do you use the Internet of course.
No I think it's the most used tool everyday at the Internet.
And why.
Why.
What reason.
What specific reasons do you need to be on the internet for
actually many reasons.
Most of people need internet for for browsing some for some for having because they have an online courses
and some they are meeting each other from different countries.
So actually many reasons most people using Ethernet for me I'm using internet for educational purposes.
OK.
Good.
I was worried in the beginning when you were answered when you were answering that question that you
were talking about people in general but at the end you did say for you specifically which is good good
answer.
All right so do you think that computer use will change in the future.
Yes definitely yes.
If you look back 10 years ago you will have a totally different shape for computers throughout this
period.
We're having a lot of changes in the computers and I do believe that this will continue to hammer new
generations of computers more advanced less weight and having more advanced technology.
So yes.
So you have to be careful with your endings because just like you say pronouncedly does it advance said
and it's advanced or advanced.
So you might want to take it.
You might want to take some time to look at that grammar rule for using for the endings of a when it
when it sounds like EDI and when it sounds like t.
Ok ok.
I took it as a note now.
I got it.
Let's move on.
And finally we're going to we're going to talk about eating habits.
Could you please tell me about your eating habits.
And currently I'm trying to be more healthy to having more healthier habits with changing from eating
much carbohydrates into less carbohydrates more proteins are trying to make it a habit in our family
in order to.
We were on a diet and we were to lose weight.
So now I think you are depending mainly on protein for protein right.
And how many times a day do you eat
three times a day.
We're having our main meals and we're having to do two additional times for snacks.
So total is a farce.
And have your eating habits changed over time.
Yes I can say that we are now almost two months when it's when I started this new life before we having
a totally different routine.
We don't care about the number.
We don't care about snacks.
What we what we eat.
But now we are being much focused on what we eat.
So it's changing over time.
Yes.
All right.
And what food do you like the most.
Oh I really enjoy that Italian cuisine.
The flavors that the quality of food they are using really amazing.
I think it's all my family members are really big fans of Italian cuisine.
All right.
So I want to I'm going to ask you while you're doing pretty good.
Like I said with the the only issues I've been hearing really your fluency has been fine.
And in general you've just pronounced in a few words here and there that only you make some grammar
mistakes like you know in a previous question you said we are we are we are having like in the past
what you have you said we are having been like we we had Yeah yeah.
But you just have to be careful with just a few grammar things here and there.
But I mean you're doing pretty good right now.
Now for example if we we just finished part one just now and I would say OK what kind of gray would
I give this guy.
Where where do I think is potentially right.
I thought I was I was a great show probably saying OK well right now he's probably on the low end a
6.5 potentially on the high end 7.5 at a minimum right now would be thinking or at least a minimum of
6.5 on the high and probably seven point five is a lot of that and the opinion would really depend on
how well you're going to do and how well you're going to do in this next section which is section number
two.
Now one thing that you have to make sure you do when you take your speaking test tomorrow is that you.
You're you're relaxed as you are now because one thing that people don't really prepare for is the psychological
aspect of taking an exam
especially a competitive exam because that's really what the aisles examine the tone for example with
what you call competitive exams because you actually are in competition you're competing for something
you're competing to get a higher score because you want to you want to get something that an higher
score will provide.
So you know psychologically is very important that you're relaxed.
OK.
And what you're doing today with me is absolutely no different than what you're going to do when you
take your real exam.
Again just just think about that and don't because sometimes when people feel pressure what they do
when people feel pressure or what they tend to do is they tend to start shortening their answers because
they want to get out of their.
Right.
They want to hurry up and finished and you want to have more of an attitude.
I can sit here and talk all day long.
Right now I'm comfortable.
I can sit here I can talk.
I'm in no hurry.
You know that's how the mental state you want to be.
All right.
Right.
All right.
Let's move on to part two.
I'm going to.