WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:09.350 Have tried so Diego have you taken the Isles exam before. 00:09.350 --> 00:13.620 No it's going to be the first time is the first time OK. 00:13.790 --> 00:14.500 Yeah. 00:14.500 --> 00:15.030 All right. 00:15.080 --> 00:22.480 And why are you taking the exam is for immigration reports. 00:22.570 --> 00:23.380 OK. 00:23.680 --> 00:24.230 All right. 00:24.310 --> 00:27.530 And what country are you trying to possibly immigrate to. 00:28.650 --> 00:31.690 I'm trying to integrate choose to Canada. 00:31.740 --> 00:39.610 I'm actually meeting here in Winnipeg and then trying to integrate to Canada. 00:39.920 --> 00:44.830 And I need that that test should do that. 00:44.870 --> 00:45.990 OK. 00:46.340 --> 00:53.030 Before we get started with the actual practice test do you have any questions about the speaking section 00:53.030 --> 00:54.480 at all. 00:55.280 --> 01:00.120 No I think that we can we can start. 01:00.590 --> 01:01.320 OK. 01:01.370 --> 01:08.030 All right so as we're going through the practice test the first two the first two questions I might 01:08.030 --> 01:13.070 stop you to make sure that you're doing things strategically correctly or having anything that I want 01:13.070 --> 01:15.880 to point out that you should be doing differently. 01:15.880 --> 01:16.200 All right. 01:16.210 --> 01:23.230 But when it gets started as you know speaking section you have three parts you have one which is opening 01:23.240 --> 01:24.240 conversation. 01:24.270 --> 01:29.720 You have part two which is an individual statement to make a statement and then you have three which 01:29.720 --> 01:33.380 are followed questions that are related to cartoons. 01:33.390 --> 01:37.550 All right examples in terms of the situation where are we. 01:37.550 --> 01:43.130 This is where we're in a situation where we're in the actual exam right now. 01:43.130 --> 01:48.380 And so that is a situation we're in and so I want you to put yourself in that situation where you are 01:48.380 --> 01:52.380 sitting in that chair and you're about to do your exam right now. 01:52.460 --> 01:52.960 OK. 01:53.940 --> 01:55.060 Perfect. 01:55.360 --> 02:00.990 So would you please tell me your full name. 02:01.720 --> 02:10.570 My my name is Giorgo see love the Bastos the middle name Filepp in the east from my mother. 02:10.770 --> 02:14.920 And the last name dastards is from my father. 02:15.300 --> 02:15.880 OK. 02:15.930 --> 02:21.960 And is there a particular name popular in your country. 02:22.410 --> 02:28.380 Yes especially the last name Bastos is very popular in my country. 02:28.680 --> 02:31.510 But the middle name is not that popular. 02:31.990 --> 02:32.430 OK. 02:32.430 --> 02:35.740 And speaking of countries where are you from exactly. 02:37.200 --> 02:38.850 I'm from Brazil. 02:38.910 --> 02:43.760 I was born in a city called Janja near to the capital Brasilia. 02:43.770 --> 02:45.960 It's a small city. 02:46.550 --> 02:47.380 OK. 02:47.550 --> 02:48.220 All right. 02:48.330 --> 02:55.470 And if someone were to visit your city what would you what would you specifically recommend they do 02:55.470 --> 02:55.960 or try 02:58.800 --> 03:01.970 if someone wants to go to my city. 03:02.460 --> 03:04.950 I should recommend them to me. 03:04.950 --> 03:07.780 I could travel to Brasilia. 03:08.010 --> 03:11.320 It's two hours from my CV. 03:12.230 --> 03:22.830 If people doesn't have a lot of things to do in my city to serve just a regular CD so I would recommend 03:22.830 --> 03:30.490 them to go to a city that has more attractions like Brazilia. 03:30.990 --> 03:35.570 And are you a student or do you have a job. 03:35.730 --> 03:37.800 I do have a job. 03:38.130 --> 03:42.210 I am I'm working as a software developer. 03:42.230 --> 03:54.320 Years back my city that I use for now OK and why did you choose to do that kind of work. 03:56.100 --> 04:09.710 Well as a passion I had since I was a child when I my father gave to me my first computer in 1990 eight. 04:09.730 --> 04:17.580 It was something that I started to be really passionate about it. 04:17.640 --> 04:35.610 And since that time I spent all my my time studying and working in cases related to I.T. I so so far 04:35.610 --> 04:36.520 you doing pretty good. 04:36.570 --> 04:43.620 I mean I don't hear a lot of a lot of big mistakes or big problems you know yet to be careful with some 04:43.620 --> 04:51.330 grammatical things like he would never say near to or he wouldn't say I live near to I live near Right 04:51.390 --> 04:53.540 years only near only near. 04:53.570 --> 04:56.590 Oh you can be so close to right. 04:56.640 --> 04:57.440 All right. 04:57.440 --> 04:57.750 Right. 04:57.760 --> 05:00.940 But you just say near so be careful with that. 05:00.960 --> 05:02.400 Be careful with your chance. 05:02.400 --> 05:06.040 Like you said my father my father gave to me. 05:06.150 --> 05:07.510 You're talking about the past. 05:07.670 --> 05:08.230 Gay. 05:08.400 --> 05:11.000 Exactly exactly right. 05:11.340 --> 05:13.790 And one other thing is a pronunciation issue. 05:13.800 --> 05:19.140 But you're Brazilian So that's can be something you have to think about but you guys have a tendency 05:19.140 --> 05:23.390 to say you're you like studying or I can't. 05:23.400 --> 05:30.590 I had I can't do it the way you girls do you are you it's is should be it should be just studying. 05:31.110 --> 05:31.850 Right. 05:31.940 --> 05:32.420 Yeah. 05:32.530 --> 05:40.430 But you guys have to see the draft that you and your iness the Brazilian think. 05:41.050 --> 05:45.990 And this is something that you guys hear everybody who speaks a different language has something that 05:45.990 --> 05:52.170 they do different with English and they have you know for if you're from Brazil or something that you 05:52.170 --> 05:58.740 have to think about is that you are not dropping or caring that you are right. 05:58.840 --> 05:59.410 Right. 05:59.460 --> 05:59.940 All right. 05:59.980 --> 06:01.230 But so far so good. 06:01.240 --> 06:01.830 All right. 06:01.960 --> 06:08.840 Just in part number one you want to make sure that you're conscious of you know what's what is what 06:08.840 --> 06:11.490 is what are the things that are going to get you a very high grade. 06:11.490 --> 06:17.730 So you know when you're talking about things the graders line graders love when you going to the waiter's 06:17.730 --> 06:19.960 love when you don't repeat the question. 06:20.130 --> 06:21.400 Right. 06:21.600 --> 06:23.970 They love when you're able to paraphrase the question. 06:23.980 --> 06:27.220 So if I say Where are you from you say I am from. 06:27.290 --> 06:29.370 That's right. 06:29.520 --> 06:30.340 OK. 06:30.370 --> 06:37.680 On one of the best things to do is is to try to paraphrase and use synonyms because people like to paraphrase 06:37.680 --> 06:39.000 and use synonyms. 06:39.210 --> 06:41.920 That shows a higher level of English. 06:42.180 --> 06:50.040 They want to make sure that they're able to do is try especially in part one make every answer a minimum 06:50.040 --> 06:57.350 of two of two sentences probably a maximum of three sentences but don't give any one sentence answers. 06:57.580 --> 06:58.070 All right. 06:58.110 --> 07:02.040 Answer the question very directly and then explain your answer. 07:02.070 --> 07:03.750 You saw on some of them all right. 07:04.080 --> 07:06.550 Most of them we did a pretty good job right. 07:06.570 --> 07:08.150 But just be aware of that. 07:08.190 --> 07:15.140 That's something else they are likely to be able to do because the speaking section for the IRS exam 07:15.800 --> 07:16.330 unbrushed. 07:16.390 --> 07:19.130 And keep in mind that is an English test. 07:19.150 --> 07:20.450 Right. 07:20.750 --> 07:24.350 And some people think well I'm just answering questions right. 07:24.350 --> 07:27.180 I didn't answer the question if I answer the question I'm doing great. 07:27.180 --> 07:28.030 Well no. 07:28.320 --> 07:31.550 What ability or what level are you showing them. 07:31.800 --> 07:37.800 So try to mix and try to mix in different types of sentences sometimes use a complex and sometimes use 07:37.800 --> 07:40.790 a compound sentence sometimes just simple to use. 07:40.800 --> 07:44.540 You know you've got to you want to show all the different ability that you have. 07:44.730 --> 07:46.050 OK. 07:46.320 --> 07:47.770 All right. 07:48.180 --> 07:49.020 Let's keep going. 07:49.020 --> 07:52.940 I just wanted to mention some of those things before we keep going keep going. 07:54.480 --> 07:59.530 And we're going to continue with a little bit more part number one. 07:59.750 --> 08:00.450 All right. 08:00.580 --> 08:02.750 So where do you live now. 08:05.340 --> 08:06.180 We thanks. 08:06.190 --> 08:15.780 This CD that I live in in the province of Manitoba Canada. 08:15.830 --> 08:24.350 So for example Winnipeg is a city where is a city where I reside and it's low or is located in the province 08:24.410 --> 08:26.050 of you know. 08:26.070 --> 08:29.160 So we just got to be careful with that. 08:29.180 --> 08:33.590 So how how how do you live in an apartment or a house. 08:36.620 --> 08:38.020 I live in apartments. 08:38.030 --> 08:42.970 It's in the downtown area of the CD. 08:43.220 --> 08:53.690 It's really good because I have I can take advantage of that because they provide good public transportation 08:53.700 --> 08:55.610 in that area. 08:55.880 --> 08:56.100 All right. 08:56.120 --> 08:59.620 And if you were to look outside of your window what would you see 09:03.690 --> 09:04.820 today. 09:04.820 --> 09:08.840 My window is I can't see through my window. 09:08.890 --> 09:11.360 Day care school. 09:11.360 --> 09:18.340 So a lot of kids and making noises all day. 09:19.720 --> 09:20.370 OK. 09:20.460 --> 09:22.760 We remember we're focused on visual right. 09:23.030 --> 09:28.100 So this this is this is when they give you a question like that that's an opportunity for you to show 09:28.100 --> 09:31.470 how you can give a lot of different vocabulary. 09:31.550 --> 09:31.990 All right. 09:32.000 --> 09:32.380 Right. 09:32.390 --> 09:37.200 So if you say well yeah or so I look outside my window I can see a daycare center. 09:37.350 --> 09:43.470 You won't tell me one thing you can see right in there you're talking about here a lot of noise. 09:43.660 --> 09:47.050 That's not really answering the question. 09:47.140 --> 09:47.550 Right. 09:47.550 --> 09:48.350 All right. 09:48.380 --> 09:53.440 Right so you have to make sure that one thing the students have to realize sometimes when they're doing 09:53.440 --> 10:00.100 this exam is that you want to make sure you stay inside the box of the question right. 10:00.160 --> 10:05.950 So if the question is asking you about what you visually see given a nice strong answer about what you 10:05.950 --> 10:09.870 visually see don't talk about what you hear or talk about what you smell. 10:10.130 --> 10:10.540 Right. 10:10.550 --> 10:11.230 All right. 10:11.260 --> 10:14.230 Because none of that stuff answers the question. 10:14.620 --> 10:23.800 So in that case what you would be a good answer because I just have a daycare center my eyes open my 10:23.830 --> 10:26.250 window it's only there I can't see. 10:26.250 --> 10:27.560 Let me ask you what. 10:27.610 --> 10:28.770 Let me ask you this. 10:28.770 --> 10:32.450 I've asked you a question and you answer and this question will answer your question. 10:32.710 --> 10:36.340 Do you think the truth matters. 10:36.340 --> 10:37.670 No. 10:37.900 --> 10:38.660 Yeah. 10:39.000 --> 10:42.630 I can try some something else. 10:42.630 --> 10:48.090 All right so the truth is that I remember again the English has a lot of truth test. 10:48.490 --> 10:49.020 Yeah. 10:49.200 --> 10:49.720 OK. 10:49.720 --> 10:53.840 No nobody is going to investigate it. 10:54.030 --> 10:55.370 You know. 10:55.580 --> 10:56.390 Right. 10:56.600 --> 11:02.290 So you know when you're doing a speaking test like this is a good idea especially maybe it makes you 11:02.290 --> 11:09.080 more relaxed is to think of it as something that's fictional are right it's not about the truth. 11:09.080 --> 11:15.860 A lot of times people stumble because they're trying really hard to remember something true. 11:16.100 --> 11:18.040 And that's what it's all about. 11:18.200 --> 11:19.180 That's not what it's about. 11:19.190 --> 11:24.680 As soon as you finished your speaking test no grade is going to sit down and grade you right they're 11:24.680 --> 11:25.730 going to grade. 11:26.330 --> 11:27.180 Right. 11:27.470 --> 11:31.340 So they're not they're not going to get on the computer instead let's see your school look outside of 11:31.340 --> 11:36.440 Diego's window right now and what he really sees a McDonald's. 11:37.460 --> 11:38.830 Yeah good idea. 11:39.750 --> 11:41.050 So it's right. 11:41.250 --> 11:43.950 This is really something fictional right. 11:43.970 --> 11:49.730 So does that make you more relaxed to know that you're not bound to the troops. 11:49.990 --> 11:50.920 All right. 11:51.190 --> 11:57.240 Say is just the same thing in writing right is the same thing in writing it's not it's not the truth 11:57.250 --> 11:57.620 test. 11:57.680 --> 11:58.770 It's a writing test. 11:58.790 --> 12:01.390 How well do you write. 12:01.420 --> 12:02.120 Yeah. 12:02.230 --> 12:04.220 All right. 12:04.370 --> 12:06.970 All right so let's keep going. 12:06.970 --> 12:11.830 We're going to move on and talk about Dictionnaire. 12:12.110 --> 12:13.320 How often do you eat. 12:13.370 --> 12:17.410 How often do you use a dictionary. 12:19.900 --> 12:30.910 I use this word very very often because since I'm not English speaker and native native English speaker 12:31.710 --> 12:42.130 I use to to check the dictionary especially when I went to see a word that I don't know in English. 12:42.400 --> 12:47.940 I used to to verify that dictionary very old friend. 12:47.990 --> 12:48.970 All right. 12:49.330 --> 12:55.820 What dictionary do you actually prefer a book an ebook or a mobile app. 12:58.190 --> 13:10.130 I totally prefer a mobile app because I can have more access for that I can check the dictionary every 13:10.130 --> 13:10.740 time. 13:10.880 --> 13:15.620 So I them for both Bo-Bo 13:18.280 --> 13:19.110 OK. 13:19.270 --> 13:24.160 Now one thing that you have been just waiting is one thing that you're doing if you have to work on 13:24.880 --> 13:29.690 is you have to work on being able to use synonyms for these. 13:29.680 --> 13:35.020 So for the words in the question like for example I say do you do you often use a dictionary you say 13:35.020 --> 13:44.640 yes I use a dictionary just does something simple as I've very frequently utilize a dictionary. 13:44.850 --> 13:45.340 Right. 13:45.440 --> 13:52.790 I didn't say often I say very frequently I answer directly I say use to say utilize do you prefer you 13:53.050 --> 13:55.780 if you don't say you prefer you say I like better. 13:56.130 --> 14:04.290 So like that or just just being able to show you know on the on the what we call English on the fly 14:04.290 --> 14:05.990 are doing it very quickly. 14:06.210 --> 14:13.620 You can use in Ames shows or you have a great quick command of the language OK. 14:14.130 --> 14:14.730 Right. 14:14.820 --> 14:21.360 And so that's your job is to try to be impressive because they're not really going to remember your 14:21.360 --> 14:24.240 content is just not about your ideas. 14:24.310 --> 14:28.620 So a lot of people you know they are not really that person is not looking at you in grading was saying 14:28.620 --> 14:30.610 was a great idea. 14:30.660 --> 14:34.480 It's so wonderful like you know they're there and looking. 14:34.650 --> 14:37.340 Well you just did that with the for more. 14:37.500 --> 14:40.310 He's really using a good synonym language. 14:40.560 --> 14:42.070 So just think about it. 14:42.510 --> 14:45.630 I say why do you prefer a mobile app. 14:48.470 --> 15:01.810 I like very very much better than mobile web because I can have more accessibility for for DAPs anytime 15:01.940 --> 15:13.010 I want to make make the education of a word that I don't know yet I can access the mobile app any time 15:13.010 --> 15:13.640 I want. 15:13.670 --> 15:19.750 So that's why I like better to use the mobile app. 15:20.240 --> 15:20.870 OK. 15:21.220 --> 15:27.400 All right now we're going to move on and move into a different type of question. 15:27.440 --> 15:29.840 We're going to talk about computers. 15:30.230 --> 15:33.440 Do you use a computer every day. 15:37.210 --> 15:49.920 Yeah I work on a computer so I definitely need to use to use the computer every day and sometimes during 15:50.620 --> 16:04.780 the iOS test I use two to beam in front of a computer every day to choose a finished Choo-Choo just 16:04.900 --> 16:06.200 for the test. 16:06.550 --> 16:07.090 OK. 16:07.150 --> 16:11.160 And how many hours per day do you think you use the Internet. 16:14.490 --> 16:27.120 It depends a lot of the work that I am doing right now I use the internet only for research issues likes 16:27.550 --> 16:37.050 if I have adult adult relates and so should show subjects that I don't know yet. 16:37.570 --> 16:48.630 I used to go to Google and and make their research but sometimes I just like to go to the Internet and 16:48.630 --> 16:52.020 check my Facebook and Instagram. 16:52.080 --> 16:56.620 So it depends on the day. 16:56.770 --> 17:05.830 It's the time that it is and you find I'm really interested to see something on the Internet. 17:05.840 --> 17:06.270 All right. 17:06.330 --> 17:11.310 And do you think do you think the computer use will change in the future. 17:14.440 --> 17:29.280 Well I think the kids today use computer computers and cell phones more than in adults. 17:29.350 --> 17:42.100 And it's something that's And maybe the future will we really see that those kids you will grow grow 17:42.160 --> 17:55.900 being depending more on the computers and the cellphones so yes definitely people you use more computer 17:56.440 --> 17:58.230 than today. 17:58.480 --> 18:04.690 So one thing that you want to make sure you work on before you do your exam is you want to try to work 18:04.690 --> 18:08.490 on your one of the things that you want your fluency. 18:08.530 --> 18:13.860 And so sometimes when you're giving an answer you're having some pausing and hesitation between words. 18:14.020 --> 18:14.800 Right. 18:15.190 --> 18:21.490 You want to you don't want as you know you have to be very careful with that and sometimes that comes 18:21.490 --> 18:22.900 from practicing. 18:23.080 --> 18:28.280 When do you have your exam is going to be tomorrow. 18:28.310 --> 18:28.780 Good. 18:28.840 --> 18:39.270 So that's the one thing that you want to make sure you do between now and tomorrow is only speak English. 18:39.400 --> 18:40.630 Yes. 18:40.790 --> 18:42.960 No no Portuguese. 18:43.100 --> 18:43.910 OK. 18:43.910 --> 18:44.420 All right. 18:44.490 --> 18:44.760 OK. 18:44.760 --> 18:45.140 Yeah. 18:45.230 --> 18:50.670 You have to really really commit to doing that for the next 24 hours. 18:50.690 --> 18:56.540 The reason why is a lot of times you know a lot of words is like when I when I was correcting you on 18:56.540 --> 19:03.020 some grammar things you knew the correct answer you were supposed to say but a lot of times if if you 19:03.020 --> 19:10.400 are you have to really get your brain in the mode of thinking and speaking in English before you're 19:10.400 --> 19:12.190 going to take an english exam. 19:12.800 --> 19:19.550 If you really if you really just only speak English for the next 24 hours then your mind is going to 19:19.550 --> 19:21.360 be used to thinking in the.