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IELTS Speaking 1 - Fluency and Coherence PDF

This document provides tips and strategies for improving fluency and communication skills for the IELTS exam. It emphasizes the importance of speaking at length without pausing or repeating words, justifying opinions, and structuring long responses. It offers examples of signposting ideas, speculating, comparing and contrasting, and using linking words to connect ideas effectively. Mastering fluency takes consistent practice, as there are no shortcuts to success on the IELTS exam.

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IELTS Speaking 1 - Fluency and Coherence PDF

This document provides tips and strategies for improving fluency and communication skills for the IELTS exam. It emphasizes the importance of speaking at length without pausing or repeating words, justifying opinions, and structuring long responses. It offers examples of signposting ideas, speculating, comparing and contrasting, and using linking words to connect ideas effectively. Mastering fluency takes consistent practice, as there are no shortcuts to success on the IELTS exam.

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T I S H C OUNCIL - IE

B R I – F L U E N C Y & C LT S OHER
K I N G ENC
P E A E
S

SUCCESS STARTS WITH IELTS!

This refers to your ability to speak at length, including


organizing ideas logically and appropriately signposting.

This also refers to your ability to express and justify


opinions, to analyze, discuss and speculate about issues
without long pauses or repetition of the same words.

I have been a
high school
What do I am a mathematics teacher
in New York for over
you do? teacher. 5 years.

As you are speaking about a topic, expand &


build on what you say by adding a few details.

For part 2 of the test, use the bullet points on the task card
to help you structure your long turn and make notes in the
1 minute that’s given using key words.

In part 3, it is important to develop your answers and to speak at length. You can do this by talking about ...

I think there
are a variety
of reasons for
this, such as ...

... but be sure you are sign posting what you say.

Here are some examples for Part 3:

Saying you don’t know about a subject, but sharing what you do know:
“I’m sorry, I don’t know much about that, but I would probably say . . .”
“I’m not sure how to answer that but perhaps …”

sign Creating a pause when you can’t remember a word:


posting
“What’s the word I’m looking for?” “It’s the
thing that . . .” “It’s the person who . . .”

COMPARE / CONTRAST
• "in my view, there are two main differences . . ."
SPECULATING ON THE FUTURE
• "I think we'll probably see a lot of . . . " RESPONDING TO A POINT
• "Maybe there'll be more . . . " • "yes, I agree because . . . "
• "It's unlikely that we will have . . . " • "I'm not sure I agree with that, you see . . . "

Connecting your ideas effectively is key, but try to practice this using a variety of linking words, rather than the
same ones again and again. Try to add more words to this list to help improve your range of linking words:

Not only that... Whereas... Provided that... As a result... This is due to...
On top of that... In contrast... Because of this...
Likewise... Consequently...

It is the key to improving fluency,


there are no short-cuts.

IELTS is jointly owned by


the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

http://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/

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