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Student Book
IELTS Focus: Speaking
, Contents
2 Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice
3 Which IELTS is best for you?
4 Pre-course Speaking Assessment: Speaking Assist
5 Quiz: How much do you know about the IELTS Speaking Test?
6 Overview of the Speaking Test
7 How IELTS Speaking is scored
9 IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors (public version)
10 Part 1: Introduction and interview
10 Video: Chidi from Nigeria, Band 5.5
12 Practice: using the right verb tense
13 Practice: extending your answers
14 Video: Aashish from Nepal, Band 7.5
15 Practice: extending your answers
16 Practice: paraphrasing - talking about likes and dislikes
20 Part 2: Individual Long Turn
20 Understanding the instructions
21 Video: Tina from Vietnam, Band 5.0
23 Practice: taking notes
25 Practice: giving your talk
26 Practice: extending your talk
33 Video: Michal from Poland, Band 6.5
35 Part 3: Two-way discussion
35 Understanding the instructions
36 Video: Ali from Saudi Arabia, Band 5.5
37 Practice: expressing opinions
38 Video: Maxim from Russia, Band 6.0
39 Practice: keeping the conversation general
41 Video: Khush from India, Band 8.0
42 Tips for the IELTS Speaking Test
44 IDP IELTS Support Tools
45 Acknowledgements
46 Notes
© IDP Education 2020. Reproduction in whole or part is forbidden except with the written permission of IDP.
,Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice
Whether you take IELTS on paper or computer, you can be confident that you are taking the same
trusted English language test.
* Please check with your local test centre for the available computer-delivered IELTS sessions.
** In the computer-delivered Listening test, the timings are slightly different from the paper-based test. This is because the paper-based test
requires users to transfer answers to an answer sheet. This step becomes redundant when answering directly on a computer.
• Before the start of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to read the questions.
• After the end of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to review your answers.
• At the end of the Listening test, you will have 2 minutes to check your answers.
The timing of the Listening test is between 30 - 34 minutes.
2 IELTS Focus - Speaking
, Which IELTS is best for you?
idpielts.me/oncomputer
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Student Book
IELTS Focus: Speaking
, Contents
2 Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice
3 Which IELTS is best for you?
4 Pre-course Speaking Assessment: Speaking Assist
5 Quiz: How much do you know about the IELTS Speaking Test?
6 Overview of the Speaking Test
7 How IELTS Speaking is scored
9 IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors (public version)
10 Part 1: Introduction and interview
10 Video: Chidi from Nigeria, Band 5.5
12 Practice: using the right verb tense
13 Practice: extending your answers
14 Video: Aashish from Nepal, Band 7.5
15 Practice: extending your answers
16 Practice: paraphrasing - talking about likes and dislikes
20 Part 2: Individual Long Turn
20 Understanding the instructions
21 Video: Tina from Vietnam, Band 5.0
23 Practice: taking notes
25 Practice: giving your talk
26 Practice: extending your talk
33 Video: Michal from Poland, Band 6.5
35 Part 3: Two-way discussion
35 Understanding the instructions
36 Video: Ali from Saudi Arabia, Band 5.5
37 Practice: expressing opinions
38 Video: Maxim from Russia, Band 6.0
39 Practice: keeping the conversation general
41 Video: Khush from India, Band 8.0
42 Tips for the IELTS Speaking Test
44 IDP IELTS Support Tools
45 Acknowledgements
46 Notes
© IDP Education 2020. Reproduction in whole or part is forbidden except with the written permission of IDP.
,Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice
Whether you take IELTS on paper or computer, you can be confident that you are taking the same
trusted English language test.
* Please check with your local test centre for the available computer-delivered IELTS sessions.
** In the computer-delivered Listening test, the timings are slightly different from the paper-based test. This is because the paper-based test
requires users to transfer answers to an answer sheet. This step becomes redundant when answering directly on a computer.
• Before the start of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to read the questions.
• After the end of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to review your answers.
• At the end of the Listening test, you will have 2 minutes to check your answers.
The timing of the Listening test is between 30 - 34 minutes.
2 IELTS Focus - Speaking
, Which IELTS is best for you?
idpielts.me/oncomputer
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