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STUCK AT 6.5 Again? (DO THESE!) | IELTS SPEAKING #ieltsspeakingtips
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Feb 9, 2024
Unstuck from 6.0 or from 6.5 and achieve a higher band score. Learn how to pass the IELTS speaking test by using practical and easy strategies. Getting a band 8.0 in speaking is not difficult at all once you identify your weaknesses. This is how you can improve your IELTS SPEAKING score from a band 6.0 to a band 8.0. 00:01 - Objective of the video 00:09 - Student's Name and Goal 00:38 - DAY 1 (Opening Part & Part 1) 01:30 - DAY 2 (PART 2: Learning How To Tell A Story) 04:24 - Students' SUCCESS 04:30 - Reviewers 04:54 - DAY 3 (PART 3: Learning Discussion) 05:36 - DAY 4 (Learning Part 2 & Part 3 - Application of Strategies Learned) 06:28 - The Use of ADLIBS 07:12 - DAY 5 (Assessment) 07:38 - DAY 6 (MOCK TEST) 08:30 - A DETAILED VIDEO STRATEGY FOR CUE CARDS #ieltsspeakingtips #ieltsspeaking #ieltseducation #ieltsdragon #juliusielts
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How did my student get a band 8 from band 6 for having 6 coaching sessions
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Let's understand the preparation. Just like you, Lovely can speak English. However, there were problems that stopped her from
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achieving a band 7. Watch this video as you might have the same problems. I will share with you
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the problems that she had and how I addressed those problems that helped her achieve a band 8
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Let's begin. Day 1. Learning the opening part in Part 1. Here are the problems and the solutions
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First, she couldn't answer spontaneously in some of her answers because she didn't have ideas
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and that affected her confidence in speaking. The solution? I provided a model answer to her
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so she could get some ideas from my answer. Second, she didn't vary her sentence construction
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Most of her sentences were constructed in a very simple way. The solution? The introduction
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of complex sentences. We learned how to answer in a more advanced way, or we learned how to
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construct sentences in a more complex way. Day 2. Learning Part 2, or learning how to tell a story
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Here are the issues and the solutions. She is able to speak at length. However, she couldn't make use
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of her two minutes effectively. In other words, she didn't speak for two minutes. Well, that's
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acceptable in the IELTS speaking test, as long as the monologue is not below one minute. However
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in my class, I always encourage my students to speak for two minutes because it's their great
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opportunity to show their oral communication skills to their examiner. Also, it's a great
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chance for them to show to their examiner that they can sustain speaking in English on their own
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for two minutes. So, I really wanted her to speak for two minutes, making sure that she could utilize
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her oral communication skills more. I also realized that she didn't use enough cohesive
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features or connectors in her story. Cohesive features or connectors are very important
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simply because the ideas will be connected seamlessly or smoothly. So, in your story
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I really want you to add cohesive features or connectors. You must have enough connectors to
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connect your ideas smoothly. And the ideas that she had in her story weren't organized because
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she didn't use any structure. The importance of a structure cannot be underestimated because it
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helps you organize your ideas. Remember this, all stories out there have a structure. If a story
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doesn't have any structure, we won't be able to understand what the story is about. If the movie
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has no structure, then we won't be able to understand what the movie is about. So, when you
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develop a story, you have to add a structure so that the ideas will be organized. Your ideas will
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not be all over the place. Your story will not be confusing. And more importantly, when you have a
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structure, you know what to say first, you know what to say next, and you know when to end your story
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And the sentence construction in her story was simple. There was little to no variation
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So, how could you get a good score in the criterion grammatical range and accuracy if
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most of her sentences were just too simple? Before we continue, congratulations to Val
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Ajunami for getting a Band 7. Thank you so much for using my revieweries. If you're interested
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in my revieweries, please send me an email. I will send you sample revieweries and see for yourself
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if you need the full version. Also, congratulations to Bess Apaila for achieving a Band 7. Thank you
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so much for watching my videos. Well done, everyone! I'm so happy that you made it. Congratulations
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Day 3. Learning how to answer part 3 questions. Well, she was able to answer part 3 questions
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However, some of her answers in part 3 weren't that logical because she just expressed herself
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freely. There was no strategy in place. Well, she didn't use any structure in part 3
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Well, just like part 2, I always encourage my students to use a certain structure in part 3
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so that they will be able to avoid beating around the bush. When they have a structure
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they are guided accordingly. Day 4. Learning part 2 and part 3 simultaneously. The application of
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the things that she learned from our previous sessions. Because she already learned her
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weaknesses in part 2, she's able to avoid making the same mistakes. Her story became organized
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and she became confident in delivering her story and that helped her speak for two minutes
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However, her performance in part 3 wasn't as good as her performance in part 2. The issue
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of beating around the bush was prominent and unfortunately, she couldn't answer the follow-up
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questions in a more sensible way. Normally, the solution to a problem when a student doesn't have
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any idea on how to answer a particular question in part 3 is basically use ad-libs. Using ad-libs
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will help a student buy time. He will have time to think of an answer that he would like to
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share with the examiner. That's what I advised, and of course, I told her to research different
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kinds of topics because when you have plenty of ideas for different kinds of topics, for sure
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you will always have something to say. Day 5. The application of the things that she learned
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from day 1 to day 4. It was the day before her mock test. I always give a mock test to all of my
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students after they learned how to answer parts 1, 2, and 3, so day 5 was our assessment before
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the mock test. Day 6. Mock test. I was impressed because she performed well. Those weaknesses
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that she had in our previous sessions were addressed strategically, and as a result, I gave
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her a band 7.5 based on the descriptors that are available online. However, her actual IELTS
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speaking score was better than her mock test. She got an 8. Now, you might wonder how did she improve
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her monologue during our mock test when she only studied five sessions or five days before our
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mock test? Well, a detailed answer to that question can be found in this video. Make sure to watch it
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You will learn how to develop a monologue in a more strategic way
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