ielts speaking workshop by emel ortac

IELTS Speaking ModuleWorkshop

By Emel Ortac

Marking Scheme

Fluency & Coherence

Being able to go on

Sticking to given topic/task

Pauses, repetition, self-correction

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Lexical Resource

Being able to talk about familiar and unfamiliar topics

Idiomatic language, paraphrasing, appropriacy

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Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Error-free sentences

Simple vs complex structures

Language flexibility

Appropriacy

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Pronunciation

Understandable vs. incomprehensible

Intonation, natural rhythm

Example: Candidate’s Name: Ramy

His marks are typical of a candidate who is weaker in grammar and vocabulary, but can keep going, develop topics, and is understandable when he speaks.

Often students have a short period of time to get ready, so focusing on FL/C and Pron can help raise his score by half a band.

Fluency & Coherenc

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Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range

& Accuracy

Pronunciation

6 5 5 6

Part I

General and personal questions

Simpler language

3 topics

4-5 mins long

Example

What do you do? Are you a student or to you work?

Do you sometimes feel you have to work/study too hard?

What do you like best about your course/work?

Example

Sports

Which is the most popular sport in your country? (Why?)

What are the advantages of doing sports regularly? (Why?)

Which new sport would you like to try? (Why?)

Taken from: Achieve IELTS Practice Test Booklet

Example

Shopping

How often do you go shopping?

Do you prefer to go shopping alone? (Why?/Why not?)

What do you find annoying about shopping? (Why?)


Part II General and personal topics 1 min preparation 1-2 mins to talk about given topic 4 points to cover for each topic (Wh- Qs) “Mini oral essay” Candidate should aim for 1.5 mins

minimum

Example


Part III

4-5 mins long, 2 headings, max 4-5 Qs

Topics connected to task card in Part II

Topics are more global, speculative and hypothetical

Candidate can show off more complex language

Hidden Points

Eye contact

Friendliness

Body language

Being interested

And…

Using phrases to fill up pauses

Let me think…

That’s a good question.

Well, I never thought about that. I guess…

But also…

Being ready for any question

Ask yourself questions while on the bus, at home, while walking…

It is OK to ask for clarification!

ielts speaking workshop by emel ortac

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