网友CinderellaMM：terriblechange~~6to5!
HiJohn!IwasastudentofYJ308class.duringtheperiod,Itookaimitateexamandmyspeakingscorewas6,soijoinedIELTSexaminJanuary,butijusttook5.
now,idon”thaveanyconfidence.canyouhelpme?givemesomeadvicehowcaniimprovemyspeaking?thanks~~
John：Sorrytohearthatyougotalowerscorethanyou”dhopedfor.It”spossiblethattheexaminerinyourmodelinterviewgaveyouahigherscorethanyouractuallevel,butitisNOTtrue,astheposterabovesuggested,thatthemodelinterviewexaminersalwaysover-estimateyourability.Generallytheygiveyouaprettygoodideaofyouractuallevel.Somestudentscertainlyscorebelowsix!
AsfarashowyoucanimproveyourspokenEnglish,themostimportantthingforyoutodayistomakesurethatyouhaveachancetopracticespeakingeachandeveryday.Yourspeakingpracticecantaketheformofpracticingwithatutor,practicingwithaChinesepartner,orimitatingafteratapeonyourown,butYOUMUSTOPENYOURMOUTHANDSPEAKENGLISHEVERYDAY.:)That”stheverysimplekey.
Iwouldsuggestimitatingafteratapeforatleast20minutesdaily,andthentrytoseekouttheopportunitytocommunicatewithothersinEnglishatleastonce(andpreferablytwice!)aweek.
Goodluck!
John
网友Melina：Idon”tlikeshoppingatall.Iftheexamergivemeatopic”describeashoppingplace”,canIaskhim/hertochangeanotherone?Thankyou!
John：Itisnotagoodideatoasktheinterviewertochangethesubject.Youcanstilltalkaboutshoppingevenifyoudon”tlikeit.
Infact,youcouldevenmentionyourdistasteforshoppinginyouranswerbystartingoffyouranswerbysayingsomethinglike,”Well,firstofall,Ihateshopping,butifIwereforcedtochooseaplacetoshopIwouldchoose…”
Jone：您好！我现在有个外教给我辅导雅思（在伦敦时候是老师在韩国教书两年雅思），那么他夏天走了以后我是不是有必要到新东方再上个口语班呀？帮助有多大呢？我高一。谢谢
John：I”mnotsureexactlywhatyou”reasking.AreyoutalkingaboutsigningupforanIELTSSpeakingclassorageneralspeakingclass?
Actually,eitheronewouldprobablybeuseful,thoughcertainlynot”necessary”.Ifyoufeelfairlyconfidentaboutthetest,youmightbefinejustcontinuingtoprepareonyourown.Ifyoufeelyou”dliketohaveabetterunderstandingoftheIELTSSpeakingExam,orwouldliketohaveachancetohavesomeguidedpracticebasedaroundthetopicsontheIELTSExam,thenaclassmightbeusefulforyou.
Also,attendingageneralspeakingclasswouldbehelpfulfortakingtheIELTStotheextentthatitwouldhelpyouimproveyourspokenabilities.
Intheend,it”suptoyou.(Butletmeknowifyouhaveanymorequestions.)
