Wednesday Session (Week Two)

Speaking Techniques in Detail

Mark your Calendar:

Thursday, 9 June at 8PM Enrichment Class

Thursday, 16 June at 8 PM IELTS IDP I booked this appointment a month ago.

Thursday, 23 June at 8 PM Meeting a Band 8 Student from Canada

Note:
- Kids Diploma for Market life starts on Friday 17 June at 6PM. Age is between 6 and 16.
- Study Partners Group WhatsApp groups will be created. (No extra material, and please no conspriacy)
- Tomorrow, you will receive the band in writing. Don’t get depressed.
- Tomorrow is the last day for WITHDRAWAL. No withdrawal after that.
- Warning: Answer the speaking examiners, and please be professional.
- Warning: Send the voice note every week.
- Apology: In week 4, you may be requested to leave the course unless you submit all late assignments.

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 IELTS Speaking
Part 1: Structure of the exam
Part 2: Speaking Techniques
Part 3: How to recall the techniques
Part 4: Let’s read the Speaking Rubric
Part 5: Let’s watch an IELTS Speaking Exam
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 Part 1: Structure of the Exam:
Speaking Review
15 minutes + Recorded + Examiner doesn’t smile + Face mask + one to one + Speak English on your own.
Zero 2 minutes + Greeting + show your ID
Relax:
- Go to the exam early.
- Walk for sometime
- Speak English on your own
- Listen to English
First 5 minutes + max 12 questions (personal)
Second 3 minutes + 2-3 follow up questions (very short)
1 min preparation
2 mins
Third 5 minutes + 4-6 global questions

Part 2: Speaking Techniques

‐2‐ Cambridge Techniques (RICE theory by MKM)

R Relevance of Answers= Stay on Topic: “Who is your celebrity?” + “Do you prefer carpooling?”
 Don’t be stressed. (I’m afraid I don’t fully understand what you mean/ Do you mean….?= twice)
 You can ask for the repetition of the question: “I’m afraid/sorry I don’t hear you or don’t understand the question.” Or “I don’t get
what you mean.” (do you mean type of food?/ elaborate) (how important is manufactured food?)= Do you mean processed food
like hotdogs? (twice) + (WHAT…impolite) + Sorry?/ pardon me? Excuse me?
 Don’t rush into the answers when you are stuck. You can have sometime by saying:
 That’s a tricky question.
 I’ve never thought about this before but… you know …
 Well, unfortunately, I’m not into the field of … but let me think about it.
 That’s a good question … hold on a second, please.
 Unfortunately, I’m not an expert in this field but as far as I know…
 Well, it depends on the situation…We can’t tell for sure that…

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 Range of Vocabulary: REFRAIN FROM PARROTING (Use starters instead of repeating questions)+ never say “What”
‐ Try not to repeat the exact words from the question.
‐ You can use synonyms (neighborhood=district)
‐ You can paraphrase the question (junk food= street food) or traffic jam= congestion or streets crowded by cars and vehicles.
I Idioms, Expressions and phrasal verbs: (P1: personal ideas WHTFM/ P3: global ideas CHIPSET/ P2: both)
Idea Idiom and expressions Phrasal Verb: verb +preposition
Work/Study Work around the clock/ up to my ears/ I’m overwhelmed with lots of Get along with my work mates and
professional commitments/ my work is my bread and butter/ go the classmates/ hang out with my colleagues
extra mile/ I’m always on the run/ busy bee
Health In the mood/ out of the mood/ stay in shape/ stay positive Look after yourself/ vent out stress
Time Time flies/ old is gold/ in the long run / time consuming Look back in time/ look ahead/ take up a lot
of your time
Family Second to none/ over the moon/ down in the dumps/ my backbone Look up to them/ lean on them/ stand by me
Friends My cup of tea/ they are a shoulder to cry on. Chill out/ keen on having them around
Money Cost an arm and a leg/ money talks/ I don’t have money to burn. Squander on/ shop around/splash out (waste)
Budget friendly (cheap)= affordable
Opinion Off the top of my head/ without a shadow of doubt In my humble opinion/ from my perspective
Others I’ve lost my train of thought/ in a nutshell/ we’re on the same page
Intonation and Pronunciation: Accents don’t matter.
Pronunciation Explanation
Feature
Power Clear voice is a must.
Intonation Voice goes up and down. Avoid monotonous voice. Starters (up or down?)
Correct phonemes P/B ; J/G; Ch/Sh ; Th- sound

Stress pattern Idea/ event/ interesting/ dictionary/ category/ present

Hotel Police Idea

Event Close (Adj)= s Question /kwis-tshen/
Close (verb)=z
Interesting Industry Project
Definitely Seriously Well
Present Project Refuse
Fortunately Museum Live (adjective)
Connected speech I’ve been working for many years + He’s got a huge business + I wake up + My family and I + The
book of law

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 Pace and pauses Use contractions: I’m/ I’d/ He’s / She’s/ It’s/ I’ve got/ They don’t/ They didn’t/ it doesn’t that…
NEGATIVE PAUSES ARE DANGEROUS.
Chunking in speaking I think that ---PARENTS--- are the ones who should look after their children. ---WITHOUT PROPER
RAISING, our future generations will be in trouble.
Pronunciation Check the pronunciation of these words:
“determine”, “problem”, “conversation”, “comparison”, “extinct”, “project”, “species”, “Danish”,
“compass”, “campus”, “ski”, “close”, “fortnight”, “soccer”, “questions”, “staff”, “presentation”;
“purpose”, “particularly”; “quarter”; “clothes”; “clothing”; “cloth”; months; unfortunately ; definitely;
expressed
C Complex and Compound Sentences= Grammatical Variety and grammatical accuracy (Read Fundamentals Booklet) +
Variety of TENSES (Look BELOW)
And/ but/ yet If When/ while/ after/before/because/ although
Who/ which Some people believe that… It is believed that/ It is suggested that…
Not only …but also
Connectors and Coherence: (Variety of connectors)
Also In addition Besides Furthermore Additionally And Moreover
But Yet However In Contrast Nevertheless On the other hand Conversely
For example For instance A good example A prime example Such as To illustrate To explain
Thus Well Therefore So Finally First Second
Then Later Afterwards In the beginning Similarly Honestly Actually
Basically (un)Fortunately Luckily In fact In actuality As I said before This shows that…
Pronouns for Its for Another/other As I mentioned As I stated That is to say In other words
coherence coherence For coherence earlier before
Contraction: I don’t / I’ve been/ I’ve got/ I can’t / he isn’t/ and (my family and I…) / but (bet)/ of /ev/

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E 1- Extend your answers without pauses.
How to get rid of pauses:
 Get rid of pauses in Arabic
 Take a deep breath
 Speak slowly
 Stretch starters
 Use connectors and fillers
2- Extend your answers in part 1 and part 3 (2-3 sentences)
How to extend your answers in speaking.

Part 2
Example of Part 2 Cue Card:
Talk about someone who talks too much.
Who he is
What he talks about
Do you like it?
How do you react?
Part 2 Extention technique:

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 Part 3: How to recall Speaking Techniques: (4 ways)
A- Skeleton:

Speaking Skeleton for Part 1 and Part 3 (2-3 sentences)

Part 1 and 3 (dialogue: 2-3 sentences):

- Positive negative PPF

Part 2 (monologue)

Techniques Starters Way of Answer Explain Answer Conclusion

Fillers + complex (OPTIONAL)
Fillers: to avoid pauses & come up with Positive and Direct Description: - In a
ideas: - And nutshell,
Actually/ Personally/ Well/ Basically/ Give the answer right away - Who-which-where - All in all,
Honestly/ In my humble opinion/ actually/ especially about your personal - Finally,
economically/ culturally/ you know what, / life. Examples: - So,
Guess what, / for your information, / Honestly, I don’t like tea or coffee, - Therefore,
unfortunately/ sadly, / shockingly, / Examples: and I prefer healthy drinks.
Surprisingly. - Well, I live in Cairo…

- That’s a good/tricky question/I don’t - In fact, my favorite You know, I sound like my father
have any idea about this but I think that/ application is WhatsApp… who is actually my hero.
Sorry, I have lost my train of thought…I
think that./ I’m not expert in the field but - Basically, my furniture is
to my knowledge, I think that…/ you modern…
know, …./ Guess what,…

Complex starters: Negative: (not/never) Reasons: Exam Tips:

when it comes to…/ To some people/ As Examples: - Greet the
far as I recall…/ It can be said that…/ It Examples: Economically, parents should examiner
can be claimed that../ If we discuss the - I’m not into… encourage their kids to read - Smile

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issue of…/ as far as I’m concerned/ - I don’t like… because reading is important for - NEVER
Although you may not agree with, I - I hate… their life experiences. forget your
believe that.. / As I mentioned before - I really don’t believe - Because… ID
(earlier),… / While some are of the belief that… - Owing to the fact that… - Don’t cross
that…/ As I said before..., / I’d say that…/ - For many reasons your arms
I suppose that/ I guess that…/ To be - Relax and
honest, if I were a decision maker, I would take a deep
breath.
- Correct your
. grammatical
Passive starters: Example: mistakes
I am convinced that… - For example while you
Some people are convinced that… - Such as are
It is believed that… - Like answering.
(WHTFM or Chipset) Self-
Idiom: It’s crystal clear that/ without a Time Opposite view: correction is
shadow of doubt, we can say that…. - But acceptable.
Discussion Questions: Examples: - However, - Ask the
- It depends on… because if look at -Past: - Nevertheless, examiner for
(do people like shopping?) -When I was young, - On the other hand, an
- According to an article in Ahram -A long time ago, illustration if
Weekly/ on the BBC -In the good old days, the question
- I watched a documentary about this is difficult.
issue…. -Future: - Be confident
- I saw a Tedtalk about this and it In the future, and natural.
tackled the issue of.. Eventually, - Don’t ask
- Economically, Socially, Politically, One day in the future, the
Culturally, examiner
- From a psychological point of view,.. about the
score or any
personal
questions.
- Stay
confident
even if the

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 examiner
looks
unfriendly.
- Never speak
Arabic.
Part 2 Skeleton
Introductory sentence - I’d like to tell you a story about…
- Let me talk to you about….
- If I talk about, I can say that…
- Let me recollect one of the old stories about…
- Well, let me describe ….
Explain with - First, ….(describe)
Wh- questions - In addition, it’s located where….
(what + When + - This happened when (time)
Where+ who + how - In fact, I think so…or I like this because ……..(why)
often + why)
Example (from your Such as …
personal life or general For example,…
knowledge) Like,…

PPF (past – present –

future)
Summary and Finally,
Evaluation, (positive or To cut it short,
negative)
Social or personal So, it’s a personal issue….
features of the topic So, that’s a social phenomenon which…

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 B- Memorize the sentences:
1. In my humble opinion, it can be said that…
2. If we talk about …, we can see that…
3. When it comes …….., we can find out that…
4. You will be surprised if I tell you that….
5. Despite the fact that ………….., we can find that…
6. I’m a staunch believer that…
7. As far as I’m concerned, ….
8. You know, I think that………..because…
9. No, I’m not in………………because
10. It’s crystal clear that….
11. As far as I recall, ….
12. When I look back in time, I recall….
13. If we look ahead and think of the future, we can predict that…
14. From an economic/ political/social point of view, it can be discerned that…
15. That’s an intriguing/ tricky question….I’ve never thought of it before.
16. Guess what, without a shadow of doubt, I can safely claim that…
17. My work is my bread and butter, and although I’m overwhelmed with lots of tasks, I still have time to…
18. Although you may disagree with me, I believe that…
19. In our draining/hectic lifestyle, we don’t have any spare time to…
20. It goes without saying that…
21. Sorry I lost my train of thought…Actually,….
22. I’m afraid I’m not into…but I suppose that…
23. While some people believe that, I have a different view because…
24. What can be said is that….
25. I don’t fully grasp the question…would you please rephrase it?

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 C- Listen, repeat, record and imitate: 3 audios every day for 2 weeks.
D- Divide the techniques among the 3 parts:
Part 1: idioms
Part 2: connectors
Part 3: complex
Standard: No pauses/ intonation/ a smile with fillers
You want to relax while speaking:
1- Prepare the new exam questions
2- Practice with a speaking partner.
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Part 4: Let’s go through Cambridge Rubric together.
Part 5: Let’s watch an exam. (Band 9)
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