Comments on: IELTS speaking – 10 top tips http://www.dcielts.com/blog/speaking-blog/ielts-exam-tips-speaking-general-guidelines/ A teacher's guide to IELTS preparation Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:49:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jon Dunn http://www.dcielts.com/blog/speaking-blog/ielts-exam-tips-speaking-general-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Jon Dunn Tue, 05 May 2009 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.dcielts.com/2009/05/ielts-exam-tips-speaking-general-guidelines.html#comment-209 I agree with all that you say Dominic. I would suggest students record sample answers on their mobile phones and listen back to them. It amazes me that students have often never listened to themselves speak.<br /><br />For part one of the speaking the students can predict the questions. They will probably be asked about their home town so be prepared to talk about it. It is no good saying it is boring or small, or if you are asked about what you do in your free time don't say 'nothing'. Practice these types of questions using your mobile phone voice recorder - but never memorise an answer. I agree with all that you say Dominic. I would suggest students record sample answers on their mobile phones and listen back to them. It amazes me that students have often never listened to themselves speak.

For part one of the speaking the students can predict the questions. They will probably be asked about their home town so be prepared to talk about it. It is no good saying it is boring or small, or if you are asked about what you do in your free time don’t say ‘nothing’. Practice these types of questions using your mobile phone voice recorder – but never memorise an answer.

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