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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; videos from Passport to English</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you go to the IELTS speaking test it helps to know how the test works. If you know what to expect, then you have a better chance of doing better. For me, the best place to start to see how the test works is Australia Network &#8211; Passport to English. These videoclips are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; opinion vocabulary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vocabulary is an extremely important factor in the IELTS speaking module and a large part of this is Range of Vocabulary. This means that you have enough words to speak about different topics accurately and that you do not repeat the same words all the time. However, the vocabulary you need for the exam is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; part 2 &#8211; organising your talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part 2 of the IELTS speaking module you need to give a short talk of between one and half and two minutes. There are two major problems here: speaking for long enough and staying coherent. In this video post I am going to look briefly at one way to organise your talk and improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; band scores explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How is your IELTS speaking band score calculated? This is an important question for any IELTS candidate because many mistakes can be  avoided by knowing what the examiner is looking for and how your speaking is graded. This post gives you a brief outline of the grading criteria, how band scores are calculated and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; improve your pronunciation with English Central</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pronunciation is 25% of your overall speaking band score and so it is obviously important that you work on it. This can be hard to do though if you are living in a country where English is not spoken and you do not have much chance to practise speaking. In this post I am going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking &#8211; it&#8217;s a monologue, not a dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This posting looks at what is special about IELTS speaking. Many candidates feel uncomfortable in the speaking exam because the examiner seems very unfriendly and the chances are that the more uncomfortable you feel, the less well you speak.
The first step is always to know the problem, then you can find a solution. Here the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking practice with Voxopop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something I have tried before, but it didn&#8217;t really work out. But I would like to give it another go. The central idea is that the very best speaking practice is when you get to hear yourself. Often what we say and what we think we say are two quite different things. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; a common mistake &#8211; training video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IELTS can be a serious business and this video is obviously very silly. I expect you can spot the mistakes, the real question is how do you avoid making them? A good place would be to ignore anyone who trains you to learn answers to questions. Just relax and listen to the question you do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking practice materials</title>
		<link>http://www.dcielts.com/blog/speaking-blog/ielts-speaking-practice-materials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is important to practise your IELTS speaking with the right sort of materials: the exam tests specific speaking abilities and is not like a conversation. Many sites offer IELTS speaking questions &#8211; not all are to be entirely trusted. Here are the best examples I have found, so try some of these.
A complete test
Splendid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IELTS speaking &#8211; giving yourself thinking time</title>
		<link>http://www.dcielts.com/blog/speaking-blog/ielts-speaking-giving-yourself-thinking-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dcielts.com/blog/speaking-blog/ielts-speaking-giving-yourself-thinking-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominic Cole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In IELTS speaking rule number 1 is to speak. In practice what this means is that you only have a limited amount of thinking time and you cannot wait 10 seconds before you start to answer the question. Indeed, a 4/5 second pause is almost certain to be noted by the examiner. What you need [...]]]></description>
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