Foreign language instruction should begin in kindergarten

What language do you need?

To make this work you need three areas of language.

opinion language: it helps to have a range of opinion language, especially for weak opinions. You use this to introduce your view (see IELTS speaking – opinion vocabulary)

concession language: this is the language of “although” but” “however” and “on the other hand”. You use this to introduce the next sentence/point of view.

cautious language: see the download for some suggestions here.

Cautious language download

Academic caution vocabulary (41182)

How to deal with difficult questions in speaking part 3 by being cautious

In part 3 speaking you can expect to be asked questions that you have not thought about before. There is no problem if you know what you want to say and you can follow the normal pattern for a coherent answer:

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  make your statement
  
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  explain it a little
  
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  explain a bit more or give an example
  
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  come back to the question