Ielts speaking Strategies: The Ultimate Guide With Tips, Tricks, And Practice On How To Get a target Band Score Of 0+ In 10 Minutes a day

Number 7:
Develop good habits.
You should study many times a week, but
only for 5-10 minutes for each time. Research has proved that this is the best
way to master vocabulary and phrases. Try to avoid long study sessions only
once a week. Practice whenever you have some free time, set small goals,
and, if you do this regularly, you will make great improvements.
Number 8:
There are some essential topics you must be prepared to discuss:
your favorites (food, books, films, TV shows, personal item, website, etc.)…
people in your life (family, friends, teachers, neighbors)…activities (hobbies,
exercise, what you do on holidays, memories of past and plans for future),
places (where you live, where you might like to live, places to visit, etc), and
things (devices and gadgets you use every day, presents you have given or
received, valuable and cherished objects).
Number 9:
Relax and be natural
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FLUENCY MARKERS
What are fluency markers (discourse markers)?
Fluency markers are words or phrases that native speakers use to make their
speaking sound more natural , smoother and clearer . We use these words or
phrases to signal information .
You will not get a high score in the speaking test, part 1, part 2, or part 3 if
you don’t learn 
how to signal your answers
,
how to combine and link your
sentences together
. What you are seeing below are great examples that
involve the fluency markers using different time expressions as well as
different verb forms. I don’t just use past simple, I use past continuous, and
present perfect that we will need to do in the speaking test.
One of the fluency markers we’ve already talked about is 
“however”
. When
you hear 
“however”
, you know that will be signaling, changing about
something.
For example: 
Vietnam is really hot, and sometimes it rains which is very
convenient.
However
…(now what I am saying about Vietnam, 
something
positive
or 
something negative
?)
Something positive
because you know when we are saying
something…
however
…we will be signaling or we will be talking about
something different.
My friends really love to go to the movie on Friday night.
However,
…
(I could
be talking something they don’t like to do like 
“My friends really love to go to
the movie on Friday night.
However
, they hate singing karaoke.”
So we can use these words to signal a lot of information. Practice using these
fluency markers, then it will become your habit.
Let’s talk about other fluency markers.