Ielts speaking Tips 9 Steps To a High Score in Your Speaking Test

Grammar

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  Pronunciation
  

They each hold 25% of the marks.

Equally important is what you are NOT tested on:

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  You won’t be assessed on the content of what you say.
  

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  You won’t be tested on your knowledge or your intelligence.
  

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  You are not expected to be an expert on the subjects they ask you about.
  

The examiner just wants to hear your opinions and how well you communicate them. That’s it.




Tip 6: Know Your Strengths & Weaknesses

One of the challenges of being a language learner is that you can’t always recognise your own mistakes. However, you will be aware of what you are good at and what aspects of your language skills you really need to work on. This is the subject of the sixth of our IELTS Speaking tips.

Be totally honest with yourself. Which of the four areas of assessment is your weakest – fluency and coherence, vocabulary, grammar or pronunciation? Maybe it's particular aspects of several of these.

Identify where you need to make the most improvement and plan your timetable accordingly. If you give equal emphasis to the things you have already mastered and those you are not so good at, then you’re wasting valuable preparation time.

Earlier I suggested recording yourself speaking English. When you do this, you will notice things that need improvement that you might not otherwise be aware of.

Here are some of the sorts of things you might notice:

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  You repeat the same words and expressions frequently rather than varying your vocabulary.
  

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