IELTS Test - IELTS Speaking test in Australia – February 2012

IELTS Test - IELTS Speaking test in Australia – February 2012 

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IELTS Speaking - Interview Skills - Not a Job Interview

IELTS interview is different from a job interview. Be sure to showcase your English ability, not your job qualification.

Transcript: 

Candidate: Fact 1, Joao is highly productive.  Evidence, I increased the sales last month for 17%.

Candidate: Fact 2, Joao is creative.  Evidence, Joao conceptualized 8 projects for his team within last year.

Candidate: Fact 3, Joao has leadership. Joao managed to increase morale within 69%.  Morale just shoot up.
Candidate: Fact 4.

Examiner: What’s the most interesting building in your hometown?

Source: English Online

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IELTS Speaking - Interview Skills - Develop What You Say

The IELTS interview gives you roughly 10 to 15 minutes of time to display your English speaking skills to the examiner. If you give one-word or very short answers to questions you are not giving the examiner much with which to assess you.

Even if you are asked what seems like a yes–no question you are expected to say more than a simple “yes’ or “no”. You should try to develop what you say by for example, giving reasons, opinions or describing something in more detail.

Transcript:

Examiner: Can you tell me something you like about your job?

Candidate: The people. People are nice.  They are positive.  They are…

Source: English Online

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IELTS Speaking - Interview Skills - Tell the Truth

 

What would you do if you were asked in an interview to talk about how you feel about your hometown if in fact you really disliked living there?

Some people might think that by being truthful in this situation and giving a negative answer that this would not be the right thing to do and instead you should lie and talk about how you love living there to give a more positive sounding answer.

Actually, truthfulness is not important and neither is giving a negative opinion of something. The important thing is that you have something to express. If you have more to say by being truthful, even if it is expressing a negative opinion, then that is what you should talk about.


Transcript: 

Examiner: What do you think makes you good at your job?

Candidate: Nothing.  I am very bad at my job.  Because I hate my job.  I'm looking for a new shot in life.  I... do my job because I have to... I need the money but my dreams are completely different.  I am not... I am not expressing positivism, for example... you know... good vibes and I think my colleagues hate me and I hate them…and I hate them...

Source: English Online

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IELTS Speaking - Interview Skills - How do you stand out from the crowd to impress the examiner?

 

Transcript: 

Examiner: Can you tell me something you enjoy about your job?

Candidate: Yeah sure.  I love my job.  Just like you know 6 days in the meadow and 1 day in the arena bull fighting – it’s ok.  Among the cattle, I am the only male, among 50, which is very good.

Sometimes I am in this arena and it’s like thousands and thousands of people around like just going “haaaaa… viva viva! hombre da le da le!”  (Go on man give it to him). And I think ok, they are actually cheering up for me. You know go bull, go bull, go bull, go bull.

And I managed to throw this guy, this bull fighter up in the air.  And everyone was like “hwa….”  And they actually had to stop the show and bring some paramedics because apparently it broke and the people were not so like “hoo…” it was bad.  And then we ended up early.  Just like you know with boxing matches you know sometimes knock out…I love my job.

Source: English Online 

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