IELTS Speaking Part 1 Strategies- 3 Ways to Impress the Examiner

Today you’ll learn how to impress the examiner in IELTS Speaking Part 1. These tips can help boost your score to a 7+ on the IELTS exam. Go to allearsenglish.com/insider for your free IELTS Video Masterclass Series! The first thing you must do, when the examiner asks you a question, is smile, and then answer immediately. The smile is important, but then do not pause and leave a gap of silence, or say, uh, uh uh. That will drop your fluency score right away. Instead, say, "Uh, well, actually," or "Well, hm." Secondly, in Part 1, don’t use the filler phrases that students always learn in class, like, “Well that’s a tough/interesting question.” Those are for Part 3. If used inappropriately, it drops your Fluency scores. Strategy 3 is to use native filler phrases to start your answer, then provide very specific details in all parts of the Speaking Exam. For instance, if asked about public transport, you could say, "Hm, yeah, well, actually, I live in Portland Oregon, and we have the Max. It's the public train that everyone takes. It's like the tube, but it's not underground, it's above ground. And I don't actually live next to a Max stop but I can ride my bike to a next stop within like two minutes. So it's very convenient and available, not only to me, but to everyone throughout the whole city." For higher Fluency/Coherence scores, and Vocabulary scores, follow today’s strategies. Visit ielts.allearsenglish.com for more IELTS resources. Join our free IELTS Masterclass at allearsenglish.com/insider.