How to encounter with IELTS speaking?
In IELTS speaking test you cannot correct yourself as in writing you can erase the words if written wrongly so you have to be very careful while selection words and sentences. Because of this many students worry about this module as they think that they can make mistakes. So here are some tips on How to encounter with IELTS speaking?
Be confident
The key to success in IELTS speaking is your confidence level more you will be confident more accurately you will be able to answers the questions. So let’s discuss some techniques that can fill you with confidence.
Pretend to be confident
The best way to feel confident is to pretend that you are good at speaking English.
Don’t hesitate while speaking and don’t miss any chance of speaking English either with friends, family and even you can do with strangers. Speak as if you’re perfect in the language and forget about making mistakes. As this will give you a chance to rehearse with different people on different topics and your confident will be boosted.
Your mistakes hardly matters
The people you’re having gossips will not care about the mistakes you are committing either in pronunciation or in grammar and they will not bother about your selection of words. They can easily understand what you mean by tuning your mistakes and who have that much of time to look at your mistakes.
Avoid long pauses
Don’t try everything on a single person. If you are talking to some English person don’t thing that you should show everything in your basket like different grammatical structure and words you know. Start with simple words and phrases and short sentences. If you can’t remember any specific word don’t just stand silent to remember it, try other words or phrases to describe what you are trying to say. Your listener will get that word for you and you can laugh about it and keep speaking. If you took a long pause for thinking that word your listener will lose interest in you discussion.
Another common problem is the use of words or sounds to fill pauses like “um,” “ah,” “you know,” “kind of,” “like,” “so,” and “well.”. These words make speakers look unpolished, unprepared, and unprofessional. To overcome them, start correcting yourself in casual conversations and enlist the help of friends, family members, and colleagues to point out when you slip up.
Make eye contact
Eye contact is another fact that makes you feel confident. Look at your listener for about 10 seconds than move to another person or a distant object. Building eye contact gives your listener the feeling that they are engaged in an intimate one-on-one conversation. Remember don’t stare too long at a person or you will be labeled creepy.
Smile, relax & have fun
Smile while you speak as smile not only makes your voice more pleasant to listen but it also shows your confidence level. Even if you’re scared, no one can identify it if you have a smile on your face. If you smile throughout your IELTS speaking you will appear friendly, approachable, and composed. So, just relax enjoy and have fun with English.
Another thing is speak loudly so that your listener can hear you clearly and you message can be conveyed to them in a proper way.
Practice, practice, practice
Practice is the best way to quickly boost your confidence. Learning some vocabulary for the test will make you feel a lot more prepared and confident. So, practice a lot before appearing in the exam. Use some techniques to learn vocabulary and above all be confident and positive.
With Best Wishes!
