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Q: helping a student prepare for the Ielts speaking.
anyone really knows what the ielts oral exam is about? my students keep telling me that their chinese teachers tell them to speak fast, without even the slightest pause. even, after the question is asked , they are told just start speaking right after the question is asked, not ever taking a 2 second pause to think. any ielts examiner or anyone has taken the exam? are they looking for a real conversation on the topic? or something different? are these teachers just giving bad advice , trying to have the students "fool" the examiner.
12 years 30 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
You can search online, i found the test inclind dvd ans mp3 and it has some test that student had...
I have it but i think its to big to e mail you
The speaking test is split into three parts and is usually about 11-14 minutes. All the information can be found online on the main site http://www.ielts.org. The main site also shares free information and tools for teachers and students for teaching and studying the IELTS. You just need to put in the time to do some research. There are also a lot of IELTS preparation materials online. I recommend checking out btjunkie or torrentz. Good Luck
hello there,
hey, I took the exam and the "speak the fastest you possibly can" is not a good advice. they are wrong if they think the speed will hide bad pronunciation, grammatical errors or lack of substance. the conversation is going to be recorded. the key is: they have to expand in their answers as much as they possibly can; of course the more fluent the better, but you have to make yourself intelligible...as most things, it is a matter of balance 
