This is a really good example of an interview. I loved it and got to learn quite a lot. Thank you for posting this video. Please do post more. Thank you. I scored 6 Band, just because I was so nervous that I blew it, but it does not mean that my expression of English language is really of that level. People do make mistakes and I really do not personally like the concept of conducting this IELTS exam, but I do recognize its Importance as well.
Fluency and Coherence: 8 Pronunciation: 8 Lexical resources: 6 Grammatical range and accuracy: 6 … This is how she got overall of 7 … It is funny how people think if you speak fluently with good pronunciation then you will get 9! Other areas are considered such as lexical resources, and in this video most of vocabulary used were simple, basic and repetitive. Also, she made so many grammatical mistakes almost in answering each question, though she did not use a wide range of structures. Even her cohernce was not always adequate. Her transition between ideas and sentences was not smooth she kept repeating (and… and… also… ) - To me, I would give her: 7 for coherence and fluency 6 for lexical resources 6 for grammatical range and accuracy 8 for prnunciation Overall: 6.5
I'm an English and IELTS tutor and this is my opinion on the video. She speaks very clearly, and her tones and intonation are generally good, however, there are many grammatical errors. I watched half the video and found 14 errors. If you rewatch the video, you can pick them out yourself: 'I stayed at home' 'I have to go to trip to York' I enjoyed most You just relax out of the whole week You just need peace, relax ‘I have great taste of music, I like too arabic music. I have to listen to music all the day' ‘The new music’ ‘I feel always’ ‘The special gift I gave to my mother’ ‘in the mother day’ ‘To search for what am I going to give my mother’ ‘I decided to take a very lovely necklace’ ‘in a very coloured papers’ Remember, these small errors add up and will affect your band score. I will pick out two simple errors to fix: 'I feel always' - 'I always feel' - remember, adverbs (always) always come before verbs (feel) 'I decided to take a very lovely necklace' - she decided to buy the necklace- take implies she stole the necklace. Good luck with your exams! :) Victoria
Rumen Filipov If you expand my post, Rumen, I made a list, in sequential order. If you read the list and listen to the video you should be able to hear where these mistakes are.
wow she's a perfect speaker she speaks English so softy and clearly and she doesn't have any confusing when she speaks i wish i had someone like her to speak so will observe my English so much
Thank you so much! I'm taking the exam the day after tomorrow and I was really scared before I saw this video. I guess we overstress a bit when we are going to do something as important as this and don't realize its just a normal conversation. Again, thank you!
well down Sawson. You spoke very well and confident at the test. I am watching this video in 2012 and I am very sad for Syrian people right now. I do not know where are you or what are you doing right now?! But I pray for you, your family and all Syrian. I hope Syria get free and peace come back to it very soon.
really nice video. she spoke as if she was chatting with a friend, pretty cool and confident. I liked the smile on her face, this in a way shows that she is not tensed.
I really like the composure of the examiner. he smiled often and made the whole speaking session fun for the candidate. I just do hope many other examiners are like him. I think that will even make a candidate feel relaxed if he is nervous.
I was wondering why she only got 7 for such an amazing English in the beginning but the penny was dropped by the time she started talking about the given topic (i.e. the gift in this video) and I thought she could have done a bit better with the articles, tenses and words order. Overall, it was a very good test and she was pretty up to scratch for the score.
Indeed it is extremely meaningful from the individual , family , up to international , that what happening in any gift or recognize , it is making the sense of that their are great persons recognize each other while living hard dark life . Thank you so much
Do you enjoy weekends now more than you did when you a child? How important it is for you to relax at the end of the week? What sort of music do you usually enjoy listening to? How's the kind of music you like changed over the years? Do you prefer to listening to live music or recorded music? Do you think listening to music help your study?
yes i would like to practice speakin test with you, ive got an exam day after tomorrow.. i desperately need someone to talk to in english to prepare my self for the test...as well as i need to know what kind of topics examiner may ask...
people dont realize what this video means and how to fetch 7 bands. In this video, it shows that the accent isn't important and the way u express urself is more important. U have to be free from stress and talk in a controlled manner without fumble. I got 7 too by following this video. Thanks alot
When he asked whether her music preferences had changed, she said that they changed, and then she said that she was still listening to what she did before. When she was talking about the present she said ‘and I hide it..’ in the Present Simple instead of ‘and I hid it’! ‘She was really happy very much’ (too many emphases)
This is a very good sample of Speaking Band 7. I always show it to mys student so they know how the real situation of the test will be and how to answer to the examiner's questions :)
i like this is seven, as i'm about the same level (;)) and i need to score 7 in all parts. i just usually get confused quickly when i need to think of something. like this example and then you have to talk about it for two minutes! wow, lots of vocabulary and paraphrases for sure :)
general discussions: Do you enjoy giving gifts. What occasions do you family members give gifts to each other in Syria? Do people spend a lot money on gifts? Let's talk about the type of gifts the children give to adults...? How important do you think giving gifts with your families? What thought of aid do countries give to another countries? What do you think of motives governments to give aid to the countries?
She's got a nice accent and she speaks quiet naturally for me... the thing is she said some things that are grammaticaly wrong. If she had prepared herself more for the test, I'm sure she would've had a better grade...
GREAT EXAMPLES OF SPEAKING TEST AND IT SHOWS YOU THE WAY HOW CAN AVOID TO REPEAT AGAIN THE QUESTION OR TRY TO FIGURE OUT TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE IN IELTS EXAM.
really she was excellent , meas she was perfect specially that she illustrate that she was enthusiastic for making surprise her mother to giving gift to her . i wish i also face such as question .
Fairly, I agree with you, she couldn't express herself regarding the old music and new music, and why she prefers old one more? not using those techniques to substitute an adjective by using a complex sentence, which shows the flexibility in English expressing.
you are so lucky, Im planning to study at City university London in Jan,2013 but now i need to get IELTS at 5.5 you know my english is so bad especially at listening skill. I don't know how to improve it. :((
I guess you got me wrong))) I meant if I say that I haven’t gotten any experience at something (say they ask ‘What was the best present you gave to anyone? And I answer ‘Actually I’ve never given any’ or maybe even explain my ‘no-experience’ case) will they still accept such and answer or do they expect a cliché like from an English-learning topic?
When she was asked about the reason of choosing English literature as a study program she couldn’t explain the true reason only clichés like ‘I like blah, blah’, ‘English is an international language, blah, blah”. “So English literature is one of the best majors I’ve ever studied” (What did she mean? Was she still choosing a major? How many majors did it take her to experience before she set her heart on English literature?)
The Automatic Captions & transcript are absolutely hilarious -- what kind of crap software do they use for this? They're clearly not worth using unless the speaker has a perfect standard English/American accent...
well my university wants me to get 5 in every test , like listening , reading , writing and speaking. i got 4 in listening and 4.5 in reading and 5 in writing and speaking. now i have to take an IELTS exam again! >
How lucky you are congratulation !! i will pass it in november for the same reason to enscribe in a university in Uk .. 1 ACTUALLY i don't have an idea how it pass ,, it is like the TOEFL or different !!
Thank you, I just returned from the test I hope get my goal. I studied with australianetwork com and ielts-blog com, in the last there is a book, Target Band 7, is very good (and you can get it for free). But, if you have lived for 10 years the test will be a piece of cake. Good luck, and if you want an advice feel free to tell me.
This video didn't help me at all. I sat for the exam last month and luckily, I managed to get band 7. Band 6 for writing, 6.5 for speaking, 7.5 for listening and surprisingly 8.5 for reading. I am so happy right now because I get the glorious chance to further my study in degree at University of Surrey, UK this upcoming September. :D
Anyway those tests’ questions are too stupid for adults. When they ask about your childhood or shcoolhood, or about a present you gave someone…. What if I’ve never given a single present? Will they still accept such an answer or am I supposed to lie?
She seems to have start out really strong mostly band 8 material but then towards to the end she started having grammatical errors and that's what probably brought her down to a band 7
She's so beautiful..
+j pac so attractive...as well as her voice...
she from Siria there are many beautiful siriansss
Plumayray it is Syria
Syrians
My dear , no offence
j pac SURE WE ARE BEAUTIFUL
If she gets 7, who gets 9? Obama?
hhhhhhhhhh, it's quite difficult to get 9 in this shit test even if you're a native speaker as far as I know :)
Neither Obama
hi here. i would like to practice speaking for ielts too. who like to "Face Time" with me ??? :)
muhammad osman ali md hanapiy skpe id: lakhvir.singh686
Pritam Das How do you know that?
I just love her thoughts and her answers
Enisha Rai
Dorjsorgog Soyoloo
well
I love you
I like the way the Ielts staff smile, he has such a cute smile. A calming invigilator.
This is a really good example of an interview. I loved it and got to learn quite a lot. Thank you for posting this video. Please do post more. Thank you. I scored 6 Band, just because I was so nervous that I blew it, but it does not mean that my expression of English language is really of that level. People do make mistakes and I really do not personally like the concept of conducting this IELTS exam, but I do recognize its Importance as well.
Man she's beautiful :D
Lol
no one cares about beaty on exam XD I have exam after tomorrow . I am bit nervous
+nin How was your exam ? by the way I got an overall band 8
Inderjyot Singh result will be on 22nd of July. I will tell. and congrats for your result
+nin Thank you . I gave it long time back in the month of February. Did you give the academic one?
I think dude gave her 7 for being beautiful and having candid vocals :D
7 is too low for her
ya, can get 8.0 at least
Fluency and Coherence: 8
Pronunciation: 8
Lexical resources: 6
Grammatical range and accuracy: 6
…
This is how she got overall of 7
…
It is funny how people think if you speak fluently with good pronunciation then you will get 9!
Other areas are considered such as lexical resources, and in this video most of vocabulary used were simple, basic and repetitive. Also, she made so many grammatical mistakes almost in answering each question, though she did not use a wide range of structures.
Even her cohernce was not always adequate. Her transition between ideas and sentences was not smooth she kept repeating (and… and… also… )
- To me, I would give her:
7 for coherence and fluency
6 for lexical resources
6 for grammatical range and accuracy
8 for prnunciation
Overall: 6.5
@@Doctor_Fifa your rank is quite objective. But, don't you ever think about additional 0.5 for her attractive appearance :)
I'm an English and IELTS tutor and this is my opinion on the video.
She speaks very clearly, and her tones and intonation are generally good, however, there are many grammatical errors. I watched half the video and found 14 errors. If you rewatch the video, you can pick them out yourself:
'I stayed at home'
'I have to go to trip to York'
I enjoyed most
You just relax out of the whole week
You just need peace, relax
‘I have great taste of music, I like too arabic music. I have to listen to music all the day'
‘The new music’
‘I feel always’
‘The special gift I gave to my mother’
‘in the mother day’
‘To search for what am I going to give my mother’
‘I decided to take a very lovely necklace’
‘in a very coloured papers’
Remember, these small errors add up and will affect your band score. I will pick out two simple errors to fix:
'I feel always' - 'I always feel' - remember, adverbs (always) always come before verbs (feel)
'I decided to take a very lovely necklace' - she decided to buy the necklace- take implies she stole the necklace.
Good luck with your exams! :)
Victoria
Rumen Filipov If you expand my post, Rumen, I made a list, in sequential order. If you read the list and listen to the video you should be able to hear where these mistakes are.
Ok. Thank you very mach Victoria. It seem that you are very good teacher ;)
I think that also when she said: "i didn't told her about this"
Do you think if she deserves 7 for this?
ok
wow she's a perfect speaker she speaks English so softy and clearly and she doesn't have any confusing when she speaks i wish i had someone like her to speak so will observe my English so much
Thank you so much! I'm taking the exam the day after tomorrow and I was really scared before I saw this video. I guess we overstress a bit when we are going to do something as important as this and don't realize its just a normal conversation.
Again, thank you!
OMG my test's after tomorrow! She makes me afraid for myself. I'm not as half as good.
how was your exam? :)
not so bad. 6.5 speaking and 6.5 overall. thanks :D
Mina Michael Well done :)
thanks :D I kinda got lucky :D
she's lovely
Hi frank
I am going to give my ielts test in next month.
i need sincere partener
well down Sawson. You spoke very well and confident at the test. I am watching this video in 2012 and I am very sad for Syrian people right now. I do not know where are you or what are you doing right now?! But I pray for you, your family and all Syrian. I hope Syria get free and peace come back to it very soon.
she is so adorable
i really love how her thoughts goes answering all those questions! 😊
gosh! she is so adorable
She and her voice are so beautiful.
really nice video. she spoke as if she was chatting with a friend, pretty cool and confident.
I liked the smile on her face, this in a way shows that she is not tensed.
I really like the composure of the examiner. he smiled often and made the whole speaking session fun for the candidate. I just do hope many other examiners are like him. I think that will even make a candidate feel relaxed if he is nervous.
I was wondering why she only got 7 for such an amazing English in the beginning but the penny was dropped by the time she started talking about the given topic (i.e. the gift in this video) and I thought she could have done a bit better with the articles, tenses and words order. Overall, it was a very good test and she was pretty up to scratch for the score.
I hope she has left Syria on time...
I am already in love before the video finishes
She's so beautiful,so sweet =D
Indeed it is extremely meaningful from the individual , family , up to international , that what happening in any gift or recognize , it is making the sense of that their are great persons recognize each other while living hard dark life . Thank you so much
Do you enjoy weekends now more than you did when you a child?
How important it is for you to relax at the end of the week?
What sort of music do you usually enjoy listening to?
How's the kind of music you like changed over the years?
Do you prefer to listening to live music or recorded music?
Do you think listening to music help your study?
This girl is so beautiful ... She deserved at least 8.
Okay she studies English literature and gets 7. I see English movies with subtitles, I guess I should apply for a refund of my exam fee.
Iss ko big boss me hona chayiea as she is following the script 🤣
she's so beautiful.
Anyone would like to practice speaking with me ?..
yes i would like to practice speakin test with you, ive got an exam day after tomorrow.. i desperately need someone to talk to in english to prepare my self for the test...as well as i need to know what kind of topics examiner may ask...
meeee
YES!
dimm950 hi. l want to do practice with you. ceyhuncennet1993
yes
she has provided me with hope!
I just wacthed 2 band 7 videos and the quality of speach was so different!
She is beautiful..
So many ideas for a word unique, gift. Cool.
she spoke so fluently and exactly. i wish i can do like her
people dont realize what this video means and how to fetch 7 bands. In this video, it shows that the accent isn't important and the way u express urself is more important. U have to be free from stress and talk in a controlled manner without fumble. I got 7 too by following this video. Thanks alot
thank you...feel great to watch this video .
When he asked whether her music preferences had changed, she said that they changed, and then she said that she was still listening to what she did before. When she was talking about the present she said ‘and I hide it..’ in the Present Simple instead of ‘and I hid it’! ‘She was really happy very much’ (too many emphases)
she deserves more than band 7. seriously speaking...
Dukjam Gya for her pronounciation? yes? but thr vocab she used was pretty common so....
Am I the only one who think this girl is very pretty? I think the auditor would certainly enjoy talking with her.
Her most fatal mistake was eye contact, she looked around the table and sometimes glimpsed to the right or left instead of looking at the examiner.
This is a very good sample of Speaking Band 7. I always show it to mys student so they know how the real situation of the test will be and how to answer to the examiner's questions :)
really ,really its an amazing video because the words spoken by the girl is in persuasive way its amazing video
I just Focused on Her Smile and her Beautiful voice 😊
your face looks so serious and lovely lols
her voice is addictive 👍👍💜
beautiful and nice conversation hope it will increase more in coming days
the moment even he smiles , cool sis
Yeah...Pretty Smile :)
i like this is seven, as i'm about the same level (;)) and i need to score 7 in all parts. i just usually get confused quickly when i need to think of something. like this example and then you have to talk about it for two minutes! wow, lots of vocabulary and paraphrases for sure :)
Cool! Amazing, enjoyed the video ! Music is the best human invention isn't it? I'm very chuffed to be a musician!
She got band 7, it is one of speaking materials that IELTS used in one of the recent IELTS preparation materials.
Her score decreased to mere 7 because she could not speak the whole time given to her for cue card section. You can't stop, keep speaking...
The sounds doesn't seem to be working.
beautiful from everyside
im just impressed by ur score dude
I don't really know what I did in order to get 8.5, but I find this part of the exam absolutely the easisest
HAHAH..Pritam das You just echoed my thoughts..completely second you dude.This can never be worthy of 7
She's covered almost everything, I think she deserved more than 7.
sometime examiners give unfair evaluation. It happened to me a lot.
well the bad thing is that im gonna take an IELTS exam again after 16 days :(
God, she is so beautiful. My exam is in 2 days. Thank you for sharing your experience, Sawson. Hope to meet to on the Inter- webs.
general discussions:
Do you enjoy giving gifts.
What occasions do you family members give gifts to each other in Syria?
Do people spend a lot money on gifts?
Let's talk about the type of gifts the children give to adults...?
How important do you think giving gifts with your families?
What thought of aid do countries give to another countries?
What do you think of motives governments to give aid to the countries?
She's got a nice accent and she speaks quiet naturally for me... the thing is she said some things that are grammaticaly wrong. If she had prepared herself more for the test, I'm sure she would've had a better grade...
Sinara M. I agree
GREAT EXAMPLES OF SPEAKING TEST AND IT SHOWS YOU THE WAY HOW CAN AVOID TO REPEAT AGAIN THE QUESTION OR TRY TO FIGURE OUT TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE IN IELTS EXAM.
really she was excellent , meas she was perfect specially that she illustrate that she was enthusiastic for making surprise her mother to giving gift to her . i wish i also face such as question .
She is lucky candidate because she got an easy topic and friendly interviewer.
i admire her so much
Fairly, I agree with you, she couldn't express herself regarding the old music and new music, and why she prefers old one more?
not using those techniques to substitute an adjective by using a complex sentence, which shows the flexibility in English expressing.
great man ! i thought i was the only one who thought something is wrong about her answer !
you are so lucky, Im planning to study at City university London in Jan,2013 but now i need to get IELTS at 5.5 you know my english is so bad especially at listening skill. I don't know how to improve it. :((
this lady did very well, speed, pronunciation, coherence, facial expression.. all in a smooth way. Should get 8.0 and above.
I guess you got me wrong))) I meant if I say that I haven’t gotten any experience at something (say they ask ‘What was the best present you gave to anyone? And I answer ‘Actually I’ve never given any’ or maybe even explain my ‘no-experience’ case) will they still accept such and answer or do they expect a cliché like from an English-learning topic?
What if you can speak well but once or twice don't get the question and say I am sorry, I don't understand, how much can it bog me down?
She is lovely❤.Though she deserves more than 7.
she is better then the band 8
No!
Gaurav Dhiman
yes it's aiasem.tuyakpaeva
than*
She is very very beatiful..
I have an exam on 30th as well, at Monash univ, clayton ! . . All the best mate
I hope you had had a very good band,,, my exam is tomorrow, and I'm really nervous
I got a 7 band in Speaking as well. I just believe she was too good!
Very intelligent and bright girl. I hope she is ok now.
That reassures me. My test is tomorrow, I need 6 but I can't speak like her.
hi i'm scared to even book slot. the more i'm browsing for tips the more i'm confused. pls help me
When she was asked about the reason of choosing English literature as a study program she couldn’t explain the true reason only clichés like ‘I like blah, blah’, ‘English is an international language, blah, blah”. “So English literature is one of the best majors I’ve ever studied” (What did she mean? Was she still choosing a major? How many majors did it take her to experience before she set her heart on English literature?)
The Automatic Captions & transcript are absolutely hilarious -- what kind of crap software do they use for this? They're clearly not worth using unless the speaker has a perfect standard English/American accent...
She had no perfect eye-contact. For this reason she got 7
@hebasourkatti for speaking u can follow one book named ielts speaking 2007, matt clark....................thanks
I will take ielts exam in march.and I'm kind of nervous. Cause my speaking is so casual and I make lot of grammar mistake when I'm speaking.....
well my university wants me to get 5 in every test , like listening , reading , writing and speaking. i got 4 in listening and 4.5 in reading and 5 in writing and speaking. now i have to take an IELTS exam again! >
How lucky you are congratulation !! i will pass it in november for the same reason to enscribe in a university in Uk .. 1 ACTUALLY i don't have an idea how it pass ,, it is like the TOEFL or different !!
she is beautiful :-D
wow great job Susan :) ,
Im Terrified my exam is for tomorrow ;((
she didnt keep eye contact for a
while
She great.. Cute.. and very inclusive..
Thank you, I just returned from the test I hope get my goal. I studied with australianetwork com and ielts-blog com, in the last there is a book, Target Band 7, is very good (and you can get it for free). But, if you have lived for 10 years the test will be a piece of cake. Good luck, and if you want an advice feel free to tell me.
This video didn't help me at all. I sat for the exam last month and luckily, I managed to get band 7. Band 6 for writing, 6.5 for speaking, 7.5 for listening and surprisingly 8.5 for reading. I am so happy right now because I get the glorious chance to further my study in degree at University of Surrey, UK this upcoming September. :D
She was prefect!
@poohmoll ...she got band score 7 really.....thanks
Anyway those tests’ questions are too stupid for adults. When they ask about your childhood or shcoolhood, or about a present you gave someone…. What if I’ve never given a single present? Will they still accept such an answer or am I supposed to lie?
She seems to have start out really strong mostly band 8 material but then towards to the end she started having grammatical errors and that's what probably brought her down to a band 7
i hope they ask me the same questions
"this video a hundred years at lunch" :D