Free course · Communication & English
IELTS Speaking
Eleven minutes with an examiner, broken into its three parts. What the four band criteria actually reward, and the habits that quietly cost candidates half a band.
5lessons
10quiz questions
5exercises
What you'll be able to do
- Know the shape of the test, so no part of it is a surprise.
- Know the four band criteria, and what each one rewards.
- Extend a short answer to the right length without padding it.
- Use the preparation minute properly and speak for the full two minutes.
- Handle abstract questions, and build practice that actually works.
Course content
- 1 Eleven minutes, three parts Know the shape of the test, so no part of it is a surprise.
- 2 The four things you are marked on Know the four band criteria, and what each one rewards. Sign in to open
- 3 Part 1 — answer, reason, detail Extend a short answer to the right length without padding it. Sign in to open
- 4 Part 2 — the long turn Use the preparation minute properly and speak for the full two minutes. Sign in to open
- 5 Part 3, and the month before Handle abstract questions, and build practice that actually works. Sign in to open