How to say the opening remarks of IELTS speaking?

In the IELTS speaking test, it is very important to impress the examiner. Sometimes, your confidence and enthusiasm may bring unexpected results (which may make your final level higher than the original level). During the whole exam, you must show the desire to keep talking and tell yourself: I will do whatever it takes.

A good opening speech is extremely important, which can achieve the dual purpose of easing the atmosphere and relaxing yourself.

1. Good morning/afternoon, sir/madam!

2. (Talking about the weather) It's a nice day today, isn't it?

This is Rita (say your English name, not Chinese, because he will be in the back)

4. Can I sit down?

These are all good sentences that can be used in the opening remarks, which will quickly narrow the distance between you and the examiner and will not be deliberately blunt. At the same time, body movements are also very important. If you want to be natural and unpretentious, imagine meeting an old friend (you can spend some time looking at your body movements and expressions in front of the mirror), and be confident and enthusiastic. Avoiding nervousness is the most important thing. The IELTS speaking test tests the ability of candidates to communicate with others in different environments/problems, and the focus is not on the answers to the questions raised by the examiner. And there are no right/wrong answers to all the questions/questions in the IELTS speaking test. Letting go of the baggage will clear your head. Go on.

In the exam, authentic English (forum) short plays and words can also greatly narrow the distance with the examiner. Examiners are native speakers of English, and they often need to use their brains to reflect and understand inappropriate words used by candidates in early exams, which will inevitably produce a kind of pressure. If you appear as a candidate at this time, you will use very authentic mother tongue and expression, which will relax the examiner. This "impression score" is likely to make the candidate score a band. It is not easy to do this. Movies are a good way to improve language ability recommended by many teachers, but learning English by watching movies is actually a very three-dimensional process. First of all, you have to determine what kind of ability you want to exercise through movies. I will let the students go back to class and watch American TV for 20-40 minutes every day, with English subtitles. There are so many kinds of American dramas, even if everyone has different interests, they will definitely find something they like. For example, "CSI" may be more suitable for boys, "Gossip Girl" is more suitable for girls, and the light comedy "How I met your mother" is easy for men, women and children. Here, your purpose is not to see the plot. Is to imitate everything people say. According to experience, if you do one episode a day, most students can improve their oral premonition and intonation in about three weeks. This is also a magic weapon for many candidates to win in the oral exam. At the same time, this method allows you to bring feelings into the language. The most effective way to cultivate a good sense of language and express self-confidence is to keep practicing. Most candidates/classmates in China lack a good language environment. Students with better conditions can find a regular oral partner (mostly foreign teachers), while students with worse conditions need to simulate dialogue scenes and spare at least 30 minutes for independent dialogue every day.

The main purpose of training is to express your thoughts and ideas freely in English. Although you are not fluent in some unfamiliar topics and use inappropriate words, you can basically make foreigners understand what you want to express. Even native English speakers are not easy to reach the first level!

Some simple daily steps can improve the efficiency of autonomous training:

Step 1: Recite a large number of original simple sentences, dialogues and life idioms.

Step 2: Repeatedly digest the materials recited every day and perform with the help of imagination.

Step 3: Keep a diary. This habit seems to practice writing, but it is actually a wonderful way to practice oral English. When you are writing, your brain is doing English gymnastics nervously. English thinking is an advanced oral training method.

Step 4: read a lot of newspapers, magazines, stories and essays, and then repeat them. (super tip: it is "retelling" rather than "reciting". The retelling of the same article should be repeated over and over again.

Step 5: It takes about a year to gradually transition to daily thinking activities in English. Whenever you encounter words and sentences that you don't understand, write them down in a notebook, focus on solving them, and update them regularly.

Rote memorization is just a means, and the ultimate goal is to blurt out and even cultivate' English thinking'.

Many candidates will give themselves unwarranted pressure during the exam, and they are usually worried that they will draw a topic that they know little about. In my opinion, this kind of worry is unnecessary. First, the topics selected in the IELTS speaking test are even more microscopic and emotional than those in the IELTS composition, and there is no need to list a few lines to prove a point. For example, I took an oral test and the topic was: "What high-tech electronic products do you often use in your daily life and work? Give one or two examples to talk about their benefits. " For such a problem, we just need to tell the truth according to our own experience. You don't need to know how to say integrated circuits in English at all, and you don't need to know the development history of electronic industry at all. Secondly, there is no need to panic even if you really encounter a completely unfamiliar topic. The oral test only tests your ability to express yourself clearly in spoken English, not your professional knowledge in a certain field; In addition, it is different from the writing test in that its examination method is interactive and communicative; So you might as well tell the truth and tell the examiner that you know very little about the topic you drew, so that the examiner will ask some other questions according to your situation to test your spoken English. In addition, in the process of talking with the examiner, if I don't understand the examiner's meaning, I think it's better to say "forgive" honestly (ask the other party to say it again); If you don't know how to pretend to answer irrelevant questions, it's not only your ability but also your attitude.

In short, listening, reading and writing are different, so there is a lot of room for oral English and the focus of the exam is different. Have enough confidence in your own expressive ability and logical thinking, and don't worry about encountering problems you don't understand or using wrong words when expressing. The focus is on fluency and self-confidence in communication. Let go of the burden and impress the examiner with your enthusiasm and confidence. As the saying goes, ten minutes on the stage and ten years off the stage, the usual accumulation and hard training are naturally essential, but when we step onto the stage of oral examination, forget all the pressure and let us give full play.