Mat Clark ielts speaking

Document Outline

• The Speaking Test in China
  • 1. Chinese Performance and the Reason
  • 2. The Real Reason
• Two Different Speaking Systems
  • 1. The Economics of Language
  • 2. The Location of Key Information
  • 3. Summary of the Differences between Spoken English and Spoken Chinese
• The Marking System
  • 1. Fluency and Coherence (Scored 1~9)
  • 2.  Lexical Resource (Scored 1~9)
  • 3. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (1~9)
  • 4. Pronunciation (1~9)
  • 5. A Summary of the Marking System
• The Speaking Test Format
  • 1. Part One of the Speaking Test
    • 1.1. Possible Topics for Part One
    • 1.2. Question Type 1: “Basic Description” Questions
    • 1.3. Question Type 2: “Liking”
    • 1.4. Question Type 3: “Disliking” Questions
    • 1.5. Question Type 4: “ Types of” Question
    • 1.6. Question Types 5: “Wh-/How Often” Questions
    • 1.7. Question Type 6: “Yes/No” Questions
    • 1.8. Question Type 7: “Would” Questions:
    • 1.9. Part one topic list
  • 2.  Part Two of the Speaking Test
    • 2.1. Part Two Problems
    • 2.2. Part Two and the Making System
    • 2.3. Part Two Topics
    • 2.4. Strategies for Part Two
    • 2.5. Producing a Good Quality Part Two Talk
    • 2.6. Part Two Topic Analysis
  • 3.  Part Three of the Speaking test
    • 3.1. The Format
    • 3.2. Part Three and Score Adjustment
    • 3.3. Part Three Question Types
  • 4.  Additional Tips
    • 4.1. Giving examples
    • 4.2. Paraphrasing
    • 4.3. Vague language
    • 4.4. Asking for help
    • 4.5. Example interview scripts
    • 4.6. Suggested, further reading