
Common questions about speaking part 2 put into a fun quiz with Dave and Chloe.
The continuation of a speaking part 2 quiz testing general knowledge of the IELTS speaking exam.
Watch as Dave and Chloe introduce some ways to structure your talk and discuss what to do if you get a difficult question you don't know how to answer.
Dave and Chloe continue their conversation into how you can structure your part 2 speaking exam.
Dave and Nate show you how to talk about the different types of topic questions.
In this lesson you will look at a highly effective technique which has been specially designed exclusively for Booster and Beyond, and is called TNT. Nate introduces the concepts behind TNT and explains how it can be used to boost your score.
What should you do when you get the cards? What should you be thinking about? Dave and Chloe look at 3 quick fire aspects: The Topic, Nature, and Tense.
Dave continues his discussion on TNT by showing how prompts can be party time!
Dave and Nate discuss some of the different aspects of TNT and how it can be used to improve your score.
An introduction to using prompts in your speaking exam.
In this lesson Dave and Chloe look closely at the prompts on the card and how you can best use them. And also how to begin your answer using How, who, what, when, where, and why.
Nate and Dave compare speaking part 2 to party time!
Watch as Nate introduces how to use Narrative structures to answer part 2
Time management: giving 2 ideas. Some students cannot complete 2 minutes. This lesson examines how you can add extra content to boost your answer. For example, describing both the past and the present.
Time management: giving 2 ideas. Some students cannot complete 2 minutes. This lesson examines how you can add extra content to boost your answer. For example, describing both the past and the present.
This is an extremely useful review where Dave models how to answer a difficult part 2 speaking topic.
Welcome to Nate's Corner where Nate introduces how to structure your note taking.
Time management: giving 2 ideas. Some students cannot complete 2 minutes. This lesson examines how you can add extra content to boost your answer. For example, describing both the past and the present.
Time management: giving 2 ideas. Some students cannot complete 2 minutes. This lesson examines how you can add extra content to boost your answer. For example, describing both the past and the present.
Time management: giving 2 ideas. Some students cannot complete 2 minutes. This lesson examines how you can add extra content to boost your answer. For example, describing both the past and the present.
Here we look at how to take it to the bridge using these same note taking skills in your writing task.
Nate and Dave introduce the lesson on the differences between brainstorming and mind mapping, and also introduce the strategies of spidergrams and fishbones.
Notetaking (2): Mindmaps; fishbones and spidergrams; The creative approach. Some students prefer to use their imagination for getting ideas. Dave and Chloe look at the different functions of brainstorming, the mindmap, and other diagrams. These can also be used for Writing task 2 which is an example of taking it to the bridge.
Notetaking (2): Mindmaps; fishbones and spidergrams; The creative approach. Some students prefer to use their imagination for getting ideas. Dave and Chloe look at the different functions of brainstorming, the mindmap, and other diagrams. These can also be used for Writing task 2 which is an example of taking it to the bridge.
Notetaking (2): Mindmaps; fishbones and spidergrams; The creative approach. Some students prefer to use their imagination for getting ideas. Dave and Chloe look at the different functions of brainstorming, the mindmap, and other diagrams. These can also be used for Writing task 2 which is an example of taking it to the bridge.
Nate and Dave discuss the Nature of the question and look at the golden rule of note-taking. The nature of the question may direct the nature of the note-taking, but it depends on the nature of the student.
Join Nate's corner as Nate introduces one of Dave's special tips for ending your part 2 speaking exam. 2P=3C.
The ending: 2P=3C. We want you to score high in your IELTS. Dave has an idea to boost your GRA (Grammar Accuracy) score by using the third conditional as a conclusion and explaining why it is suitable in your 1 minute preparation.
In this Nate's Corner Dave and Chloe join Nate for a special quiz looking at how to use third conditionals in speaking part 2. This is a great strategy for boosting your score in IELTS.
In this very special version of Nate's Corner both Dave and Nate explain their 3 speaking programs. The Premium program-score, The advanced program-strike, and the Deluxe program-impact. These 3 programs will cover all aspects of the IELTS speaking exam and boost your score to 7 or beyond.
In this very special version of Nate's Corner both Dave and Nate explain their 3 speaking programs. The Premium program-score, The advanced program-strike, and the Deluxe program-impact. These 3 programs will cover all aspects of the IELTS speaking exam and boost your score to 7 or beyond.
In this very special version of Nate's Corner both Dave and Nate explain their 3 speaking programs. The Premium program-score, The advanced program-strike, and the Deluxe program-impact. These 3 programs will cover all aspects of the IELTS speaking exam and boost your score to 7 or beyond.
This is an outline of our three speaking programs. There are 24 courses in total. It's an amazing and dense look at everything to do with IELTS speaking. By the time you finish all of our courses you know all of the skills you need to know in order to get an 8.5 or 9 in IELTS.
This is the script for lessons 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3. So you can follow along with this script when you watch the videos.
One of the big struggles for many students in the speaking exam is the Part 2 note-taking. You have one minute to make notes for your part 2 speech and that time used wisely can really work to your advantage. Helping to boost your score from a 6 to a 7 or beyond.
Lesson 1-The Cue Card: 5 prompts. Making mental and written notes. Visualizing
Lesson 2-TNT: Topic specific vocabulary, Nature of the question-Narrative vs. Non-Narrative, and Tense.
Lesson 3-Weighing the Husband and 5 Wives: Using the prompts to boost your score
Lesson 4-The Story: The tangential untrue story with a double boost
Lesson 5-Note-taking: The structured Student-Narrative
Lesson 6-Note-taking: The Creative Thinking Student-Non-Narrative
Lesson 7-2P=3C: Dave's secret formula for boosting the end of your answer
Lesson 8-Overview of the 3 Booster and Beyond speaking programs: SCORE-Premium, STRIKE-Advanced, and IMPACT-Deluxe.
When you've finished our course you will be an expert in note-taking and you'll have some tips and strategies that you can use to really boost your speaking part 2 speech. We will also have 2 more original courses dealing with tips on how to boost speaking part 2, followed by 2 courses for boosting speaking part 3.
PREMIUM COURSE 3: STRUCTURING PART 2.-Giving a good structure to your Part 2 talk helps with the coherence score (FLU COH) and gives you confidence.
PREMIUM COURSE 4 DISCOURSE MANAGEMENT-The ability to show your listener where you are going is essential for fluency.
PREMIUM COURSE 5 : COMMENTING-You can have a good structure with many discourse markers but a really rich talk is one which adds interesting comments and supplementary topics. Using the concept of FACE we introduced in the last course, we develop ways to supplement your prompts.
PREMIUM COURSE 6 : SPEAKING PART 3-A detailed look at the different types of questions you'll find in speaking part 3. Speculation and Hypothesis, Compare and Contrast, Giving your opinion, Reason and Result, and Evaluation and Solution.
PREMIUM COURSE 7 : THE A IN GRA-Speaking with few grammar errors is essential for at least 6.5 . In this course we look at some areas of grammar which may be confusing for students. Note we assume your tenses and knowledge of grammar structures are generally at a good level already.
PREMIUM COURSE 8 : THE GR OF GRA : GRAMMAR RANGE-You can have very few grammar errors but in order to attain a 9 score in GRA you have to impress the examiner with a wide range of grammar skills. In this course we look at some colourful examples of strategies you may wish to try to include in your speaking.
PREMIUM COURSE 9: PRONUNCIATION (PRO The segmental part of the English Language)-Being able to be aware of the pitfalls of pronunciation is a great way to ensure a 9 in IELTS for the PRO score. But remember this includes tone and stress as well.
COURSE 10 : FLUENCY AND COHERENCE-Course 10 fluency and coherence : The Suprasegmental booster part of English.
So continue to join us as we do a deep dive into the IELTS speaking exam. You will be getting a 7 in no time with Booster and Beyond.