IELTS - Speaking Essentials (Book - 5) E-Book

Jyoti Malhotra

• Herausgeber: V&S Publishers
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

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Ideas with probable questions that help score high in Speaking Module

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SPEAKING ESSENTIALS

Jyoti Malhotra(B.A Hons. M.A., NET-1, E-Commerce)

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Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Publisher’s Note

Preface

Chapter 1 Interview Session

Chapter 2 Cue Cards

   Cue - Cards Related to Importance/Values/Roles

   Cue - Cards on Siblings /Relationships /Ideals

Chapter-3 Follow UP Session

Chapter 4 : Speaking Test Papers

   Solved Speaking Test

Dedication

I, with due respect and profound privilege, serene dignity and folded hands dedicate my small piece of research program to my devoted and dedicated parents, Mrs. Kiran Malhotra and Mr. Pradeep Malhotra for their wholesome support and their dignified ambience which they offered me to sail the boat of my life on the path of hardwork and determination. I am really very thankful to both of them for blooming my life with their humble ambience.

Acknowledgement

There is a big vote bank of thanks in my whole projection of this project to my worthy parents, Mrs. & Mr. Deep Birla, My Guide, Mr. Parminder Singh Bhogal, Caring Brothers & Sisters - Mrs. & Mr. Rohit Gandhi, Mrs. & Mr. Aman Malhotra and Mrs. & Mr. Sandeep Malhotra.

My heartiest thanks to my life partner, Mr. Deepak Malhotra (husband) and the little steps of my Angel, Ditya Malhotra (daughter).

I am really grateful to be a part of the V & S Publishers who support my research analysis with their expert team of publishing. I am really very thankful to Mr. Sahil Gupta (Director) and Mr. Binay Srivastava for their wholesome cooperation to convert my research program to a complete masterpiece.

Regards

Jyoti Malhotra

Publisher’s Note

V&S Publishers has recently ventured into the field of Academic Books with the launch of the Gen X Series. ‘Gen X’ stands for ‘Excellence in Generation ‘X’. The series comprises books for aspirants of various competitive examinations. Hence, following the success of our previous books in this series, we decided to launch a series of IELTS or the International English Language Testing System books under this series. The subject has been divided into five main parts which has been grouped into five books by the author, such as: IELTS Tech-Academic Module,IELTS Tech-Writing Essentials,IELTS Tech-Vocal Cosmetics, IELTS Tech- General Module and IELTS Tech- Speaking Essentials for the students, who aspire to study, work or settle abroad.

The books in this exclusive Series are written especially for the Indian students who wish to appear in the IELTS exams. Most of the foreign books available in the market on this subject have been written keeping in view the foreign readers and at times, may appear Greek to the students from India, primarily because of issues related to accent, grammatical aspects, spellings, etc. Therefore, the need for these books was felt by V&S Publishers and the author’s extensive research on this subject was carefully moulded to present it in the form of five perfect books on IELTS, specifically for Indian students.

Each book contains Skills, Strategies and Guidelines written in a simple manner along with a CD that accompanies the book which is also one of the unique features of this Series. The CDs are interactive and illustrative and presented in a manner that even an average student can grasp the contents and master the language easily and quickly. So, V&S Publishers hopes that through these books, we can offer the IELTS aspirants – A Smarter Way to Learn Technical English nationwide.

Preface

The book is specially designed to investigate what skills and strategies are required in writing and speaking modules that distinguish the IELTS proficiency levels. There are a number of factors like Word Stress, Intonation, Rhythm and Cohesive Devices, which is required on behalf of the IELTS candidate in order to determine their assessment over four band scales: Fluency, Grammatical Range and Accuracy, Lexical Resource and Pronunciation. But how to attain all these skills is still a matter of discussion. Without understanding these technical aspects of English language, it is difficult for the IELTS candidate to score better in IELTS Speaking Test as this is the criteria for their oral proficiency. In non-native English country like India and China, no preference is given to learn all these skills. Only few study materials are provided to them to memorise the answers. No preference is to be laid in building of Rhetoric among the candidate. The major objective of the book is:

  Making the IELTS candidate proficient in speaking test by teaching them all the Rhetorical devices like Word Stress, Intonation, Rhythm, Cohesive Devices, Fluency, Lexical Resource, etc.

  All these techniques should be properly designed and provided to the students in the form of study materials.

  Sound recorder (self-created by students in mobile phones) software should be used to maintain the Rate of Speech in the IELTS Speaking Task 2

  Speech therapies should be given to the students to twist their tongues in L2.

In 2001, the IELTS interview format and criteria were revised. A major change was the shift from a single global scale to a set of four analytical scales focussing on different aspects of oral proficiency. This study is concerned with the validity of the analytical rating scales. It aims to verify the descriptors used to defne the score points on the scales by providing empirical evidence for the criteria in terms of their overall focus, and their ability to distinguish the levels of performance.

The Speaking Test Band descriptors and the criteria key indicators were analysed in order to identify the relevant analytic categories for each of the four band scales: fluency, grammatical range and accuracy, lexical resource and pronunciation.

Speaking Skills Checklist is as follows:

Production Skills, Pronunciation: Rhythm, Number & Length of Pauses, Stress, Intonation, Contours.

Communication Skills: Fluency, Clarity, Coherence, Confidence, Cultural Appropriateness, etc.

Language Skills: Grammatical Accuracy, Grammatical Range, Vocabulary

But how an IELTS student will build these skills is still the matter of discussion. The IELTS Books/Instructors or even the organization of IELTS are silent in this matter. No doubt, we can get this matter by netsurfing over different websites but what about the authenticity of the study material. The main problem in a non –native English country like India is that how students twist their tongues in L2 (English language) because while learning, they automatically get the infiuence of L1 (Mother Tongue) because it is their native language, and this is natural, so nobody can avoid it. But learning global (English) language with the help of Vocal Cosmetics/Rhetorical Devices will improve their tongue twisting into L2 (Second Language Acquisition) which automatically improve the proficiency of the candidate in the IELTS Speaking and Writing Test.

Keeping this viewpoint in mind, I have decided to put forth some technical aspects of learning, writing and speaking English through the medium of this book.This will truly help the students to speak good and perfect English.

ABSTRACT

INTERVIEW SESSION

In this part, simple warm up questions based on candidates names, place of residence, leisure, preference, etc. are asked. It consists of 7 to 8 questions. This part covers the most popular 50 Interview Questions which are generally asked by the IELTS instructors. In exam this section is divided into two categories, i.e., phase A & Phase B. Phase A has 4 questions which are related to Hometown, study & work & Phase B has another 4 questions related to Leisure, Hobbies, Food, Friendship, Shopping etc.

Chapter 1 : Interview Session

MOST POPULAR 50 QUESTIONS (INTERVIEW SESSION)

INTERVIEW SESSION

1. What is your full name ? What should I call you?

Ans. My name is …… Ankit Bhardwaj. You can simply call me ANKIT.

2. Can I see your ID?

Ans. Sure …. Please.

FAMILY

3. Tell me something about your family?

Ans. Well….. I belong to a simple, small and nuclear family. I am living with adorable parents and two small sisters. All coordinate with one another and live happily. I must say God has blessed me with “A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY”

4. What do you like doing most with your family?

Ans. I like to have long meals, amusement, fun and frolic, would like to tease my sisters, sharing griefs and sorrows with them. These is a common saying – “The family which eats together, lives together and laughs together is truly a close knit family.”

5. Who are close to you in your family?

Ans. Well… I am very close to my mother, “A true picture of maternity”. She cooks what I wish to eat. She loves and teaches me what is good or bad for me. She is really a very virtuous lady with the blend of passionate feelings of a child. I wish to salute this real role model and admire this wonderful creation of God on this planet.

6. In what way is your family important to you?

Ans. My family is everything to me. My family members are my best friends and they support me in every real challenge of my life. I know they are always with me, no matter what. They are not only my best friends, but we truly are tied with strong bonds of respect, unity and strength. That’s why I used to say my family is my real earned wealth and strength.

WORK

7. Do you work or are you a student?

Ans. I am a very hardworking person. Presently, I am doing both the tasks simultaneously. In the morning hours, I usually go for my orientation classes of language as I am fond of learning linguistics and in the afternoon, I am working as an executive in a reputed company.

8. What are your responsibilities at work ?

Ans. My responsibilities include keeping an eye upon the junior executives for maintaining organisational goals and objectives and so keeping supervision over them, checking their targets as well as maintain coordination and proper communication is my main work. Thorough commitment to work is my first and last responsibility towards work.

STUDY

9. Do you work or are you a student?

Ans. I am a student at the moment. I am studying English Linguistics and literature together and hoping to get more and more excellence in this field.

10. Why do you choose that course or job?

Ans. Honestly speaking, as everyone knows English is a global language. It serves both socially as well as professionally. Because what I believe socially, it is the order of the day and professionally it is ‘A Bag of Handsome Perks & Incentives.’

11. What is the most difficult thing about your studies or job?

Ans. The most difficult thing about my studies is its grammatical rules and lexical part. Its really difficult to remember high profile words and proverbs. Moreover, grammatical rules limits my tendency to learn the things.

12. What type of study most of the students prefer these days?

Ans. Very interesting question, see…… The ultimate goal of every education is to earn good, so most of the students these days tend to fall upon more professional studies despite of academic ones. Because these types of vocational studies widen up their empirical outlook and open their arenas for the professional world.

HOBBIES

13. What are your hobbies?

Ans. There is no one thing I’m fanatical about. I have various interests. I am a keen cook and love to make new dishes. I love reading books. I am creative too and love to follow new tracks ever day. Frankly speaking, hobbies add charms to life and pull out the hidden talents and abilities.

14. What do you like about your hobbies?

Ans. Well….the thing that really fascinates me about my hobbies are that it pulls out my hidden talents and abilities. It brings positive changes in my life. It proves to be a creative utilisation of time. It is the best way to refuel your body and mind.

15. What type of hobbies are popular among teenagers in your country?

Ans. Actually, hobbies are personal tastes of every individual. As far as my country’s teenage hobbies are concerned, I must say that among boys hobbies like getting involved with online friends, regular visitor of Orkut, Facebook and Twitter, Net surfing, health resorts, gyms and spa, sending SMS, etc. and among Girls are STORIES, Puzzles, Chatting, Tidbits, Creative Arts, etc.

FREE TIME, LEISURE

16. What are the best ways to utilise your free time?

Ans. A ‘Hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.’ So the best way to utilise your free time is to get completely involved in doing which you like the most. It is really benefcial for everyone to cultivate a suitable hobby to help in the proper channelization of free time.

17. Do people have more free time now than in the past?

Ans. It’s really quite ironical to say, as we are living in the gadgetry and luxurious world where labour saving machines, such as washing machines and dishwashers are prevailing yet people are too busy in the rat race of earning and spending money. They don’t have time to spend with their relations. But in the past, almost all the work was done manually, still people had time to eat and laugh together.

18. What is the impact of leisure activities on society?

Ans. The impact of leisure activities on the society is spectacular. It becomes a pattern or style of living for the entire society. Everyone follows the same pattern of living and they coordinate their lives accordingly. They can plan their schedules and programmes as per each other’s conveniences.

FRIEND, FRIENDSHIP

19. How do you usually contact your friends?

Ans. Well… I usually get very less time to contact my friends, but I always try my every level best to call them or chat with them online.

20. Are friends as important to you as your family?

Ans. Friends and family, both are invaluable and no doubt, both act as a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have...

21. Do you think friendships change as we get older?

Ans. Very true. Gone are those days when friends used to truly love each other. Nowadays, fake friendships are in the air via various technological advancements like the Facebook or Twitter. Nobody remembers his/her childhood friends.

22. Whom do you call best friend?

Ans. According to my opinion, a Best Friend is much beyond roaming together and sharing good moments. It is about friendship with someone who comes to rescue you from the worst phase of life. Friendship with your best friend is eternal.

HOMETOWN

23. Describe your hometown. (Individual Opinion, because candidates have to answer according to the place where they are residing.)

24. Is your hometown in the grip of problems?

Ans. Undoubtedly, the general problems of my city these days are overpopulated streets, pollution, traffic embezzlements, etc. Some problems shiver down my spine like the evils of female foeticide and hooliganism.

25. What changes would you like to have in your hometown?

Ans. Very interesting question. Well if I am given an opportunity to change my hometown, my first priority will be to provide homes to the slums, then encourage every student of the city to be literate and educated, and last but not least, to bring technical back up for my city.

TRAVEL

26. Do you think it is true that travel broadens the mind?

Ans. I do, yes…it is true. Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind. Travellers never think that they are foreigners. Rather, you see, different ways of living, such as, eating, drinking, interacting with others,etc. allows you to analyse your own culture more objectively.

27. Do young people and older people get benefits from travelling?

Ans. Well ……for youngsters, travelling is an adventurous experience but for older people, it is more of relaxation than enjoyment because while travelling, they get switched off from their regular duties and routine work. Moreover, it is advantageous for both the generation to go for travelling, as it is an eye opener when we observe people of different states or countries and are familiarised with their lifestyles. There’s a common saying – ‘The World is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.’

28. How do you usually travel to work or college?

Ans. Well……The Metro or Bus are the only means of transport in our city from one place to another. Generally, I travel to the place of my work via Metro, as it is the cheapest means of transport as well as it saves time and petrol savvy.

29. Which place do you like to visit the most?

Ans. My country, India is a tourist’s paradise. Well… if I get an opportunity, I would like to visit Kashmir, the real paradise on earth. It is a completely blend with natural beauty, ethnic splendour and cultural diversity. It is the ‘CROWN HEAD’ of India.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE/LANGUAGE LEARNING

30. How do people in your country feel about English being the world language/?

Ans. There is no such feeling in learning the English language. Everyone knows it is a global language, so learning is automatically inevitable and everyone has to embrace this global lingua franca not only for communication, but also for their economic benefits.

31. Do you think the culture of English Speaking Countries as well as the English language dominate the whole world?

Ans. Undoubtedly… I do believe the usage of Internet really allows the scope of English on international grounds. It becomes a trendy language these days. No doubt, these days it becomes the wine upon the lips.

32. When & where you began studying English? Do you face any problem while studying English?

Ans. As you know, I belong to India so English is not my mother tongue… As it my native language.. I began learning this language in my school when I was 5 years old. Learning the English language for the first time can be difficult. However, when done in an exciting and humorous way, learning English vocabulary and grammar are less confusing and more enjoyable.

33. What is the most effective way of learning English ?

Ans. The best way of learning English is to Listen properly. It can be with any source like English Native Speakers, Some English Audio DVD’s or CD’s, Watching English Movies, etc.

FESTIVAL

34. What is the most important festival of your country?

Ans. AHHHH…. The festival of lights, i.e., Diwali is the most important festival of my country. It comes in the month of October or November. It is related to the Hindu and Sikh history. It brings everyone together under one roof of happiness and prosperity. It provides an opportunity to meet friends and relatives. It strengthens our social bonds. It breaks the monotony of hectic and engrossed life.

35. Can you define festival, how is it celebrated, and why is it celebrated?

Ans. Festivals act like vehicles that carry our culture, religion and history to the new generation. Well, I must say it is an occasion where everyone enjoys fun and fiesta. During festivals, we meet our friends, sit and share with them meals and laugh for long hours. It is celebrated as a symbol of our conventions and customs.

CULTURE

36. Do you think the culture of your country influences you?

Ans. Yes..I do… it reflects in your personality the way you eat, the way you dress, the way you adopt different lifestyles, its values & beliefs, etc. It is the widening of minds and spirits. It teaches you how unity can be maintain in the diversities of culture.

37. Which culture is the best, ‘Indian’ or ‘Western’?

Ans. Well… the culture never teaches you anything wrong. It is the thinking capacity of the person that allows you to think this is Indian or Western. The Indian culture is already enriched with values and that’s why it is incredible and the Western culture is completely based on Facts of those values, so I think no comparison exists between both of them. Both teaches the real virtues of life.

38. How has your country’culture changed in 50 years time?

Ans. Change is the law of nature, but sometimes, it’s frightening to accept the change. Culture does not change because no doubt it is accepted by the society in different ways but its values and norms always remain the same. Earlier, it was limited to customs, but now it is influencing our deportment, etiquettes, mannerisms, food habits, etc. It would not be wrong to say that it is our ‘Signature’s style’ these days.

LIFESTYLE, HEALTH, KEEPING FIT

39. Why do some people think that modern lifestyles are not healthy?

Ans. See, people have a valid reason for thinking so. People today love comfort and luxury, and they want to satisfy their appetites at any cost. Rather than cooking at home, they love to eat out at restaurants and fast food joints. Fast food may be tasty, but contains a lot of fat that is not good for health. Previously, people used to walk or engage in some kind of manual work. That is not the case today. Personal vehicles and modern devices have made their life easy and people have a great aversion towards sweating their bodies. This lifestyle naturally invites diseases.

40. Why do some people choose to lead unhealthy lives?

Ans. The simple answer is laziness. Today many people do not have the discipline to lead a healthy life. They love comfort and convenience in everything that they do. In fact, they don’t realise that their comfort and luxury are going to end soon. They need to face the reality sooner or later.

41. Should individuals or governments be responsible for making people’s lifestyles healthy?

Ans. It is the individuals themselves who are responsible for making their lifestyles healthy. It is one’s personal freedom to lead a healthy lifestyle. The government has nothing to do with it. No government can interfere into such personal affairs. The government can’t ask people to eat this or that. The only thing that government can do is to spread awareness about this issue. Nothing more than that.

42. What could be done to encourage people to live in a healthy way?

Ans. The best way to encourage people to live in a healthy way is to spread awareness about the consequences of an unhealthy lifestyle. This can be done through the media like television and newspapers. At an early age, children should be given education about the importance of a healthy lifestyle. It should also be included in the curriculum. Moreover, sports should be made compulsory in schools. Another effective way is to give gym and sports facilities in factories and offices.

MUSIC

43. Which instrument do you like to listen most? (Why?)

Ans. My favourite musical instrument is the flute. (I love listening to the flute, the most). I have always wondered why I like flute. Maybe, it is because of its simplicity or because of its sweet sound. Flute has a very soothing music and it goes directly into your heart. I think it is very easy to learn flute, but I am not sure. Anyway, I like it.

44. Have you ever learnt to play a musical instrument?

Ans. Not really, I don’t think I have the talent for it. So I have not seriously tried. When I was small, I just used to play with the harmonium, but actually, I could never play any proper notes. Even now, I love to press the keys of the electric keyboard and I like to hear the sound or the music. But I have never learnt to play any musical instrument.

Children’s Games

45. How have games changed from the time when you were a child?

Ans. Games have changed tremendously over the years. When we were children, the standard of the game or the players were not as good as it is today. Moreover, newer rules have been introduced to make it more appealing to the television audiences. I think the speed of the game has considerably increased. There is much more money in sports and games today, so more and more young people are interested in making it a full time career. That was not the case when I was a child.

46. Do you think this has been a positive change? Why?

Ans. Yes, it has definitely been a positive change in all ways. Games have become more popular and players get much better rewards. Televised games have made it possible for people to watch games in the comfort of their homes rather than going to a stadium. Watching games have become a very easy affair. Overall, the standard of the game has improved.

47. Why do you think children like playing games?