Band 8.5 IELTS Practice Speaking Exam (native Speaker mock test) and feedback - Tom from Australia
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Thank you very much, I have my test this coming Tuesday and your videos are helping me a lot, especially to practice. I believe I'm doing well and that is thanks to you in big part :). Fortunately I need a Band 6, but will definitely aim to ace it with an 8 at least :D
I think this shows a clear difference between learning english for academics and english spoken by native speaker.
You're right :)
I just took a lesson from a teacher who is experienced about IELTS and he gave me great clues. And it is totally different then just speaking it.
Absobloodylootely....
Vivid gap for smart learners roughly speaking
@@IELTSDaily what really confuses me a lot is people told me most of the time that I should improve my english in general then after 4 or 6 months I should give the ielt exam, I'm really mad now ,idk what can I do ? lots of sources and methods
Exactly
The speaking test is hard for someone who is shy and introverted.
It's true!
truee🥲
Like i am😓
God help us
Oopppsss! That’s me.
Giving short answers may be due to the individual's character rather than his English speaking ability. But marks are deducted because answers are short.
Agreed
@@xaxorine477 And the questions suck. Most of them are answerable by yes or no. They should ask why/how questions or situational questions like
"Tell me a time when you had to make a very difficult decision", similar to the interviews done in the corporate world.
@@markquirico1079 That’s too much I think, the key objective of this kind of test is to see if someone can live normally without having language barrier in English speaking countries, not to performing great on a job interview.
They are not expecting a conversation. They are expecting you to build a thesis from a simple conversation. Basically how a robot would speak.
Not really. Just need to be able to allow the examiner enough language to mark well. It can feel a little unnatural but helps in the long run.
I agree with Marcus Lee. If he went through college, he would have known. Showing off isn't good at all
Out of curiosity, was Tom given an idea of how much he was expected to talk? I’m a native Australian too; I imagine if Tom was told to elaborate on all his answers, he’d definitely be able to give longer answers very comfortably. I work in health care and talk to all sorts of native speakers every day; I think it’s more dependent on personalities. Some patients just won’t hang up the phone, while others won’t instinctively provide further information unless you ask them directly for it.
Agreed
From all the suggestions and advice he gave in the first half of the video, it sounds like the speaking test is not only to test your "speaking skill" but also your "social skill" or even "being extrovert", which I find a little bit weird. Many people may have lost their marks just because they are not comfortable elaborating their answer to the examiner. Yes, it's skill-testing and they should be prepared and do their best during the test, but it is still a real human interaction. Some people really get uncomfortable sharing their thoughts in details with strangers. I just think they should consider changing or adjusting the criteria to assess the speaking part somehow🤔.
We also agree. The problem is that to demonstrate your language ability, you have to speak!
Very well said. I don’t understand why do we have to elaborate and explain ourselves. I myself is not fond of speaking about myself or personal life. I thought IELTS speaking is to test someone of their understanding of the language and be able to get their message across to the other speaker. This shouldn’t be about grammar and vocabulary, it isn’t fair for someone who already is woking professionally in an English speaking country who just wants to move into a diff English speaking country😏
Agreed. Maybe taylor the question to a more general topic. These questions are too personal.
Yessss Thats why i took toefl ibt instead
i hated that sorta thing, coz i couldn't lie on the spot (make something up), i just automatically tried to speak truthfully, but half the time i couldn't answer the questions IN ANY LANGUAGE T^T not fair.
This is more of a Social Skills test than an English language test.
It has some element of being social and expanding your answers.
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This is silly honestly. We've always been trained since we were kids to keep things simple and not to complicate things with unnecessary details. I think the kid did very well - his responses seemed organic and natural in a conversational context.
The point is that examiners need some language to assess, to listen for as many different language structures and lexis as possible. It's hard to do that with short answers.
No. You just need to think clearly.
@@IELTSDaily this is what my trainer taught me that really stuck with me. She can't assess my speaking ability if I don't give her much to work with. That's how I become aware of my answers in interviews. I don't add unnecessary details, but I give enough details the interviewer needs.
Well, I don't think the whole point is about using intentionally complicated or pretentious language to get a higher score on the exam I agreed that the man did a good job and came across as natural and confident as if he were having a real life conversation with one of his friends But what the examiner pointed out here is that it'd be much better off building on the basic ideas when and where you can Sure enough, this work requires you to have constant self-awareness of what you have to say and make an effort to reframe the basic idea that immediately strikes you when you hear a question Otherwise, even a fluent native speaker (like the man in this video) would possibly fall back on a limited variety of word choices and sentence structures which he has been used to using in casual situations And obviously, that's not what examiners are supposed to look for in examinees' performance
*This is the problem of this test in general... if a native English speaker cannot even ace it, it really shows it's flaws. While the examiner needs longer responses to assess the student, there's a lot of questions being asked which should give enough of a sample size. If the goal is to force elaborative answers, it only makes it feel very unnatural and not practical in real daily conversations.*
On the other hand, I think the examiner is really genuine and often to smile everytime she delivers the question. Hope I would get the examiner as friendly as her. Lol
Hope for the best!
100% This is my favourite examiner
The IELTS test is ridiculous: they mostly ask primitive questions, for which a native speaker would answer in a short sentence, but anticipate a mini lecture with examples, paraphrases and an idiom.
yes you are correct, they use some primitive words that you even can't find on any dictionary.
And perhaps words you never use in daily life as well
agreed
It is for academic purposes. They're going to read researches that have even more complexity.
Yep but the candidate in this video did get a high mark that every non-native speaker can ever dream of. I'm quite sure if a non-native speaker say the same content, he/she will only be given no more than 7. I made longer and more complicated answers but could only get 5.5/6. So the length of your answers is not everything
I am a fifty year-old and watching this from Bangkok Thailand. English is not my first language, and to call it a second language would be an overstatement. I only use Thai. First I watched this for fun, but now I realize ohhhhhh my god, I lack a lot of skills. I give short answers like Tom does. It's all because I honestly never knew why I should give answers that would go beyond what's being asked. Do you like the market? "Oh no" would be my answer, and it would be just that. However, I see why they need Tom to talk more. It's for his scores. Now, I am trying to figure out why I don't like the market in order to, at least, be able to explain to myself by "putting everything in words" why the market is not a hot place for me. All in all, this vdo is pretty cool. It has made a middle aged person like me to reconsider my approach when talking to people.
This is y I rly don’t like ielts speaking. In real life ppl dont want to hear long answers. Answer in a short and concise manner it’s far more efficient and u don’t lose the listener’s attention.
Then you may find it difficult to score highly if you don't expand your answers.
@@IELTSDaily And you wonder why people are finding academic qualifications to be less and less relevant for career success.
@@IELTSDaily tf are you fighting for??
This is my first time seeing an IELTS test with a professional teacher so I would like to thank you for these real-life or academic opportunities for students and us that how to put accomplishments to become a good IELTS for future 📡 and I love to see how you give advise in the paused videos that are the best part of it
Thanks Niha. Glad you enjoyed.
This inspires+gives a wide range of informations! Thanks for the videos! really appreciate it :)
Welcome Nusera. Thanks for joining.
I absolutely love this particular video! It has the best of the ielts daily - the amazing Chris, the ever welcoming Maddie and Toms ASMR voice 😂 thanks for the amazing work! Chris you’re extremely helpful and i learn something new from each of your videos. Keep up the good work ❤
I’m learning a lot from your videos. Your explanations are incredible. They are very useful for all the learners, I think.
Very welcome :)
Honestly that reminds me of a student workshop (people in their early 20's) I took part in the USA where many teams from the US and Canada had to highlight and explain specific parts of a project. Surprisingly most of the presenters who tried to use high-level language failed, and researchers from Serbia, Germany and even China (whose people often struggle to speak western languages without a heavy accent) came up with amazing presentations.
That clearly made me realize the difference between a person who studied the language and a "common" native speaker who might somehow neglect his/her own language and live speaking everyday common words.
Wow
I don’t know what this is, I’m just watching because the guy is cute.
Which guy?
@@SimplyChess_ Tom Of Course :v :v :v
Great! I would really appreciate this kind of video with a level 7 or 7.5 speaker :))
just I have recently joined this channel
generally speaking, I like it thank you keep going
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I think talking less or being an introvert keeps you out of danger of making grammatical or pronunciation mistakes. The more precise your talk, the more you are safe.
Ur rightt
there is the other side of the problem - the more careful you are with pronunciation and grammar, the less likely you are to be able to take part in normal conversations -.-"
thankfully with japanese, i threw out the "must speak correctly" and opted for "must SPEAK" and, well, i know i won't pass any JLPT tests for speaking, if they had any, but at least i CAN speak with my friends and have actual conversations. I know others who tried to speak correctly and literally just couldn't make friends coz they couldn't have any conversation outside of an academic setting -.-"
@@Nezumi-- Yeah that could also be the case. But if you are an introvert and it's in your nature that you talk less, you can't help it. And the fact is the less you talk the more you are listened to.
Speaking exam may be difficult for someone who rather answering in short relevant sentences and unable to create a long conversation even though speaking with their native languages.
yes.. how to overcome that?
thats my problem even in writing portion of the exam. I like to be concise...but I feel the exam needs us to ramble on and go around in circles
@@2ndfloor401 precisely... some would just beating around the bush.
I had 2 tests years ago, in the first one I answered shortly and the second one with much longer answers. My band only improved by 0.5. I don't think it's a big difference if you are aiming for band 7 or above. There is something more important
Finally I found an IELTS speaking video with explanation about what was good and what should be added, not just literally example.
Amazing to hear such feedback :)
I got 6 band in my speaking exam. Now I'm feeling bad that why didn't I come across with this channel while I was preparing for my exam but i still wanna improve my speaking skills 😊
Congratulations on scoring band 6.0 😊😊
@@IELTSDaily thx sir
DID U GET THE SAME TOPIC BY LUCK?
Army 💗
@@neelamsaini3646 yeah
I try to answer by pausing the video after each question, and then getting feedback, really a great exercise for speaking english
That's great ☺️☺️
Your elon musk buddy i do the same thing . It really feels like i am sitting infront examiner while answering questions in that way ❤️
What a suprise, I didn't know Elon Musk is also having difficulty within comes to an english. You have a lot of resources aren't you? You can just like..snap your hand and boom... just got a band 9.0 for the test...hahaha
Joke...
Me too hahaha
me too
As long as you can communicate and the person you are talking with can understand you that's more than enough don't make things complicated people keep it simple.
I have been hesitate to do IELTS for years, looks like I am never ready, but I will do this year! This video somehow help me to finally make my decision !!! Thank you!!
Great news Nelson
I have the same feeling .....for Ielts exam..
Wow, i find these videos very interesting.
Developing answers really does help, it brings others into the conversation more :)
Sometimes, I do find myself running off on one topic, but I have to remind myself that it is beneficial
Yes, going off topic is not always a bad thing - like a conversation with your friend!
Good to hear the mock test and good insightful sharing from Tom . From the first part , in the home section , if he can mention more about the specific ideas , like overseas , job , working holiday or go to do the volunteer work in the uncertainty of not leaving out the home town . It is amazing ! In the second part , for the walking , I think you should not say from the hospital to home . It may a bit off-topic and not a good content . I think you can talk why you go to walking or not ? You don't go out ? Why ? (like COV19) . On the other hand , if the topic is me in taking the ielts exams , I will say I am a fan of the walking people rather than not because I can have the choices of saying the health lifestyle , interests , have the exercises ... In the market part , I think you can discover / make the comparison with the supermarkets and wet markets . You can mention some examples of food / connect with your cooking experiences that will be better . In the education part , I think you are good and outstanding performances . Just take note on that , if you answer the technology part --> whether technology will replace the classroom , I think you make a stance at first , like not and it is because the teacher can be tailor-made the courses or extra-curricular activities , identify the difference /select the wrosen performance students to revision / implement some lessons that forms the group / arrange some teachers to support the students who hasn't a good performances . Overall , I think it is the Band 8 performances.
Interesting feedback.
Most of the people who complain about why does he need to speak more in detail dont know what IELTS exam is. Its a freaking exam people cmon. Its not a normal day to day talk, it tests your ability to speak. You get your brains assembled.
Haha. We want to write that. 😉
Only sensible comment here
Dear cris your video's are helping me like anything...... Thanks for this! your explanations are just amazing👍👍👍
Thanks Nidhi for the kind comments. 👍🏼👍🏼☺️
They should probably tell the students that they're supposed to have a short monologue on the questions. I reckon the most natural answer for most people to questions like where do you live is just naming the city and only give more context if the other person doesn't know the city or wants to know further.
Thanks Cris for these type of videos.❤️
Welcome Dr CZcams 😎
As a native English-speaking Singaporean I have to take IELTS because Singapore isn’t considered an Anglophone country. This video is a lifesaver for my last-minute prep :’)
Thanks so much for your kind words
so IELTS is not for introvert person who doesn't like to talk?
*social anxiety
So glad I could find and learn this video IELTS lesson, hopefully I could get the best results to apply my study in Australia at this end of this year 💯
Thanks Manggala. Good luck with your studies.
@@IELTSDaily Thank you very much.
👌🏻Awesome Session👌🏻Thank you so much Sir for this video❤🙏🏻God bless you🙏
Most welcome - really appreciate your feedback :)
O really great speaking exam and now I feel confident. I realized It is not difficult to get high score. Thank you Chris🤙
Yo.. any updates about your score?
I need to read his lip language to catch every word he says.But he seems to have some special talent to speak fast.
Just like some people can make the dolphin sound.
You can also turn on the subtitles 😊😊
Elaborating answers can be socially beneficial. It will be easier to carry good conversations with other people if you don't keep your responses short.
Right. Being a semiantisocial person I can see how this test is required for some jobs and not others. Luckily I mostly work alone. But of course it's always better to be able to talk at length with anyone on any occasion about any topic.
@@zaxele honestly, I'm like you...semi anti-social, but you know when I took the IELTS exam..I was relieved the interviewer asked me if I read books...and boy oh boy, I couldn't stop talking 🤣🤣
Regardless that he is native speaker, personally I can't having more conversation with that character. That's his social skill more radiant than his speaking skill.
How politely you speak Chris sir
That great , that will improve my speaking so well and prepare my IELTS speaking test in future . Thanks that video , that so awsome
You are very welcome Phuong.
He is ridiculously cute whaaaat 😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you so much .I am Glad found your channel .I'm trying to study in Australia and I will need this information .
Welcome Francis
@@IELTSDaily Thank you.
2:58 is a compound, and not a complex sentence. Complexity is one thing and type of sentence is another.
I have been in Australia for almost 12 years but still struggles to achieve band 9 result for my speaking, my average mark is 8, thanks for the clarification, really helps, l think l know what l need to improve.
Just know i 've felt that im feel like him. I tried out so many perfect answers,choices inner of me but cant show it off outside. Then i just lose my words also.
His answers were short yet he nailed an 8.5 mark. Just wow.
He was marked down for FC
you are a perfect ielts coach
Thanks so much 😊
Masha Allah, I am so grateful that I came accross with this awesome channel, can learn English every day here. I love this video, I realized that I tend to talk less in many occasions and didn't give myself opportunity to talk and improve.
Thank u
Wow. Great!!!
Dig deep Tom. You've got this...
Great.Not only ielts train them to speak correctly but also make them conversationalist
You are a perfect ilets teacher and your voice is stunning
Thanks Harman
Ah this clears so much up for me. I also scored an 8.5 as a native speaker and I think the reason why was because I cut my answers too short. I was asked "Give me some ways that we could better utilize the ocean's resources". I was caught off guard with that one and it was really hard to quickly think of some valid answers on the spot. It definitely felt like a question that required a decent amount of technical knowledge. I just gave a quick answer about using turbines to generate electricity using the currents or something and just left it at that.
Tricky question!!! Not sure what we'd say there.
This guy is clearly a perfectionist.
who
Bro your channel is the best one 👍
I like it so much
Thanks for just like materials that are very useful to the speaking part of the test
Thanks so much 🙏🏼
If we want examinees to explain their answers, we better give more open-ended questions. 'Are you a fan of walking?' Like what answer would you expect? It's a yes-no query. 'Do you like walking more than running?'
Develop the speaking test question bank. 'What's your opinion on walking?', 'Which is better for you--walking or running, and why?'
Lesson learned: just blabber on for as long as you can to get higher marks.
This show needs more video speaking bands 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, etc. That is excessively useful for studier who want to learn from mistakes. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for the nice comment
I think this is great example how native speaker without preparing or studying the test. All the answers are not really prepared but he could get high score.
Thanks for your feedback. Interesting.
Hi your vdo is extremely helpful, thanks for your effort for the community. I watched few vdo of yours on the speaking test and in this vdo comparing to others, 8.5 is quite high. Could you please share us why? Is this because of the 2nd part? Because in the very first part of the vdo, he didn't elaborate his answer much. Thanks.
Hello! Great videos man I really appreciate them. I do have a doubt though. In the exam, during part one and three are we allowed like 10-20 seconds to think before we talk or can we just think about our answer in part two of the exam?
It's better to speak straight away in part 1 and 3
@@IELTSDaily ahh ok thank you
you are absolutely right. there are so many opportunities.😊😊
I used a lot of your speaking tips and in 2 days of preparation, I had band 8, speaking and a total band score of 8 as well
Amazing, many congratulations on your wonderful score ☺️👍🏼👍🏼
the ultimate insult for a native speaker: what does mumble mean?
Haha
Unclear speaking. 😂😂 his accent and pronunciation were not too good, but his rational thinking and fluency is very goodish as how native he is. It is normal to see that a lot of native speakers don't actually have good accent and pronunciation. It happens all of time bruh.
might be racist. just sayin
@@danhdao7417 This is exactly how the people who live in Melbourne speak. He has a perfectly good accent and pronunciation.
@@ML-jy1bv you might be an idiot who thinks that being able to interpret something as racist is all you need to consider it a reasonable possibility. Just saying.
Is it a mark off if in case you didn’t catch the question being asked then you’ll ask the proctor to repeat the question?
You can ask for a repeat
Thanks for all the instruction and tips i got 8.5 speaking in the real test and it shock me a bit
Wow, excellent score Itzme 👍. We're so happy to hear that our tips and instructions helped.
thank you for your advice!
Welcome
For people saying that it's more of a character test, it's really not, the examiner wants you to speak not to evaluate your personality but rather to evaluate your language use, remember it's a scale of 9, and you really have to give the examiner more meat as Chris said to see in which category you fall into, "yeah , i'm a pretty fast walker" this answer can be used by a 5, 6, 7, 8 band candidate, and what seperates a 6 from 9 is that a 9 can express himself in a better and more developed language in long answers, a question for example "do you love kids?" first answer "yes i really love kids" and the second answer "yeah i love kids, i would love to have beautiful kids in the future, though i think it would be a huge challenge and responsibility especially at an early age, but it's worth it in my opinion blabla" just an example haha, but these two answers would definitely be classified in different bands, that's the point from what i understood from Chris
Great input. That's exactly what we're trying to say! 👍🏼🌟
To tell you the truth i was able to understand what IELTS speaking will look like.Thanks to all of you who dedicated your to give us knowledge about this exam.
Hi Thumindu, we pleased to know that you found our videos helpful.
I do hope I can take a real IELTS test in the future. My big dream is studying in the university overseas. I have just accomplished my Master Degree and I hope I can continue my study to take my Ph.D in Aussie..😂
Best wishes for that! It's a great goal to have.
Precise and informative 👍 thank you for sharing with us.
Most welcome Jo :)
thank you Chris
Welcome Nhat :)
I think watching this would help a lot with socialising and talking with people in general.
Nice.
Just be humble. There is no the best speaker, but only a better speaker.
This guy is like a copy & paste kind of person of me, I scored not too good in my oral test as well but in some good ways especially for some natives out there, it's always better to be prepared when you decide to do something, daily speaking is not too hard for people to understand each other even when ur mumbler or fast talker, but it's also good if you can slow down a bit and articulate ur train of thoughts clearly :)
Great advice! Not sure what you mean by 'scored not too good' though cuz band 8.5 is more than enough :}
Politicians are a great example of Band 9. Elaboration and rhetorics are important to lay down an issue in detail that would probably take hours of long discussion.
In my country. We often be taught that English speakers use the better way to answer questions: shorter and focus the question. And the Ielts test teaches candidate to beat around the bush :(((
I know. It's tricky!
I LIKE your videos, I am learning english and want take IELTS . Thank you so much. I am from Uzbekistan
Really appreciate that Bahtiyor. Thanks for subscribing and good luck with your IELTS preparation.
Good luck, bro
Aa amazing channel for students to improve speaking mostly
Thanks 🙏🏼👍🏼
"I'm not sure if I could say the trend is becoming more popular" no idea what's unclear with this sentence. I just listened to it once and everything Tom said sounds super clear to my ears. (but yeah I've lived in Australia for quite some years) maybe just the accent
Sometimes we make mistakes too. It's all improvised and unplanned. :)
I really had fun answering the questions given to him lol. I'm also not a fan of short explanations (excluding lectures 🤣). Anyway, you're still cute Tom 😅
Haha
I got only 6 band my speaking is of 7 band
Idp is doing scam in order to recover their loss 😡
You deserve millions of views! ♥️
Awww. Thanks 😊😊 There's a job for you...watch it a million times 😂😂😂
@@IELTSDaily I wish I could!
I paused the video when he was about to answer, then I answer on his behalf. Truly, this exam is a dry one. I hope he will be able to show off his language skills.
This is a nice approach. Yes some questions are dry 🙂
Thank you, it is very useful video, I don't know how to expand my answers ..............Thanks for the ideas.
Most welcome Vivian 😁
这是一个伟大的频道
Omg i couldn't understand Tom at all 😅 he talks so fast !
Yes, he talk so fast that I can't keep up with what him said.
This is one of the reasons why ESL prefer American centered English. UK, AU, SA English can be difficult for foreigners to understand
@@Jprager excuse, i can not understand completely about the word "ESL" in your sentence. Could you explain this word a bit?
@@quocvunguyen6710 ESL = English as a Second Language
And i thought it was only me who was unable to understand him!
You just have to loquacious for this exam! Got it!
Short or long answer depends on character and mood. But the short answer people should realize this is a test so they should give longer answer and more detail
He is like a naughty student in the class. 😂😂
true
My friend's daughter answered
on a question "what is your name", she told " Anastasia ", and she also decided to explain it. He told me it was a long explanation, like she said she was named after God Anastas and other examples. After it people were shocked. I think she will pass your speaking exam :)
Haha. It's a nice way to start a conversation.
We can mention
it is international
it means ....
it is so common i sometimes wish it was sth which could make me fill unique
The purpose of setting IELTS is to be able to understand in uni and communicate. Nothing wrong with short answers, I see nothing wrong with Tom's answers. Perhaps IELTS should relook its marking standards.
I scored an 8.5 as well but I did expand quite a lot, so i think it might be due to some other reasons, I know I do mumble tho…
I am really confused about tense shifting in this video. When he was talking about his favorite teacher, he said : he is always in boots (present time)
OR we talked(past) about via everything go around the classroom, always talks to every student(present)
could anyone explain this tense shifting to me? :(
Thanks for the video
Yeah, I'm from Canada, was educated in English and am now a CELTA certified teacher. I scored 7.0 in speaking lol
Yep, that happens :)
He gave short replies although he got a great score !!
Surprised
He was penalised in FC.
@@IELTSDaily what is FC?
Thank s for this great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm thinking he voluntarily took part in this not knowing how to answer clearly and thoroughly thinking it was going to be a piece of cake.
Little did he know...
Many native speakers fall into the same trap and don't score full marks.