I watched these ielts speaking videos the night before my speaking test.. actually i failed my 1st attempt of ielts with the score of 6.5 in speaking and then retook the exam after a week, and had a score of 7.5 in speaking, and I think these lessons helped me a lot in getting a passing mark for reading as I made sure I applied the tips and tricks that you mentioned! 😜👍👍👍
Thank you very much Oli! I found your videos are the most helpful among any other IELTS vids! They're really easy to understand :) Your voice is really clear and your accent is easy to follow. Your tricks and strategies are practical which I can use them for the test. Thanks! Keep doing a good work💕
Follow the advice (tips) of Oxford online English, also constant practise and when you are about to embark on the exam, keep your mind as wide as possible by so doing you won't stutter when asked certain questions
hi oli I m Nirmal..I listen ur all speaking tips.tomorrow is My speaking plz give me some useful tips for part 2 cue card...actually I m confuse that time when I use tense in past...
Hi Nirmal. Good luck with your test! Part 2 is going to be you speaking about a topic for two minutes. You'll have one minute to prepare. Here it's important to organize your ideas and use helpful discourse markers for the listener to follow your ideas. You should use the past simple tense if you are talking about a specific thing that happened in the past and is finished.
Hi Thùy, it's hard to say exactly what band you would be without seeing how you personally communicate. We have some band-specific lessons which might help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/?s=ielts speaking. We also have teachers who can give you personalized feedback: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.
I want to ask about something very important to me , which is my accent . I'm an Egyptian and I speak English very well but I have a big problem that is I speak neutral English (British and American accents combined together in my speech). Is it a big deal while doing the IELTS speaking test???
Hi Menna, as long as it's understandable and natural for you, your accent shouldn't matter. If you are difficult to understand because of your accent, that is when your score will be affected. The best way to prepare for this is to get an opinion from a teacher or other native speaker.
Thanks sir Oli! I have always loved watching your videos. Its every helpful and detailed thank you and God bless! 😊 P. S I'm not used in commenting, this is my first time. ☺
Of all RU-vid videos that I’ve watched, none seems to be as efficient and practical as Oxford online videos. You can clearly see what you’re doing wrong and how to improve that yourself. These videos are resourceful and its helping me to speak naturally and fluently. Thanks a million!
I am not sure I agree with that. I think children do much more sport and exercise than in the past. In the age of the internet and informational openness, parents are more aware of the importance of doing sports and being healthy; That makes them encourage their children to do sports and keep a healthy diet and healthy body.
Hi Priya, we have some IELTS lessons to help you: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-ielts-preparation-lessons. We also have teachers who can help you in private lessons: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers.
yes i do agree.now days children plenty of subject to study and even it becomes a compatition between parents.for example children mostly have around 6hrs of schooling then parents may send them for tution .later the students feel exhausted hence they wont go for any outside recreations
Thank you very much, English teacher Oil. I follow all of your videos. They're useful for me to learn English. You're a handsome, good teacher. Your voice is very clear. I really enjoy them. I hope you make more videos to help people as me to learn English. Wait to watch next your videos.
Hello Oli , thanks for your lessons very useful ,can i ask you if it's possible to propose us a schedule to prépare the test for 4 weeks for exemple! Merci vous faites un bon travail ,très agréable à regarder
Hi Dadi, thanks for watching! It's not very easy to give you one certain schedule because we don't know the level you are at, your strengths, etc. It might not be a bad idea to take a lesson to have a teacher evaluate you and give you a more personalized planwww.oxfordonlineenglish.com/about-our-online-english-teachers
Thanks for the suggestion. We may be able to have more IELTS lessons in the future. For now, have you seen our other IELTS lessons to help with writing and speaking? You can find them on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/free-ielts-preparation-lessons. Hope this helps you!
I totally agree that children nowadays do less activities than in the past because the spend more of their time behind screen playing video games or watching movies, for example; i have one of my friends who has two kids spends 5 hours a day playing video games without doing any activity.
Thanks for sharing your sample answer. Here are a few tips: 1) '...because they spend more...' not, 'the'. 2) '...behind the screen playing,' not, 'behind screen'. 3) '...who has two kids who spend 5 hours a day...' not, '...who has two kids spends 5 hours a day...'. Hope that helps you!
I'm disagree with this statement children do less sport or exercise. when i was in my school time. We were getting free time to playing games but not each and every day but in a week two or three time. Because management also knows sport and exercise also the part of study. It could help to students growth physically as well as mentally...thanku Hope you will understand my view of point. And also waiting for your valuable feed back where I do grammar mistakes. Thank you
Thanks for sharing your response, Vivek. Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) 'I disagree,' not, 'I'm disagree'. 2) 'When I was in school, we got free time...' not, 'when i was in my school time. We were getting free time...'. 3) '...to play games, but only two or three times a week,' not, '...to playing games but not each and every day but in a week two or three time'. Hope this helps you!
I thought I had seen all the good videos that are available for speaking test preparation. Now this is really really good! Thank you Oli. Moreso, I have issues with section 4 (especially with the maps/diagrams) of the listening test. Can you or anyone here give me some help? My test is in 2 days' time.
Thanks for the comment, Mercy! Hope your IELTS exam went well. Listening is hard to teach, because it mostly depends on practice, and also the specific questions you get. We'll think about it, though, so thanks for the suggestion.
Hello sir , i would like to ask u what are the main reasons for 5.5 bands in speaking , last time when i gave my speaking i got 5.5 even i do not except it bcz my examiner was very satisfied with my speaking so would u plz tell me why examiner gave me 5.5 band
Hi Puneet, it depends! Have you read the IELTS band descriptors yet? That might be helpful for you: www.ielts.org/-/media/pdfs/speaking-band-descriptors.ashx?la=en-us.
no i don't agree with mr native speaker even with much practice because of we are a nervous speakers but i liked your idea about we havet to accept speak inglish under pressure...you are an impressive teacher thank you
If we start with giving one opinion...but feel like thats wrong and should have talked against the idea...should we continue to talk or we can change our opinion about the issue? I think we shouldnt?
You need to be coherent. If you change your mind and explain why, that wouldn't be a problem. If you contradict yourself and don't explain your reasoning, then that could affect your fluency/coherence score.
Oxford Online English thats what i did, Sir. But its funny how my first question was-are u interested in robots? I said 'NOT AT ALL...not a techie...blah blah blah'.... ...and the next 4 questions were on robots! 😂 But i managed to answer all of them tho! Have a great day, Oli. U r really good at what u do.
Hi oli im a great fan of the way you teaching thanks for your advices and suggestions. I really appreciated it. Can you pls give me feedback on my speaking pls give me feedback on my speaking folloewd below...thanks again im going to talk about three noxious habits that i used to have When i was 10year old i used to have lot of junk food like pizzas, shodas ,sugar and burgers.these are my main staple food..as a result i was hospitalised for 2 months which leads to fail in my anual exam...due to that harmful intake. after a couple of years i realised and started to take healthy food like lots of vegetables and fruits.my mother was a great motivater though...im always thankful her ....recently i used to take good food..while i addicted to computer games which is killing my concentration on studies and even on my exams....which is disaster situation for me but my parents are trying to close all the ways for me to reach out the computer games ...i hope in future i might not going to have any kind of unhealthy habits and i wish i could lead a healthy life..because a healthy mind creates wonders....furthoremore i wish my prospectives would change my life to success...
Thanks for sharing. Here are a few suggestions for you: 1) 'When I was 10 years old...' not, 'When i was 10year old...'. 2) '...to have a lot of junk food,' not, 'lot of'. 3) 'These were my main staple foods,' not, 'these are my main staple food'. Hope this is useful for you!
