Off2Class Lesson Plan: IELTS Speaking

IELTS Speaking
INTRODUCTION
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IELTS SPEAKING AT A GLANCE
The IELTS Speaking test lasts

11-14 minutes.
The test consists of three

parts.
You cannot use a dictionary

during the test.
IELTS Academic and IELTS

General candidates do exactly
the same test and it is marked
in the same way.
3
WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
Which of these subjects do you think the examiner will ask

you about?
experiences
your work
you have
or studies
what was in had
the news
last week
people what would
you know make your city
how to solve a a better place
mathematical
problem
4
THE IELTS SPEAKING BANDS
IELTS Speaking measures how well you can describe your own
experiences and express your own thoughts and feelings.
Like the other parts of IELTS, it is graded on a scale of 0 to 9.

Candidates who can express themselves on most subjects, but
who make many mistakes, will get band 5.
A native English speaker will get band 8.5 or 9.
What band are you hoping to get?

5
WHAT IELTS SPEAKING MEASURES
If you had to measure how well someone spoke your language,

what would you listen for?
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THE FOUR CRITERIA FOR IELTS SPEAKING
pronunciation
lexical resource
grammatical
range and
accuracy
fluency and
coherence
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PRONUNCIATION: CAN YOU SAY THESE WORDS
AND PHRASES CORRECTLY?
What’s your
photograph favorite film?
measurement
I’ve had a
delicious
breakfast.
breakthrough
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LEXICAL RESOURCE (VOCABULARY)
To get a high score on IELTS Speaking, you need a large

vocabulary.
Match these words with their synonyms:
car boiling
hot appreciate
fast beneficial
value (as a verb) speedy
helpful automobile
9
GRAMMATICAL RANGE AND ACCURACY
For a high band in IELTS Speaking, you need to be able to

form simple and complex sentences correctly.
What are the mistakes in these sentences?
1. The summer of 2012 have been very rainy.
2. Louisa wants for going to the beach next weekend.
3. During I was in Turkey, I enjoy going to the market.
4. The history was my favorite subject in school.
5. I called up the man which I met yesterday.

10
FLUENCY AND COHERENCE
A fluent speaker is someone who can speak naturally on a wide

range of subjects.
How can you tell that someone speaks your language

fluently?
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PART I OF IELTS SPEAKING
PART I LASTS FOR AROUND 4-5 MINUTES
The examiner will ask you to identify yourself,

and then ask you questions about your own life.
Here are some topics which might be covered:
your house or your favorite

your job or
apartment sports or
studies
hobbies
what you what kind of

like to eat films, music or your
books you family
enjoy 12
PART II OF IELTS SPEAKING
PART II LASTS FOR 3-4 MINUTES
You will be given a piece

of paper called a ‘cue
card’, which looks like
this:
You should say:
• when you visited it

Describe an interesting • how you first knew about
website you have visited. the website
• what the website is about
• why you think it is
interesting
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WHAT HAPPENS DURING PART II OF IELTS
SPEAKING
The examiner will give you

60 seconds to study the
cue card, and to make
notes on a piece of paper.
Then you will need to
speak without interruption
for one to two minutes.
After that, the examiner will
ask you two or three
questions about what you
have said.
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PART III OF IELTS SPEAKING
PART III LASTS FOR AROUND 4-5 MINUTES
The examiner will ask you questions related to the topic of

your cue card. You will need to express your thoughts and
feelings about this topic.
The cue card we saw earlier in this lesson was about

a website. So the examiner might ask:
A. Whether you think young children should be allowed to

access the internet, or;
B. Whether the government should make sure that everyone

has access to high-speed internet.
15
HOW GOOD DOES MY ENGLISH HAVE TO BE TO
PASS IELTS SPEAKING?
No one can fail the IELTS Speaking test.
It measures your level of English. Very advanced learners will

normally get band 7 or 8, even if they make a few mistakes.
Intermediate students will get 5 or 6.
The examiner is looking for the ability to express your own

thoughts. Mistakes are only considered serious if they are very
frequent, or if they prevent the examiner from understanding
what you are trying to say.
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GETTING THE BEST RESULT
IELTS Speaking is like an athletics or

diving competition at the Olympics.
Athletes need to show off all the
skills they have practiced.
In less than 15 minutes, you

need to show how well you
can speak English.
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TO GET THE BEST RESULT IN MY EXAM,
SHOULD I…?
A. use different tenses E. pronounce words

correctly correctly
B. read the newspaper F. use long words,

the day before the even if I’m not sure
exam what they mean
C. use synonyms for G. listen carefully to

words in the the questions
examiner’s
questions H. try to memorize
questions and
D. speak very quickly answers before the
exam
18
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Which part of the IELTS Speaking test do you think will be the
most difficult?
What skills do you think you need to work on hardest?
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© 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

This teacher-led lesson plan is designed using the communicative

To access the Teacher Notes and Answer Key, or to assign

Don’t forget to join the discussion on Facebook to get access to

© 2014-2021 Global Online Language Services Inc.

The IELTS Speaking test lasts

The test consists of three

You cannot use a dictionary

IELTS Academic and IELTS

Which of these subjects do you think the examiner will ask

Like the other parts of IELTS, it is graded on a scale of 0 to 9.

A native English speaker will get band 8.5 or 9.

What band are you hoping to get?

If you had to measure how well someone spoke your language,

To get a high score on IELTS Speaking, you need a large

value (as a verb) speedy

For a high band in IELTS Speaking, you need to be able to

What are the mistakes in these sentences?

1. The summer of 2012 have been very rainy.

2. Louisa wants for going to the beach next weekend.

3. During I was in Turkey, I enjoy going to the market.

4. The history was my favorite subject in school.

5. I called up the man which I met yesterday.

A fluent speaker is someone who can speak naturally on a wide

How can you tell that someone speaks your language

The examiner will ask you to identify yourself,

your house or your favorite

what you what kind of

You will be given a piece

• when you visited it

The examiner will give you

The examiner will ask you questions related to the topic of

The cue card we saw earlier in this lesson was about

A. Whether you think young children should be allowed to

B. Whether the government should make sure that everyone

No one can fail the IELTS Speaking test.

It measures your level of English. Very advanced learners will

The examiner is looking for the ability to express your own

IELTS Speaking is like an athletics or

In less than 15 minutes, you

A. use different tenses E. pronounce words

B. read the newspaper F. use long words,

C. use synonyms for G. listen carefully to

What skills do you think you need to work on hardest?

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