Hướng dẫn trả lời IELTS Speaking Part 1 chi tiết

Tiêu chí chấm điểm

→ Fluency And Coherence – Độ trôi chảy và mạch lạc
→ Lexical Resource – Khả năng sử dụng vốn từ vựng
→ Pronunciation – Phát âm
→ Grammatical Range And Accuracy – Độ chính xác và sự đa dạng trong ngữ pháp
Cách để trả lời IELTS Speaking Part 1 một cách “xịn xò” chính là sử dụng công thức A.R.E.A nhé.
Đó là:
A – Answer: Đưa ra câu trả lời
R – Reason: Đưa ra lý do cho câu trả lời.
E – Example: Đưa ra ví dụ cụ thể
A – Alternatives: Có thể đưa ra ý kiến phản bác cho câu hỏi.

1. Dạng Like/Dislike Questions

Example: “Is there anything you don’t like about your hometown?”

Đối với dạng câu hỏi này, điều quan trọng nhất mà bạn cần tránh là sử dụng những từ ngữ đơn giản
như: like, dislike, love, hate, enjoy,… Bạn có thể thay thế bằng những từ sau:
Like Dislike

• I’m (fairly/pretty) keen on…

• I’m (quite/pretty) fond of…
• I’m so keen on…but….
• I’m (quite) a big fan of…
• I’m not really that fond of…
• I’m (quite) partial to…
• I’m not much of a fan of…
• I’m (quite) passionate about…
• I totally detest…
• I’m (quite) enthusiastic about…
• I really can’t stand…
• I’m (really) into…
• I absolutely loathe…
• I’m (totally) mad/ crazy about…
• I’m (simply) adore…

Ta có thể trả lời câu hỏi trên theo cấu trúc như sau:
Structure Example Answer

• Well in general I would say that.

• Actually, I suppose that..
• For the most part I’d probably say
that…
• Well, to be honest I should say • Of course I think I have
1. Starting that.. to say that I’m not so
phrase • Of course I think I’d have to say keen on the weather in
that… hometown.
• Certainly I would definitely say
that.
• Well, I guess that generally
speaking I would certainly say that.
2. Liking / • Of course I have to say
Sử dụng những cụm từ tương tự trong bảng
Disliking that I’m not so keen on
trên
phrase the weather.

• …but in particular… =
3. Introduce …particularly
a specific • …to be more precise… • To be more precise, I
type • …to be more specific… = really can’t stand the
(Cụ thế hóa …specifically… summer months.
câu trả lời) • …to be more exact…
• …to be more accurate…

• This is due to the fact

• And I guess this is probably that the temperatures can
4. Reason
because. get as high as 40 degrees
(Đưa ra lý
• This could/might be because. so it can be quite
do tại sao
• This is due to the fact that. uncomfortable if you
bạn
• I suppose the reason has something don’t have air
like/dislike..)
to do with the fact that. conditioning in your
house

• In addition to this, I’m

not really that fond of the
5. Introduce public transport system.
second • As well as this… And I guess this is
point • To add to this… probably because (reason)
(Mở rộng • In addition to this… the buses are too old and
thêm ý) the seats are really hard,
so long journeys are
usually pretty bumpy

2. “Basic Description” Questions

Example: “Tell me about your hometown.”
Ta có thể trả lời câu hỏi trên theo cấu trúc như sau:
Structure Example Answer

• OK then…
• Right, ok…
“Well as you can probably guess I come
• Alright…
1. Opening from Hanoi and I have lived here all my
• Well…
phrase life, although at the moment I’m currently
• Well, you know…
studying in another city, Hai Phong.
• Well first of all…
• Actually…

• the first thing I should

I suppose if I had to describe Hanoi, the
mention is that…
first thing I would say is that its
• the point I’d like to begin
2. 1st pointing phrase + absolutely enormous, maybe even one of
with is that…
Linking phrase + Point the biggest cities in South East Asia I
• I could start off by saying
1 guess. It’s so big in fact that even the
that…
locals have problems finding their way
• my initial point would be
around.
that…
 • I need to start off by
pointing out that…
• the main thing you need
to know is that…
• I suppose I should begin
by highlighting the fact
that…
• you may (or may not) be
aware that in fact…
• I really need to kick off
with the point that…

• Another point which I

could add is that…
• A second feature which I Another significant characteristic is
should mention is that… that it offers examples of both classical
3. 2nd pointing phrase
• As well as that, I could and contemporary architecture. Actually
+ Linking phrase +
say that… some of Vietnam’s most renowned
Point 2
• On top of that I can also landmarks are “slapbang” in the middle
add that… of Hanoi.
• Also, I suppose I should
say that…

• And I should. forget to

4. 3rd pointing phrase
+ Linking word/phrase
+ Point 3
mention that…
• In addition to what I’ve
just said, I can add that…
• Something else that I …
need to comment on is
that…
• I guess I could also
remark on the fact that…

• Name
1. what is the meaning behind your name?
→ My name’s Kim Ngọc, when I was a child, I used to ask my mom about the meaning of my name. And she
said, at that time, once I was born there was a person who was the same as my name is really rich.
That is the reason why I have my name like this, with the wish like that woman.

2. Who gave you your name?

→ When I was a child, I heard my mom tell me my maternal grandmother gave me, that name,
because she wanted me to be a successful person.

3. What subject at school do you like best?

→ I’m into English, because I wanna make some friends all over/around the world. It helps me confident
communication, so, that is the reason I’m a big fan of English

4. where do you study? → average: trung bình

→ Actually, I’m currently studying at NV school. This is a school including 10 campuses which educate
from ____ to _____ in HCMC. It is located in D. 12.
5. how long have you spent your spare in English?/ how often do you learn English?
→ I usually spend 2 hours learning English, I often practice speaking and listening skills. Beside that I learn
my new words by heart after school. Then, I try to make a sentence with the words I learnt.

6. How do you learn English?

→ I often learn by singing my favorite English songs, to practice speaking and saying words correctly, then I
do more grammar exercises in my grammar books to revise the main points what I learned. Beside that I watch
Tv show in English with my family at night.

Assignment at home;
1. What kind of school did you go to?
2. What are your future study plans?
3. Why are you taking the IELTS test?

Vocab.
• Kindergarten (pre-school education): trường mầm non
• Primary school = Trường cấp 1
• Secondary school: Trường cấp 2-3
• College = further education: Cao đẳng
• Higher education = university education
• Post-graduate school: sau đại học
• PhD = Doctorate
• Vocational course: khóa học dạy về kỹ năng cho một nghề nghiệp cụ thể (khóa học
hướng nghiệp)
• Distance leaning course: khóa học đào tạo từ xa
• Comprehensive education: giáo dục toàn diện
• Be graduated from: tốt nghiệp từ
• To enroll on/in a degree course: đăng ký một khóa học
• To major in physics: chọn vật lý là môn học chính ở đại học. To attend a lecture: tham gia
bài giảng
• To attend a tutorial: tham gia lớp học kèm
• To deliver lecture: giảng bài = To lecture in something: giảng về cái gì đó
• To do note-taking: ghi chép, ghi chú lại
• Keeping up with the work load: theo kịp với khối lượng công việc hoặc khối lượng học
được yêu cầu
• To fall behind with study = fail to keep pace with the school/university work: không theo
kịp bài vở trên trường
• Play truant/truancy: trốn học
• The literacy rate: tỉ lệ biết chữ
• Illiterate (a): mù chữ
• A gap year: chỉ một năm nghỉ khi chuyển tiếp giữa cấp 3 và đại học
• be an arduous process = sth. be a tiring process that requires a great deal of effort