2 Weeks of Speaking Practice to Reach 7.0 – Short-term Intensive Training Experience

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This post was last edited by *nlong on 2016-9-18 at 16:46. Two-week oral English 7.0 – Tips for quick improvement. 1. Suitable for those who can have smooth conversations in their minds but stutter when speaking aloud. I hope there will be some improvement in a short time. 2. My personal background isn’t that of an expert; my spoken English is average. Two weeks of preparation for World War I: 7.0, with 4 hours of practice per day*. 3. The usage method is conventional: write down the answer to each question and then read it thoroughly. 4. The material used is the book “Cambridge IELTS 12-Week Complete Guide: Speaking”, which contains many classic exam questions; some of these questions come with answers (I think not many of them do?) ). The feature of this book is that it divides the topics into 12 categories. It’s not necessary to use this book; I believe there are other better resources available. The key is to make good use of them. 5. Plan formulation and implementation 5.1: General direction: With only two weeks available, and using the books as a reference, I divided these two weeks into 12 + 2 days – I prepared one topic per day for the first 12 days, and used the last two days to summarize everything and conduct practice sessions with classmates. 5.2: Minor rules: The daily *oral practice time is divided into three segments. 5.2.1: Morning: 2 hours to write the answers – these are the most difficult 2 hours (especially on the first day), but they are also the most important. Write the answer to the question in your own words, read it while writing and make corrections until you are satisfied. Each topic category contains many questions that essentially cover all aspects of that topic; the workload is quite large, so most of the time is spent writing and revising answers. There’s no need to memorize it thoroughly. (As an aside, how to write good answers? Based on the experience of many predecessors, the best way to think about it is: a couple of sentences for the main points, plus one or two details. “For the long-answer questions, speak for the full allotted time: overall description + three examples/details/reasons for each sub-point + conclusion). 5.2.2: Afternoon (or other time): Spend 1 hour reading the answers carefully, repeating them over and over; there’s nothing more to say. I remember that the oral exam consists of short questions and longer questions; you might consider recording yourself, especially for the longer questions – make sure to speak for the full allotted time. 5.2.3: At night (preferably before bed): half an hour of review time. 5.3: Last two days: Practice dialogues with classmates + keep familiarizing yourself with the answers you’ve written. 6. On the day of the exam, I remembered taking it at Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology; the examiner was a fat British man. He’s a good person. Two points worth mentioning: 6.1: Students who feel nervous shouldn’t worry too much; even someone as nervous as me hasn’t experienced incontinence or fainted. Appropriate tension can stimulate brainstorming, which is a good thing. 6.2: What to do when you perform poorly on an exam and encounter new types of questions? (Yes, it is said that 30% of the questions in the oral exam are drawn from a new question bank; for example, I encountered many new questions back then.) But there’s no need to panic; you can definitely use brainstorming at that time and answer the questions by drawing on topics you are already familiar with. For example: The last question was related to the Science subject; it asked me how to make children interested in the dull Science subject Upon hearing the question, my first reaction was, What kind of crap is this? Kids + sex education, and now a science subject too? What if it seems very unfamiliar? The brain immediately helps you cheat by saying, “Oh right, didn’t you prepare a topic on something like ‘the role of computers in teaching’?” ”So, the answer to that question is as follows: In general, computers can be used for PPT-based teaching in order to avoid the monotony associated with science subjects. Details: 1) Interesting anime patterns can be added to catch people’s attention ； 2) Videos can be added to make it more vivid ； 3) It can avoid the dullness of text-based teaching (this is admitted just to meet the three points). Of course, if conditions permit, it is highly recommended to find a foreign teacher for guidance, as foreign teachers are superior in terms of professionalism and accent compared to ordinary teachers. Moreover, online foreign teachers are quite affordable these days; platforms like Akaso offer one-on-one speaking practice sessions (with free trial lessons available upon registration). I recommend it to everyone: http://www.acadsoc.com.cn/vst/?id=12788. Finally, whether experience is useful varies from person to person, and I don’t want to mislead any students. But one thing that suits everyone is persistence. I hope it helps.