Tips and Advice on IELTS Speaking  and what examiners are looking for and why! The advice will help you improve your IELTS score from 6.5 to 7.5

IELTS Speaking Preparation

Tips and Advice on IELTS Speaking 

In this first episode of Merhaba Türkçe! we dive into the Turkish verb tanışmak, which means ‘to meet’ or ‘to get to know.’  You’ll learn how to use it in different situations, from introducing yourself to describing past meetings. Join us as we explore this essential Turkish verb and start speaking more naturally :)

Merhaba Türkçe,  podcastimizin ilk bölümünde, ‘tanışmak’ fiilini ele alıyoruz. Bu fiili tanışma, kendini tanıtma ve geçmişteki tanışmaları anlatma gibi çeşitli durumlarda nasıl kullanabileceğinizi öğreneceksiniz. Türkçeyi daha doğal konuşmaya başlamak için bize katılın :)

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Merhaba Türkçe - Tanışmak ( Episode 1 )

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L'accesso alla community non ha nessun costo ed è pensato per coloro che vogliono praticare il loro italiano scritto condividendo messaggi con gli altri apprendenti e con il sottoscritto in persona. Se desideraste entrare a farne parte contattatemi con un messaggio privato qui su Italki. Buono studio a tutti e buona giornata!

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In this episode, I explain how to ask your friends "Take your time!" "No rush!" in Japanese. There are some cultural differences between Japanese and English. Check it out!

Takeshi's 2 minutes Japanese!

How to say "Take your time!" in a natural way!

¡Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Spanish.

Today’s practice is focused on the verb Ser (to be). That's the verb we use to talk about someone's occupations, origin and title.

The exercise is really simple. I’m gonna say a couple of sentences, but the subject (i.e. the person) is missing. For example, if you hear “am from Colombia”, the subject missing from that sentence would be "I". 

Ready? Here are the sentences:

Soy de Argentina.
Es de Perú.
Eres de Guatemala.
Son de Colombia.
Somos de Chile.
Es doctor.
Soy dentista.
Somos amigos.
Son hermanos.
Eres profesor.

How was it? You can check out the answers and see how you did here: https://spanishconmar.wordpress.com/2022/03/11/spanish-from-zero-02/

Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. ¡Gracias por escuchar! :) 

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Listening practice for beginners • Ser (to be)

Everyone has their preferred way of drinking coffee. Maybe you like yours black, or maybe you prefer a bit of sugar in it.

But have you ever tried drinking coffee with salt?

Adding a pinch of salt to your cup of coffee is said to make it taste less bitter.

And putting salt in coffee isn't new. In some countries, such as Turkey and Hungary, people have done this for years.

But a cafe in Vietnam is believed to have started the newest trend — salt coffee.

It's a little different from just putting salt in your coffee, though. Salt coffee is said to have come from a small cafe in Hue ("hwEH"), a city in central Vietnam.

The cafe's name, Ca Phe Muoi, is also the name of the drink, since ca phe means "coffee" and muoi means "salt" in Vietnamese.

Salt coffee is made by mixing sweet condensed milk with a base of Vietnamese coffee, and adding salted cream to the top.

The cafe's owners hoped this unique drink would bring in more customers, and it did.

"In Hue, salt coffee became a daily drink like black coffee or white coffee," the cafe's owners told CNN Travel in June.

And it wasn't just in Hue where people fell in love with salt coffee — the cafe's website sells bottles of it to send around the country, and now Starbucks even sells its own version of salt coffee.

Vietnam is one of the world's largest coffee growers, and has a rich coffee culture.

Salt coffee is just one of many unique Vietnamese coffee drinks.

Others include egg coffee (which has a topping of egg yolks and condensed milk), coconut coffee, and yogurt coffee.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Salt Coffee: A Sweet Drink from Vietnam

Who says Chinese is hard？ 谁说中文很难

Chinese 6 vowels

Welcome to English Learners Boost, where we empower language enthusiasts to elevate their English fluency. Join me, a licensed professional science teacher and English tutor, as we uncover the secrets to mastering the language. From laying down the foundational skills to embracing practice and overcoming fears, each episode provides practical tips and examples to accelerate your journey to fluency. Plus, don't miss out on the opportunity to experience my effective teaching methodology by booking a lesson on italki. Let's boost your English skills together!

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Secrets to Fluency

In order to get the band score you need in the IELTS speaking test it’s important to develop specific skills.

You will be aware that the speaking test is graded in four specific areas. Those areas are fluency, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.

In this podcast we’re going to talk about fluency. 

It’s important to use a range of discourse markers when taking your speaking test, so your speaking is fluent. Discourse markers are sometimes referred to as connecting words, or connecting phrases. For example, when answering the examiner’s questions you might say something like to be honest, or, in my opinion. These are two common discourse markers. Another connecting phrase you might use is, That’s an interesting question.

Let’s look at an example:

Let’s pretend the examiner asks you whether you are good at art. You might answer.

That’s a really good question. In my opinion, I am quite good at art. In fact, I really enjoy painting. To be honest, I think other people like my paintings too.

Now you try. I’m going to ask you a question, and you have to reply using these three discourse markers: To be honest / In my opinion / That’s a good question.

Are you ready for the question? Here it is: Are you ready for your IELTS test?
