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- Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:32 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Congratulations!
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:50 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Give feedback on my speech
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9057
Re: Give feedback on my speech
Hello, Rishurishabh70, Thank you for sharing your IELTS speaking practice with us. First, I’d like to say that you have a good vocabulary range. I heard “flourishing” and “enhance,” for example. I also heard “beneficial.” You have a good introduction, supporting details, and conclusion. I would enco...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:38 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Speaking about my favorite foods and friends
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11417
Re: Speaking about my favorite foods and friends
Hi, Alaamagdy007, Thanks for sharing your thoughts about your favorite kinds of food and friends. First, I’d like to say that I’m sorry I didn’t get to this recording before your test. Hopefully, this feedback can still be of some general use. Your vocabulary is quite extensive, for the most part. Y...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:22 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Different topics
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8992
Re: Different topics
Hi, Bekhruz, Thank you for sharing about your dream to visit Italy. I’ve been there just once, and it was by far one of the most memorable places I’ve visited. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is certainly something to see, and so is the Circus Maximus. I would say that your rate of speech is one of your s...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:10 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Hi, Yura, Here are a couple of things I noticed: Emphasis in your words and word groups can sometimes be a bit off. For example, I am not sure of British pronunciation, but the word “located” is emphasized in the first syllable in American English. So it would sound like, “LO cated, but when you sai...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:00 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Please listen and rate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11913
Re: Please listen and rate
How did you do?
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:31 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Hi, Yura, Thank you for sharing this memory of going to the seaside. It sounded like you had a lot of fun! You really covered all of the parts of the question well. You answered each question fully, but you didn’t go overboard and give too many details. You used some good transitions, like, “for exa...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:20 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Please assess my IELTS Speaking :)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15525
Re: Please assess my IELTS Speaking :)
Also, I don't think you used too many fillers.
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:20 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Please assess my IELTS Speaking :)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15525
Re: Please assess my IELTS Speaking :)
Hi, Dat, You really hit the nail on the head with this speech. You incorporated several transitions, some of which were rather sophisticated. I heard “Let me tell you my best experience,” “We did several exciting activities. One of them is. . .” I also like how you brought the speech back around to ...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:09 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Hi friend -Winter Topic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8690
Re: Hi friend -Winter Topic
Hi, PrasadAnumolu, Thank you for sharing about your favorite season. One of the main things I notice about this speech are that you repeat a lot of your vocabulary. You say climate, cool, festival, and season several times. It would probably be a good idea to develop a list of synonyms to prevent th...
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:13 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
It is not annoying, but you really should be confident enough in yourself to speak without a script. No one will think you are dumb because you are learning English. He will praise the fact that you are so dedicated to learning it and trying to speak it. I speak Spanish, and I know I make mistakes a...
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:56 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Please listen and rate
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11913
Re: Please listen and rate
Hi, GivenCap, Thank you for sharing eating habits in your country. I wonder if you’re from the Philippines. First, your vocabulary was really good. Here were some of the words I heard: colonized, diverse, complex, rise of Internet usage, inclined to, inevitable, staple food. Your pronunciation is ea...
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:40 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Hi, Yura, I am going to focus on pronunciation for this recording. There are a couple of recurring problems. One is with the “oo” sound in “football” and “childhood.” The “oo” in these words do not sound like “oo” with very rounded lips. Watch this video to help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
- Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:26 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Hi, Yura, This recording has several problems with subject / verb agreement, as well as with pronoun / article noun agreement. Here are some examples: One of the most useful gadgets are smartphone – One of the most useful gadgets IS THE smart phone. to send SMS – to send SMSs or to send AN SMS For e...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:24 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Thanks for sharing this one, Yura! I have always thought learning German would be amazing. I love the way it sounds. That and Russian. Anyway, you were definitely reading or working from a memorized text at the beginning, but it sounded like you were just talking in a conversational style toward the...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:13 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: need feeback on the speaking skills file
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8970
Re: need feeback on the speaking skills file
Hello, Sats, Sorry I’m not Ryan giving you feedback, but maybe I can provide some insight as well. Thanks for sharing about your favorite holiday destination. This place sounds really beautiful. I am going to start with vocabulary. You use “flora and fauna,” which is high-level, but a bit too formal...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:04 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Please assess my IELTS Speaking :)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15525
Re: Please assess my IELTS Speaking :)
Hello, Dat, and thank you for sharing this information about the lunar new year in Vietnam! It sounds like a lot of fun, especially the “lucky money” part. First, I want to say that you’re going to be fine on the IELTS. I cannot give you an estimated band score, but I will say that you will have no ...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:28 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: My trip
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1521
Re: My trip
Hello, Amrhosam_007, It sounds like you are studying for the IELTS with your friend with whom you went to Spain! Awesome! I am so glad that you guys got to take this trip together. First, I would say that your speaking speed is good. However, you should consider working on the “th” sound because it ...
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:15 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Speak about your trip
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3575
Re: Speak about your trip
Hello, Alaamagdy007, Thanks for sharing your experiences in Spain and Rome. I haven’t made it to Spain yet, but I would encourage you to go back to Rome if you get a chance. It is phenomenal. First, your pronunciation is easy to understand, for the most part. There were a couple of words, however, t...
- Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:38 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: new one
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5545
Re: new one
Fantastic to hear!
- Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:31 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Speaking practice test (Attempt-3)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1827
Re: Speaking practice test (Attempt-3)
Hello, PrasadAnumolu. This answer was very direct and to the point. You gave good supporting details, which added to the understandability of your speech. The organization was better this time. Repetition is still a problem for vocabulary. You repeated “we enjoy it a lot at that moment,” as well as ...
- Thu Dec 25, 2014 5:15 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Speaking practice test 2 ....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1799
Re: Speaking practice test 2 ....
Hello, PrasadAnumolu. Thank you for making a new recording. It was much easier to understand you this time. First, you demonstrated some knowledge of specific, higher-level vocabulary words, like “function.” Another one you could have used is “event.” You used “special occasion” twice, and this is n...
- Wed Dec 24, 2014 2:12 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
I am happy to do that by email. Please email me at leyla@empowerenglishtutoring.com. You can also contact me on Skype at leylanorman.
- Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:10 am
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
Then either find the conversation partner that is a native speaker, or you record yourself and listen to yourself over and over again. Another good way to have better pronunciation is to listen to news broadcasts from the BBC or from Voice of America. You can find me on Skype at leylanorman, but I d...
- Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:17 pm
- Forum: Post your speaking
- Topic: Assess this speaking, please
- Replies: 38
- Views: 70271
Re: Assess this speaking, please
As I think I've mentioned before, the best way to overcome this difficulty this to practice. I was suggested to practice with the conversation partner. Practicing these part two questions over and over again will help you. If you wish to contact me, you're welcome to do so by emailing me at the emai...