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hello in this video I will show you how
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to start speaking in the first part of
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the ielt speaking test including
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introducing yourself talking about your
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work your study home and Hometown and
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making it so easy you will never be
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stuck for Words again let's do it
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hello it's Keith from Keith speaking
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Academy and also this channel well
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English speaking success now many
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students get nervous right at the start
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of the ielt speaking test and sometimes
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they just block they can't speak or as
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we say in English did the cat get your
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tongue which is what we'd say to
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somebody who can't speak can't find the
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words so to help you let me explain
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exactly what happens at at the start of
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the ielt speaking test and I'm going to
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give you some simple phrases you can use
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to make sure everything goes
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smoothly also later in this video I'm
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going to share a brand new resource
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which has come out it's for all students
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preparing all parts of IELTS and it's
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called IELTS prepare by
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IDP it's an IELTS vodcast which means
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means it's a podcast you can listen to
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but there's video you can watch and it's
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created by The Trusted IELTS Partners
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IDP and it's basically a comprehensive
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guide on how to effectively prepare for
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your IELTS test I think it's awesome I'm
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going to tell you more about it later
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but for now let's begin with part one of
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that speaking
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test so let's have a look at what
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happens at the beginning of the I
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speaking test right at the start you
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enter the test center you have to leave
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your phone um outside you're asked to
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sit and wait outside the test room so
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you sit and you
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wait and maybe you're hot and nervous
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suddenly The Examiner opens the door and
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you desperately look around for some
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Clues on what to do right I mean should
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should I should I say something should I
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wait should I stand Should I shake hands
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should I smile you don't know and maybe
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you
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blush you go red right and then the
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examiner says come in you go in you sit
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down the examiner starts talking and
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you're not really listening you're kind
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of looking around and then the examiner
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stops and you realize it's your turn to
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speak but the cat has got your tongue
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okay no no no no let's rewind this okay
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let's look at this in a more positive
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way let's make it better so you sit
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outside the exam room the interview room
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right you breathe and you say to
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yourself I'm going to enjoy this I'm
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going to enjoy this and you wait the
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examiner will open the door and we'll
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call you and you stand and smile and you
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can just say
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hi or hello or even nice to meet you
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short and simple right um and then the
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examiner will invite you into the room
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tell you where to sit and you sit down
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and maybe say thank you always nice to
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be polite right and then just stay
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focused take a deep breath and stay
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focused on the
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examiner they will have a clock probably
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and a recording device they're going to
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record the interview and then they're
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going to ask you for your ID so make
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sure you have your ID whether it's a
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identity card or a passport have that
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ready okay and then they will ask for
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your full name you give it and they
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might say and what can I call you and
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just say you can call me you can call me
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Keith don't say Keith I'm Keith use your
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name right and then that's it and then
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the examiner is going to choose a topic
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probably either work study your home or
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your hometown and just ask one or two
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questions and this is just the warmup
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okay let's have a look at what some of
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those questions might
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be so you might be asked do you work or
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study and here you can just be direct
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and say which it is work or study what
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you do maybe where and possibly how long
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okay so you might say well I'm a
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blank I work as a
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blank I'm a
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teacher just notice that I am is I'm a
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I'm a teacher I work as a can you say
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that I work as
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a I work as a nurse
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great then the place you could say I
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work in a blank not far from where I
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live I work in a school not far from
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where I live I work in a hospital not
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far from where I live you could also say
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I work in one of the main blanks in my
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hometown I work in one of the main
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schools in my
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hometown I work work in one of the main
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hospitals in my
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hometown notice the S schools hospitals
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because it's one of the main
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hospitals finally you could mention how
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long um I've been doing this for
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blank I've been doing this for two
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years I've been doing this can you
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say I've been doing this
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for two
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years Al together I've been doing this
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for two
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years or for a number of years or for
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two years or so two years or so means
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more or less two
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years great so putting that all together
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you might say I'm a nurse I work in one
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of the main hospitals in my hometown
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I've been doing this job for five years
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or so
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great now a tip is to keep your answers
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short right um maybe one to three
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sentences but here's the really
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important thing when you're practicing
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give a different answer each
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time don't memorize the same answer try
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different combinations of these phrases
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and each time give a different answer
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why because that builds your flexibility
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and with flexibility comes
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confidence trust me okay now that's if
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you work what if you
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study so now if you study of course
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you'll get the same question do you work
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or study again you can say which uh what
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you study obviously maybe where and how
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long you will study or you have studied
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um for example you could say I'm student
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at blank and I study
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blank I'm a student at University and I
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study
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French or I study blank at
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blank I study Spanish at London
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University maybe give the name there
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right you may also say if it's
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University I'm in my first year I'm in
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my second year I'm in my final year okay
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and talking about how long into the
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future you may say I will graduate in
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summer this year um I will graduate in
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two years time I will graduate next year
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you can say I will or I'll I'll graduate
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next year notice the phrasing right you
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can say I'll graduate next year kind of
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a short pause in the middle just to help
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your fluency I'll graduate uate in
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summer next
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year sometimes we also say I hope to
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graduate next year because it's a a hope
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rather than something certain I hope to
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graduate in two years time so putting it
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all together you might say something
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like I'm a student actually um I study
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French at Oxford University I'm in my
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first year there so yes it's quite
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exciting okay
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notice each time as I practice I'm
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giving a slightly different answer
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building my
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flexibility now this video is helping
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you to prepare for I speaking but if you
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want help with other sections of the
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IELTS test such as Reading Writing and
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listening then you should download the
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for example they answer questions like
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what happens if The Examiner interrupts
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me um what should I do if I'm given a
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topic I know nothing about well Rocko
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they cannot change the topic but what
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they can do is they can touch on the
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topic but relate something else to it so
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for example you may say well you've
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asked me about a book I've read that I
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would like to read again but if I talk
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about this I won't be able to continue
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my test because the reasons for this are
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very distressing
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so what I will tell you is that I'll
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tell you about a movie I've seen that I
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would like to see again that's been
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based on a book and this movie's name is
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around
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podcast great right now let's get back
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to our questions for part
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one now now if you're asked about where
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you live the question could be do you
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live in a house or a flat so here again
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short answers to the point you probably
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say well which um say probably where it
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is you could mention the size and maybe
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who you live with so you might say I
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live in a house in the center of
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town I live in a flat on the outskirts
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of
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town I live in a house in the
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countryside
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now if you're a high level speaker and
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seven or eight you might say quickly I
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live in a house in the center of
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town but a high level speaker may also
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say I live in a house in the center of
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town and can you see how the phrasing
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and pausing can help your
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fluency so you break the sentence down I
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live in a house pause in the center of
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town
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so that can really help your fluency I
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live in a flat on the outskirts of town
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I live in a house in the
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countryside okay so remember that to
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help you you could talk about the size
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or the feeling you could say it's quite
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a blank place it's quite a big
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place cozy meaning small but comfortable
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spacious meaning lots of space
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comfortable nice word you can say
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comfortable or
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comfortable comfortable
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comfortable it's quite a comfortable
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place um or you may say something
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negative you could say well to be honest
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it's rather
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small again notice the phrasing to be
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honest it's rather small it's rather
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cramped cramped meaning not enough space
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it's rather
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dingy dingy meaning small dark uh yeah
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not enough light not very nice to be
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honest it's rather
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dingy and you may go on uh to talk about
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the people you live with so you could
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say well I live there with my blank I
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live there with my husband wife spouse
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um
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parents or you might just say I live
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there on my
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own putting that all together I might
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say for
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example I live in a house in the
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countryside actually um it's quite a big
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place and I live there with my wife and
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daughter nice let's carry
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on now if you're asked about your
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hometown you could be asked do you like
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your hometown and you could say yes or
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no and probably why okay some simple
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phrases keep it simple yes I love it yes
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very much so for sure it's
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great possible reasons it's full of
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blank it's full of History it's full of
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amazing
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architecture amazing architecture what a
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fantastic word
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architecture notice the stress amazing
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architecture lovely it's full of amazing
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architecture architecture of course is
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the style or the way that a building is
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designed it's full of amazing
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Artic yeah it's full of ketchup it's
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full of amazing
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architecture it's full of wonderful
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shops okay other phrases you could also
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say well I would say it's a blank city
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and use different adjectives right let's
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practice together if I give you an
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adjective and you say I would say it's a
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blank city
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exciting yeah I would say it's an
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exciting
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City
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vibrant yeah I would say it's a vibrant
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City really interesting
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yeah I would say it's a really
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interesting City great you may also say
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um it's a great place to blank it's a
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great place to shop the two becomes to
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because we're stressing the noun it's a
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great place to shop it's a great place
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to eat out to eat out it's a great place
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to
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visit so putting it all together
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together for the question I might say do
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you like your hometown oh by the way
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notice my phrasing and pausing do you
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like your hometown yeah very much so I
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like the architecture um it's full of
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interesting sites for tourists so it's a
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great place to visit especially in the
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spring as it's not too
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hot great and remember it's really
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important not to memorize your answers
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practice using different chunks changing
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them around spicing it up spice up your
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answer right because remember with
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flexibility comes
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confidence let's move
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on so these are some of the introduction
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or introductory questions you might be
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asked um at the start of the I speaking
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test in part one which is all about you
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um you'll be just asked one or two
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questions about these work study home
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Hometown and then of course the examiner
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goes on to ask you questions on a first
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topic and a second Topic in part one if
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you want more details and more tips and
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ideas go and check out this vid video
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introducing yourself fluently full of
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great ideas and tips okay just let me
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give you a few extra General tips to
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help you on your way number one develop
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your answers a little in part one just a
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little but keep it
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short
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smile thirdly speak
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clearly it's really important um and so
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I recommend when you're practicing at
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home practice speaking
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loudly it will really help when you
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actually come to do the test number four
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speak at a natural pace and again when
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you're at home and practicing the thing
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to do is some times practice speaking
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slowly and I mean really slowly because
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when you speak slowly it's going to help
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you control the accuracy the
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pronunciation the phrasing and
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pausing it really is a test of your
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control and then later you can speak
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more quickly so when you're practicing
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sometimes speak
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slowly so remember if you want to
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practice these phrases from today um go
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and have a look at the the PDF there's a
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link down below you can click on that
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get the PDF for free and then you can
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review and practice maybe with the video
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again so you can get the pronunciation
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but more important remember that app and
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the vodcast I told you about go and
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check out that free resource it's um the
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vodcast I Els prepare by IDP you can get
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it through the IDP app that's I Els by
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IDP go and download the app there's a
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link below and you can watch all of the
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episodes you can also watch it um and
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listen to it on YouTube or on Spotify
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they're released one by one but if you
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want them all together I recommend the
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it out you're really going to like it
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great if any of you are taking your test
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in the coming weeks I wish you lots of
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luck and for everybody um I look forward
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to seeing you in the next video remember
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to subscribe as well to the channel and
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I'll see you very very soon thank you
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for spending this time with me take care
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my friend bye-bye
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