Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

Good afternoon LINC 7,

This afternoon, we are going to take a break from writing and researching....YAY!  You will be working on your speaking.  The exercises below are related to the speaking part of the IELTS task; however, many tests have similar types of speaking exercises.  

First, begin by watch a sample IELTS speaking exam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2oawkQIgrw

This speaker is an example of an approximate Band 7 (approximately CLB 9). *Notice that her speaking isn't perfect but very fluent.

Here's some more information about the three parts of the test.  After you've read about the different parts, you can listen to some examples and even try recording your own responses by clicking on these buttons:



http://www.splendid-speaking.com/exams/ielts_speaking.html


Here's the link to Melissa's presentation last week on Michael Ondaatje:

http://www.slideshare.net/KimHenrie/melissas-presentationmichael-ondaatje



Enjoy!
Kim