0 00:00:01,020 --> 00:00:14,860 Let’s look at the organisation of your talk in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test. After 1 00:00:14,860 --> 00:00:20,200 you begin your talk, you should continue speaking about the items on the card. 2 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:25,060 You can use the bullet points to help you organise your talk. They follow a logical 3 00:00:25,060 --> 00:00:31,480 order. For example, in this task, you’re required to talk about a special occasion, 4 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:39,100 such as a wedding or a graduation. Note the keywords in the task. When you describe this 5 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:46,340 occasion, you should talk about where and when it happened and who was there. You can 6 00:00:46,340 --> 00:00:52,280 also describe how you felt. Let’s watch a candidate talking about a 7 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:59,440 special occasion in his life. He is describing his graduation from high school. Notice how 8 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,979 he follows the order of the bullet points in the body section of his talk. 9 00:01:04,979 --> 00:01:10,600 Candidate: The graduation ceremony was held in a concert hall near my school. This hall 10 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,389 was chosen because of its size. It was really big, so there was enough room for our family 11 00:01:15,389 --> 00:01:19,399 members and friends to attend. We couldn't have the ceremony at our school because there 12 00:01:19,399 --> 00:01:24,450 wasn't really enough space for everyone. The ceremony was held in our final week of school. 13 00:01:24,450 --> 00:01:28,789 We'd finished all our exams so we were just hanging around, chatting, packing up our stuff, 14 00:01:28,789 --> 00:01:34,049 that sort of thing. We had to have a rehearsal on the day before the graduation itself. The 15 00:01:34,049 --> 00:01:39,179 teachers told us where to stand, where to walk on stage, things like that. We were also 16 00:01:39,179 --> 00:01:44,439 given our graduation gowns that we were to wear the next day. I remember they were blue 17 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:49,209 and red, our school colours. On the day of graduation all of the girls in my year went 18 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:53,270 to the hairdresser in the morning to get their hair done. Being a guy, I didn't need to do 19 00:01:53,270 --> 00:01:58,849 that. Instead my mum made a big breakfast and we got ready to go to the ceremony. Just 20 00:01:58,849 --> 00:02:03,270 before we got in the car, my dad gave me a small box, but he told me I couldn't open 21 00:02:03,270 --> 00:02:08,569 it until after the ceremony. I can't really remember too much about the ceremony. It seemed 22 00:02:08,568 --> 00:02:13,170 to go really quickly. I can remember shaking the principal's hand and getting my high school 23 00:02:13,170 --> 00:02:17,530 diploma. I felt really proud at that moment. I can remember looking 24 00:02:17,530 --> 00:02:20,570 out into the audience and seeing my Mum crying. proud at that moment. I can remember looking 25 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:23,810 out into the audience and seeing my Mum crying. You can see how this candidate used the bullet 26 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:31,240 points on the task card to organise his talk. He mentions where his graduation was held, 27 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:37,410 for example, 'The graduation ceremony was held in a concert hall…', 'The ceremony 28 00:02:37,410 --> 00:02:42,270 was held in our final week of school…', who attended, 29 00:02:42,270 --> 00:02:50,010 for example, 'all our family members and friends', and how he felt on the day, 'I felt really 30 00:02:50,010 --> 00:02:54,960 proud at that moment'. In this part of the IELTS Speaking Test, you 31 00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:01,370 have to speak on your own, for up to 2 minutes, without any assistance from the examiner. 32 00:03:01,370 --> 00:03:07,760 For this reason, it’s a good idea to learn how to extend your response, and to say more, 33 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:13,630 by giving reasons and examples. One method that you can use to help expand 34 00:03:13,630 --> 00:03:21,680 your answer is the PREP method. It works like this: P is for Point. The first thing you 35 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:32,350 do is to make your point. R is for Reason. Next you give a reason why. E is for Example. 36 00:03:32,350 --> 00:03:39,630 You might want to give an example. P is for Point again. So, in other words, you re-state 37 00:03:39,630 --> 00:03:45,590 your point. Let’s look at an example. The candidate 38 00:03:45,590 --> 00:03:53,650 is talking about a special occasion in his life, his graduation. Notice how he uses this 39 00:03:53,650 --> 00:04:02,400 technique to extend his answer. Also notice how he gives reasons and examples to illustrate 40 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:07,600 his points. Candidate: The graduation ceremony was held 41 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,690 in a concert hall near my school. This hall was chosen because of its size. It was really 42 00:04:12,690 --> 00:04:17,099 big, so there was enough room for our family members and friends to attend. We couldn’t 43 00:04:17,099 --> 00:04:20,900 have the ceremony at our school because there wasn’t really enough space for everyone. 44 00:04:20,899 --> 00:04:25,199 The ceremony was held in our final week of school. We’d finished all our exams, so 45 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:30,999 we were just hanging around, chatting, packing up our stuff, that sort of thing. In extract 46 00:04:30,999 --> 00:04:37,979 1, notice how he expanded his answer by giving reasons by saying, 'This hall was 47 00:04:37,979 --> 00:04:43,810 chosen because of its size. It’s really big, so there was enough room for all our 48 00:04:43,810 --> 00:04:49,889 family members and friends to attend. We couldn’t have the ceremony at our school because there 49 00:04:49,889 --> 00:04:56,189 wasn’t really enough space for everyone.' In extract 2, did you hear how he extended 50 00:04:56,189 --> 00:05:02,400 his response by giving examples by saying, 'We’d finished all our exams, so we were 51 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,919 just hanging around, chatting, packing up our stuff, that sort of thing'. So that’s 52 00:05:07,919 --> 00:05:13,689 a look at how you can say more in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test. You 53 00:05:13,689 --> 00:05:19,969 can use the bullet points on the task card to give you ideas and guide you, and you can 54 00:05:19,969 --> 00:05:26,729 extend your response by giving reasons and examples. If you do this effectively, you 55 00:05:26,729 --> 00:05:34,379 should feel more confident about saying more in the long turn. Remember, when answering 56 00:05:34,379 --> 00:05:38,919 the examiner’s questions, try to extend your answer by giving 57 00:05:38,919 --> 00:05:42,159 a reason or an example, or both.