朗阁首页 > 雅思频道 > 雅思资讯 > [雅思培训]英文解读雅思考试提示卡

[雅思培训]英文解读雅思考试提示卡

来源:网络 2013-06-21 编辑:PMC_ivy 雅思托福0元试学

备考资料免费领取

As people commonly known that, IELTS Speaking is a 14-minute oral English test which includes three parts. Part 1 task requires people to answer question about yourself and where you come from. In Part 2, you will have to speak on your own for one to two

As people commonly known that, IELTS Speaking is a 14-minute oral English test which includes three parts. Part 1 task requires people to answer question about yourself and where you come from. In Part 2, you will have to speak on your own for one to two minutes with one minute preparation time. While in Part 3 task, you are tested to answer questions related to the part two topic. You are graded on fluency, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.

 

Among all these teaching years of IELTS Speaking at Longre, I have found that cue cards seem quite “scary” to most of our students. Getting prepared for IELTS cue cards seems extremely necessary to IELTS exam-takers.

 

1. What is an IELTS cue card?

 

In Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking module you have to speak for between 1 and 2 minutes on a set topic based on information on a card the examiner will give you. You''ll be a given a minute to prepare what you want to say - just enough time to jot down some ideas to help give your talk structure and interest. The card with all the information provided is called a “cue card”.

 

2. How an IELTS cue card is organized?

 

All the IELTS cue cards are organized in the same way with one major topic and 4 sub-topics. In addition, all of the cue card topics can be divided into four different areas: people, places, things / objects and events. Look at these sample cue cards:

 

Example 1)

Describe a place you have visited that you have fond memories of.

You should say:

where this was

why you went there

what you did there

and what it was about the place that makes it so memorable.

 

Example 2)

Describe your favourite personal possession.

You should say:

what this possession is

when you first got it

when you use it

and why it''s so important to you.

 

3. Why dealing with cue cards is difficult?

 

Many of my students at Longre preparing for the IELTS long turn worry how they can finish what they want to say in the time available. There are two major problems: speaking for long enough and staying coherent. Being able to organize the ideas of 1.5 minutes to 2 minutes speech in a short time, like one minute, seems impossible to many of the test takers, especially when it comes to unfamiliar topics or certain professional areas. Many of our students are just teenagers who either do not have many social experiences or just focus more on their school life without knowing too much knowledge at different fields. Here is an example to show how IELTS speaking cue cards could be quite not easy:

 

Example 3)

Describe a wedding you have been to or heard about.

You should say:

Who got married

What they wore

What they did on the day

And explain how you felt about this wedding.

 

Most of my young students complaint about that they either are not interested in knowing about wedding culture yet or have never been to a wedding. Furthermore, the traditional Chinese culture could be rather complicated that they have no idea how to begin the topic.

 

4. What is the basic rule of organizing a cue card speech?

 

The general solution is to use the cue card as the structure of your talk. The way to do this is quite simple: as mentioned above, all the cue cards are organized in the same way with one major topic and 4 sub-topics. Try to go through each of these topics in turn and use the cue card to organize what you say. Take the wedding cue card (example 3) for instance, what your part-2 speech might be covering: the name of the people who got married, what color or style of the wedding clothing they were, the process of the wedding (including toast, wedding games, etc.) and your feelings about this particular wedding.

 

5. How to organize your idea in an extended way?

 

Although the basic rule of developing a cue card seems quite useful, most of my students still find it challenging to think about the content in a short time so people can understand their message. The reason of causing this common problem might be the lack of idea-extending ability.

 

I find it helps to let my students to fit the cue card they get at the exam into the specific rule I make for the four different areas: people, places, object / thing and events. I will be discussing these four areas individually as follows:

 

People cards: always talk about “appearance” and “personality”

 

These are the two key points of people cards, although the card might not be requiring both these two. However, you can always say more than cue card says as long as it is topic-related. “Appearance” gives the examiner a better idea of this person might be like since it pictures the person. When it comes “personality”, examples or stories from your memory are required which could make your speech sound fun enough.

 

Example 4)

Describe a child you know.

You should say:

Who this child is

What he /she is like

How you met this child

And explain why you choose to talk about this child

 

The answers to the four sup-topics of Example 4 could be quite short, especially the first and third ones. It seems the second sub-topic is which you can drop most your ideas at. The phrases or vocabulary of describing a child’s appearance could be: “chubby face, dirty hands, red cheeks, messy hair”. Their typical personalities would be: “naughty, innocent, naïve”. Give, or make up if it is necessary, to show how “naughty, innocent, naïve” the child you are describing is.

 

Places cards: always talk about “hardware” and “software”

 

Places cue cards are always considered to be the hardest ones since most of the students feel hard to find ideas to talk about. “Hardware” and “Software” might not seem so clear as it is said. Let us look at a place cue card below:

 

Example 5)

Describe a school you attended.

You should say:

Which school this is

When you attended it

Where this school is

And explain if this school is a good one

 

The main topic of this cue card is easy with first three simple sub-topics. However, here lies a problem that your speech would not be long enough if you just go through them as the cue card says. Therefore, you can spend most of your speech time on the last sub-topic talking about how good th

雅思培训 提示卡
分享到:

雅思托福 全套备考资料
扫一扫!进群获取独家干货!

热门雅思培训课程推荐

  • 适用人群
  • 词汇量1000
  • 词汇量1500
  • 词汇量2000以上
  • 词汇量6000以上
  • 开课时间
  • 热报中
  • 滚动开班
  • 即将开班
  • 热报中

获取验证码

立即获取

稍后有专业老师给你回电,请保持电话畅通
沪ICP备 17003234 号 图书经营许可证:第A7651号 版权所有:上海朗阁教育科技股份有限公司 Copyright 2005 LONGRE EDUCATION GROUP All Rights Reserved