Futurelearn – Understanding IELTS: Speaking

One more excellent course from the British Council. If you’re not familiar with the Speaking parts in the IELTS exam, that’s the right place to start.

This course dwells upon each of the three parts, one part per week. It gives us the opportunity to watch real students do the exam, followed by the educator’s analysis, which makes this experience incredibly useful.

This course also allows us, the students, to do the speaking part ourselves thanks to the videos, where actual speaking examiners ask us questions and ‘wait’ for us to respond. These answers can be recorded and added to the post, so that other students could share their opinion / suggestions about our performance.

There are two Facebook sessions, which are recorded, and they provide an even deeper insight into the world of IELTS Speaking, so they’re not to be missed.

Finally, there’s a lot of great advice as to what expressions, vocabulary one should use during their response. While no one is encouraged to memorise complete answers on certain topics (which are also listed, by the way), this language is a wonderful tool to equip yourself with before the exam.

Once again, have a look and prepare to stay!