Speaking Test Strategies 4 Adding reasoning to arguments
This lesson is about making a strong, well-reasoned argument. This is the last part of making a strong basic answer.
This lesson is about making a strong, well-reasoned argument. This is the last part of making a strong basic answer.
The previous lesson was about introductions and conclusions; this lesson is about making an argument. This is the body of your answer. It is central to improving your overall score on all speaking tests. It will also help you to become a more powerful speaker in general.
To succeed in speaking tests, you need to make sure you begin and end your answers well. We'll teach you some simple strategies to do this with confidence.
G.B.C. interviews will often cover the topic of your job. Try to describe your working life using analogies, while adding detail about your job. In this lesson we will cover your you, your job, your company and what they do.
G.B.C. will usually start with some warm-up questions about you and your life. You'll need to talk about your travel experiences, where you grew up and your own personality.
Our first strategy lesson is about interview tests in general. We'll talk about what they are for. This will help you avoid the biggest mistake that people make in interview tests.
This class will discuss pros and cons, consider strong statements, and look at the gray area that exists between two extreme points of view.
In this lesson we'll discuss nature and traditions, and decide what role they should play in logical decision making.
In this lesson, let's discuss odds and probability, and how certain things effect odds, while others don't.
Using sound logic is vital for advanced communication. It will also help you answer questions clearly in meetings, presentations and conversation, as well as get better scores on logical aspects of English speaking tests. This lesson is about how to use data.
Check your score sheet and you will find two of your delivery scores in G.B.C. relate directly to confidence and enthusiasm (specifically nervousness and animation/enthusiasm).
Nearly 15% of your G.B.C. score is for fluency. Fluency is something that will develop over time, but there are some ways you can fake it! This lesson will show you how.
When you are speaking English, naturally you need to think and pause. In the last lesson, we talked about non-word sounds. G.B.C. penalizes your use of non-word sounds. So when you need to think, or you are having trouble expressing yourself, what should you do? Fill the pauses naturally.
This is one of the easiest ways to increase your G.B.C. score. You get penalised for using "non-word sounds". This means saying things like "um" and "ah". All you have to do is stop saying "um" and "ah", but it can be more difficult than you realise.
Gestures and body language are an important component of non-verbal communication. We're going to do a quick lesson on gestures, so that you can be more engaging when you speak. You'll need video for this one!
A lot of the questions you will get in the G.B.C. test are predictable. This lesson will give you ideas about how to research your answers, so you can be better prepared.
This lesson will help you identify points of disagreement so you can address them in your argument. It will make your answer much stronger, and improve your logic and communication of information scores.
This is a review lesson. We will review what we covered in the first five classes to ensure you are making a strong argument.
This lesson is about reasoning and how to make a strong, well-reasoned argument. This will improve your "discourse was incohesive" score and improve your score on the communication of information section.