Hello and welcome to Zenith corporate school English.
In today's lesson we'll be talking about understanding part two of Ireland's No.
Things to remember is that Ireland's is an E S L test so it means English as a second language for people
who want to study in Canadian Australian or English university.
So if you're applying to any of these university in Canada in Australia in Britain in London.
So you need isles and here we'll be dealing strictly with the second part of the islands.
So remember that I'll test three sections and in our previous lessons we talked about the first part
of the island where you have to introduce yourself and have a short conversation with the examiner but
in this second part of the islands we're going to talk extensively about what happens in this spot what
is expected of you and what you shouldn't do in this part of the test.
So let's get started.
So we have here that there are three sections of the island speaking.
But in this lesson we'll be focusing on two so two of speak in lasts for three minutes in this spot.
You are given a cue card and a cue card means a task card.
It's you can see in the EMH here the picture it looks like that.
So it's just a small paper and this cue card contains questions and after you've given this cue card
you have one minute to prepare to speak on the topic on the card.
So this cue card can happen questions like shown here.
So you see this question.
Describe a park that you have visited.
You should say where it is why you went there and what you particular to remember.
So you can have a question like this on the two card and you were given one minute to prepare after
you received the card and then wanted two minutes to talk at this time.
You are not interrupted by the Examiner So you speak alone on your own and it lasts for about one to
two minutes so usually students at this point find it difficult to speak extensively without interruption
without pauses without hesitation for two minutes at a stretch.
Even native speakers find it difficult just to speak on their own for two minutes.
So if you find this section of the aisles asking if you find it difficult there is a special strategy
that we can use to make it very easy for you.
So let's look at this strategy.
So firstly what could be asked in this part two of the aisles.
What could be asked there are a range of questions in part two you should be prepared to expect anything
so common questions include describe special days or describe special journey especially a journey you
had describe people who influenced you or a book a movie you saw items of clothing neighborhood etc.
So there are a range of questions and what to in fact you can't really you can't really predict what
you're going to get on the day of the test but mainly it's about description.
So you usually have describe something and you should say when you went what you deem something like
that.
So the questions usually have to do with descriptive describing something so let's look at the do's
and don'ts for this second part of the test.
So I believe that if you're able if you want to do very well in this part of the test you should know
what you should do and what you shouldn't do to have the best grade for this.
So let's begin with the deuce.
Firstly you should take notes if you can.
So on the day of the exam the one minute is important although it seems like one second.
So I'm trying to be realistic for the exam on the day of the exam.
This one minute could seem like one second.
He just goes in a flash.
So what kind of device.
In another video I'm going to explain that you could use for this one minute to maximize the one minute
because if you try to use the one minute to start writing the whole story trust me you're not gonna
finish the story because one minute is a really short time to start writing down what you want to say.
So number two you need to write key words.
So it's part of the tape for the one minute that you have you need to write down the key words you're
going to use so the tenses the vocab you plan to use any keywords so you don't forget.
So don't just be a doorman during that one minutes.
Just keep looking and examine I tried to write down something on your cue card.
On the paper you're given rather two to write down what you want to say.
So number three is using personal experience.
It's OK to lie.
So during the exam the examiner doesn't know your personal experience.
He or she doesn't know where you leave what you've done in the past.
So if for example you find it difficult to remember stories or illustrations it's OK to say something
that didn't happen.
So it's as long as it's grammatically correct it has a structure and you use a wide range of vocabulary.
It is accepted and also expand your editors do not give short answers.
Remember you have one to two minutes so two minutes is like a hundred and twenty seconds so you should
give it like I went to the zoo.
I play with my friends.
These are really short answers and you will not even less up to a minute with these kind of So next
you need to organize your speech so remember the introduction body and conclusion.
Of course the examiner is not going to be checking if you're using this construction like introduce
it but this is going to help you structure your sent your story.
So when you have introduction then you go into the body.
What happened.
The story itself and then you conclude and remember to use transitions like first.
Secondly then after that.
Finally.
So these these transitions help you to go on from one part of the story to another part of the story.
And remember also to use introductory phrases.
I'd like to.
I wanted to talk.
I'm going to talk about.
So these are introductory phrases that you can use when introducing your topic.
So these are the dos.
Of course there are a lot of other dos that you may be you know probably you know about it.
Well these are the main ones that you should consider when going in for the exam.
And the second politics.
So let's look at the dance first.
Don't memorize answers.
Now during this course we're going to be looking at a range of topics and the range of vocabulary.
One thing I wanted to do is to use the examples I'm going to give you to form yours.
Okay.
So I'm going to give you a different tapes different structures that you can use and ask these questions
but do not memorize the simple answers that you're going to come across during this course because when
you memorize answers it's pretty obvious when you start speaking because the examiner quickly understands
that you didn't like you're not a native.
So you're not speaking naturally but you're just repeating what you read or repeating what you memorized
and that's on a website or wherever you saw it.
So try to be natural flow naturally.
It's OK to make mistakes when you make mistakes you correct yourself and you move on but do not memorize
answers.
And the second thing you should know is that you shouldn't panic during the exam.
Remember the first part is to make you feel comfortable with the Examiner.
So when you start speaking you feel comfortable you you integrate.
You develop a report and after that you shouldn't panic.
And the second part.
So try to be excited try to use the right intonation the right the right intonation to write excites
when for example you're talking about an exciting journey you had.
You shouldn't be sad saying that you shouldn't be panicking saying that so you should be excited while
talking about it and do not use boring words.
There are a lot of boring words out there like.
Good.
It was good.
It was bad.
I like it.
So these are of course these are good words but do not always use such boring.
Instead try to use higher vocabulary.
I really enjoyed it.
It was amazing.
It was fantastic.
OK so this isn't such boring words.
Try to get higher vocabulary that would help you get interest of the Examiner and you need to focus
on one point.
So when you introduce a point try to focus on that and try to elaborate.
Try to to share some stories some experience from that point of course is going to give you more time
is going to buy you more time and help you also think about the next thing to say at the same time you
will keep the two minute or even more than the two minutes and have a good score do not give short answers
so I already mentioned that do not go off topic so you have a cue card on let's say traveling you should
have stopped talking about you should know start talking about that's a business right.
These are two different topics you like traveling.
So it has to do with you starting a business.
So do not go off topic you can digress.
You can try to like share some stories from the past or share some stories about a friend but make sure
it's connected to the question you have.
So do not like start talking about something entirely different from the question you received and do
not worry about your accent is the last one.
A lot of people are concerned.
What if I didn't have a British accent.
What if I don't have an American accent.
How do I impress the examiner.
Do not worry about this.
There are a lot of people with really bad accents.
Not to say not so bad but I mean without British accent without American accents who do very well who
have like an eight and eight point five even in nine in the islands.
It doesn't mean that they had some kind of magic.
No they just went straight.
Use the right tips and structured their sentences and they still had amazing results in the tests.
So do not worry about your accent.
The main thing about islands is your speak and how well you speak how natural you flow with your sentences
your range of vocabulary remember you are you are graded based on your lexical reserves you are equated
based on your pronunciation you acquitted based on your vocabulary you arrange your vocabulary so it
has nothing to do with your accent.
So the main thing is that you are structuring your sentences your is your using the right tenses and
you have some high vocab that you're using for the test.
So I believe with these tips and understanding about part two you are ready now to start looking at
the tips.
So I just wanted to make time to explain what a tests.
The second section looks like so that you can know what to do to use and how to get the best out of
this section.
So in the next video we're going to be looking at some useful themes that you can use to have a good
grade for the second part of the test.
Onto then to enjoy your time and see you.