Many students prepare for IEL speaking by memorizing answers. But then the examiner changes the question and they freeze. Today I'm going to show you how to answer any IEL speaking question fluently without memorizing. Hello, it's Keith from the Keith Speaking Academy here to help you become a confident speaker of English and today to answer any IELTS question fluently.

Now, you may say, Keith, what's wrong with memorizing? Yes, sure. I mean, memorize words, memorize phrases, collocations, but don't memorize whole answers. It's too much work. It's too much stress on your brain in the test. Um, also the examiner knows and that brings down your score. Um, it makes you sound robotic in the test which is not good. Fluency is flexibility, not memorization. So to be honest, fluency comes from having a system of study over a long

period of time. You need to make sure you're not studying the wrong way. Don't spend months and months studying the wrong way. You know when I used to teach in a school face to face I would see students wanting to improve their speaking and they were in the library looking at the books reading studying for hours and now and again I would ask when do you actually speak or we have no chance to speak so of course it doesn't work where's the fluency where's the flexibility so today I'm going to show you five things you can do that will help you answer any IELTS speaking question fluently and flexibly.

This is in this video. There is then a part two, a second video which I will put in my YouTube channel members area for members of the channel. If you want to join the YouTube channel, you can go to the link in the description for the price of a coffee each month. get lots of extra videos, plus part two to this video where I'm going to show you that system that you can follow to study so you can answer questions fluently and build long-term fluency for the rest of your life. How good is that? Right now, let's get into today's video. Five things you can do to answer any question fluently.

Number one, have a good mindset. Don't try to be perfect. Everybody hesitates and pauses and needs time to think. It's natural. Focus on communication, not the perfect answer with fancy complex vocabulary. Focus on communicating your idea. And remember, in IELTS speaking, there's no right or wrong answer. There's no right or wrong opinion or idea. The examiner will only listen. Pay attention to your language. So, relax. Believe in yourself. Have that positive mindset. Number two, take your time. Don't follow the pace of the examiner.

Some examiners speak really quickly. Hello, come in. Sit down. What's your name? Don't try and keep up with the examiner. Take your time. Speak at your pace. My name's Keith O'Hare. Right? So, speak at your own pace. Um, be confident with silence, the examiner's silence and your silence when they ask a question. So, do you like cooking? Actually, yes, I do. I enjoy cooking. Be comfortable with that silence. And finally, everybody, even native speakers, need thinking time. Just time to get an idea and say something. So take your time.

Number three, use phrasing in your speech. Phrasing is the deliberate pause between phrases, right? Different from hesitation. Hesitation is like, well, to be uh um to be honest, um I um uh I prefer not to uh eat u fast food. That's hesitation. Phrasing is where you pause after each chunk deliberately. So the examiner may ask, "So do you like cooking?" Well, to be honest, I prefer not to eat fast food even though it's delicious.

You see the difference? The pausing, the phrasing is where you chunk your phrases with natural pauses. How do you learn this? First of all, now I've told you when you listen to English, try and notice the phrasing. Notice where speakers, native speakers or proficient speakers, pause naturally. There's no rule for this. It goes with the flow. But you can start to pick it up by first noticing. Second, try shadowing and then you'll be imitating these pauses. Takes time, but having that natural phrasing, pausing, deliberate pausing helps you answer your questions much more fluently.

Number four, connect your ideas. Remember your ideas can not there's no right or wrong ideas or good or bad ideas doesn't matter but you need to connect them so they flow and we use connectors to connect our ideas right you don't want the examiner going boom what are you talking about you want the examiner to follow you easily ah okay nice and fluent so use connector connectors to connect your ideas but use spoken connectors. So to give an opinion I think I reckon give a reason because the reason I say so is um to give a consequence or a result. So as a result of this that's why to add information on top of that I would also add and to give an example let me give you an example

natural spoken connectors help you become much more well express your ideas much more fluently let's move Number five, get into the flow. And this it's a bit like a river or a stream flowing that when you're speaking after lots of speaking practice, not reading or memorizing, but speaking practice, it becomes easier to just flow. You speak and words flow and come out easily. And it is a matter of practice. If you can get into that flow then follow it and you know you can just feel it becomes easy. The big mistake some students make is they get into the flow and they start thinking oh I should use advanced vocabulary. Oh better grammar bigger grammar and suddenly they stop

and they slow down and they lose that flow and they make a mess. Get into the flow and stay there. Trust yourself to produce the language you're going to produce and going to need. Don't overthink. Just kind of let go of the grammar, the vocabulary, and get into the flow. So, there you have it. Five tips to help you answer any IELTS speaking question fluently. Have a good mindset. Take your time. Use phrasing. Use connectors. Get into the flow. Now, the problem is tomorrow you might forget all of this. What you really need is a system to help you implement and use these ideas on a regular basis. So, I've got a part two video which is in my

YouTube channel members area. Join the YouTube channel. You get access to lots of extra videos each month as well as this video. And in the part two video, I'm going to show you how to learn chunks, how to structure your answers, how to practice, and the system to do this on a regular basis so that after 3 months or so, you'll be able to answer any IEL speaking question fluently with flexibility. Not only that, but you'll have fluency for a lifetime. You can find the link to the second video in the description and the comments below. Remember, you do need to join the YouTube channel to do that.

It's just $2 a month. It also supports all the work I do on YouTube. So, thank you so much if you join. Thank you for watching as always. It's a pleasure being with you. All the best now. Take care. Keep practicing. Bye-bye.