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Great! So we can now get it started. Here begins the speaking test of the International English Language Testing System, taking place in Ros Academy. The candidate is Muhammad Mahi Bahi, candidate number 014 3251. The examiner is Mefi, examiner number 44353.

Good afternoon, my name is Mari. Would you please tell me your full name?

Yeah, my name is Muhammad Mahi.

What can I call you?

You can just address me as Muhammad.

Muhammad, sure. Can I see your identification, please?

Yeah, of course. Here you are.

Thank you very much.

Great, thanks so much. So we can now get started with the first part of the exam. In the first part, I will ask you some personal questions. First, I'd like to ask about your hometown. What can a visitor do in your hometown?

Well, there are thousands of things that a visitor can do in my hometown. As I live in a historical town, the visitor can go sightseeing. There are so many places that a visitor can enjoy, taking his time there and spending his time there.

And what are the common occupations of people there?

Well, I guess the main occupation of our city is making some, how can I say it, traditional stuff. You know, our city is famous for historical materials and stuff.

Is it a good place for a child growing up there?

Well, yeah, I guess it's a natural and good place for a child to spend his childhood there. Yeah, it's a good place.

Now, let's move on to talk about concentration. What activities help you to concentrate?

Well, there are a few things that really help me to focus and concentrate on different things, especially studying. The first thing is probably drinking a bottle of water and trying to relax. I try to take a chill pill before getting started.

And do you think having a routine helps you to concentrate better?

Yeah, yeah, it's one of the most effective and efficient ways that someone can put into practice to help and improve their concentration.

Is it easy or difficult for you to concentrate?

It's rather medium, somewhere between difficult and easy.

Okay, thank you very much. Now let's talk about fashion. Is fashion important to you?

Not really much, actually. I have never thought about it. It's a tricky question for me, but sometimes I really care about it. For example, when I want to hang out with a special friend, I really care about how I'm going to look.

And do you think it's important to be updating your clothes and hair as fashion trends change?

Well, yeah, it's important, but I really don't think about it that much. I try to spend a little bit of my time on it.

And what kinds of clothes do you like wearing?

Well, I try to look fine in public, so it doesn't really matter to me what kind of clothes I'm going to wear.

Okay, thank you very much. Now we can move on to the second part of the exam. So, in the second part, Muhammad, I'm going to give you a topic and you should talk about it for 2 minutes. Before you do that, you have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes to help you if you wish. Do you understand?

Yeah, yeah, of course.

Perfect. So now I'm giving you a paper, your cue card, and a pencil to make notes. So here you go.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome. You should describe an occasion when you were standing in a line or a queue. Now you have one minute to think about it and I'll let you know once your one minute is over, so you can start thinking now.

Okay, now your one minute is over and you may talk about this topic for 2 minutes. Do not worry if I stop you. So your 2 minutes start now.

Well, a few years ago there was a toy that everyone wanted to have. At that time, I had a really strong tendency to buy this toy. One day, one of my friends and I made a decision to go and purchase this product. So we went to downtown and there was this long queue. We stayed in it. We got there and stayed in it. But the problem was it was just so long and everyone wanted to buy the toy. I told my friend, "Hey man, it's going to take a lot of time to stay," but he said, "Please be consistent." While we were there, we tried to do many things to amuse ourselves, for example, working out, working with our phones, talking to each other, and discussing different topics. It was a really good time. But when I think about it now, I think I really wasted my time on that toy because when I purchased it, it wasn't really amusing or entertaining for me. It didn't have any specific or nice features, so I just tried to get rid of it. I sold it to my cousin. Yeah, that's the entire story.

Do you want to add more information?

No, that's just all.

Okay, thank you very much. So we can now move on to the third part of the exam. If you can just hand me the paper and the pen. Thank you, great. Okay, we've been talking about an occasion when you were standing in a line or a queue, and now I want to ask you some questions related to this topic. Is it very common in your country to have people standing in queues and waiting?

In some occasions, yeah, of course. For example, if you want to buy some dairy products, groceries, some things we need every day. Yeah, it's common, and you need to stay in a queue.

Okay, and how about technology? Do you think that technology has played an impressive role in reducing waiting time?

Yeah, of course. In the past few decades, it really has helped a lot because we used to stand in queues just for a taxi or bus, but we don't need to do that anymore. We can get a car right now. We can get a taxi just by using our phones. It's a lot more convenient.

So do you think that it has also been effective when you want to go to banks and supermarkets, or do you still need to wait for a long time?

Well, about supermarkets, no, I don't think so because there are a lot of groceries and supermarkets all over the country, all over the city, that anyone can access easily to these shops and purchase their products.

Okay, and how about yourself? How do you feel when someone breaks the line impatiently?

It really works on my nerves when someone does that, but I try to control myself. I just get to that person and alarm them, "Hey man, you got to be more careful because there are a lot of people standing here just to take one of these." That's all I would do in this situation.

Okay, and what do you think the reaction of other people would be to that?

Well, I guess they will support me because, I mean, it's common sense. You need to fight for your rights.

Okay, and do you think customer service helplines make you wait for a long time?

No, I don't think so because, I mean, they are much more convenient and it doesn't take much time.

Why do you think so? Can you explain more about that?

Yeah, of course. Customer services use some methods for reducing the queue. For example, if you want to use some services that the company provides, you need to make an appointment with this company. There is no such thing as a queue in this method because you just make a call, make your appointment, and you'll get there on time.

Okay, thank you very much. Now, this is the end of the speaking test. Now you can just relax and take a breath, and I'll just need a few minutes to add up your score and then I'll give you the feedback, okay?

Sure, perfect.

Okay, now let's see what you did. So first, to start with your fluency and coherence, which is the first criteria. As you might know, there are four criteria in your IELTS speaking test based on which you will be evaluated. The first one is your fluency and coherence. To talk about this one, I can say that the good thing in your speaking is that you are able to speak at length. Whatever question you are given, you provide explanations and examples, and you have the flow of speech, which is really good. In your speaking, you had some self-repetition and self-correction, not too many, which is good. You should always know that you need to avoid hesitations or pauses. You didn't have many pauses because you were able to talk about the topic, but it is always a good idea to maintain this flow of speech and be fluent. Generally, I can say that your topic development is good. I recommend you cover the two minutes in the second part because this way you can use more vocabulary, more grammatical structures, and you can show the examiner what you actually know to get a higher score. You covered all the bullet points in the second part. Other than that, something else that you should take into account is that in part one, you shouldn't just give a very short answer, and you were aware of that. You knew that you should provide explanations and examples. But the thing is, as you're trying to stick to what you really think of the question or what you are asked to talk about, sometimes you run out of ideas. Sometimes you don't know what else to say, and because of that, you give short explanations or repeat the same idea. I recommend you sometimes fake your answer. For example, in the first part, if you just faked some of your answers or referred to a topic that you are better at or have better collocations in, then you could give better ideas. Sometimes it felt like you didn't know what else to say. For example, I asked you three questions

 about concentration, and maybe you find some of these questions so similar. It happens a lot in the third part. Fake your answer. You can lie as much as you want because as long as you give a relevant answer to the question, then you're good to go. Because of all that, which are very good things so far, you could get a very good score. The only problem you had in your fluency and coherence is that you did not use a wide range of connectives and discourse markers. This is necessary if you want to get a high score because you were mostly using "and," "so," "but," "because." You also used the word "as," but try to give a wider range to that because you have the potential to do it. You can use them naturally. For example, "although," "even though," "on one hand," "on the other hand," "besides," "moreover," "however," you can use these words more flexibly. That's why you got a 6 in your fluency and coherence today. You can easily get a 7. Getting a higher score is a matter of time and practice, but you can do that. For now, today your score is a 6 in your fluency and coherence.

Now we talk about the next criteria, which is your lexical resource, your vocabulary. Your vocabulary is actually one of your strongest points because you were able to use a range of collocations and vocabulary related to the topic. As I was changing the topics, you used some related to each. For example, "go sightseeing," "make a decision," "it works on my nerves," "to get to somebody," "a common sense," "make a call," "make an appointment." It is very important to use collocations and idiomatic language, and you were using some. Other than that, your paraphrasing was good. For example, instead of the word "effective," you used the word "efficient," "purchase," or "buy," "to have a tendency to do something." Always try to use direct synonyms, not only in your sentences but also to paraphrase the examiner's question. A simple example would be when I ask you, for example, "Do you like your hometown?" You say, "Yes, I do love where I live." Try to paraphrase the words you are 100% sure about their direct synonyms because being error-free is much more important than using some words or structures that may be incorrect. Because of all that, you got a 7 in your lexical resource, your vocabulary. You just need to use more idiomatic language if you can or more fillers and boosters because they can help you buy some time to think of the next idea and then keep talking. For example, you can say, "That's a very interesting question. Let me think about it," and then you just talk about it.

Now, in your grammatical range and accuracy, in your grammar, which is the next criteria, I can say that you were able to use, first of all, very good tenses correctly. I could hear present perfect, used to, future tenses, past perfect. This is really good. Other than that, you are using a range of complex structures, for example, conditional sentences or relative clauses, subordinate clauses. If you use more connectives, you would be able to make more complex grammatical structures. Try to do that because it can positively impact your fluency and coherence and also your grammatical range and accuracy at the same time. You just made a few mistakes. For example, you said, "How I look like," "How I look," or "We get there," "We got there," "Take a lot time," "Take a lot of time." Some words were missing, or it happens to many candidates, the mistake with the tenses in the second part. For example, you should have talked about something in the past when you were standing in a line, but you used present tenses a few times. Be careful with the tenses in the second part and not to miss a word in your sentences. Because of all that, you got another 7 in your grammatical range and accuracy. If you want to get an 8, you don't have a problem with making mistakes. But if you want to get an 8, you need to use more complex structures.

Finally, in your pronunciation, you got another 7 because, first of all, your pronunciation and how you speak English is clear to understand. Sometimes you need to slow down because if you slow down, you can refer to more ideas. You have so much on your mind that you want to talk about all of that, and because of it, you make mistakes. You have self-repetition sometimes. Just slow down and try to give better intonation to your speaking if you can, instead of repeating some words or just going back to what you had already mentioned. You had one mispronunciation, which was the word "traditional." It's not "tradishional." You can still work more on your intonation, like your word stress, your sentence stress, but generally, you didn't have many mispronunciations, and you were good in this criteria as well. Just to wrap up, you got a 6 in your fluency and coherence, a 7 in your vocabulary, your lexical resource, another 7 in your grammatical range and accuracy, and another 7 in your pronunciation, which would bring you an overall band score of 7. Now, if you have any questions or doubts, then you can ask me.

Well, thank you so much. I don't have any doubts right now. I'm just a little bit stressed out.

Thank you so much. But you just need to be natural because you have a very good command of English. You have the potential to get a better score. You just need to focus on your weak points.

Yeah.

Okay then. So if you have no questions, then I wish you the best of luck.

Thank you so much. It was fantastic. Have a lovely day.

Thank you.

好的！我们现在可以开始了。以下是国际英语语言测试系统的口语测试，地点在罗斯学院。考生是穆罕默德·马希·巴希，考生编号0143251。考官是梅菲，考官编号443533。

下午好，我叫玛丽。请告诉我你的全名？

是的，我叫穆罕默德·马希。

我可以叫你什么呢？

你可以叫我穆罕默德。

穆罕默德，好的。可以看看你的身份证明吗？

当然可以。这是。

非常感谢。

好的，非常感谢。现在我们可以开始考试的第一部分了。在第一部分，我会问你一些个人问题。首先，我想问你关于你家乡的事情。游客在你的家乡可以做些什么？

嗯，在我的家乡，游客可以做成千上万的事情。因为我住在一个历史悠久的城镇，游客可以去观光。有很多地方可以让游客享受并度过时光。

那里的人们常见的职业是什么？

嗯，我想我们城市的主要职业是制作一些传统物品。你知道，我们的城市以历史材料和物品而闻名。

在那里长大的孩子感觉好吗？

嗯，是的，我觉得这是一个自然和好的地方，适合孩子在这里度过童年。是的，这是一个好地方。

现在我们来谈谈注意力集中。哪些活动有助于你集中注意力？

嗯，有一些事情确实有助于我集中注意力，尤其是在学习方面。第一件事可能是喝一瓶水并尝试放松。我在开始之前尽量让自己冷静下来。

你认为有一个日常作息能帮助你更好地集中注意力吗？

是的，是的，这是一个最有效和最有效的方式，可以实践并帮助和提高他们的注意力。

对你来说集中注意力是容易还是困难的？

介于容易和困难之间，算是中等吧。

好的，非常感谢。现在我们来谈谈时尚。时尚对你重要吗？

其实不太重要。我从来没有考虑过这个问题。这对我来说是个棘手的问题，但有时候我真的会在意。比如，当我要和特别的朋友出去玩时，我会很在意自己的外表。

你认为随着时尚趋势的变化更新衣服和发型重要吗？

嗯，是的，这很重要，但我真的不怎么考虑这个问题。我尝试花一点时间在这上面。

你喜欢穿什么样的衣服？

嗯，我在公众场合尽量看起来不错，所以穿什么样的衣服对我来说并不重要。

好的，非常感谢。现在我们可以进入考试的第二部分。在第二部分，穆罕默德，我将给你一个话题，你应该谈论它两分钟。在此之前，你有一分钟时间思考你要说什么，你可以做一些笔记帮助你。你明白了吗？

是的，当然明白。

很好。现在我给你一张纸，你的提示卡和一支铅笔做笔记。给你。

非常感谢。

不客气。你应该描述一次你排队或等候的场合。现在你有一分钟的时间思考，我会告诉你时间到了，你可以开始思考了。

好了，现在你的一分钟时间到了，你可以开始谈论这个话题两分钟，不用担心如果我打断你。你的两分钟现在开始。

几年前有一个玩具，大家都想要。当时我很想买这个玩具。有一天，我和一个朋友决定去买这个玩具。于是我们去了市中心，那里有一条很长的队伍。我们排在队伍里。我们到了那里并排队。但是问题是队伍太长了，每个人都想买这个玩具。我告诉我的朋友，“嘿，伙计，这要花很多时间，”但他说，“请坚持。”在我们排队的时候，我们试图做很多事情来娱乐自己，比如锻炼，用手机，互相交谈，讨论不同的话题。那是很好的时光。但现在回想起来，我觉得自己真的在那个玩具上浪费了时间，因为买到后它并不那么有趣或娱乐性。它没有任何特别的或好的功能，所以我试图摆脱它，把它卖给了我的表弟。对，就是这么回事。

你想补充更多信息吗？

不，就这些了。

好的，非常感谢。现在我们可以进入考试的第三部分。如果你可以把纸和笔交给我。谢谢。好的，我们刚才谈论了你排队或等候的场合，现在我想问你一些与这个话题相关的问题。在你的国家，人们排队等待是很常见的吗？

在某些场合是的。例如，如果你想买一些奶制品、杂货、我们每天需要的一些东西，是的，很常见，你需要排队。

好的，那么关于科技，你认为科技在减少等待时间方面起到了重要作用吗？

是的，当然。在过去的几十年里，它确实帮助了很多，因为我们以前要排队等出租车或公交车，但现在我们不需要这样做了。我们现在可以通过手机打车。这方便多了。

那么你认为在银行和超市也有效吗，还是需要等待很长时间？

关于超市，不，我不这么认为，因为全国各地都有很多杂货店和超市，任何人都可以轻松访问这些商店并购买他们需要的产品。

好的，那么你自己呢，当有人不耐烦地插队时，你感觉如何？

当有人这样做时，我真的很生气，但我尽量控制自己。我会去找那个人，提醒他们，“嘿，伙计，你需要更小心，因为这里有很多人都在排队。”这就是我在这种情况下会做的。

好的，那么你认为其他人的反应会是什么呢？

嗯，我想他们会支持我，因为这是常识，你需要为自己的权利而奋斗。

好的，那么你认为客户服务热线会让你等很长时间吗？

不，我不这么认为，因为它们更方便，不需要花太多时间。

你为什么这么认为？能解释一下吗？

当然。客户服务使用了一些方法来减少排队。例如，如果你想使用公司提供的一些服务，你需要预约。所以在这种情况下没有排队这种事情，因为你只需打个电话，预约，然后按时到达。

好的，非常感谢。现在，这就是口语考试的结束。现在你可以放松一下，深呼吸，我需要几分钟时间来计算你的分数，然后我会给你反馈，好吗？

好的，没问题。

好的，让我们看看你做得怎么样。首先，从你的流利度和连贯性开始，这是第一个评分标准。正如你可能知道的，在雅思口语考试中，有四个评分标准，基于这些标准你将被评估。第一个是你的流利度和连贯性。谈到这个，我可以说你的口语的好处在于你能够长时间说话。无论你被问到什么问题，你都能提供解释和例子，并且你的讲话流畅性很好。在你的口语中，你有一些自我重复和自我纠正，但不多，这是好的。你应该始终知道，你需要避免犹豫或停顿。你没有太多停顿，因为你能够谈论这个话题，但始终保持这种讲话流畅性和流利性是一个好主意。总体来说，我可以说你的话题发展是好的。我建议你在第二部分中覆盖两分钟，因为这样你可以使用更多的词汇和语法结构，并且可以展示给考官你实际上知道的东西，以获得更高的分数。你在第二部分覆盖了所有要点。除此之外，你还需要注意的是，在第一部分中，你不应该只给出非常简短的答案，你也知道这一点。你知道你应该提供解释和例子，但问题是，当你试图坚持你对问题的真实想法或你被要求谈论的内容时，有时你会没有想法，有时你不知道还能说什么，因为这样你会给出简短的解释或重复同样的想法。我建议你有时可以编造你的答案。例如，在第一部分中，如果你只是编造了一些答案或提到一个你更擅长的话题或有更好的搭配，那么你可以给出更好的想法。有时我感觉你不知道还能说什么。例如，我问了你三个关于注意力集中的问题，也许你会觉得这些问题非常相似，尤其是在第三部分中。这种情况很多。编造你的答案，你可以尽情编造，因为只要你给出相关的问题答案，那么你就可以继续前进。因为所有这些原因，这些都是非常好的方面，你可以获得非常好的分数。你在流利度和连贯性方面唯一的问题是你没有使用广泛的连接词和话语标记。如果你想获得高分，这是必要的，因为你主要使用“and”、“so”、“but”、“because”。你也用了“as”这个词，但尝试扩展使用这些词，因为你有潜力自然地使用它们。例如，尽管、即使、一方面、另一方面、此外、而且、然而，你可以更灵活地使用这些词。这就是为什么你今天在流利度和连贯性方面得了6分。你可以轻松得7分，获得更高的分数是时间和练习的问题，但你可以做到。就现在而言，今天你

在流利度和连贯性方面得了6分。

现在我们谈谈下一个标准，就是你的词汇资源。你的词汇实际上是你最强的点之一，因为你能够使用一系列与话题相关的搭配或词汇。随着我改变话题，你会使用一些与每个话题相关的词汇。例如，观光、做决定、让人抓狂、找某人、常识、打电话、预约。使用搭配和惯用语是非常重要的，你使用了一些。除此之外，你的释义也很好。例如，代替“effective”这个词，你用了“efficient”或购买、买、倾向于做某事。始终尝试使用直接的同义词，不仅在你的句子中，而且在考官的问题中使用简单的例子。例如，当我问你“你喜欢你的家乡吗？”你可以说“是的，我喜欢我住的地方。”尽量释义那些你百分之百确定的词汇的直接同义词，因为避免错误比使用一些可能不正确的词汇或结构更重要。因为所有这些原因，你的词汇资源得了7分。你只需要使用更多的惯用语或填充词和增强词，因为它们可以帮助你争取一些时间思考下一个想法，然后继续说下去。例如，你可以说“这是一个非常有趣的问题，让我想一想”，然后你就可以继续说下去。

现在，在你的语法范围和准确性方面，也就是下一个标准，我可以说你能够使用，首先，非常好的时态正确。我听到了现在完成时、过去时、将来时、过去完成时，这真的很好。除此之外，你使用了一系列复杂的结构，例如条件句或关系从句、从属从句。如果你使用更多的连接词，你就能够构建更多复杂的语法结构。尝试这样做，因为它可以同时积极影响你的流利度和连贯性以及语法范围和准确性。你只犯了一些错误。例如，你说了“how I look like”，“how I look”或“we get there”，“we got there”，“take a lot time”，“take a lot of time”。有些词缺失了，或者像很多考生一样，在第二部分中犯了时态错误。例如，你应该谈论一些过去你排队的事情，但你用了几次现在时。在第二部分中要小心时态，不要遗漏句子中的词。因为所有这些原因，你的语法范围和准确性得了7分。如果你想得8分，你在犯错方面没有问题，但如果你想得8分，你需要使用更多复杂的结构。

最后，在你的发音方面，你得了7分，因为首先，你的发音和你说英语的方式是清楚易懂的。有时你需要放慢速度，因为如果你放慢速度，你可以涉及更多的想法。你脑海中有很多东西，你想谈论所有这些，因为这样你会犯错，有时会自我重复。放慢速度，尝试给你的口语一个更好的语调，如果可以的话，而不是重复一些词或回到你已经提到的内容。你有一个发音错误，就是“traditional”这个词。不是“tradishional”。你仍然可以在语调上多下功夫，比如你的单词重音、句子重音，但总体来说你没有很多发音错误，你在这个标准上表现不错。总结一下，你在流利度和连贯性方面得了6分，在词汇资源方面得了7分，在语法范围和准确性方面得了7分，在发音方面得了7分，总分是7分。现在，如果你有任何问题或疑问，可以问我。

嗯，非常感谢。我现在没有任何疑问。我只是有点紧张。

非常感谢。但你只需要自然表现，因为你有非常好的英语能力。你有潜力获得更高的分数。你只需要关注你的弱点。

好的。

那么，如果你没有问题，我祝你好运。

非常感谢。这很棒。祝你有美好的一天。

谢谢。