SPEAKING PART 3

23h • IELTS

SPEAKING PART 3

PART 1 : INTRODUCTION

In part 3, you have the opportunity to discuss topic areas, related to part 2, in much more depth. This part of the test, focuses on your ability to express and justify opinions and to analyze, discuss and speculate about issues. The examiner will help you do this by asking you questions that explore the topic area in more depth. In our part 2 article, we looked at three topic areas. The long turn topic is always related to the part 3 topic area. For example, if your long turn is about your teacher, part 3 will be a general discussion about education.

Look at the possible part 3 discussion areas related to the long turns you practiced in the part 2 article.

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SPEAK ABOUT TOPICS IN GENERAL

In part 3, you are expected to discuss all topics in a general manner. If you try and talk about yourself and your family, the examiner will steer you away from these familiar topics and will encourage you to speak in a general way. Remember that you have already talked about familiar topics in part 1 and part 2.

PART 3 is your chance to show the examiner that you can discuss general topics, giving your opinion and ideas on what is being discussed.

Rather than talking about yourself, you can use the following phrases to extend the discussion in a more general way:

In my country most people believe that...
If I compare my country to Australia, the way we [farm/travel/work/eat/celebrate] is quite different
The local communities in my country...
Thinking about this in general, the main reason why most people...
From my perspective, if I take my country as an example...
I have seen this happen in my city and it's a major issue. To deal with this problem, we should...
There are a lot of examples of this in my country.