Saturday, August 11, 2007
8/11/2007 01:09:00 PM
Please check the blitztutor for my comments.
General tips:
Reading
- Slow down - it helps to make your pronunciation clearer and allows you to sound more epxressive. If you read too fast, the marks for all 3 areas will be reduced.
- Watch pronunciation of word endings - eg "children" not "chilren" or "chilrens", past tense - be clearer
- Your tone should not always be going up: Normally goes up for questions. Otherwise maintain or go down. Practice practice practice and listen to yourself
Picture Discussion
- What is the overall? - activity, event, place
- is it a candid/posed
- Feelings/Thoughts of people - vary - happy/sad/angry with other words - look at your vocabulary enrichment booklet for egs of other words
- Explain why or give reasons for your description
- describe one or two characters in detail
- the photographer's intention for taking photo is possibly to....eg highlight the plight of the elderly?
- what was possibly happening before pic was taken/likely to happen after pic is taken
- remember to guide examiner - foreground, background, main/central focus of pic is on...?
Conversation:
- it most likely is related to pic given or reading passage - try to think about the topic before u are called up
- stay focused on topic given
- talk about it on different levels - universal problem? national problem? family? individual level? personal experience is important.
- Even if you don't have any experience - don't just say I don't know - try to related someone else's experience
- justify what you say - don't make sweeping remarks
- you can ask the examiner to repeat or rephrase the question,but try to avoid if possible.
Practice using the 2006 papers i passed u.
Above all this, try to remain calm and confident,
Mrs Ravi
