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Mat Clark ielts speakingBog'liq IELTS Speaking - Mat ClarkTopic
Easy
Difficult
An important building
A trip
A famous person
A shopping mall
To Hong Kong
A singer / actor
Your school library
To Yellow Mountain
A politician/leader
Step 2 : Vocabulary
The next step in the one-minute preparation is to write down as many
examples of uncommon vocabulary as possible. The vocabulary must be directly related
to the topic.
A good method is to ask the following question: "Can this word be used for
many other topics?" If the answer is ―Yes" then that word is NOT directly related to the
topic.
Activity
Look at the following example. Topic: Describe some travelling you like to do.
Vocabulary
exciting
sightseeing
excursion
interesting
attractive
leave
opportunity
backpack
special
tourism
explore
mountain
Ask the question: "Can this word be used for many other topics?"
Topic-related words are:
tourism
sightseeing backpack
explore
excursion
The other words are not directly related to the topic and could probably be used
for many Part Two topics, e.g., interesting (this word could be used for almost every
topic).
It is not wrong to use the common words during your Part Two talk, but at this
preparation stage you need to find uncommon topic-specific words.
Activity
Find uncommon topic-specific vocabulary for the following topics:
A film that you have seen
A song / piece of music
A school subject
A neighbour
Uncommon or topic-specific vocabulary is given for each topic card later in the
book. Most of the vocabulary given in the Part One topic section of this book will be
related to many of the Part Two topics and can be used in your Part Two talk.
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