IELTS Speaking 'echo'
- What kind of bag do I use to carry my personal belongings? The bag that I use to carry my personal belongings is a ruck sack.
Consider this dialogue:
- Examiner
- What is your favourite form of transportation?
- Candidate
- My favourite form of transportation is motorcycle.
In this example the candidate echoed a large part of the question: my favourite form of transportation. As a result the candidate missed an opportunity to demonstrate what is called reformulation:
- Examiner
- What is your favourite form of transportation?
- Candidate
- Actually I prefer to travel by motorcycle.
In IELTS speaking it’s a good idea to avoid echoing what the examiner says. Reformulating questions will potentially increase your IELTS speaking score, in particular your score for vocabulary (Lexical Resource).
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