IELTS Parts 1-3 – Formality & Getting the tone right

IELTS Speaking Tone

Lesson 6

When you do your speaking test, it is important that you get the speaking tone correct. In this lesson we’ll look at how linking phrases can affect the tone.

You are basically having a conversation with someone, so you want to sound natural. Some candidates think they have to sound very formal and academic.

You obviously do need some good vocabulary to get a higher score on the test, such as that from the academic word list (used correctly of course!).