The best way to feel more confident about this part of the test is to practice practice practice. You should practice making notes for 1 minute as well as speaking for 2 minutes. You should record yourself using a cassette or mp3 player. You can then listen to yourself and identify what you are doing well and what you need to improve.























Listen to a native speaker doing Part 2 of the IELTS speaking exam.

If you want to practice this part of the exam, download these Part 2 topics.

IELTS practice exams and exercises

Holmesglen Institute of TAFE provides some excellent practice and advice

Passport to English has some excellent videos

Links to practice exams on the internet. 

Excellent advice from an IELTS examiner. Download her report from Best IELTS online

UsingEnglish have a list of topics to practice from.









IELTS Exam Speaking Part 2 - the 2 minute topic 

This section lasts for approximately 3-4 minutes. 

In this part of the speaking test the examiner will hand you a card with a topic. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas (and you can write notes) and then you must speak for 2 minutes about this topic. The examiner will stop you after 2 minutes and ask you 1 or 2 related questions. 








 













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