新托福口语Speaking Tips

　　Useful tips:

　　Make it NATURAL, pauses, such as well, urn, and you know, are advisable, but dont do it too much.

　　CORRECT your mistakes as soon as you find out, for example, ... I really like standing in, I mean, ON the mountain, so the examiner would not count down your score.

　　There is NO NEED to use freaking words, like exonerate, which means absolve, and flamboyant, which means showy. But those words are good to use in your essay.

　　The FIRST way, the LAST way, the NEVER FAILING way to develop self-confidence in speaking is-TO SPEAK. -Dale Carnegie

　　Independent speaking

　　In this section, you are asked to present your own opinion and provide examples to support your ideas.

　　Useful tips:

　　Your answer should he as SPECIFIC as possible. You need to stick to a point UNTIL you finish it, have done with it, and need never return to it again.

　　The key to score high is to make each point WELL-DEVELOPED, and that DOES NOT mean you need to make as much points as you can, two would be great.

　　Truth and REASONABLE LIES are totally acceptable.

　　DO NOT say I have three reasons to support my idea, or some thing like that after you state your opinion. There is no guarantee that you are able to finish your answer within 45 seconds. Instead, you can say I have a couple of reasons to say.

　　Question 1

　　Your answer can go like this:

　　Personally, I would have to say that, um, my favorite ... is .... And there are a couple of reasons to name. The most important thing is that, you know,.... Whats more,.... So thats why....

　　Question 2

　　Your answer can go like this:

　　Well, in my opinion, I would definitely agree with the point that, um,.... The first reason that I wanna say is that.... More importantly,.... So, uh, thats why I choose ... for the two reasons listed above.

　　Integrated speaking

　　In this part, you are asked to paraphrase the man/womans attitude first, and then list the reasons s/he gives. In QUESTION 3, you are NOT asked to present your opinion towards this problem. However, in QUESTION 5, you REALLY need to make a choice between the solutions that the man/woman gives.