Hey everyone! welcome back to my channel! This is Dori I am a teacher of
English and today I want to show you what you can do when you get
stuck in speaking! So I'm sure that sometimes when you talk in English about a certain
topic you get stuck every now and then
and you do not have anything else to say. The worst part
is that sometimes you introduce
that you have something else to say and then
you just stand there awkwardly mumbling something using
pauses, maybe smiling a little bit
but no other thought comes into your mind
in these moments you really want the examiner to move on to the next
or better yet to pretend it never happened
does this sound familiar? Well it doesn't have to be that way
Try to think in English as much as possible
and not in your mother language. Obviously, in
your mother language you have the highest level possible
you know all the vocabulary you need, all the words you need in order to talk about
a certain topic all the ideas in the world and opinions come easily
in your mother language however if you try to translate
these thoughts and ideas into English
from your mother tongue, you're in
for an epic fail! Why? Well, first of all
it is quite difficult to translate on the spot
in such a short notice from your mother tongue to
English even experienced users have a problem with that
and also in the exam during the exam you're going to be
so this is going to be a little bit hard for you to accomplish
also most probably the vocabulary of your mother language
is not as advanced as the vocabulary you know
in English and even if it is, the different
syntax while you try to translate your ideas
on the spot may confuse you. This is the number one reason
people get stuck in speaking they think
in their mother language and they try to translate that in
English so please don't do that! In my opinion
it is better to think in English at all costs
you may be simple but at least you're going to be fluent
and this is what we're aiming for! and now
probably you're going to ask me how do I think
in English? well this is not a thing that happens from one day to the next
this is not an overnight success this is not something that
it works magically; it needs everyday practice what you can do
we have millions of thoughts every day try to think
in English with simple phrasing for example instead of thinking I have to go
your mother language or I have to study; do that in English
with simple phrasing and gradually
you will be able to do that with more complex phrasing than that
What do I mean by that? one thing that will greatly
help you while you try to give an answer in English
is to keep your thoughts organized so do you remember what we do
writing? we write our introduction
we then have our main body with our ideas by giving
reasons and examples and then we have a conclusion
where we wrap up the main points of our essay
so this is exactly what you can do with speaking in less words of
course you need an opening phrase just to introduce
your answer then you give your main answer
defending that by giving reasons and examples
then a very short closing sentence
sound natural and will help you avoid pauses
and awkward moments that you do not know what else to say
or should you move on talking and stuff like that
So, let's see how you can do that and with practice you are not going to get stuck again!
so let's just say that they ask you
questions like that especially in part 3
you should notice that these questions could be writing topics too so
my advice is not to answer right away by expressing your view
firstly use one or two general
sentences to introduce a general statement
based on the main theme of the question
this will help you greatly to earn sometime
in order to organize your thoughts for example
as you can see above you don't really
answer the question- not just yet- you just give a hint
talking about what most people would generally prefer in this case
and where you stand this is all you need
to grab the examiners attention this is your introduction
(in terms of writing let's just say) and now it's time to actually
your question so let's see what you can do
why? now is the time to explain your reasons
for that by giving examples so don't get lost with that
keep this organization in your mind choose 2
or three reasons the most and focus on them move on
to your next point only when you complete the previous one
so let's go and read an example answer
this is your first point, the first point you make
you want to say something else
so of course you can say more than that if you like or even
different things but I'm just giving an example that uses linking phrases
furthermore, on the contrary, reasons
and examples so if you said everything you had to say here
and mind you you don't have to say a lot of things
as long as your answer is organized
so now it is time to wrap it up this is the number one point
that people get stuck they don't know what else to say
or they don't know if they have said enough in their previous
answer or simply they just don't know how to finish off their thoughts
so in any case the only thing you need
is the right phrase there are number of phrases that can help you conclude
if they ask you your opinion about something that needs to be done
okay I'm sure you can find more by
yourself if you think about it a little bit more
but the above phrases can help you get started according to each question so
try to practice your speaking answers this way and try to use
standard phrases I shared with you as much as you can and I'm sure that