IELTS SPEAKING
ANALYSIS OF PART TWO TALK

There are a number of different ways to deal with Part Two, and some are more effective than others. One of the most feasible ways is to focus directly on the features detailed in the marking system and produce as many of these features as possible in the two-minute time frame.

During Part Two, you should focus on the following features of language:
Fluency
Vocabulary
Grammar

Look at the following Part Two topic card and a sample response:

Describe a famous person you would like to meet.
You should say:
Who the person is
Why he/she is famous
Why you would like to meet this celebrity
and say what you would like to do if you met this celebrity.


Sample Response:

I guess I could begin by saying something about who this person is, and I think I would have to choose the superstar Jackie Chan from Hong Kong.
Going on to my next point which is why he is famous, I really need to add that he is a world-renowned martial arts film star as well as being a successful director. In fact, he was probably the first Chinese actor to achieve blockbuster success in Hollywood.
And now with reference to why I would like to meet this celebrity, the point I want to make here is that I have always been a big fan of martial arts movies, so if I had the chance to meet one of my childhood idols, it would be a dream come true.
And so finally then, if I have time, in answer to the question of what I would like to do if I met him, really I should mention that I would probably ask him to teach me a few Kung Fu tricks and I would possibly invite him out for dinner at a classy restaurant or something like that.

Analysis if Response:

Part Two Response
Fluency
Vocabulary
Grammar

I guess I could begin by saying something about who this person is, and I think I would have to choose the superstar Jackie Chan from Hong Kong.
This sentence begins with a linking phrase and contains redundant language.
One topic-related word “superstar

Complex structure and use of complex tense “I would have to choose….”

Going on to my next point which is why he is famous, I really need to add that he is a world-renowned martial arts film star as well as being a successful director. In fact, he was probably the first Chinese actor to achieve blockbuster success in Hollywood.

The sentence begins with a linking structure and contains 3 more connecting structures: “I really need to add that”, “in fact”, “as well as”
Topic-related uncommon words “world-renowned”, “blockbuster success”
The use of the connecting structure makes it one long and complex sentence.

And now with reference to why I would like to meet this celebrity, the point I want to make here is that I have always been a big fan of martial arts movies, so if I had the chance to meet one of my childhood idols, it would be a dream come true.

The sentence begins with a linking phrase and contains 2 other connectives.
Topic-related uncommon word “childhood idol”; idiomatic phrase “dream come true”
The sentence is complex and contains examples of conditional tense “…so if I had the chance to meet one of my childhood idols, it would be….”

And so finally then, if I have time, in answer to the question of what I would like to do if I met him, really I should mention that I would probably ask him to teach me a few Kung Fu tricks and I would possibly invite him out for dinner at a classy restaurant or something like that.
The sentence begins with a linking phrase and contains redundant language “…..or something like that”
Uncommon words “tricky”, “classy”
The sentence structure is complex and contains examples of conditional tenses: “would probably”, “would possibly”


Overall analysis:

Each of the four points covered in this Part Two response focuses on the 3 areas of the marking system. (We can’t really work on pronunciation at this stage!). In general, everything this student says is in some way increasing the speaking score. Notice that the actual “content” presented doesn’t really make any difference to the score. This style of response is probably the easiest way to achieve a score of 7 or higher in Part two.


Build your response to Part Two topic using the following organization:

1. Opening phrase + the first prompt from card.

Choose of these:

So to begin with, in reply to the initial point of who the person is …….
Alright the, in response to the first question of who the person is ……
I guess I could start off by answering who the person is…..
So, to start with I’ll talk about who the person is