Speaking Practice

At iPass we offer free IELTS practice podcasts and vidcasts available to all iPass members – Free and Key – to help you with your IELTS interview.

Each recording is a mock IELTS speaking test conducted by a native English teacher, and together they show a variety of candidates from different nationalities and with different levels of English.

If you are a Key member you also have exclusive access to our online Speaking Modules with supporting exercises.

Each Speaking Module gives you:

interview transcripts
expert analysis of the interviews and 'Top Tips' to help you improve your overall performance
comprehensive exercises with answers, based on the transcripts, which have a clear language focus designed to improve your general fluency and grammatical accuracy; essential factors of a successful speaking test.

So, click on a module below and start practising now!

Vidcasts	Speaking Module	Exam Focus	Language Analysis
Zara	1	• Giving extra information • Using a conversational style	• Relative clauses • Adverbial phrases
Pedro	2	• Brainstorming questions • Giving examples • Giving opinions & reasons	• Using linkers • Language of opinion
Helia	3	• describing studies and professions • techniques for improving fluency • identifying question words • giving examples	• prepositions • linking words • subordinate clauses • avoiding repetition • using a variety of tenses
Podcast	Speaking Module	Exam Focus	Language Analysis
Ana and Maria [click on name to listen to podcast]	4 [click on number to access exercises]	• open & closed questions • brainstorming ideas • giving reasons & examples	• using a variety of tenses • adverbs of degree • future expressions
Yuko	5	• techniques to improve fluency • varying your sentence structure	• switching tenses effectively • 3rd conditional
Bo	6	• repairing communication breakdowns • giving examples • avoiding repetition	• articles • singular/plural agreement • defining relative clauses • comparatives
Oscar	7	• Word formations • Translation errors • Filler expressions	• Verb patterns • Irregular verbs • Pronouns