雅思考官揭露中国学生口语弊病来源大耳朵英语Word文档格式.docx
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2.“WhatcanIcallyou?
”(=WhatshallIcallyou?
=WhatshouldIcallyou?
=Whatwouldyoulikemetocallyou?
)
3.“Canyoutellmewhereyou’refrom?
”?
(=Whereareyoufrom?
4.“CanIseeyouridentification,please?
(=CouldIseeyouridentification,please?
=MayIseeyouridentification,please?
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(Theexaminerisusuallyreferredtoas"
he"
onthispagebecausewriting,"
heorshe"
istoocumbersome.Actually,about40%oftheexaminersarefemale.)
The‘Introductory’phaseofthetestconsistsofagreetingfromtheexaminer,followedbyfourquestions.
Themainpurposeofthispartistocheckthecandidate’sidentity.
Atthesametime,theexaminerbeginstogetanimpressionofthecandidate’sEnglishability.
Althoughthisis(indirectly)partofthetest,youshouldnotgivelong,detailedanswersbecause:
a)Long,detailedanswersarenotappropriateforthesequestionsand,
b)Theexaminerwantstodothispartofthetestquitequickly,inabout30seconds.
Sincethisistheverybeginningofthetestandsincetheexaminerwantstodothispartquickly,trytoavoidcausingtheexaminertoaskyoutorepeatwhatyoujustsaid.
Thefourquestionsarestandardquestionsthatareusedineverytest.Therefore,sinceweknowexactlywhatthequestionswillbe,itisagoodideatolookattheminordertoavoidmakingunnecessarymistakes.
Whentheexaminerfirstturnsonthetaperecorder,hemakesashortstatementintothetaperecorder,statingsuchinformationasthedate,locationandthecandidate’sname.
1.Thentheexaminersayssomethinglike:
“Goodmorning.Myname’sJohn.Couldyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
”
——Manyexaminerssaythesethreesentencestogether,withoutpausingaftersaying,“Goodmorning.Myname'
sX.”?
Becausetheexaminerdoesnotpausetowaitforthecandidatetoreturnthegreeting,mostcandidatesjustanswerthequestionwithoutreturningthegreeting.However,it’sbothgoodmannersandmorefriendlytoreturnagreeting.Inotherwords,youshouldinclude“Goodmorning.”or“Goodafternoon”inyouranswer.
Ifyoucancatchtheexaminer’sname(withoutaskinghimtorepeatitbecausehewantstodothissectionquitefast)thenyoushouldalsoincludehisorhernameinyouranswer.
——Don'
tsay,?
“Goodmorning,Mr.John.”ThewordsMr.,Miss,Mrs.andMs.areonlyusedbeforeaperson'
ssurnameand“John”isnot(usually)asurname.Theexaminerusuallyjustsayshisorhergivenname(firstname),nottheirfullname.
——Asuitablereplyis:
“Goodmorning,John.MynameisWangJianfeng.”Ifyoudonotincludehisname,itdoesn’tmattertoomuchbutrememberthattheexaminerisahumanbeingandhearingyousayhisnamewouldbeapleasantsurpriseforhim!
Hewillthinkofyou,“Whataniceperson!
——Throughoutthespeakingtest,itisbesttousethecontractedformsofEnglishwheneverpossiblebutinthisfirstanswer,itisperfectlyappropriatetosay,“Mynameis”ratherthan,“Myname’s”.ItisappropriateherebecausewhenapersonstateshisorhernameinasituationsuchastheIELTSinterview,theyusuallywanttosayitveryclearlysothatthelistenermakesnomistakewiththename.Don'
tforget,theexaminerisverifyingyouridentityhere.
——It’soktosay,“Goodmorning,John.MyfullnameisWangJianfeng.”butit’snotreallynecessarytorepeattheword,“full”.However,youdefinitelymustsayyourcompletename–don’tjustsay,“Myname’sWang.”
——EventhoughyouarespeakingaChinesename,youstillshouldspeakitclearlyfortheforeigner.Infact,youshouldspeakitmoreclearlythanyouwouldifyouwerespeakingtoaChineseperson.Thisisbecauseitisimportantfortheexaminertoconfirmthatitreallyisyousittingthereandnotyourbrotherorsomeoneelse.Theexaminerhasyourapplicationforminfrontofhimandyournameiswrittenonitinhanyupinyin.Remember,theexaminerdoesnotwanttowastetimebyaskingyoutorepeatyournamebecausehedidn’thearitclearly.
——Don’tchangetheorderofyournameandsayyournameis,“JianfengWang”.(Evenifyoudothetestoverseas,respectyourChinesenamingsystem.)
Besides,yournamewillbewrittenas,"
WangJianfeng"
ontheapplicationform,whichiswhattheexaminerislookingatasyousayyourname.
——Don’tsay,“MyChinesenameis_____”.Itiscompletelyunnecessarytosaytheword,“Chinese”becausethepurposehereistocheckyourlegalidentity,thatis,yourrealname;
youonlyhaveonelegalnameandthatisyourChinesename.Thewordingofthequestion,“...yourfullname...”showsthatthisisaseriousquestionandthattheexaminerwantsyoutosayyourrealname.YourEnglishname,ifyouhaveone,isnomoresignificantthananickname;
youcanchangeitatanytime.
——Don’tspellyourname.?
(Onlyspellitiftheexaminercan'
tunderstandyourpronunciationofit.)
——Don’tsay,“WangismyfamilynameandJianfengismygivenname.”Thequestiondidn’taskyoutoexplainyourname.SometimesthereisaPart1topicconcerning‘Names’andinsuchatopic,explainingyournamecouldbesuitable.Butnothere.SayingthatalsogivestheexaminerthefeelingthatyouranswercomesfromanIELTSbook.Youshouldavoidcausingtheexaminertothinkthisbecauseexaminersverymuchpreferoriginalanswersfromyou.TheonlytimewhenitmightbeappropriatetoexplainwhichisyoursurnameandwhichisyourgivennameisifyouareaChinesepersondoingtheIELTStestoverseas.
——Don’tcalltheexaminer,“Sir”,“Miss”or“Madame”.Ifyoudidn’thearhisorhername,justsay,“Goodmorning.”withoutsayinghisorhername.Using“Sir”,“Miss”or“Madame”isasignthatyoueitherconsidertheexaminertobeateacherorthatyouarebeingunnecessarilyformalorthatyouconsidertheexaminertobeyour‘superior’–youshouldthinkoftheexaminerasanequal,notassomeonesuperiortoyou.Ifyouthinkoftheexaminerasanequal,youwillspeakmoreopenly,bemorerelaxedandgetabetterscorethanifyouthinkheorsheisasuperior,orsomekindof‘examininggod’.Remember,WesternersareusuallylessformalthanChinesepeople.
——Theexaminer’squestionwas,“Couldyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
”andthissoundslikea“Yes/No”question.However,thisformofquestionisnotreallya“Yes/No”question;
it’sanindirectquestion,whichreallymeans,“Whatisyourfullname?
”Indirectquestionsareconsideredmorepolitethandirectquestions.
——Wheneveryouareaskedsuchanindirectquestion,youshouldnotanswerwith,“Yes”or,“Yes,Icould.”NativeEnglishspeakerssometimesdoanswersuchquestionsbyfirstsayingaveryquick,“Yes”butyoushouldnotsaythatbecausetheexaminermightthinkthatyouthinkitreallyisa“Yes/No”question.
——Somecandidatesgiveananswersuchasthis:
“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert.”Thisanswerisquiteacceptableandquitenaturalinanon-testsituation,forexample,ifyoumeetaforeigneronthebus.ButIsuggestyoudon'
tsaythatintheIELTSSpeakingtestbecausesomeexaminersmightthinkthatyoualreadyknewwhatthesecondquestionis(“WhatcanIcallyou?
”)andthatyouhadrehearsedyouranswerandexaminersdon’tlikeanswersthatseemtobeobviouslyrehearsed.
Notonlythat,addingthewords,“...butyoucancallme...”inasituationwheresomeoneisverifyingyouridentityisalittleunsuitable.Ifapolicemanorabankclerkaskedyou,“Canyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
”wouldyouanswerwith,“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert”
——Inotherwords,Iwouldsayitisbetternottoadd,“...butyoucancallme...”afterthisquestion.Instead,waitfortheexaminer'
ssecondquestion.
2.Thentheexaminerwillsay:
“WhatcanIcallyou?
”(Or,“WhatshallIcallyou?
”)
Withthisquestion,theexaminerisindicatingthatheorshewouldliketoaddressyouinthetestwithsomenamethatisshorterand?
friendlier?
thanyourfullname.Thisisasignthatthetestwillnotbeveryformalandseriousbutwillinstead,tosomeextent,havesomeofthefeaturesofafriendlychat.
However,asImentionedabove,itisbettertowaitfortheexaminertoindicatethis,withthissecondquestion,thanforyoutomakethedecisionontheformalitylevelofthetestbysaying,"
...butyoucancallme...."
.Lettheexaminerbeinchargeofthetest.
——Youdon’tneedtouseanEnglishname!
ButifyoudouseanEnglishname,makesurethatitissimpleandeasyfortheexaminertounderstandthefirsttimeyousayit.It’sprobablybesttouseafairlycommonlyusedname.Forexample,noEnglishspeakerchoosestobecalled,“Apple”,evenasanickname.Thiskindofnamecouldcausetheexaminertoaskyoutorepeatyournamebecausehemightnotbesurehehearditcorrectly.
——IfyoudochoosetosayanEnglishname,makesurethatyoucanpronounceitcorrectly!
MispronouncingyourownEnglish(nick)nameisanunnecessarymistakeandwouldnotgivetheexamineraverygoodimpression.Forexample,ifyourEnglishnameisHarry,don’tsay,“JustcallmeHairy.”(Seehereforthemeaningof"
hairy"
.)Or,ifyourEnglish
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