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IELTS Speaking Study Links

IELTS Speaking Resources

Whether you’re looking for an online Speaking partner to prepare for your IELTS test, or whether you just want to work by yourself, there is plenty of help available online.

Here are some of the useful links I’ve found.

Please let me know in the comments if you find anything useful that you think I should add.

IELTS Speaking resources, links, apps, wordlists and podcasts

Find out how IELTS examiners rate your Speaking in their Band Descriptors.


Places to find IELTS Speaking Partners

*disclaimer – I haven’t ever tried to find an IELTS Speaking partner but I have seen positive reviews about the sites below – please let me know if you hear anything different!

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IELTS Speaking on Skype (a Facebook group)

RhinoSpike is a language learning tool that connects you with native speakers to exchange foreign language audio files. Get any foreign language text read aloud for you by a native speaker!

Internations – a network of English speakers living abroad

Busuu – an online language exchange community

Verbling – connects language learners around the world

VoiceThread offers a natural online interaction that lends itself to students presenting & defending their work before experts and peers.

Bilingua language exchange – (formerly ‘Sharedtalk’)

epals – thanks to Nik Peachey for sharing this (he has lots of useful links on his site)

Pronunciation sites and apps

Online homophone quiz

Interactive Phonemic Chart

My YouTube guide to getting started with the Phonemic Chart

Macmillan How to use the Phonemic Chart (YouTube)

English File pictures to help you learn the Phonemic Chart

Youglish – hear how things sound in natural speech and real contexts

Forvo – hear different accents pronouncing the word you need

Sounds: The Pronunciation App

British Council LearnEnglish Sounds Right

ELSA Speak: English Accent Coach

Pronunroid – a game to practice English phonetics

English Pronunciation App

Say It: English Pronunciation – ‘Hear the Oxford model, see the soundwave, then record and compare your pronunciation’

50 commonly mispronounced words in English – a really useful list with models.

Photransedit – turn your text into phonetics

Peaksay – free app to practise pronunciation

Useful websites for Speaking

I thoroughly recommend Keith O’Hare’s IELTS Speaking Success website (and so much more – YouTube videos, Live Facebook Videos and best of all – online courses and lessons)

Find lots of cue cards and examples for each topic on IELTS Mentor

IELTS Buddy is another good place for cue cards.

British Council Speaking – pros and cons of mobile phones

British Council ESOL – everyday speaking practice

British Council Video Zone

Scientific American A useful podcast with 1-minute IELTS-style articles

Get a Mock Test, Speaking Course and Pronunciation course.

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IELTS Speaking Course syllabus
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Ways to build your Vocabulary for Speaking

The Academic Word List (AWL) – PDF version and sublists

Academic Word List – with all forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Compact version of the Academic Word List – easy to print off and carry around!

Academic Word List Quizzes – old-fashioned website but the quizzes work!

Road to Grammar also has a nice quiz using words from the AWL.

Academic Word List Practice Exercises – another good place to practice.

Academic Phrase Bank – from Manchester University.

Phrasal Verbs and Formal synonyms

A-Z of formal and informal synonyms – the Plain English Campaign

My own list of irregular academic word forms with practice exercises

Help with grammar

  • The well-known coursebook, English File, has its own site with lots of graded grammar practice
  • This German site gives clear examples and useful exercises (it’s not in German though, don’t worry!)
  • Confusing words, common errors  (and LOTS more) on the same German site!
  • Road to Grammar – another well-organised site with lots of practice of different language items. Click here for IELTS-specific practice.
  • English Club has a great grammar section with lots of quizzes. 

Collocations

List of collocations – 42 pages of academic collocations in a PDF

A – Z of collocations

50 Useful Academic collocations

Collocation Checker – Just the word

SKELL – helps you find words that go together and synonyms

Collocations practice with different topics

Find the word you need with Netspeak – read the instructions first!

English Club has a fantastic A – Z of collocations!

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