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Strategies for taking the TOEIC Speaking test to conquer a perfect score

  1. Pronunciation practice: This part hardly requires complex creative thinking on the part of the test taker, but only tests the ability to read a given text out loud. Therefore, candidates need to practice their ability to pronounce loudly, clearly, accurately, and be careful with unfamiliar or difficult-to-read phrases, such as website names.
  2. Practice intonation: Similarly, intonation will also be one of the factors to be evaluated in this section. The speaker needs to pay attention to the intonation of the sentence, and distinguish between different types of sentences (affirmative, negative, question). In addition, depending on the purpose and content of the text, the reader can adjust the tone accordingly.
  3. Read carefully and practice: Candidates need to make full use of the 45 seconds of preparation time to read the text carefully. By doing this, the reader can identify pauses and important phrases to emphasize, so they can speak at their best. In addition, if possible, the speaker should also quickly rehearse the text a few times in his head before reading it out loud.
  4. Observe and analyze the image carefully: Obviously with the image description, the first thing to do is to look closely at the given photo and analyze the characteristics and objects in it. Candidates can note a few main ideas about the image on scratch paper if necessary.
  5. Ask questions in mind: To avoid missing ideas when speaking and to ensure that you capture as many details about the given image as possible, test takers should practice the skill of asking questions using Wh-words ( question words like What, Where, When, How, etc.) about images quickly in your head. The answers to those questions are the most detailed and complete content of the given photo.
  6. Practice with common topics: The topics in questions 5-7 of TOEIC Speaking mostly revolve around familiar topics in life such as work, hobbies, accommodation, etc. Candidates need to grasp and practice these issues in advance to prepare well for the exam.
  7. Practice quick thinking and improvisation skills: In this part, the ability to react quickly is extremely important, because thinking time is almost non-existent - only 3 seconds for each sentence. Therefore, candidates need to practice thinking and improvisation skills on the spot, in a number of ways such as practicing dialogue with others or listening to dialogue videos on the Internet.
  8. Practice Skimming and Scanning skills: Surely students preparing for English certification exams are no strangers to these two reading comprehension techniques. Test takers should know how to flexibly apply these two techniques to quickly and effectively identify and absorb information from the given table. The more complete the information table is, the more likely the candidate's answer will be satisfactory.
  9. Take notes about the topic on scratch paper: As mentioned above, for questions 8 to 10, the screen will only display an information panel without displaying situations or questions. Therefore, candidates should note down this important information on their scratch paper. With this strategy, test takers will minimize harmful cases such as forgetting questions or talking off topic.
  10. Thoroughly apply information from the table: The information table is very important because it is the only text displayed on the screen and because it has content related to the topic. If used correctly and effectively, this will be a great assistant to perfect the candidate's speech in this part of the test. Therefore, the speaker should know how to skillfully apply information in his answer.
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