Tips Mendapatkan Nilai 7.0+ untuk IELTS Speaking Test Part 2: Individual Short Talk

Di part 2 ini, kalian akan diberikan selembar kertas yang bertuliskan topik dan beberapa pertanyaan terkait dengan topik tersebut. Biasanya, satu topik akan diikuti oleh 4 pertanyaan yang wajib kalian jawab. Namun, di part 2 ini kalian tidak langsung menjawab, melainkan kalian diberi waktu 1 menit untuk mempersiapkan jawaban kalian dan kemudian kalian diminta untuk berbicara selama 1-2 menit. Oleh karena itu, kalian akan diberikan selembar kertas kosong dan pensil untuk membuat catatan yang bisa kalian gunakan dalam memberikan jawaban kalian. Sama halnya dengan part 1, topik di part 2 juga sangat bervariasi namun biasanya akan mudah dijawab jika Anda memiliki pengalaman dengan topik tersebut dan akan menantang jika tidak ada pengalam dengan topik tertentu. 

Tips: Dalam waktu persiapan 1 menit tersebut, catatlah hal hal pokok yang akan berguna dalam menjelaskan jawaban kalian. Jawaban di part 2 ini panjang dan jelaskanlah seperti jika kalian sedang bercerita. Gunakan pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diberikan terkait dengan topik untuk membantu kalian dalam membentuk alur cerita kalian. Ini sangat penting, jangan berikan jawaban dari 4 pertanyaan tersebut secara individu, namun jelaskan dalam bentuk cerita. Alur cerita sangatlah penting untuk part 2 ini. 

Mari kita lihat beberapa contoh topik dan jawabannya;

Contoh 1:

Describe an old person that you know.

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You should say:

• What your relationship is to this person

• How often you see them

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  What people think about this person

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  Explain why you like them

Answer:

I would like to tell you about an old person that I know. His name is John, and he is the owner of a small convenience store at the end of my street.

I would say that my relationship with him is as a friend. I know him because I regularly go to the shop in order to buy things when I don't have time to go to a supermarket. He's quite friendly and I always have a chat with him. I've known him now for about five years - since I've lived in the area in fact. That's why I'd now call him a friend.

I'd say that I see him fairly regularly. Like I said, I go to the big supermarket out of town sometimes to stock up, but you always need odd things during the week such as milk, or some snack or other. So, when this happens, I just have a walk down to his shop. So, I'd say I see him every one or two days.

I think John is pretty popular as he's been there for years as far as I'm aware, so most of the locals around the area know him. There will always be someone in the shop having a chat with him. They like him because he's not just the shopkeeper but he's also very involved in activities in the community. For example, I know he helps out at the old people's home some nights, and he runs the quizzes at the local pub. He also helps to organize the fete that is held each year in the town.

The reason that I like him is that he's great to have a chat with. For instance, a while back I was having problems with my work, and I was really feeling stressed. I didn't really have anyone to talk to at the time as my family is abroad and a couple of my good friends were not around. I mentioned it to John and he was great. He listened and also gave me some really good advice. He didn't need to do that so it was great that he made the time to anyway. Generally, though, he's really welcoming when you go to his shop. He'll always have a smile on his face.

Jika kalian perhatikan contoh jawaban di atas, jawabannya memiliki template khusus yang bis kalian ikuti;

1. Perintahnya disini adalah untuk menjelaskan seseorang yang tua yang kalian kenal. Untuk mengawali dalam menjawab perintahnya kalian bisa dengan "I would like to tell you about ...". Kemudian di ikuti dengan penjelasan singkat terkait siapa orang tersebut.

2. Untuk bagian-bagian selanjutnya dari jawaban kalian sesuaikan dengan soal yang ditanyakan. Kalian bisa menggunakan frase seperti yang di bold dan di garisbawahi di atas untuk mengawali jawaban kalian.

3. Dalam memberikan jawaban dari setiap soalnya pastikan kalian pastikan ikuti template ini JAWABAN -- PENJELASAN. 

• What your relationship is to this person:

Jawaban: Friend

Penjelasan: Regular customer -- often chat with him -- friendly -- known him for some time

• How often you see them

Jawaban: On a regular basis

Penjelasan: See him twice or three times in a week to buy snacks

• What people think about this person

Jawaban: Popular and helpful

Penjelasan: Friendly -- likes to help

• Explain why you like them

Jawaban: Good friend to have a chat with

Penjelasan: Listened to me when I had problems -- gave me advices

Catatan yang kalian lihat di atas adalah contoh catatan yang dibuat dalam persiapan 1 menit. Dengan adanya ini, akan memudahkan kalian untuk menjelaskan jawaban kalian.

Contoh 2:

Describe an environmental problem that has occurred in your country.

You should say:

• The cause of the problem

• What effect it has had on your country

• The steps, if any, that have been taken to solve this 

• Explain why you think this problem is so important to solve.

Answer:

I'm going to talk about a problem with the environment in my country. One of the most serious problems at the moment is flooding. I'd say that it happens every year and each year it seems to get worse. 

I think it may be caused by a number of factors. Firstly, there has been a lot of deforestation in the north of the country, a lot of it from illegal logging. Because of this, when it rains the water has nothing to soak it up so it just runs down the mountains and into the villages and towns. Another factor may be global warming. Scientists believe that this is causing more severe weather so this may account for the increasing amount of rain that we seem to be seeing. It also means the soil is drier so again the rain water runs off it rather than being soaked up.

Unfortunately, there have been really serious effects on my country. As I said, the excess water runs into the villages and the towns through the rivers and the rivers then overflow causing massive flooding. This affects thousands of people who then become homeless. Several hundred usually die each year as well. It travels through the country as it starts in the north and goes down to the sea, so it can affect many towns and the capital city too. This also has repercussions for the government as they have to spend so much money managing the disaster each year.

Personally, I see that the government is trying to tackle the problem, but it is not easy. They are trying to stop so much deforestation but a lot of the damage has already been done so what can they do? They are also starting to build defences such as walls along some of the major rivers that run through the town to try to stop them from overflowing. Another thing they are doing is trying to improve their response systems. In most towns there is now a government organization responsible for coordinating relief operations and making sure they are prepared in advance.

I believe that this problem is a top priority to solve because it has such devastating impacts. As I mentioned before, it causes suffering for so many people and it is also a huge expense for the government and as we are not a rich country, we cannot afford this. It means that other services suffer because of a lack of money. There are other problems that my country has but I think that is by far the worst.

Questions and answers taken and adapted from: https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/ielts-speaking-examples.html

Catatan yang bisa kalian tulis dari contoh 2 ini:

• The cause of the problem

Jawaban: Several factors

Penjelasan: Deforestation -- global warming -

• What effect it has had on your country

Jawaban: Has serious effects

Penjelasan: Massive floods -- homelessness -- too much money spent on disaster management

• The steps, if any, that have been taken to solve this 

Jawaban: The government has tried to tackle the problems

Penjelasan: Building walls on rivers -- improve response systems

• Explain why you think this problem is so important to solve.

Jawaban: Top priority

Penjelasan: creates lots of problems for the country -- need lots of money -- need to use the money for other problems