Can you think of any jobs
that focus on helping other people?
Okay, I would say...
those hospitality...
jobs that related to hospitality,
say people who are... who work in the hotel.
So they are there to help people,
for example, the receptionist,
they help people to check in, check out,
helping people with...
like calling them... morning calls
to wake them up,
helping... to help those guests with their luggage,
the bulky luggage.
Why do you think
some people don't want to help other people?
Well, I guess it might be the workload or pressure,
because people... the pace of life.
People are really busy these days.
Like, for example, if you walk on the street
and you want to ask for directions,
someone might not be willing to help because
they don't have much time to get to
the destination to meet someone
or they have a meeting, say, for example.
Right, I think that's the main reason.
And also, normally people don't really trust people
as we... as they do... did before.
So they don't want to get in trouble.
...always say... always say...
it's better to be safe than sorry.
Hi, my name's Pete Jones,
and with around 10 years' experience
as an IELTS examiner,
I know what candidates need to do
to get an IELTS Speaking band score 8.0.
William, who you've just seen
answer some IELTS Speaking Part 3 questions
on the topic of helping people,
got a band score 8.0 for his speaking
before we made this video,
and what I'd like to show you now
are two reasons why William got this score.
Firstly, to get an IELTS Speaking band score 8.0,
it says in the official band score descriptors
that you need to use less common vocabulary
skillfully.
As I've explained in another video,
less common vocabulary are simply
words and phrases that are not frequently used
in everyday conversation.
William used an example of less common vocabulary
when he said "bulky"
to describe the large and difficult-to-carry luggage
that hotel guests may need help with.
In this example,
William used this vocabulary skillfully,
that is he used it in a way that
a native speaker might use it.
A second type of vocabulary that you need to use
to get an IELTS Speaking band score 8.0
is idiomatic vocabulary.
Idiomatic vocabulary are words or expressions
that are natural for native speakers of English to use
or that contain an idiom.
An idiom is a group of words
that have a different meaning
to the meanings of the individual words.
Listen to how William used the idiom
'better safe than sorry'
to explain how some people choose
not to help people they don't know
because it may not be wise to do so
and they may wish they hadn't.
Here, William used this vocabulary
like a native speaker might use it
when he said "It's better to be safe than sorry".
The good news is
you can still make occasional mistakes,
or inaccuracies as IELTS say,
when using this type of vocabulary,
and still get an IELTS Speaking band score 8.0.
Listen to the vocabulary that William used
to describe the phone call that hotel guests receive
from reception
to wake them up in the morning.
Here, William used the word 'morning call'
but the correct vocabulary is 'wake up call',
and this was an example
of an inaccuracy with less common vocabulary.
It's also an example of an English word
used in some parts of China,
and other Asian countries,
including South Korea,
that isn't used in the same way
in English-speaking countries
like England, Canada or, where I am now,
New Zealand.
So, to get a band score 8.0 for vocabulary
in your IELTS Speaking test,
you need to use less common and idiomatic vocabulary
skillfully
with only occasional mistakes.
For more information about how to improve
your IELTS Speaking band score,
check out my other IELTS videos
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