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So you've just learned all the information you need to know about how to really, really improve your

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fluency coherence score.

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Now we're going to move into the next area on the on the on the rubric brand.

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And that is the lexical resource.

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Lexical resource basically means your vocabulary.

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And in this lecture, I'm going to cover the basics of the band and also explain the different parts

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to you so that you really, really know how to improve your lexical score.

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When it comes to speaking at the end of this lecture, you'll know exactly what you need to do to be

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able to get a great lexical score on the speaking test.

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Again, as in the previous video, here are the band score descriptors.

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And really, you know, you can really look at just some of the differences.

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So for example, for a band seven, it says uses vocabulary resources flexibly.

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Some less common vocabulary in idioms.

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Then four eight, it says, uses a wide vocabulary resource readily and flexibly to convey precise meaning.

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Then for nine years, the vocabulary with full flexibility.

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Not just wide for flexibility and precision in all topics.

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And now the examiners are trained to be able to tell the differences between when somebody's being six,

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seven, eight or nine.

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They're trained.

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They have very specific training to be able to recognize where you're fitting on that band scale.

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So here are some ways to improve your lexical resource.

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Number one is so important and it deals with using subject specific vocabulary.

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If the topic is about language, you should be using specific vocabulary about language.

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If the topic is about street markets, you should be using specific vocabulary in that area of street

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markets.

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If the topic is the weather, use specific subject specific vocabulary that really, really impresses

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If you're just using general basic level words.

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You're not going to seem that impressive.

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Paraphrasing synonyms and collection and collocations.

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Write Greatest Love this paraphrase synonyms really increase the flexibility and precision of what you're

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talking about.

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And native speakers use a lot of collocations.

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Collocations.

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It can be kind of tricky in terms of learning because these are just when you have two or three words

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that are put together in a way that native speakers use them, and this takes time for you to really

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listen to a lot of native speakers really read up on Collocations.

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That's why practicing is so important.

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And then you've got to find other ways to say really common words.

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You really can't use words like good, bad, very important, give, get a lot of those really common

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words.

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They don't help your score out at all.

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In terms of how to expand your lexical resource.

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Like I said earlier, use a wide range of band six or seven using a sufficient range.

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Now you might ask, what's the difference?

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Hardy.

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What's the difference between a wide range and a sufficient range range?

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Well, I mean, like I said, the examiners are really trained for that.

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They're trained for that wide range.

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Just means that.

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You know, on all the different topics, you've been able to show a range of vocabulary, a sufficient

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range means if there are four different topics or maybe two or three of the different topics that they

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ask you about, you're able to show range.

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All right.

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Now, in terms of, you know, are you losing using a low or wide range, really, when you talk about

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a high band score, are you really using vocabulary that's outside of everyday interactions?

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Can you really speak on and talk about abstract topics, low level students?

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This ability is really evident in parts two and three.

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Most people can really get by in part number one, because it's really straightforward questions.

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But really low level lexical ability really reveals itself in parts two and three.

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That's why I've told you.

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Part number two is really what sets the mark.

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How is your paraphrasing?

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Right when we talk about paraphrasing at a high level.

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Can you use synonyms?

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Can you change sentence structure?

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Can you really just convey the same meaning with different words?

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Or are you using the exact same words as the question?

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How is your colocation ability?

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Can you co-locate in the same way as a native speaker?

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Can you self correct any collocation mistakes?

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That's impressive.

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Also a lot of times I hear a lot of mistakes in people's and students with their word combinations and

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that really deals with really collocation.

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Now when we're talking about a little a few more tips and advice, you know, in terms of synonyms,

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this is what I mean by synonyms.

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First sentence McCartney's gas.

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My vehicle requires petrol.

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Changing the word order.

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English is increasingly used, so minor languages will vanish.

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How do we what I mean by change the word order?

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switching up the word order.

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Is a way to paraphrase, you know, the local population has poor health from lack of exercise.

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The city residents are unhealthy due to hardly ever exercising.

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Changing word form is important.

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It's impressive showing that you have that ability.

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This is I'm not going to read through these.

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You can stop this.

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You can stop it right here.

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But this is what I mean by subject, specific vocabulary.

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This is subject specific vocabulary about sports.

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Subject specific vocabulary about employment.

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Subject specific vocabulary really impresses a greater.

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Idioms.

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These are some of the general Indian idioms, some of them most 25 what they say, the 25 most useful

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idioms for all speaking, you know, if you're able to really show that you can mix some of these in

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while you're speaking is very helpful.

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These are some more common idioms that are being used.

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Right on this list here, which is really interesting.

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You're going to hear about natural versus unnatural collocations.

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And I hear these mistakes all the time.

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On the left side, we have the natural collocations.

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On the right side, we have the unnatural collocations now.

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Are the words correct quick.

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If somebody says quick food.

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Do I know what they're talking about?

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Yes, I do.

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Is it the wrong location?

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Yes, it is.

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You say fast food.

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You don't say the quick train.

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You say the fast train.

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You don't say, I'm going to go grab a fast breakfast.

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No, I'm going to grab a quick breakfast.

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You don't say it was big.

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Fine.

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It was great.

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Fine.

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I hear this one a lot.

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I don't want to do this because I lose the time.

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That's the improper collocation.

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Waste time.

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Commit a mistake, correct?

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I mean, commit a mistake is wrong.

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Make a mistake is correct.

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How do you really learn collocations?

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Well, you really learned them in blocks of language.

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There actually are dictionaries and there are books that really just cover collocations just so you

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can really learn collocations.

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All right.

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Whenever you learn new vocabulary, learn the different ways that new vocabulary is collocated.

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That can be that's the best one way practice immediately.

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When you learn collocations, practice using them, practice using them throughout the day.

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If you do that, you'll learn how to use them and learn collocations in group family.

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Whether or learn them in terms of specific words.

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Do make take.

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Extend expanding beyond like and don't like a lot of the questions especially on part one are going

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to ask you about do you like reading?

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Do you like music?

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Do you like to go shopping?

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But you can't always just say like like like don't like like don't like like don't like there are many

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different ways to say it.

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I'm very much interested in traveling.

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I'm quite fond of traveling outside the USA.

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I'm really into traveling.

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I'm very passionate about traveling.

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I'm quite addicted to traveling.

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I'm keen on traveling at every opportunity.

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All those are different ways you can say like.

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Alternatives that don't like.

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I loathe the activity of shopping.

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I'm not a fan of shopping.

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Shopping is not my cup of tea.

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In fact, it drives me crazy.

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I can't bear to go shopping.

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I can't stand shopping on the weekends.

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I'm not that keen on shopping this weekend.

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I'm rarely thrilled about shopping.

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Those are different ways to say don't like.

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Thank you very much for listening to this video.

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We appreciate it.

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And now we're going to move on and talk about grammar.

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Talk to you soon.