Can native English speakers pass the IELTS test? - Bath 🇬🇧
Can native English speakers pass the IELTS test? - Bath 🇬🇧
In this video, James and I hit the streets of Bath to ask the average English person IELTS speaking questions to see if they can pass the test or not!
The topic of this test is "Celebrations"
The IELTS test is for people who want to move or study in an English speaking country such as the UK, Australia, Canada etc. The IELTS test contains all four skills: listening, reading, writing and spaking.
Now, the speaking part of the test has 3 sections....
PART 1 - general questions about yourself / topics about hobbies, work, neighbourhood etc.
Part 2 - in this section, you are given a card asking you to describe something, you have one minute to prepare your answer, and then you must speak for a minimum of 2 minutes. In other words, a mini speech!
Part 3 - an academic discussion, similar to debates at school or university.
Also, for anyone who doesnt know, Bath is located in the south west of England, roughly 1 hour and a half from London by train, and is famous for its imposing architecture and Roman remains.
Let me know in the comments if you have any questions about the IELTS exam or even about the city of Bath!
#ieltstest #instantenglishuk #nativeenglish
Who do you think was the best among the people we asked? Let me know here in the comments ❤
I think the fourth person was the best because he was so good at elaborating his thoughts and also I could learn a few new words from him,for instance,prodimently,niche,etc.even loved his accent.So he was definitely the best of all.
Yes indeed, the man with the blue shirt tought me some new words.
Quite honestly, can’t think of who was the best as their answers were interesting as much as informative. 💕
@@ZayithyahYisraal yess each one did their best though
@@vaishnavi5733 Absolutely agreed really gave thought to each question he asked and spoke to his mind.
Let's admit they can get full score if they know the structure of the test
Sure, but they don’t 😁
Are you for real dude, Anybody can get full score if it's about his native language, it's a not a rocket science, nobody needs to understand the grammer of his native tongue.
@@yamraaj8871 You misunderstood what he said and the same probably goes to the 3 people who liked your comment. Read again.
@@vcar7960 Dude prob just rushed straight to the comments without finishing the video
@@yamraaj8871 if i was you was this is they a apple he come fast it is me
As being an English teacher and ielts instructor,i would say these sort of videos are so valuable to people who are preparing for their ielts exam.Please make these kind of videos a lot for the sake of English learners.Thank you🇺🇿
you gotta fix your grammar dude
Thank you so much! I did make one more video like this in Bristol if you haven’t already seen it 😁 also is that an Uzbekistan flag?
@@InstantEnglishUK Yes
@@InstantEnglishUK yes that is Uzbekistan's flag. Do you know about it?
As an English techer, would say that (-) these. I'm affraid that your students shall not pass the exams.
I think the blue shirt guy might have got a very high score on his speaking level. He addressed the related topics with his fairly wide range of vocabulary and mild voice tone. In terms of fluency and speed, the military woman really nailed it! Thanks for filming this interesting video and I enjoyed watching their articulations. Much love from Korea!
IELTS it doesn’t only measure how knowledgeable are you with English but it tests logical thinking as well.
Not at all, honestly if you can speak the language with a adverse level of speaking and listening meaning thats where you focus your study the test isn't that hard at all The problem is schools FOCUS on grammar and Vocabulary without giving the students value to those rules and words as in using them in real time. It blows my mind people spend 5+ years learning English let alone any language and still are bad at it Modern education for language is just trash
This isn't really true. It's true that without having some level of logic and knowledge it's harder for you to have much to say that the examiner can grade. But they really do simply assess the adequacy of the language the examinee uses to convey what they want to say with adequate detail and quality. The student can reveal lack of knowledge about the subject, and even completely faulty logic, but if they can convey what they think in response to the questions adequately, then they pass. It's a test of their ability to communicate in English, and the documents the examiners refer to to judge that, and the procedures they are taught in order to assess the students, relate to that and only that.
IELTS isn't a tool to guage one's language knowhow! I am from Pakistan and I can't speak my mother tongue properly.
@@mohammadraza2167 Yeah. It tests communicative ability in the language, that's all. That's all it needs to be, and all it should be. It doesn't test anything else, and would be wrong to test anything else.
@@AngloSaks666 well. It’s ok to be disagree. However, imagine that doing writing test without need to think logically, or doing reading test with the tricky multiple answer where the answer is twisted or related to one another. I don’t think even native speakers can get band 9 by just simply answer them without even think logically
It’s very helpful. Hope you have more videos on other topics. Thanks a lot! ❤️
Absolutely enjoyed and learned so many things. Great !
I love it.Please keep going making different videos like this.
I do love this video 😍 Gimme more 🙏
Great video great work, I'm doing ielts, need more videos like this. I hope you guys will make it, really appreciate your work❤️🥰
Fantastic! I hope this one helps too… Can Native English speakers pass the IELTS exam? - Bristol kzhead.info/sun/gJyxeLekrqiGaGg/bejne.html
So fluent they speak especially that one guy he literally thought and spoke to his mind and that lady too. Really really cool video cheers.
Which ones?? 😁
That guy in the park especially and the woman who gave his husband a porche 911.
The one with the blue t-shirt
😦been two months already seems like two-three weeks
I really loved this kind of video 😍 thanks friends 🤓🤝💜
Thank you for the explanations, so helpful
I’m glad you found it useful 😁
Thank you Chris and James for this wonderful video... actually i have recently cleared my IELTS test and i can completely agree that Speaking module is most toughest as an non-native speaker .
Fantastic! I’m so happy to hear that you got your score 😁 what are you going to do now?
@@InstantEnglishUK I'll pursue my Bachelor's in UK .🙃💟
It was brilliant video . Thank you for making such great things 💖💖😊
Thank you Aram
I used to prepare IELTS exam many years ago.. though i didn't take the exam in the end, i learned a lot. .. which also helped me in understanding English.
Why didn’t you take it? 😁
@@InstantEnglishUK My savings was not enough for studying in English speaking countries... So I decided to just work instead of applying any graduate school.
fair enough, i wish you all the best!
@@st840506 How about changing your mind worrying not enough funds to go abroad and settle up, I have more than 50k$ debts right now and planning to leave my hopeless country, the first stop must be ielts, because I know I can earn back the money and obtain much more in the future, just make the first step, dude 😊
I used to prepare, for 30 minutes, then saw the cost and I desisted on the idea. It's ridiculous.
Thanks for video and love from India. Such videos are really very useful and helpful for non-native English speakers like me. Please, Keep it up and bring such more videos for us.
Amazing to hear that India is watching my videos 😁 Check out this similar video Can Native English speakers pass the IELTS exam? - Bristol kzhead.info/sun/gJyxeLekrqiGaGg/bejne.html
By chance, I saw your video. I am blissfully happy that you shared it with us. As an IELTS instructor in my own country, I can evaluate the one wearing the blue shirt higher than others. I believe if he knows the structure a bit adequately well, he has the ability to score at least 8.5 in the speaking section.
Very useful. Please keep posting this kind of videos especially for IELTS.
Will do 😁
Wow this video is very useful to me as I'm preparing for my IELTS test in the next month!
Really helpful 👍🏻 thank you both are you doing for this video...it's great
Glad you liked it!
Hi chris , could you please continue this kind of series, it's literally so helpful. Btw Thank you
Actually people talk in a good way, doesn't matter too short or too long conversation. That is how natural they are. I think ielts is expecting more😁
That's the idea. They would not be able to evaluate your range if you only give single sentence answers. Speaking test is probably where English natives will likely get the highest band (8.5/9). Listening and reading requires high level of concentration. But 8+ band is attainable without prep if you can focus. The only part where English natives will need to prepare for is the written test. You will only get around band 7 if you use simple grammatically correct sentences. Even if you manage to stay on topic. They really want you to use different sentence structures and synonyms. This is because, bands 8.5-9 are actually supposed to be professional level users who write journals, articles, Books, research papers etc. Bands 7.0-8.0 is where your average English speaker stands (With little prep).
@@Tpoleful I couldn't agree more thanks for pointing that out because l thought that when you get band 8.5 that means you're an intermediate learner so now l realized getting these results requires you to have a wild rang of sentence structures, using synonyms etc.. and you have to be an advanced English learner to get those results.
I absolutely share your point of view. What does "too short" Mean. They asked her a question. Did she answer that question? Yeah. What problems 🤣🤣😂😂🙈🙈?? No matter if native speaker give short answers to the questions or grammatically wrong or something else... If these people are understood by others then everything is ok
@@user-ut6yv6sk3m I definitely meant that😁 Sometimes,especially for some subjects,even in our language, we could not find to say something much.That was the point I wanted to express.
@@Tpoleful do you know a site I can find material of IELTS to study for free? My English is not that bad, but I've a terrible memory, I keep forgetting things and ofc the language, I can fully understand but I can't speak perfectly as I hear because yk I don't practice speaking -which is very very stressful to me, I don't have anyone to practice with, and second I keep forgetting the vocabs, synonyms and the sentences as a whole, I know it but I can't find it in my brain, I know it's somewhere here but I can't recall it on spot 😭😭😭 also I'm not a good speaker even in my native language, I take long time before I respond, sometimes I even respond irrelevantly 💀 I've social anxiety so it contributes very much, I'm very skeptical about taking the exam because idk what to study and whether I can trust my guts and speak confidently or I'll embarrass myself and fail it -ik there's no failing but lower bands, I'm full of doubts that I may not show myself correctly and get a score lower than my actual level because I just couldn't handle it, mentally 😬😭 so any tips please 🥲?
Thank you for this video ,very fascinating 😊🤗
Cheers Zehra, where you from?
Hmmm Zehra, your name is so familiar to me (:
I'm learning your language guys and this video makes me see IELTS not that difficult, greetings from Peru 🇵🇪
Is not difficult...the only impediment is the money
@@mcmerry2846 yeah it's true
The toelf test is a little more difficult
Good questions bro. Their answer make me smile and feel good. I can imagined when they were a kid how they happy
English hit me hard, not gonna lie, I expect more than that, I thought native speaker will say something that we barely understand
Why?
I taught languages in a high school in the UK. I also speak Russian and Polish. We had a lot of children who spoke Polish and some who spoke Russian at home and we always put them in for Polish or Russian GCSE. My job was to prepare them for their speaking exam. I could actually do this better as a non-native speaker with exam experience than a native speaker who didn't know about exams. Before training, they tended to speak as they did with their parents using just ordinary, every day language which was just too simple. To score highly in the exam you have to use a range of different tenses and 'moods', a variety of adjectives, use comparatives, adverbs, express opinions, justify them - the list goes on. The moral of this story is that in every day speech we all speak fairly straightforward language. In exams, we have to 'show off' what we are capable of even if that's not necessarily how we normally speak. PS I have an English friend who has lived in France for many years teaching English in a high school. At one point he took a CAPES exam in English. He failed his first attempt at the speaking test precisely because the language he used was judged to be not complex enough. He just spoke like a native speaker instead of 'showing off'. He passed second time.
@@InstantEnglishUK I have seen my friends discussing about IELTS, they said it’s very hard, and I thought native speaker created IELTS so they will master it
@@barrysteven5964 my friends told me tenses is not a matter in speaking test so I learned a lot vocabulary
@@barrysteven5964 turns out those guys are dead wrong, so I have to learn tenses and some complicated grammar again
Nice! I think video is helpful for learning English spacialy for them who are learning English as a secondary language. And I personally have learning a lot about native speakers of English.
Thank you Kain
I would say that the guy with red hair who found the out-of-print bug party book and the grandma with hammaocks are definitely band 9, going to rewatch this video again. Great job! Nice choice of questions
So glad you liked it 😁
Are you going to take the test?
As a foreigner this made me relax a lot, because I thought I would butcher the speaking part of the test and ruin my scores. But now I feel confident that I would definitely ace the test
I love this series from which I learnt a lot how British people speak English in daily life at a normal speed. Thanks.
Brilliant! I’m so glad you liked it! Where you from Sam?
I like this channel all video This is so lovely and vwry useful Thank you so much:)
Do more!!!! it's great!
I think the best one was the last bloke that was at the park with a lot of noisy kids around. He had great ideas, great and complex grammatical and sentence structures, and he has a wide range of vocabulary. He's probably a type of a more confident person that gets to talk to a lot of people really often, because he can organize the ideas really well, and he also has a lot of ideas in mind and the thing that makes him great in it is that he is able to express them in a clear and interesting way and with that he can also really nicely grab the listener's attention and make him listen to whatever he's saying or talking about. He's a great speaker.
I appreciate your patience in listening.
Thank you!
I always wanna tell people English is not an exam, but it is a bridge for people to communicate with a heart.
Yeah, do they want to know whether I can speak or not?? Just ask me the darn questions and that's it, stop squeezing my pockets.
love your comments. I always believed that there is a big emphasis on Ielts exam these days and yes, they have become overcommercialized.
@@phuongho9842 man, in my country the minimum wage is equivalent to $230...and these exams cost $300... It's an insult.
I totally agree with you, in some part of the world the fee for ielts too much high for to bear it’s expense.
Wow you guys awesome.. it's thinking like IELTS difficult but its not..be confident nothing is impossible.. first make english you interest then practice everyday with smile 😊
YOU can do it Prince 🤴
I liked the comments popping up now and then, they help us to point out good lexis.
Awesome vídeo. Looking forward to learning more with you. Greetings from 🇺🇾Uruguay
Woow, so cool to hear and see that people in Uruguay are watching my videos 😁😁
a la habla español Gaaa
What a cool video! Thank you!
So glad you liked it! I have another one in Bristol, have you seen it?
You have such decent flawless British English
Thank you
Hi there I'm looking for someone to practice and improve my English I wonder if you are interested in? :)
Great work guys 🔥 please do make similar content more
Can Native English speakers pass the IELTS exam? - Bristol kzhead.info/sun/gJyxeLekrqiGaGg/bejne.html
The lady in green was too perfect. The guy on the bench too is not be left behind. Bravo
Completely enjoyed this one as yesterday, the 10th was my twin sister’s and my birthday. The only time we had a party was on our 7th one and it was very simple. Usually, I spend it with her, her family and our parents, sometimes with our brother if he is here. Anyhow, these last 2 birthdays we had, out of circumstance, were spent apart which is fine as our beliefs now regarding it are different. Honestly, I stopped answering in the middle of the video, as their stories were so compelling as they were heartfelt. 😍🥰
Thank you for sharing Hadassah!
@@InstantEnglishUK Oh! The pleasure is mine Chris, really. 🥰 May YAH bless and keep you! 🤲🏼💕
Thanx,Yeah it really heals my errors.
No worries 😉
Just jump here from tiktok i am taking ielts soon your videos are beneficial 💝 love u mate
Thank you Dipesh!
The blue shirt man conversation is wow.
Thanks sir I'm getting a lot of vocabulary from your videos
You’re welcome mate
We need more of there because it is useful
i have another one, did you see it?
Really!!? I will look for it.
What a useful video! Thanks for sharing. Greetings for Mexico City. 👌❤☺
Thank you
Thanks a lot for the video, I've always been interested in this question as it seems to me that the requirements are a bit high than they should really be.
James! It’s nice to met you here! I am from Hello Talk 😊😊😊
My names Chris, this is my channel 😁 you can find James on his channel = Horizons
@@InstantEnglishUK oh, I see. Sorry 😅Thanks for your responding.by the way I have watched your channel many times and I like it. Thank you as always.
You should also try to give them grammar tasks from CPE (some of them are mind-blowing) :D
I will try next time 😁
Amazing 🤩
Thank you Fahmida
I was really touched by the Porsche / Leukemia answer. I hope I'm fortunate enough to have someone think like that of me when it's time for me to go.
We want more video like this
This one is awesome i can show it to my students as demos
Brilliant!
Amazing one😍
Thank you, where you from? 😁
@@InstantEnglishUK I am from India❤️
After i managed to get done watching this entire video , I just completely realized they put on normal uses and such a sensationally effortless with noticeable less stress and I think they just dramatically used easy words and conversations that I also should’ve used a lot rather than trying to set up the sentences chaotically
Excellent
this video was really helpful👍 I hope keep coming videos like this 🙏
So glad you liked it, where you from?
Interesting thank you so much
You’re welcome ☺️
Woww, I like their accent n it's literally quite complicated to immatate the way how they were speaking is fabulous I'm from northeast India meghalaya the people living in this region they do speak English probably about 80% of them they can communicate with you in english if you'll travelling in our state...i love learning English n I realized that its wasn't easy I do speak English becuz we were using English as a medium of instruction in our institution and i have been learning about 8 years but still i couldn't speak like the native speakers but well I satisfied with my own capability u knw friends I'm eager to become fluent in english becuz I intended to make videos with some of my companions
Great effort.
Cheers Parkash
Hey, thanks for posting this video. That's very useful when it comes to learn English ! Although, could help me with the sentence below; I don't understand what "niche" as an adjective actually means. Just know he's talking about local festivals in his area. "There are quite a lot of very niche ones" (14m)
Yesterday I took my LRW test for ielts I guess native would have to go through hard time if they took exam also. Though some of their speaking was much more better. Also there is fact that you have answer on bullet point and sometimes the question you were asked might be something which you never did. Like you would got puzzled between what to say next maintaining the cohesion with question. This is the hard one.
Good luck next time!
A native speaker could also be asked about a topic they have no experience of. It's bad luck, but you need to develop strategies for this. Remember that there is no mark for content in the speaking test.
I think the most different is that native speaker can got a 9 in speaking easily without any prepare. But foreign speakers always suffer in this part, especially for many Asians because the grammar and logic have much differences
Of course, I just wanted to show you how natives may answer these questions 😁
Acdemic speaking is hard for native Don't you understand?
Also is: can get preparation and before foreigner a preposition is needed
They are like answering part 2 question😁😁
You guys are doing greate job .....
Thank you RAVI
@@InstantEnglishUK sir please make a video about how to speak manageable English with a person. What we need during speaking and how to convey our message to others. .... If you do this , it will helpfull for everyone..... Most of the people from different different non english speaking countries..they dont know how to speak without making major mistakes .so. That type video is good for everyone........ You guys are quite different then compared to others ... anyway i like your rapo .. please make it .... 💕💕💕.
Very helpful
Thank you Fizza
Amazing video 🤗
Thank you!!
Its more about how much a person wanna talk :D And answer thoose questions
Humble suggestion I have for these series video is to make the subtitles fully in a way of sentences. That would be more friendly to foreign learners like me from Asia.
Of course! Could explain what you mean?
Well, as far as native interviewees are concerned, they answered questions subconsciously. I think for non native IELTS candidates it may seem quite a bit weird to answer in this way but for them it is okay. It is how they talk and live that is it
Of course, those in the video were not fully prepared for these questions and that is why I thought it would be an interesting video to make 😁
I'm from Bath! I wish I was there when you guys visited...
Next time 😁
Wonderful vdo
Thank you!!!
After seen the video I have long way to be better in English I don’t reckon am gonna take ILTS exam anyway it’s hard but thank you for the Video ,keep it up from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Keep going!
This episode is quite interesting to watch indeed😂😂 IELTS such a test to exploit the non native speakers of English😪
Very nice
I am also started to learn English language . So this british accent is quite difficult for me to understand. But definitely i learned something from this video. Their accent is really pleasant to hear
Have you ever been in the UK?
Please make a lot of this kind of video
I will
Can Native English speakers pass the IELTS exam? - Bristol kzhead.info/sun/gJyxeLekrqiGaGg/bejne.html
I really enjoyed this video.l want more videos like this. I learnt many natural expressions from this video. I can't thank you enough. Love from India 🇮🇳.
Amazing! Try this one ⬇️ kzhead.info/sun/gJyxeLekrqiGaGg/bejne.html
Interesting but I have some misgivings, anyway you've got a new subscriber 😊
Welcome to the family Angel 😁
3:45 so natural I simply love the way this man speaks. Really helpful video. Cheers from Peru 🇵🇪👌🏼🫰🏼
Gracias causita
Hey Carol I'm looking for someone to practice and improve my English I wonder if you are interested? :)
love you bruv
Love you mate!
ginger hair guy's speaking amazing
He told us that he’s a teacher 👨🏫
Thx! so watching this video now I definitely realize that I am a begginer. Please! How can I improve the 4 abilities (reading, listening, writing and speaking ? I want to get a B2 at least. Greetings from Mexico
I recommend the ielts advantages books, they are so clear and useful!
Con esa forma de escribir para mí que ya lo tienes
I'm from Bangladesh ,,, this video really fast-rate to improve and prepared for ielts,.. By the way I'm beginner need to plenty of practice
Video should be covered many topic like mirror , dreams...etc
It’s one topic per test mate, I have another video on a different topic with native English speakers if you want to watch
Such an open people. I don't answer this questions my native language for unknown people
I just listen to them and realize how far they are in the language. I know that they are natives, but when I put myself on their places, I’d hesitate on every word
Speaking is not difficult in the IELTS, the most difficult is the Reading bc of the time allotted to the module.
I’m glad you find the speaking easy, however many people find it quite hard
Speaking is really easy n scoring i got 7 bands in speaking who doesn't even speak in English except of in schools. You can give them reading test.
I don’t think that would be a very interesting video mate 😁
Love to see them in our place hahaha
Haha that was the idea 😁
Great video, love from Pakistan 🇵🇰💚
I just want to let you guys know a bit of info: most non-native English speakers (especially us in Asia) are merely excellent on paper and we focus more on our numerical scores. However, whatever English skills we can apply in real life, where we cannot hide behind a pen and paper, do not reflect our scores at all. Perhaps there are native English speakers who might score lower, but their real-life communication skills are unsurpassed.
Nice
Cheers!
Hello from Armenia 🇦🇲 Love this video ❤️💫
Thank you Ann
she said "I wake up" when she talked about the past.
Thqank you
You’re welcome ☺️