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TheStandardIntroductionQuestions
1. “Goodmorning(goodafternoon).Myname’sX.Canyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
” (=Pleasetellmeyourname.)
2. “WhatcanIcallyou?
”(=WhatshallIcallyou?
=WhatshouldIcallyou?
=Whatwouldyoulikemetocallyou?
)
3. “Canyoutellmewhereyou’refrom?
”(=Whereareyoufrom?
)
4. “CanIseeyouridentification,please?
”(=CouldIseeyouridentification,please?
=MayIseeyouridentification,please?
)
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(Theexaminerisusuallyreferredtoas"he"onthispagebecausewriting,"heorshe"istoocumbersome.Actually,about40%oftheexaminersarefemale.)
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The‘Introductory’phaseofthetestconsistsofagreetingfromtheexaminer,followedbyfourquestions.Themainpurposeofthispartistocheckthecandidate’sidentity.Atthesametime,theexaminerbeginstogetanimpressionofthecandidate’sEnglishability.
Althoughthisis(indirectly)partofthetest,youshouldnotgivelong,detailedanswersbecause:
a) Long,detailedanswersarenotappropriateforthesequestionsand,
b) Theexaminerwantstodothispartofthetestquitequickly,inabout30seconds.
Sincethisistheverybeginningofthetestandsincetheexaminerwantstodothispartquickly,trytoavoidcausingtheexaminertoaskyoutorepeatwhatyoujustsaid.
Thefourquestionsarestandardquestionsthatareusedineverytest.Therefore,sinceweknowexactlywhatthequestionswillbe,itisagoodideatolookattheminordertoavoidmakingunnecessarymistakes.
Whentheexaminerfirstturnsonthetaperecorder,hemakesashortstatementintothetaperecorder,statingsuchinformationasthedate,locationandthecandidate’sname.
1.Thentheexaminersayssomethinglike:
“Goodmorning.Myname’sJohn.Couldyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
”
∙Manyexaminerssaythesethreesentencestogether,withoutpausingaftersaying,“Goodmorning.Myname'sX.” Becausetheexaminerdoesnotpausetowaitforthecandidatetoreturnthegreeting,mostcandidatesjustanswerthequestionwithoutreturningthegreeting.However,it’sbothgoodmannersandmorefriendlytoreturnagreeting.Inotherwords,youshouldinclude“Goodmorning.”or“Goodafternoon”inyouranswer.Ifyoucancatchtheexaminer’sname(withoutaskinghimtorepeatitbecausehewantstodothissectionquitefast)thenyoushouldalsoincludehisorhernameinyouranswer.
∙Don'tsay, “Goodmorning,Mr.John.”ThewordsMr.,Miss,Mrs.andMs.areonlyusedbeforeaperson'ssurnameand“John”isnot(usually)asurname.Theexaminerusuallyjustsayshisorhergivenname(firstname),nottheirfullname.
∙Asuitablereplyis:
“Goodmorning,John.MynameisWangJianfeng.”Ifyoudonotincludehisname,itdoesn’tmattertoomuchbutrememberthattheexaminerisahumanbeingandhearingyousayhisnamewouldbeapleasantsurpriseforhim!
Hewillthinkofyou,“Whataniceperson!
”
∙Throughoutthespeakingtest,itisbesttousethecontractedformsofEnglishwheneverpossiblebutinthisfirstanswer,itisperfectlyappropriatetosay,“Mynameis”ratherthan,“Myname’s”.ItisappropriateherebecausewhenapersonstateshisorhernameinasituationsuchastheIELTSinterview,theyusuallywanttosayitveryclearlysothatthelistenermakesnomistakewiththename.Don'tforget,theexaminerisverifyingyouridentityhere.
∙It’soktosay,“Goodmorning,John.MyfullnameisWangJianfeng.”butit’snotreallynecessarytorepeattheword,“full”.However,youdefinitelymustsayyourcompletename–don’tjustsay,“Myname’sWang.”
∙EventhoughyouarespeakingaChinesename,youstillshouldspeakitclearlyfortheforeigner.Infact,youshouldspeakitmoreclearlythanyouwouldifyouwerespeakingtoaChineseperson.Thisisbecauseitisimportantfortheexaminertoconfirmthatitreallyisyousittingthereandnotyourbrotherorsomeoneelse.Theexaminerhasyourapplicationforminfrontofhimandyournameiswrittenonitinhanyupinyin.Remember,theexaminerdoesnotwanttowastetimebyaskingyoutorepeatyournamebecausehedidn’thearitclearly.
∙Don’tchangetheorderofyournameandsayyournameis,“JianfengWang”.(Evenifyoudothetestoverseas,respectyourChinesenamingsystem.)
Besides,yournamewillbewrittenas,"WangJianfeng"ontheapplicationform,whichiswhattheexaminerislookingatasyousayyourname.
∙Don’tsay,“MyChinesenameis_____”.Itiscompletelyunnecessarytosaytheword,“Chinese”becausethepurposehereistocheckyourlegalidentity,thatis,yourrealname;youonlyhaveonelegalnameandthatisyourChinesename.Thewordingofthequestion,“...yourfullname...”showsthatthisisaseriousquestionandthattheexaminerwantsyoutosayyourrealname.YourEnglishname,ifyouhaveone,isnomoresignificantthananickname;youcanchangeitatanytime.
∙Don’tspellyourname. (Onlyspellitiftheexaminercan'tunderstandyourpronunciationofit.)
∙Don’tsay,“WangismyfamilynameandJianfengismygivenname.”Thequestiondidn’taskyoutoexplainyourname.SometimesthereisaPart1topicconcerning‘Names’andinsuchatopic,explainingyournamecouldbesuitable.Butnothere.SayingthatalsogivestheexaminerthefeelingthatyouranswercomesfromanIELTSbook.Youshouldavoidcausingtheexaminertothinkthisbecauseexaminersverymuchpreferoriginalanswersfromyou.TheonlytimewhenitmightbeappropriatetoexplainwhichisyoursurnameandwhichisyourgivennameisifyouareaChinesepersondoingtheIELTStestoverseas.
∙Don’tcalltheexaminer,“Sir”,“Miss”or“Madame”.Ifyoudidn’thearhisorhername,justsay,“Goodmorning.”withoutsayinghisorhername.Using“Sir”, “Miss”or“Madame”isasignthatyoueitherconsidertheexaminertobeateacherorthatyouarebeingunnecessarilyformalorthatyouconsidertheexaminertobeyour‘superior’–youshouldthinkoftheexaminerasanequal,notassomeonesuperiortoyou.Ifyouthinkoftheexaminerasanequal,youwillspeakmoreopenly,bemorerelaxedandgetabetterscorethanifyouthinkheorsheisasuperior, orsomekindof‘examininggod’.Remember,WesternersareusuallylessformalthanChinesepeople.
∙Theexaminer’squestionwas,“Couldyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
”andthissoundslikea“Yes/No”question.However,thisformofquestionisnotreallya“Yes/No”question;it’sanindirectquestion,whichreallymeans,“Whatisyourfullname?
”Indirectquestionsareconsideredmorepolitethandirectquestions.
∙Wheneveryouareaskedsuchanindirectquestion,youshouldnotanswerwith,“Yes”or,“Yes,Icould.”NativeEnglishspeakerssometimesdoanswersuchquestionsbyfirstsayingaveryquick,“Yes”butyoushouldnotsaythatbecausetheexaminermightthinkthatyouthinkitreallyisa“Yes/No”question.
∙Somecandidatesgiveananswersuchasthis:
“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert.”Thisanswerisquiteacceptableandquitenaturalinanon-testsituation,forexample,ifyoumeetaforeigneronthebus.ButIsuggestyoudon'tsaythatintheIELTSSpeakingtestbecausesomeexaminersmightthinkthatyoualreadyknewwhatthesecondquestionis(“WhatcanIcallyou?
”)andthatyouhadrehearsedyouranswerandexaminersdon’tlikeanswersthatseemtobeobviouslyrehearsed.
Notonlythat,addingthewords,“...butyoucancallme...”inasituationwheresomeoneisverifyingyouridentityisalittleunsuitable.Ifapolicemanorabankclerkaskedyou,“Canyoutellmeyourfullname,please?
”wouldyouanswerwith,“MynameisWangJianfengbutyoucancallmeRobert”?
∙Inotherwords,Iwouldsayitisbetternottoadd,“...butyoucancallme...”afterthisquestion.Instead,waitfortheexaminer'ssecondquestion.
2Thentheexaminerwillsay:
“WhatcanIcallyou?
”(Or,“WhatshallIcallyou?
”)
∙Youdon’tneedtouseanEnglishname!
ButifyoudouseanEnglishname,makesurethatitissimpleandeasyfortheexaminertounderstandthefirsttimeyousayit.It’sprobablybesttouseafairlycommonlyusedname.Forexample,noEnglishspeakerchoosestobecalled,“Apple”,evenasanickname.Thiskindofnamecouldcausetheexaminertoaskyoutorepeatyournamebecausehemightnotbesurehehearditcorrectly.
∙IfyoudochoosetosayanEnglishname,makesurethatyoucanpronounceitcorrectly!
MispronouncingyourownEnglish(nick)nameisanunnecessarymistakeandwouldnotgivetheexamineraverygoodimpression.Forexample,ifyourEnglishnameisHarry,don’tsay,“JustcallmeHairy.”Or,ifyourEnglishnameisJustin,don’tsay,“JustcallmeJustine.”(JustineisthefemaleformofJustinandispronounceddifferently).
∙Occasionally,acandidatesayssomethinglike,“JustcallmebymyEnglishname,Yuki.”ButYuki(andSuki)areJapanesenames,notEnglishnames.And‘Pierre’isaFrenchname(meaning,Peter).Youwon'tlosepointsintheSpeakingtestbymakingsucherrorsbutyouwon'timpresstheexaminerwithsuchbasicerrorsoffact(noterrorsofEnglish).IfyouuseanameotherthanyourChinesename,findoutifitisinfactanEnglishnameornot.
∙Mostexaminersare(orshouldbe)usedtocandidatessaying,“JustcallmeXiaoWang”but,tobeonthesafeside,itmightbebetterifyousaid,“JustcallmeWang.”or,“JustcallmeJianfeng.”withoutusingtheword“xiao”.
∙Ifyouhaveatwo-wordnamesuchasLiuXiangandifthisi
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