{"id":65518,"date":"2022-09-28T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=65518"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:58:31","slug":"ielts-energy-1212-preparing-answers-is-not-the-same-as-memorizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-1212-preparing-answers-is-not-the-same-as-memorizing\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 1212: Preparing Answers is NOT the Same as Memorizing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Should you memorize IELTS answers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, you shouldn&#8217;t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you should prepare to answer any question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the difference between preparing and memorizing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we&#8217;ll answer a listener question about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen in so you understand the difference and know which will help you when studying for IELTS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Preparing Answers is NOT the Same as Memorizing - IELTS Energy Podcast 1212\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VaB2mbYv2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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It\u2019s 100% guaranteed.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>#2: Improved pronunciation and fluency scores<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answer an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-1187-sample-speaking-answers-its-a-crime\/\">IELTS Speaking<\/a> question, you need to make it personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you do, it&#8217;s much easier to <meta charset=\"utf-8\">share personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This improves your fluency score which depends partially on your ability to expand on ideas and provide details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also makes it easier to achieve high pronunciation scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is because it&#8217;s easier to have natural, native intonation when sharing personal details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re saying something you feel emotion about, that emotion comes out more easily in your voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This naturally creates more varied intonation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are sharing memorized answers that have no personal meaning, it&#8217;s easy to slip into a monotone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This would be disastrous for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-1184-word-stress-rules-in-english-for-ielts-pronunciation-scores\/\">pronunciation score.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#3: <strong>Word and syllable stress<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>IELTS pronunciation scores are also affected by word and syllable stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re just memorizing sounds and don&#8217;t know the meaning of every word, the word and syllable stress won&#8217;t always be correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may give a perfect answer but the Examiner can&#8217;t understand you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>expression: the wrong emphASis on the wrong sylLABle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We say this expression as a joke about the importance of stressing the correct syllable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If not, it&#8217;s impossible to understand what you&#8217;re saying!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An example: differ vs. defer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In one of our live group classes, we taught the high-level phrase, &#8220;I beg to differ.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>I beg to differ<\/strong>: I disagree<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the students was confused because they thought that &#8216;differ&#8217; should be pronounced like the word &#8216;defer&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They had heard the word &#8216;defer&#8217; and didn&#8217;t realize &#8216;differ&#8217; is a different word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you pronounce differ incorrectly and say, &#8220;I beg to defer,&#8221; the Examiner will be confused!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your scores will go down due to the error instead of going up for using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/four-enthusiasm-idioms-in-english\/\">idiomatic language<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Takeaway<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Take our advice and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-1191-two-things-that-ruin-ielts-fluency-scores\/\">do not memorize IELTS answers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t memorize entire essays and do not memorize entire speaking answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, memorize template sentences and phrases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add your own ideas to these to create high-scoring essays and answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to IELTS, it&#8217;s all about spending time wisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-energy-1075-how-cynthia-overcame-ielts-for-an-overall-8\/\">study guide<\/a> and strategies so you waste no time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get our online course, <a href=\"http:\/\/allearsenglish.com\/keys\">3 Keys IELTS<\/a>, for our study guide and strategies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What questions do you have about today\u2019s episode?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please leave a comment below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you memorize IELTS answers? 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