{"id":67128,"date":"2023-01-03T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=67128"},"modified":"2023-01-13T15:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:53:13","slug":"speaking-practice-lowering-your-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/speaking-practice-lowering-your-score\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Energy 1239: Is Your Speaking Practice Lowering Your Score?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What should your IELTS Speaking practice look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it possible that the way you are practicing is lowering your score?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we answer two recent listener questions about the speaking exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll share details about recent timing changes to the IELTS exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll also learn specifics about the best way to practice timing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" 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=\"Is Your Speaking Practice Lowering Your Score? - IELTS Energy Podcast 1239\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7YLUEv1e97k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-question-1-interruptions\"><strong>Question #1: Interruptions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I recently took my IELTS speaking exam, and I would say that I think the examiner didn\u2019t take the full time and interrupted me a number of times during my answer. 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