How can I develop writing fluency to score high in IELTS?

How can I develop writing fluency to score high in IELTS?

In this series of blogs on building fluency for IELTS,we have discussed the basics of speaking and readingfluency, their barriers and ways to overcome these barriers. 

Please read the blogs titled How can I develop speaking fluency to score high in IELTS? Part I. to read about hesitation and fear related barriers, how can I develop speaking fluency to score high in IELTS? Part II to read about the barriers related to fillers, repetition and mistake correction; and How can I develop reading fluency to score high in IELTS? to read about reading fluency barriers and ways to overcome.

In this blog, our focus willbe on writing fluency. As mentioned earlier, this fluency has not been explored much. Not many experts write on this topic. Let’s understand the basics, the barriers and the ways to overcome writing fluency.

Fluency in writing simply means that you should be able to write on a given topic smoothly – without breaking the flow. One myth – writing speed means speed of the hand to write. It’s a pure myth. This is just physical in nature. One can take trainingto increase physical speed of the hand. It doesn’t take much time to develop this skill. Writing fluency is connected to the thought process. It’s a mental skill (skill of the mind).You should learn to be an independent thinker if you want to become a good writer. Additionally,one should learn to organize the thoughts clearly.This requires learningthe brainstorming process& idea generation from the best IELTS coaching center in Dwarka.

You should also understand that the allotted time of 60 minutes is not only for writing. It also includes time for proof-reading the same. If you are not fluent in writing, you would find it difficult to save time for proof-reading.

Generally, IELTS students make some 2-5 spelling or grammar related corrections during proof reading. You know that the spelling mistakes or grammatical mistakes are penalized in IELTS. Hence, fluent writingcan help you correct the spelling and grammar mistakes and maximize your IELTS band score.

In our upcoming blogs we will talk about listening fluency forIELST in detail and understand how to develop it.

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How can I develop speaking fluency to score high in IELTS?

How can I develop speaking fluency to score high in IELTS?

Generally speaking, the term fluency is connected with speaking fluency. “He has a good fluency”, such a remark would surely be connected to speaking fluency in common parlance. Its absence gets reflected in the IELTS band score. A candidate cannot score and 7 on IELTS test without attaining speaking fluency. I have very frequent sessions with the IELTS aspirants and there is one common question that they generally ask me, “How can I develop fluency to score high in IELTS?”. I make them understand that when you mention fluency you mean speaking fluency only. And then I introduce the concept of other fluencies that they must develop to score high in IELTS – writing, reading and listening. In this blog, we will focus on the speaking fluency. For other types of fluencies read the respective blogs.

What is speaking fluency? It is a candidate’s ability to communicate his/her thoughts smoothly. For a smooth communication one has to learn to overcome the internal barriers. What kind of internal barriers? These include fear of judgment, hesitation, lack of ideas, etc.

What breaks the fluency in speaking? How do I know that I am facing internal barriers? This is also a frequently asked question by the IELTS aspirants. My response to this question is that you need an expert’s guidance for this. Many candidates make a wrong assessment of themselves. Some feel underconfident despite having a good-skills set while others feel overconfident despite having a lower skill set. I recommend them to take expert guidance from best IELTS coaching institute in Dwarka.

Those who face hesitation or fear of judgment should understand one thing very clearly that your fear is not greater than your dream of settling abroad. The fear is generated when one thinks, “They are speaking so fluently. How will I? or “Will I be able to make an impact as per my ideal performance? One great method of overcoming this fear practice by recording your voice. Take a piece of writing and continuously read it for 5-10 minutes. Record while reading. Identify the gaps and improve in the next recording. Over a span of 10-20 such exercises you will feel more confident and hesitation will go away. Here also with the help of expert guidance from the best IELTS coaching institute in Dwarka, you would speed up the performance.

In the next blog we will continue with the speaking fluency and discuss what are the other barriers to speaking fluency. I will write a separate blog on the idea generation because this is required in all the four modules.