Dear Faruk
Neesh is right about practising as much as you can to increase fluency.
For Part 2, topics are frequently repeated, or one 'story' can be used for several questions. See
http://www.ieltsexchange.com/#!part-2/cn1m
Successful Part 2 candidates are usually
extremely fluent in English, or able to adapt stories they have practised before the exam. For example, last week, one of the Speaking cue cards was 'Describe an article about
healthy living you have read recently.' What if you have never read an article about 'healthy living' in your life? You could probably still answer the question if you spend the one minute thinking time wisely. You probably know more about the topic than you think. Maybe you saw something in a newspaper about
not smoking, or a magazine advertorial about a
new diet, or you glanced at something on the Internet about
walking being the best exercise. Maybe you have had to write an essay about people being
overweight or not exercising enough (common IELTS topics), or maybe you even had a conversation with someone about taking a friend out somewhere to cheer him up because he was feeling a bit
depressed - all could be adapted to the question. You could probably name a newspaper or a website and say the information came from there. Remember that
examiners are not interested in whether what you say is true - only if it makes sense.
Try to plan what to say quickly with a question clock (who-what-when-where-why-how?)
The
who could be a friend who pointed out the "article" to you, or a famous person who supported its ideas, or a doctor who endorsed it. The
what is the subject of the "article" (not smoking, a healthy diet, walking, being overweight, depression and so on). The
when is when you read the "article", so you need to say 'a few months back', a couple of weeks ago', 'the other day' because the question says
recently, but you don't have to be specific. You could say 'I can't remember exactly when I read it, but it wasn't long ago and it interested me because ...' The
where is the place you read the "article" which is where you could give the name of a local publication or a favourite website (or even Facebook - quoted by a friend, for example). The
why could be why it interested you or why you remember it or why you think it is important, and you could say anything you wanted, such as 'I think it's important because everyone wants to live a healthy lifestyle so they can do everything they want to do, to achieve their ambitions and help their families ...' and so on. The
how could be how to achieve the healthy lifestyle you are talking about, such as how to stop smoking or how to eat a healthy diet. Say the only thing you can think of is taking your friend out to cheer him up - you could say that depression is a big problem in your society/for young people/for sick people and that having a good group of friends is very important. You could say that the article encouraged people to check on their friends because people who socialise are less prone to depression (and so on). In short, when you get a cue card that you THINK you know nothing about, by staying calm and thinking around the topic, you probably
can give a perfectly good answer!
Keep an eye out for speaking topics in recent exams, and think how you could adapt them to what you know. There is a list of repeating topics here
http://ieltsexchange.freeforums.net/thr ... xam-topics
The chances are, that your next cue card will be one you can handle.
Kind regards
Teacher Jill