IELTS Speaking 考試最常見嘅問題就係考生對「高分」嘅想法同考官對「高分」嘅要求與期望並不相同。舉例來講，大部分考IELTS嘅同學都覺得只要用好長好難嘅字詞 (Big words) 就能夠得到高分，雖然唔能夠否定用Big words的確對用詞有幫助，但Speaking 考試高分嘅重點係「聽上嚟夠地道」，長而難嘅生字唔常見，亦唔多人明白呢啲字嘅意思，所以對獲得高分係無太大幫助。
拎高分嘅秘技就係具體而明確的3Ws！
試想想Speaking 考試嘅問答情景：
考官：What is your favourite food?
考生A答案：I like eating pasta.
考生A會俾人一個咩印象？答案就係太籠統同普通 (General)。咁簡短嘅回應，考官又點會對你印象深刻呢？
以“What is your favourite food (你最鍾意嘅食物係咩)?” 為例，可以用3Ws 嘅思路去回答－What, Why and Where.
- What – 你最鍾意嘅食物係咩？
- Why – 點解最鍾意？
- Where – 你係邊到搵到呢樣食物？
沿住呢個思路去回答，答案就會更加具體而明確啦！
問題：What is your favourite food?
考生A答案：I really like eating pasta, especially fettuccine alfredo as that white sauce is very zesty. Also, I can recall the first time I had it as a child from an Italian restaurant named Amaroni’s which was around the corner from my house. Yes, I’d have to say that fettuccine alfredo would be my pick.
（我很喜歡吃意大利麵，由其是義大利寬麵，因為它的白汁很滋味。我甚至記得小時候我在家附近街角的一間Amaroni’s 意大利餐廳第一次品嚐到寬麵。無可否認，它就是我的首選。）
相信你都留意到兩個答案嘅分別，考生A唔單止回答咗考官問題，內容豐富同運用咗Specific嘅生字例如 “Fettuccine Alfredo (義大利寬麵)” 、”Zesty (滋味)” ，令有簡易嘅字句 “Around the corner”，整體回答語氣很地道同回語化。
再睇吓第二個例子：
問題：Where have you gone on vacation?
考生A答案：I’ve been to Japan.
同樣地，呢位考生A嘅回應太General而無提供更多內容，想得到高分，你可以試吓咁樣回答：
問題：Where have you gone on vacation?
考生B答案：I’ve been to a lot of places such as Osaka, Japan and the reason I went to there was to visit Universal Studios. I really enjoyed the Jurassic Park ride. The pterodactyl looked really cool and I would recommend the ride to anyone.
（我去過好多唔同地方－例如日本大板，選擇大板嘅原因係能夠參觀環球影城，因為我好鍾意影地入面嘅侏儸紀公園滑船，條翼龍真係好有型！所以我非常推介呢個遊戲。）
睇到分別未？高分嘅秘技就係用3Ws方法去回答，咁樣答案先夠Specific！
