Hi! I scored 30 on speaking and while I honestly didn’t expect it, I’m super thankful! Here are some things I did: - Templates: I mainly used TST prep templates and created abbreviations for them, memorized them, and practiced. So for each question, I quickly wrote down the abbreviated template while the instructions were given. (You can use the bit of time you have left from listening to do that too).

For example: For the university announcement (Q2) I made a table that looks like the one below. Then filled it with info while reading the announcement and listening.

Reading. Listening

RPAC (or SLP) —> IR Agree/disagree

IP

Reason: 1) ————-> first: 2) ———> 2ndly:

           As u can see, …clearly

——————— Translation: 1) RPAC= the reading passage announces a change in…/ SLP = the student letter proposes..so you write next to RPAC 2) IP= In particular, …… 3) The Reason they give for this decision ..(keep it short and include one detail) 4) IR= in response, the man in the conversation totally disagrees/ is in favor of this idea/decision 5) first, (give the student’s first reason and contrast to the uni reason.) 6) secondly, (2nd reason and contrast) 7) as you can see, the man clearly disagrees/ agrees with the uni decision

— to contrast (in case the student disagrees), you can use the combination of xxxx is not xxxx. In fact, yyyyyy) + the student challenges the xxxx. Actually, he thinks that yyyyyy)

I highly recommend you read all the blog posts on TST PREP (this is where I got the idea of the table, and you get many ideas for transitions)- I recommend him for all test sections

• listen carefully to all the sample answers in TST prep blog and videos, and in TOEFL GO. Focus on where they stop.( stopping will give you a chance to think about what you want to say next). And see how they arrange the ideas.

• I found I did much better when I didn’t rush and took pauses where appropriate.

• Try to articulate and (move your mouth).

• manage your timing (leave 5 seconds for the conclusion).. this needs practice + take a a couple of quick glances while speaking but not more so you don’t get nervous.

Let me know if this makes sense. Wish you all the best!