{"id":4039,"date":"2022-03-13T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/?page_id=4039"},"modified":"2025-03-11T01:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:46:44","slug":"for-learners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/for-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"For Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-4039\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-4039-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4039-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4039-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-0-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-d6014b76747a\">\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t<img src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/For-Learners-2.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"602\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" title=\"For Learners-2\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\"> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>We present a brief introduction on speaking and one of the English speaking assessments accepted worldwide - IELTS speaking test to help learners of English better understand what speaking is and the relationship of various components of spoken language are. Besides that, a series of corpus-based activities, practice tests, quizzes and resources are designed and compiled for learners to improve English speaking skills on their own. In addition, with the launch of the Corpus &amp; AI-aided Spoken English Training Programme, learners can now benefit from AI-powered feedback and corpus analysis, allowing them to refine the four key aspects of speaking more effectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4039-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4039-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4039-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-1-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>IELTS Speaking Question Bank<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4047\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Question-bank.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"325\" \/><\/h6>\n<p>Below are the question banks for each IELTS Speaking part. All the questions are organized by topics. You can use this resource to familiarize questions and topics before the IELTS speaking test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-31fb77810b54\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"part-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-part-1\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-part-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-part-1\" id=\"accordion-content-part-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/qb_sa_p1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IELTS Speaking Question Bank &amp; Corpus Sample Answers \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-31fb77810b54\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"part-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-part-2\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-part-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-part-2\" id=\"accordion-content-part-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/qb_sa_p2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IELTS Speaking Question Bank &amp; Corpus Sample Answers\u00a0 \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-1-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-31fb77810b54\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"part-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-part-3\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-part-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-part-3\" id=\"accordion-content-part-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/qb_sa_p3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IELTS Speaking Question Bank &amp; Corpus Sample Answers \u2013 Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4039-1-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-1-2-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Practice Test<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-2-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-1-2-1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4052\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/practice-test_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before starting the practice test, please make sure that you have been familiar with <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/about-ielts-speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the test format of IELTS speaking<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-2-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-2b37e7f7b5e8\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"part-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-part-1\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-part-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-part-1\" id=\"accordion-content-part-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><div style=\"width: 750px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4039-1\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part1.mp4\">https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-2-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-2b37e7f7b5e8\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"part-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-part-2\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-part-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-part-2\" id=\"accordion-content-part-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><div style=\"width: 750px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4039-2\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part-2.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part-2.mp4\">https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-1-2-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-2b37e7f7b5e8\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"part-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-part-3\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-part-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-part-3\" id=\"accordion-content-part-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><div style=\"width: 750px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4039-3\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part3.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part3.mp4\">https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IELTS-speaking-practice-test_Part3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-1-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-4039-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-4039-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-4039-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-2-1-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Learning Resources<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Speaking, as definded by Florez, is \"an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and receiving and processing information\u201d and \"often spontaneous, open-ended, and evolving\" (1999, p. 1). When we speak, factors from various aspects, such as physical, mental, psychological, social, and cultural, must work together, therefore, speaking is widely considered as a challenging skill.\u00a0 In order to improve speaking skill, a better understanding of fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammar and pronunciation is needed, which is also included as 4 main criteria in IELTS speaking. Accordingly, we compiled the following resources concerning the four components in a systematic way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3420\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Components-of-spoken-language.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-786404eca226\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"for-fluency-and-coherence-fc\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-for-fluency-and-coherence-fc\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-for-fluency-and-coherence-fc\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Fluency and Coherence (FC)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-for-fluency-and-coherence-fc\" id=\"accordion-content-for-fluency-and-coherence-fc\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 A list of discourse markers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/grammar\/british-grammar\/discourse-markers-so-right-okay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/grammar\/british-grammar\/discourse-markers-so-right-okay<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 A quiz on discourse markers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/quizizz.com\/admin\/quiz\/5d5b24147cc330001a951d3a\/discourse-markers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/quizizz.com\/admin\/quiz\/5d5b24147cc330001a951d3a\/discourse-markers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-786404eca226\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"for-lexical-resource-lr\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-for-lexical-resource-lr\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-for-lexical-resource-lr\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Lexical Resource (LR)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-for-lexical-resource-lr\" id=\"accordion-content-for-lexical-resource-lr\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 Online Collocation Dictionary<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freecollocation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.freecollocation.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/ozdic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ozdic.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macmillandictionary.com\/browse\/collocations\/british\/a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.macmillandictionary.com\/browse\/collocations\/british\/a\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 Online Idiom Dictionary<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theidioms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.theidioms.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-1-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-786404eca226\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"for-grammatical-range-and-accuracy-ga\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-for-grammatical-range-and-accuracy-ga\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-for-grammatical-range-and-accuracy-ga\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GA)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-for-grammatical-range-and-accuracy-ga\" id=\"accordion-content-for-grammatical-range-and-accuracy-ga\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 Basic grammar<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/basic-grammar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/learningenglish\/basic-grammar<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-1-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-786404eca226\"><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor=\"for-pronunciation-pn\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-for-pronunciation-pn\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-for-pronunciation-pn\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor Pronunciation (PN)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t ><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-for-pronunciation-pn\" id=\"accordion-content-for-pronunciation-pn\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 Spoken English Corpus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/esl_learner_corpus\/#\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/esl_learner_corpus\/#\/home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u25ca\u00a0 English Pronunciation Learning Website<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_pronunciation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EdUHK English pronunciation learning website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-4039-2-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-2-2-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Corpus-based Activity<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-2-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"19\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-2-2-1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In recent years, corpus-based approach has been considered effective in language learning. With the use of authentic data from our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speech_corpus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English Speech Corpus<\/a><\/strong>,<\/em><\/span> we designed a series of corpus-based activities to help you gain a deeper understanding of each criteron of the IELTS speaking test and the differences among learners of different proficiency levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Click <strong><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/corpus-based_activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong> to enjoy the activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-2-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"20\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/corpus-based_activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4063\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/corpus-based-activity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1081\" height=\"688\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-2-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"21\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-2-2-3\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Corpus&amp;AI-aided spoken English training programme<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-4039-2-2-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-4039-2-2-4\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Employing AI technology to empower language learning has been an emerging trend since the launch of various generative AI robots. Promising results can be found in developing learners\u2019 reading and writing performance, yet on the aspect of speaking. With the support from Faculty Knowledge Transfer Fund, our recent project, entitled \u201c<strong>Revolutionizing Language Education: Integrating AI technology into corpus-aided English speaking training<\/strong>\u201d, developed a corpus and AI-aided English speaking learning framework to complement the lack of feedback when learning with corpus with responses from AI robots, and to allow users to judge AI\u2019s feedback from corpus data.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Click <strong><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/corpus-ai-aided-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong> to view more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/corpus-ai-aided-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5971 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CorpusAI-aided-English-speaking-learning-framework.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"1049\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-4039-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We present a brief introduction on speaking and one of the English speaking assessments accepted worldwide &#8211; IELTS speaking test to help learners of English better understand what speaking is and the relationship of various components of spoken language are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":""},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6149,"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4039\/revisions\/6149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpus.eduhk.hk\/english_speaking\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}