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TOEFL speaking question 4 is often the

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hardest for most students but there are

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some common problems that I see not just

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for question four but for any of the

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TOEFL questions and people ask me what's

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one of the common problems you see well

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I'm going to get into that in this

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example right now we're going to look at

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a student's response to a question

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number four which is to talk about how a

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museum preserves artifacts if you want

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to listen to the audio for this question

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I'll put a link in the description below

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you can check it out but the student's

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content is fine so we're not going to

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worry about the content we're going to

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focus more on the delivery some part of

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the speaking that needs a bit of work

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and this is a big problem for question

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four so let's listen together right now

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and then we'll talk about the issue here

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we go so according to the lecture the

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the artifacts

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um that already the duration is

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inevitable uh that's why a museum

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preserved those art facts so they need a

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temperate a stable temperature that is

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critical

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um so they need the same temperature day

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and night uh one change of temperature

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can be dangerous because the materials

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is wood paper and it can dry out

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um so the power also they have a backup

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power in case

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um there is a stop in the power and it

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can change then the temperature

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so as well moisture in the hair humidity

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developed mold and make the artifact

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more fragile so different humidity

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depends of materials and there are

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sensor in the place in the museum that

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can

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preserve those artifacts

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okay so this is her whole response

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written out and of course I've

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highlighted some of the issues and it's

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about uh or um and this is pretty common

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on question number four because you know

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you you don't know what you're going to

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listen to and then you listen to a

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passage and then you have to speak about

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it for 60 seconds it's pretty tough so

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to think about what do I have to say

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next what do I have to say next it takes

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time so when we need time to think we

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use uh um so okay and it's very common

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so she struggled with speaking rate I

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ran through my speaking score this is

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the speed Trader that ETS uses to grade

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your speaking and her speaking rate was

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a 37 out of 100 so she had some trouble

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with this here now what should she do

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how should she fix these issues where

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she says Ah or um too much

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so what you should do is pretty simple

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she should repeat the same response

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again and say ah or um three times or

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less that's it so she according to the

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transcript she said uh or um about eight

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times she probably said it about 12 or

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15 times try to repeat the same response

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again you can even read it aloud just

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try to say uh or um three times or less

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if you need time to think just pause and

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be quiet and don't say anything or use a

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discourse marker like for example in my

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opinion first of all something like that

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now besides this activity another thing

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that she can do to practice saying uh or

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um less is to get used to speaking for

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one minute straight you know it's a

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weird thing to speak for a minute

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straight you know most of us we just

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answer questions five seconds ten

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seconds 20 seconds we don't usually

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speak for longer periods of time so it's

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natural to say uh or um especially when

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you're trying to speak longer so by

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practicing every day one minute a day

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like this you kind of get used to how

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you should speak and also you know okay

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I have to start reducing some of these

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vocal fillers and one of the best ways

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to practice like this is through the

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study plans at speakerenglish.com we

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have a TOEFL speaking study plan where

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you get up to 90 days of practice where

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you know exactly what to do every day

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and you're guaranteed to improve your

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score in 30 days so you have nothing to

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lose and you also get a community of

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people also practicing for the TOEFL and

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and access to people like me and other

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teachers to help give you some guidance

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check that out speakerenglish.com had to

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sneak that in there but she also has

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another problem that I have to talk

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about a little bit that's her Rhythm now

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her Rhythm score on my speaking score

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was 18 out of 30.

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what does that mean rhythm well rhythm

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is how you say

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multi-syllabic words always trouble

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pronouncing that so basically words with

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two or more syllables declaration

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temperature dangerous so temperature

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dangerous you might have some trouble

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putting stress on the right syllable

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there that's really important and she

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had trouble with that now how should she

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work on that I'm going to talk about

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that in the next video here check this

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out where I go into more detail about

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syllable stress and how to work on it

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alright so hope you found that helpful

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and I'll see in the next video