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Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid. In today's lesson, I'll give you 10 important tips to do well and to get a higher score on the speaking section of your IELTS exam, or actually on any oral speaking test where you're sitting with a live examiner. Okay? So these tips don't apply actually to the TOEFL where your answers are recorded, but it's for any English exam where you're sitting with a real examiner. Okay? Now, the IELTS, of course, the speaking section of the IELTS test is about 11 or 14 minutes long, has three different sections, and so on. And the IELTS is an exam which is a... It's an English proficiency exam. It's used for immigration purposes, for example, to Canada and Australia. It's used for admission to universities where English is the medium of instruction, and it's also used for professional certification purposes. So lots and lots of people, millions of people do the IELTS exam. And if you're one of them, these speaking tips will really help you. They're general tips; they're not about the specific sections. They apply to all sections of the speaking test. Okay? Let's get started. So, the first point is: during your speaking test, be formal. By that, I mean treat it like a job interview. And just as in a job interview, you'll be on your best behaviour and so on, behave that way. Don't take it very casually. Okay? Take it seriously and be formal. Next, give a full answer whenever possible. Now, remember and just think about it: you have about 11 to 15 minutes to use the best English that you know and that you've studied all your life. Okay? So, obviously, you want to try to show off during your English test. So, when I say give a full answer, I mean, in the first section when they ask you some questions about you, about your family, about your background, if they say, for example: "Where are you from?" Don't just say: "Tokyo", because that's just a one word answer. Try, as much as possible, to give sentences. Give full sentences. All right? Full answer. So that you can show when you use the full sentence that you know grammar, you know vocabulary, and all these other things. So, instead of just saying: "Tokyo." Say: "I'm from Tokyo, the capital of Japan." Or: "I'm from the capital of Japan, Tokyo." Now, you've given a lot more information. So, obviously, you get much more marks if you kept doing that throughout. Right? Give full answers, using sentences, not just words. Next: be polite. What we mean by that, for example, if the examiner asks you something and you didn't understand, it's okay. Just ask for the explanation in a polite way. Don't just say: "What?" Or: "Sorry?" Say: "Excuse me? Could you please repeat that?" Because that's also using English, and that's what they want to know: can you use English? And by being polite, you're not just showing that you know the language, but also that you know the culture of the language, which is being polite. Okay? So remember to do that. Next, maintain good posture. Why do I put that? Nobody's filming you. Right? So, why do you have to maintain good posture? Because your posture actually affects your... The way you speak. It affects your confidence, the confidence with which you speak, it affects the way your voice is projected. So you want to make sure that you don't, for example, lean on your hand when you're speaking or anything like that. Okay? Make sure that you sit straight and don't put your hand anywhere near your face, even if you're nervous, because that will affect the quality of your voice and the way it's projected. Okay? Next. Number five: speak clearly. Now, what I mean by this is: don't worry too much about your accent. Everyone has an accent, and as long as you do your best to enunciate the words clearly, that's all you can do. If you need to improve your pronunciation, work on that before your exam. If there are some very specific pronunciation errors that you tend to make or that people from your country tend to make, then obviously, work on those beforehand. For example, if you are a Spanish speaker and you say: "Jess", instead of: "Yes", then that's a big mistake that you want to correct well before you come to the exam. So, work on those pronunciation issues before, and then afterwards, don't worry about your accent, just speak as clearly as you can. Okay? Next: use descriptive words. By that, I mean, again, remember, we were supposed to show off, use the best English you have? So, don't use boring words, don't use overly used words, like: "good", "bad", "okay", "nice". Use exciting words, use dynamic words to show that you have a rich vocabulary to express yourself in English. Don't just say: "Good". Say... Or don't just say: "happy", say: "thrilled". Don't just say: "sad", you can say: "depressed". Use a more advanced word if you know it and if you're sure of the meaning. But most of all, try to stay away from the overly used words like: "good", "bad", "okay", "nice". All right? Next: speak up. Speak up means make sure you speak loudly enough to be heard and also recorded. Because during the IELTS, for example, you are judged by that examiner, and also you are recorded so that another examiner is going to listen to what you said during your English test. So speak clearly enough that the recording will allow you to be heard properly. Okay? Next: keep a steady pace. That means don't speak too fast, and don't speak too slowly. If you're not sure how fast you should speak, speak slower than you think is necessary because that way it's much more likely that you will be understood. Okay? Next: explain any foreign words that you use as part of your answer. What do I mean by that, and why should you be using foreign words? Well, foreign words can also be the names of cities, for example. So if they ask you where you're from-right?-and you need to use the name of a city or a town, which is not common knowledge, like London or Paris, it may be not as common and it may not be so easy to understand. So, instead of saying... For example, suppose you came... Suppose you're from India and you come from a city called Hyderabad. Now, Hyderabad is a bit of a mouthful, it's an unfamiliar word. So, what you could do to make it easier and to get higher marks is instead of just saying: "I come from Hyderabad", and the examiner might think: "What did he say? What does that mean? I don't understand." So, they... Another... A way to get around that is to say: "I come from a city in the southern part of India called Hyderabad." Now, what you've done is you've given an explanation of what you're going to say so the listener knows that there is a word coming, and even if I don't know it, I know what it means or what it refers to. So it will sound, in fact, like you speak better English, because you have taken the listener into account. Okay? Next: stay on topic. So, even though I said speak in sentences, don't use too many sentences to answer any one question. So that... Because if you do that, then the examiner will think that you don't understand the question. You want to make sure that you answer the question and don't go way beyond that. Okay? They always have enough questions to ask you. Don't worry. Next: don't use slang. Again, you want to use your best English. And slang can even be things like: "kids". A lot of my students don't realize that you should be using the word: "children" instead of "kids". Or you should use the word: "items" instead of "things", "stuff". This is all slang. Okay? Slang is not just bad language, but also this kind of casual language. Right? You don't want to use that kind of language in your English test or on your IELTS speaking test. Use the best English that you know. And last of all: don't memorize answers. A lot of students read model answers, and it's good to do that. It gives you an idea of how to answer. But what you should do from that is to take ideas about how to structure your answer, take some vocabulary, take some expressions, but don't try to memorize the answer because it's going to sound very artificial. And if you forget, it's going to completely fall apart. And also, the examiners can... Are quite experienced; they can usually tell if you're suddenly giving like a little speech. They'll know that's not you, because you also answered, you know, 15 other questions, and you didn't sound like that. And all of a sudden, you give this little mini speech, and it doesn't sound good, and they might not give you marks for that at all because it's not you speaking; you just memorized something. They don't want to know what you can memorize. They want to know what you can say when you're using the language by itself in a natural way. Okay? So learn how to benefit from those kind of model answers, but don't memorize. Okay? And I assure you that if you do a lot of these things or all of these things, you're definitely going to get a much higher score on your IELTS speaking test, and also on any oral English exam. Okay? If you'd like to do a quiz on these points, please go to our website: www.engvid.com. Thanks for watching, and good luck with your IELTS or any English exam. Bye for now.
Overviews
An award ceremony has been held every year since 1911. Up to nine of these Prizes are awarded every year. There have been 676 winners and 592 winning works as of 2005. They comprise a certificate, medal, and prize money of one million yen.
Ceremony
The ceremony is held on the premises of the Japan Academy in Ueno park. The Emperor has been visiting it since 1949. The three prizes awarded during the ceremony are:
- The Imperial Prize
- Japan Academy Prize
- Duke of Edinburgh Prize
After the ceremony some laureates give lectures on the topics of their research.
Recipients (of Japan Academy Prize)
- 2020
- 2016 (106th)
- 2015 (105th)
- 2014 (104th)
- 2013 (103rd)
- 2012 (102nd)
- 2011 (101st)
- Takurō Mochizuki - "Study of pure twister D-modules"[1]
- 2010 (100th)
- 2008 (98th)
- Keiji Morokuma - "Theoretical Studies of Design of Structure, Function and Reactivity of Molecules"
- Takaya Hosoka - "The Persecution of Jews and Christians in the Early Roman Principate"
- Fumio Ohtake - "Inequality in Japan"
- Yoshinori Fujiyoshi - "Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins based on the Development of an Innovative Cryo-Electron Microscope"
- Naomasa Nakai - Study of Active Galactic Nuclei and Super-Massive Black Holes based on VLBI Observations of Water-Vapor Maser Emission
- Akira Hasegawa - "Discovery of Optical Soliton Properties in Fibers and of Self-organization of Plasma Turbulence"
- Kanji Ohyama - "Gene Content, Organization and Molecular Evolution of Plant Organellar Genomes and Sex Chromosomes —Insights from the Case of the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha—"
- Kenji Kangawa - "Discovery of Novel Bioactive Peptides with Special Reference to Ghrelin"
- Yoshiyuki Nagai - "Elucidation of the Molecular Basis of Paramyxovirus Pathogenicity and Generation of a Novel Class of Expression Vector"
- 2007 (97th)
- Senzô Hidemura - Agriculture and Society at the Last Stage of Satsuma Feudal Fief —A Study of Moriya Family, a Rural Warrior in Kōyama-Gō—
- Shizuo Akira -Pathogen Recognition by Innate Immunity and its Signaling
- Masaaki Sugiyama - The Mongol Empire and Dai-ön Ulus
- Asahiko Taira - Accretion Tectonics and Evolution of the Japan Islands
- Shinji Kawaji - Experimental Studies of Two-Dimensional Electron Systems"
- Hisashi Yamamoto and Kohei Tamao - Exploitation of Chemical and Physical Properties of Main-group Element Compounds based on Flexibility for High Coordination (Joint Research)
- Yukio Hori and Koji Kato - Studies on Tribology (Joint Research)
- Toshisuke Maruyama - Water Demand-Supply Analysis in Large Spatial Areas Based on Evapotranspiration and Runoff
- Yasushi Miyashita - The Discovery of Associative Memory Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex and Studies of the Cognitive Memory System
- 2006 (96th)
- Shuh Narumiya - Studies on the Prostaglandin Receptors
- Shinsaku Iwahara -Electronic Payment and Law
- Kotaro Suzumura -Welfare Economics beyond Welfarist-consequentialism
- Noboru Mataga - Studies on Molecular Interactions and Chemical Reaction Dynamics of Photo-excited Molecules
- Yoshinori Ohsumi -Molecular Mechanism and Physiological Function of Autophagy
- Atsuto Suzuki -Studies of Antineutrino Science
- Ken Sakamura -Research on the Computer Architecture with High Real-time Performance
- Koki Horikoshi -Studies of Alkaliphilic Microorganisms: Their Diversity, Physiology, and Applications
- Toshio Wagai -Studies on the Foundation and Development of Diagnostic Ultrasound
- 2005 (95th)
- Kazuya Kato
- Tetsuya Shiokawa for "Recherches sur Pascal" ("Research on Arithmetic Geometry")
- Shuichiro Kimura for "A History of the German Idea of Welfare State"
- Yukihiko Kiyokawa for "Formation of Modern Industrial Labor Force in Asia — Economic Development, Culture and Job Consciousness"
- Takashi Nakamura for "Theoretical Investigation of the Formation of Black Holes and the Emission of Gravitational Waves"
- Hiroyuki Sakaki and Hideo Ohno for "Studies on Quantum Control of Electrons by Semiconductor Nanostructures and Ferromagnetism"
- Hiroshi Kida for "Studies on Control of Influenza — Mechanism of Emergence of Pandemic Influenza Virus Strains in Poultry, Domestic Animals and Humans, and Molecular Basis of the Neutralization of Viral Infectivity with Antibodies"
- Yukihiko Kitamura for "Development and Malignant Transformation of Mast Cells and Interstitial Cells of Cajal through KIT Receptors"
- Masakatsu Shibasaki for "Studies on the Development of Asymmetric Catalysts and its Application to Medicinal Chemistry"
- 2004 (94th)
- 2003 (93rd)
- Mitsuhiro Yanagida - Regulation of Cell Cycle and Chromosome Segregation
- Noboru Karashima - History and Society in South India: The Cholas to Vijayanagar
- Mari Nomura - The Jews in Vienna
- Kenji Fukaya - Research in Differential Geometry
- Koichi Itoh, Hiizu Iwamura and Minoru Kinoshita - Study of Molecular Magnet (Joint Research)
- Yasutoshi Senoo - Researches on Fluid Dynamics of Centrifugal Turbomachines
- Yoshimi Okada - Molecular Biology of Plant Virus RNA Genomes and its Application to Agriculture
- Hiroshi Okamoto - Studies on Experimental Diabetes and Its Prevention
- Makoto Endo - Studies on the Mechanisms of Mobilization of Calcium Ion in Muscle Cells
- 2002 (92nd)
- 2001 (91st)
- 2000 (90th)
- 1999 (89th)
- 1998 (88th)
- 1997 (87th)
- 1996 (86th)
- 1995 (85th)
- 1994 (84th)
- 1993 (83rd)
- Issei Tanaka - "A Study of the Ritual Theatres in China"
- Yasuo Tanaka - "The Relativistic Properties of Celestial X-ray Sources"
- Takashi Negishi - "History of Economic Theory"
- Akito Arima - "Theoretical Studies on Dynamical Models and Electromagnetic Interactions of Atomic Nuclei"
- Michio Jimbo - "Studies on Solvable Lattice Models and Quantum Groups"
- Takanori Okoshi - "Research on Coherent Optical Fiber Communications"
- Toshiro Kinoshita - "Genetical Studies on the Interaction between Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Genomes, and the Application of These Studies to Actual Crop Breeding"
- Hajime Yamamoto - "Use of Lasers for Caries Prevention and Other Applications in Dentistry"
- Keiya Tada and Goro Kikuchi - "Studies on Hyperglycinemia (Joint Research)"
- 1992 (82nd)
- 1991 (81st)
- 1990 (80th)
- 1989 (79th)
- 1988 (78th)
- 1986 (76th)
- 1985 (75th)
- 1984 (74th)
- 1982 (72nd)
- 1979 (69th)
- 1978 (68th)
- 1977 (67th)
- 1976 (66th)
- 1974 (64th)
- 1973 (63rd)
- 1972 (62nd)
- 1971 (61st)
- 1970 (60th)
- 1968 (58th)
- 1967 (57th)
- 1965 (55th)
- 1964 (54th)
- 1962 (52nd)
- 1961 (51st)
- 1959 (49th)
- 1958 (48th)
- 1957 (47th)
- 1956 (46th)
- 1954 (44th)
- 1953 (43rd)
- 1952 (42nd)
- 1951 (41st)
- 1950 (40th)
- 1949 (39th)
- 1948 (38th)
- 1945 (35th)
- 1941 (31st)
- 1940 (30th)
- 1937 (27th)
- 1932 (22nd)
- 1931 (21st)
- 1930 (20th)
- 1929 (19th)
- 1928 (18th)
- 1927 (17th)
- 1926 (16th)
- Tomonobu Ishibashi
- Shitsuzo Kuwabara
- 1925 (15th)
- Shinkishi Hatai
- 1924 (14th)
- Kiichiro Soda
- Rinya Kawamura
- Umetaro Suzuki
- Katsumi Takahashi
- 1923 (13th)
- No award
- 1922 (12th)
- Kenji Kiyono
- Kyoji Suehiro
- 1921 (11th)
- Hikoshichiro Matsumoto
- Kuniichi Tawara
- 1920 (10th)
- Seigai Omura
- Sakuhei Fujiwhara
- Bunzō Hayata
- 1919 (9th)
- Tadamune Takada
- Katsusaburō Yamagiwa
- Koichi Ichikawa
- Tokiji Ishikawa
- 1918 (8th)
- Fujiro Katsurada
- Akira Fujinami
- 1917 (7th)
- Riko Majima
- Shoji Nishikawa
- 1916 (6th)
- Wuichi Torigata
- Tsunetaro Kujirai
- Eitaro Yokoyama
- Masajiro Kitamura
- Kotaro Honda
- 1915 (5th)
- Kin-in-shoku
- Kametaro Toyama
- 1914 (4th)
- Shinichiro Takezoye
- Shirota Kusakabe
- 1913 (3rd)
- Seitaro Goto
- Motoki Kondo
- 1912 (2nd)
Notes
- ^ Japan Academy Prize to: Takuro Mochizuki (PDF), Japan Academy, retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ^ "JAXA | Norio Kaifu - Japan. s World-Class Astronomical Research -". global.jaxa.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ Tasuku Honjo: Curriculum vitae Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- The Japan Academy Archived 2008-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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