Eye contact in the IELTS Speaking Test
Channel: Sreedhar Mandyam
Date: 2019-04-04

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In the IELTS Speaking Test, we tell the students to look at the examiner, to give them the eye contact when speaking to them. But what happens if the examiner does not give you eye contact? I have had many students who come and tell me that the examiner’s not looking at them, he did not give them the eye contact,  he seemed completely disinterested and it really upsets the student. But actually, it is not obligatory on the part of the examiner to give you the eye contact.  It could also be a strategy on their part to see how you perform without the eye contact. 
Actually, you have a lot of practice, talking to people without eye contact. When you talk to your parents, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, or your spouse, you continue to talk to them without eye contact. Youconvey your message eye contact or no eye contact, don’t you?
So the worst case scenario: If the examiner is not giving you the eye contact in the test,  think that you are talking to your _____and continue speaking.