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IELTS Energy 52: Four Nonverbal Ways to Bump Up Your Speaking Score

IELTS Energy English 7+

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How to Use Your Hands to Improve Your Speaking

The palms are open towards the person and we hold them at about naval height, right? The height of our belly button. That makes us seem very trustworthy and that will make the brain actually pay more attention to you. So don't hide your hands in your lap. Don't have your hands out of view of the examiner. I think that is the distrustful instinct that would happen. But also guys, use your hands to help punctuate or help your speech have emphasis. Use your hand gestures naturally as you would in your first language to show more meaning.

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