Khi nói, rất nhiều bạn do thiếu tự tin hoặc bí ý tưởng thường hay ờ, à khi nói, điều này sẽ ảnh hưởng đến tiêu chí Fluency (Độ trôi chảy) của bạn. Vì vậy, hãy thay những chỗ à, ờ đó bằng một số fillers giúp bài nói của bài tự nhiên hơn mà không bị mất điểm.
Trong Tiếng Anh có rất nhiều filler words (còn được biết đến với tên khác – discourse markers). Dưới, đây là 12 fillers thông dụng nhất:
- Well
- Like
- Actually/ Basically/ Seriously
- You see
- You know
- I mean
- Believe me
- I guess/ I suppose
- Or something
- Okay, so
- Kind of
- On the other hand
Example
How many shoes do you have?
Well, I have never counted them before, but if my mind serves me right, I guess I have about 10 pairs of shoes. You know, half of them are strainers because I am a kind of sporty girl.
How often do you meet your family?
Well, my parents are working far from my house so we just meet each other several times per years, like, I mean twice. However, we always keep in touch via video call, messenger or something.
Do you like wearing hats?
I know many people crazy about hats, but you see, I am not a kind of fashionable girl so I just have a hat on when it is necessary, like on extremely sunny days.
Have you ever forgot to bring things?
Okay, so I will tell you a time when I left my phone at home. That was a rainy day and I could not call my mom to take me home. What a pity that I didn’t bring money too. I mean, if I had, I could take a taxi or something.
Practice
What forms of transport are there in your hometown?
Is transport convenient near you home?
Which do you prefer to use, a bus or a taxi?
How has your family influenced you?
Which is more important to you, your friends or your family?
How often do you read?
Do you have many books at home?
What kind of people like reading and what kind of people don’t like reading very much?
Do you often read newspapers?
Is the amount of time you spend with your family now the same as it was before?
Which is more convenient to use where you live, a bus or a taxi?
How often do you take a bus?
