How to Use ChatGPT for IELTS Speaking Practice? Prompts and Practice Methods for Parts 1 to 3 [With Explanations in Japanese]

The IELTS Speaking test is conducted in a live interview format, so many test takers find it a part where they 'get nervous' and 'don't know how to prepare.'

Many Japanese learners in particular struggle with the following:

• They cannot think of what to say
• They cannot tell whether their English sounds natural
• They have no one to practice with
• Speaking is the one skill that is really hard to study on your own

These are common challenges.

That is why using ChatGPT as a speaking practice partner is getting attention.

ChatGPT can support practice such as the following:

• It can ask you mock questions for Parts 1-3
• It can give you feedback on your answers
• It can supply expressions and ideas you can use in your answers
• At times it can even role-play as an examiner

On top of that, you can practice 24 hours a day and make mistakes without feeling embarrassed, which makes it an ideal speaking practice partner for Japanese learners.

This article carefully explains concrete methods, prompts and cautions for IELTS Speaking practice with ChatGPT.

The IELTS Speaking section is a one-on-one interview with an examiner. It takes about 11-14 minutes and consists of the following three parts.

Part 1: Self-introduction and everyday questions (about 4-5 minutes)

In this part, the examiner asks about familiar, easy-to-answer topics to help put the candidate at ease.

Example:

• What is your name?
• Do you live in a house or an apartment?
• What do you usually do on weekends?

✅ Evaluation points:

• Whether you can have a natural exchange
• Basic accuracy of grammar and vocabulary
• Fluency and pronunciation

Note: Do not answer with just Yes/No; adding an explanation in one or two sentences is the key to a high score.

Part 2: Speech-style task (about 3-4 minutes)

Here you are given a card and asked to speak for 1-2 minutes. You get 1 minute to prepare.

Example question:

✅ Evaluation points:

• Structure and cohesion of your talk
• Ability to develop ideas
• Consistent delivery and ability to apply vocabulary

Part 3: Discussion-style questions (about 4-5 minutes)

You are asked more abstract and discussion-oriented questions related to the Part 2 theme.

Example:

• Do you think people read less nowadays than in the past? Why?
• How important is reading for children’s development?

✅ Evaluation points:

• Forming and expressing logical opinions
• Command of complex structures
• Deep understanding of the topic

• Fluency and Coherence
• Lexical Resource (range of vocabulary)
• Grammatical Range and Accuracy
• Pronunciation

Key points

• What is assessed is not a perfect answer but a natural exchange
• It is important to be willing to correct yourself even if you make a mistake
• In the actual exam, expressiveness plus communication skills are the key

ChatGPT can support all three parts of IELTS Speaking. Here we introduce effective ways to use it and example prompts for each of Parts 1-3.

Part 1: Get used to everyday conversation-style questions

Goal: Practice a brisk exchange and talking naturally about your own experience

✅ Example prompt (English)

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Please ask me 5 IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions. Wait for my answer after each one.

After you answer, you receive the next question, which recreates a natural conversation.

✅ Example prompt (Japanese)

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Please give me five IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions in English. Wait for my answer to each one before asking the next.

Part 2: Practice 1 minute of preparation → a 1-2 minute speech

Goal: Develop a sense of time allocation and the ability to speak at length in a coherent way

✅ Prompt example

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Give me a random IELTS Speaking Part 2 topic card. After I say "ready", let me start speaking. Then give me feedback.

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Please simulate a full IELTS Part 2 task. Give me a topic card with bullet points. I will prepare for 1 minute and write my response.

After you finish, if you ask ChatGPT what band your answer would get, you can also receive a simple score and feedback.

Part 3: Build your ability to handle abstract questions

Goal: Build logical argumentation and the ability to hold in-depth conversations

✅ Prompt example

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Please ask me 3 IELTS Speaking Part 3 questions related to “technology in education”. Wait for my answer after each.

If you ask it to dig deeper into themes related to the Part 2 topic, you can practice just like the real exam.

IELTS Speaking practice with ChatGPT is valuable not just for chatting, but above all for the process of reviewing and improving your own speech. Here we explain how to run the cycle of recording → feedback → improvement practice.

Step 1: Record your own speaking

✅ Method

• The voice memo function on your smartphone
• On a PC, Audacity or an online recording tool (such as Vocaroo)

By actually speaking aloud, your speaking speed, pronunciation habits and the parts where you tend to get stuck become clear.

Step 2: Get feedback from ChatGPT

Transcribe the recording yourself once (a summary is also fine), and have ChatGPT check it with a prompt like the following:

✅ Feedback request prompt (English)

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This is my IELTS Speaking Part 2 response. Can you evaluate it and give me feedback based on the IELTS scoring criteria? → [paste your transcript or summary]

✅ A Japanese prompt is also fine

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Below is my IELTS Speaking answer. Please estimate my score for each criterion based on the IELTS marking criteria and tell me what to improve.

Step 3: Improve based on the feedback

ChatGPT gives improvement advice such as the following:

• Suggestions for more natural expressions
• More variety in vocabulary
• Corrections of grammar mistakes
• Insertion of linking expressions (e.g. “On the one hand, …”, “Moreover,” etc.)

✅ Prompt for generating an improved version

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Please rewrite my answer to make it more natural and at Band 7.5 level.

Step 4: Re-record and try again

• Speak again, incorporating ChatGPT’s suggestions
• Record it again → transcribe → feed it back into the feedback step

By continuing this loop of **practice → check → revise → practice again**, you will steadily raise your score.

With ChatGPT in this way, you can keep up speaking practice independently and objectively without studying abroad or attending an English conversation school.

ChatGPT is a powerful partner for IELTS Speaking, but it is not an all-purpose preparation tool. In Speaking in particular, many situations call for interaction with a human being and real-world pressure, so you need to understand that AI has limits.

❌ Limit 1: It cannot recreate the timing of real conversation

ChatGPT is well suited to question-and-answer practice, but in the real exam the following are tested:

• Adjusting to the examiner’s way of speaking and pacing
• Reading the intent of a question instantly and responding
• Sometimes unexpected questions come up in a casual, chatty flow

This kind of real interactive ability is tested. To train this natural back-and-forth, you still need to practice speaking with people.

❌ Limit 2: It is weak at checking pronunciation and intonation

At present, ChatGPT’s guidance on pronunciation, intonation and pitch is insufficient. It can check and give feedback on recorded content, but pointing out in detail how you produce your voice is the domain of human teachers.

❌ Limit 3: Band score evaluations are only a reference

ChatGPT can give feedback based on the IELTS marking criteria, but:

• Speaking assessment has strong subjective elements
• AI is weak at evaluating how emotion is conveyed and how natural speech sounds
• It may not read the intent of an answer accurately

For this reason, it is wise to treat the score as a rough reference and use it only as a hint for improvement.

Even so, ChatGPT is ideal for repeated practice

Despite the limits above, ChatGPT has:

• You can practice as many times as you like
• It is not bound by time or place
• You need not feel embarrassed if you fail

These are overwhelming advantages that nothing else offers. That is why hybrid learning is best: daily practice with ChatGPT, and the finishing touches with a human teacher.

✅ At 3D ACADEMY, you can get support in using ChatGPT and also practice with teachers!

• Organize what you want to say in advance with ChatGPT
• Take mock interviews just like the real exam with a one-on-one teacher on site
• Analyze and improve your weak points together with the teacher

A learning environment that combines the strengths of AI and humans in this way will boost your speaking score dramatically.

IELTS Speaking preparation is a stumbling block for many Japanese learners, who say things like they do not know what or how to speak, or that they have no one to practice with. With ChatGPT, however, you can solve these worries at home.

✅ Key points of this article

• You can practice for each of Parts 1-3
• You can do everything on your own: mock interviews, structure support, feedback and improvement suggestions
• Repeated study with recording + transcription + correction boosts results
• It has limits (pronunciation, natural interaction, etc.), but it is ideal for repeated practice

ChatGPT is not an all-purpose teacher, but it is an excellent partner for daily practice. And in the end, you need to sharpen your real feel and exam readiness through conversation with people.

• Work out your structure and answers in advance with ChatGPT
• Build practical skills through mock interviews with a teacher
• Identify your weak points and improve them again with ChatGPT, repeatedly

By running this loop, you should be able to move steadily toward Band 6.5 → 7.0 → 7.5.

First, start practicing 10 minutes a day from today

Even if you are bad at speaking or get so nervous that the words will not come, you should be able to keep going and enjoy it with ChatGPT, a practice partner that never embarrasses you.

Next time, we plan to introduce a collection of 30 actual Speaking mock questions and example prompts, so please look forward to it!