The IELTS speaking test is in 3 parts:

Interaction

Part 1 You will have the chance to speak on familiar

topics. The examiner will ask you fairly simple
Introduction and questions about familiar topics, which you will be
Interview comfortable with. Here you can demonstrate
your basic fluency.
4-5 minutes

Part 2 You will talk non stop for 1-2 minutes on a topic
chosen by the IELTS examiner. You have 1 minute
Short Talk to prepare (taking notes is possible), the topics
chosen will be familiar to you e.g. about a
3-4 minutes famous person.

Part 3 Linked to the topic before (famous person) you

will be asked more questions and your answers
Two-way discussion should be longer than in Part 1.

4-5 minutes

11-14 minutes

The assessment criteria (what the examiner will mark you on):

Assessment Skills and Strategies the examiner looks

Criteria for

Fluency Linking words, correct yourself, keep

going and talk on topic, joining ideas
together

Vocabulary Appropriate words, explaining something

in a different way when you can't find
the word, use a variety of words,
idiomatic language

Grammar and You use complex spoken sentences, the

Accuracy rest you should know by now!

Pronunciation Using stress in the right places, using

emphasis and being clear when you talk!