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Case
Examiner: Why do people prefer going to cinemas to watching TV?
Speaker:I would attribute this phenomenon to many causes, the most prevalent being the alleviation of pressure consequent to the psychological conflicts in modern society. Not only is the cinema very relaxing, but it is also a social activity allowing various other activities. People can not only have time with their families, but they can also be entertained.

Finally, in Case 5, the speaker may be using memorised 'fluff" but at least this 'flufr" provides a relevant answer to the question. Memorisation may affect the speaker's pronunciation band score, but let us assume here that the answer is given naturally, in which case we must consider the benefits of using phrases such as 'attribute this phenomenon', "alleviation of pressure' and "psychological conflicts in modern society'. Good or bad? Very good, in IELTS Writing. Task Two. However, in the IELTS Speaking Test, it is inappropriate and bad.

The phrasing used in Case 5 does not respond to the informality of the situation. This informality is shown in the public version of the Band Descriptors, which, for Lexical Resource, reward "idiomatic' vocabulary, not 'formal' complicated words.

These band descriptors tell us that:

IELTS Nine idiomatic language naturally.
IELTS Eight-uses idiomatic vocabulary skillfully
IELTS Seven some idiomatic vocabulary.
IELTS Six language mostly appropriately.

So, it is the casual language, with spoken idioms and slang, which measures good word-use in the IELTS speaking test. Formal language, including the 'not only.. but also' model, just sounds unnatural and memorised, and usually is, often from books written by Chinese authors.

Thus, in Case 5, a much better example is:
Examiner: Why do people prefer going to cinemas to watching TV? Speaker:It's pretty obvious when you think about it. With everyone stressed to their eyeballs with work and mortgages, and throw in the two point five kids on top of that, people need somewhere to chill out, or otherwise [smiling, shrugging the shoulders) get to know their girlfriends in the privacy of the darkness, like l used to
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