How to improve IELTS speaking fluency was literally what I kept searching a month before my test, because I could answer practice questions but kept pausing too much in the real format.
What actually helped me was boring, repetitive speaking practice. Every day I picked 3 common topics, set a timer, and spoke for 1-2 minutes without stopping, even if my grammar wasn’t perfect. I also started using simple fillers like well, honestly, and I’d say so my brain had time to catch up.
The biggest change was recording myself. I noticed I wasn’t lacking vocabulary as much as I thought, I was just overthinking every sentence. Once I focused on keeping the answer moving instead of sounding advanced, my fluency got way better.
I ended up sounding more natural in Speaking than in any of my earlier mocks.