It doesn’t matter what kind of IELTS you are taking, General or Academic – Speaking part is the same in both.

Now to the Interview: you can and should be prepared to questions they will ask you.

If you speak well, just go over it and prepare an answer in you head for every question. If you have someone to practice with – do it, if you don’t – I suggest that you record yourself. You can do that using your PC or voice recorder or even one of those MP3 players that can tape you as well.

Best advice to those who speak not so well:
1) Write your answers on a piece of paper.

2) Memorize them.

3) Speak to yourself – ask questions and answer with whatever you wrote. It will improve your pronunciation and make you more confident. This is how you overcome the initial shock of speaking English.

4) Practice a lot with you wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend, at first you may look at your paper and then don’t – test your memory.