Stuttering

Submitted by Sara83 on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 07:09

Hello everyone,
I'm studying to prepare the Academic version of the IELTS exam. My main concerns are about writing and speaking task, since I have to achieve at least band 7,5 in each one.
However, while I can exercise to improve my writing skills, I don't know how to deal with my stuttering problem in the speaking part.
Should I say something to the examiner before we start the speaking? How much this will impair my marks?
I have to mention that my stuttering is something "that comes and goes", it depends on days and mostly on the stress level I feel in a particular moment (and exams are something veeeery stressfull, of course), but it is something that I can't control at all.

Do you have any suggestions for me?

Thank you very much for your help,
Sara