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IELTS Speaking Part 1: Dancing
Example
1. Are you fond of dancing? (What is your reason?)
I don’t see why not even though I am not much of a dancer. Honestly, dancing can lift up my spirit and flush my worries away, so whenever I am in bad mood, I would dance to let loose.
- Lift up someone’s spirit (phrase): vực dậy tinh thần cho ai đó
- Flush someone’s worries away (phrase): cuốn đi âu lo của ai đó
- Let loose (v): thư giãn
→ Clearly, dancing brings us certain benefits, doesn't it? Providing such information will make our answer more interesting.
2. Have you received dance training?
Well, when I was in high school, I used to learn some dance moves on Youtube. You know, there are a bunch of tutorial videos which can teach you how to dance from scratch on such a platform.
- Tutorial video (n): video hướng dẫn
- From scratch (idiom): từ đầu
→ With the advent of social platforms, we can easily access dance learning. YouTube is a perfect example for our answer to this question.
3. Would you be interested in learning to dance in the future?
If I had time to kill, I think I would sign up for modern dance classes as this type of dance really hooks me. However, I have been up to my ears in work recently, which leaves me no time for dancing.
- Have time to kill (idiom): có thời gian rảnh
- Hook (v): thu hút
- Up to someone’s ears in something (idiom): bận bịu với cái gì đó
→ One effective way to develop longer questions naturally is to discuss how busy you are.
4. When was the most recent occasion you danced?
It has been approximately 5 years since the last time I danced if my memory serves me well. I was invited to one of my friends’ birthday party held in a nightclub. At first, I didn’t intend to dance but the DJ really got me going.
- If my memories me well (idiom): nếu tôi nhớ không lầm
→ Think about a past moment and elaborate on what exactly occurred at that time!
IELTS Speaking Part 2
Describe an important text message you received
You should mention:
- Who sent the message
- What was in the message
- Why the person sent the message
And clarify why this message held importance for you.
In reality, our phones receive numerous messages daily, most of which are usually trivial. However, there was one message that truly changed my life, and I will discuss it now.
I received this text message about 1 year ago when I was between jobs. You know, being unemployed was a painful letdown for me since I consider myself a high self-esteem person.
It was Sunday afternoon and I was immersing myself in listening to some of my favorite songs. Lo and behold, a message from one of my bosom friends popped up on my phone, asking me to apply for her company. More importantly, the vacant position offered to me really suited my qualifications, which means that I would have higher chances to be employed
To be honest, my heart skipped a beat and I felt over the moon when receiving such an offer since I had been staying at home for donkey’s years without getting paid. I screamed out loud and showed it to my parents. I cannot find the words to express how elated I was at that time. Before the text message was sent to my phone, I hadn’t stayed positive because I had felt that that time had been the nadir of my career and my living expenses could have been a heavy financial burden for my parents.
However, after all those tough years, I could get back to work and have my own financial freedom. Among the messages I have got, I consider this message my own lucky charm, so I still keep it on my phone. Additionally, reading this message can remind me of how strong I was to overcome negative feelings and difficulties in life, thereby giving me a boost to keep moving forward.
- Between jobs (idioms): thất nghiệp
- Letdown (n): nỗi thất vọng
- High self-esteem person (n): người có tự trọng cao
- My heart skips a beat (idiom): tôi cảm thấy rất phấn khích
- Flush someone’s worries away (phrase): cuốn đi âu lo của ai đó
- Over the moon (idiom): sướng rân
- Donkey’s years (phrase): rất lâu
- Elated (adj): hạnh phúc
- Lucky charm (n): bùa may mắn
- Give someone a boost (v): thúc đẩy tinh thần
→ To develop this topic, we need to brainstorm about an important message. Mentioning getting a job offer through a message is a typical example of its significance. Additionally, describing how you felt upon receiving such a message is a great way to develop your point.
IELTS Speaking Part 3: Sending messages
Example
1. Why do people favor texting over phone calls?
Well, there is a fact that most people use phones not for their primary purpose which is making calls but for texting and this can be explained by a number of reasons. For starters, a text message is less demanding than a phone call as people can choose to reply at their convenience, which make them less likely to be under pressure.
Another good reason is that text-based communication is much more private. In fact, we tend to speak in a mumble to avoid being overheard by others. However, sending messages allows us to feel more secure and comfortable to communicate.
- For starters (phrase): đầu tiên
- Text-based communication (n): phương thức giao tiếp bằng tin nhắn
- Speak in a mumble (v): nói khẽ
→ Compare the benefits of texting versus making phone calls to enhance the persuasiveness of this question.
2. Have the methods of communication between people changed significantly in recent decades?
With the advent of technology, we have witnessed some significant changes in how people communicate. Decades ago, verbal communication was deemed the primary means of communication as it was time-consuming and less effective to put our speech into written form.
At present, distance communication has been facilitated since social media platforms have enabled users to communicate both in written and spoken forms. For example, Facebook – one of the most popular social sites offer users a wide range of features such as video calling, texting and sharing stories which enable them to interact with each other more effectively.
- Verbal communication (n): giao tiếp bằng lời nói
- Distance communication (v): việc giao tiếp từ xa
- Facilitate (v): làm cái gì đó dễ dàng hơn
→ For this question, effectively comparing the present and the past in terms of communication aspects will make the answer highly persuasive.
3. What do you think are some of the key differences between written and spoken communication?
In my opinion, there are some notable distinctions between spoken and written forms of communication. Oral communication involves gathering or disseminating information through spoken words. However, there is a need for people to deliberately select words and phrases when it comes to written communication as it requires more formality compared to the other.
Additionally, body language and facial expression are powerful approaches to make spoken speech conveyed more effectively while written texts are more comprehensible when sentences are arranged in a proper order.
- Notable distinction (n): sự khác biệt đáng chú ý
- Disseminate (v): phân tán
- Deliberately (adv): một cách kĩ lưỡng
- Comprehensible (adj): dễ hiểu
