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In this video, we will study the recent cue cards for the months of January, February, March, and April 2023. It's not 100% guaranteed that you're going to get one of these topics but let's just prepare. Let's study these topics, we have nothing to lose anyway. Study these recent IELTS Speaking Cue Cards so you can prepare better for your IELTS Speaking exam.
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00:48 - Are you BUSY? Get My REVIEWERS!
01:14 - DESCRIBE A TIME YOU TAUGHT A FRIEND OR RELATIVE SOMETHING
02:30 - DESCRIBE A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR CITY
04:20 - DESCRIBE A COMPLAINT YOU MADE
05:36 - DESCRIBE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THAT YOU REMEMBER
06:33 - Success Stories From Students (Band 7, 7.5, 8.0)
07:28 - Be one of my STUDENTS!!!
07:41 - DESCRIBE A DAILY ROUTINE THAT YOU ENJOYED DOING
08:54 - DESCRIBE A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IS DIFFICULT TO USE
10:04 - DESCRIBE A NOISY PLACE
11:19 - DESCRIBE AN ADVERTISEMENT YOU DON'T LIKE
12:35 - DESCRIBE A CHARACTER FROM A FILM
14:15 - DESCRIBE SOMETHING YOU DID THAT MADE YOU PROUD
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Hi, my name is Julius
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Welcome to IELTSdragon. So today, let us study the recent cue cards shared by many students online for the months
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of January, February, March, and April of this year. But just a disclaimer, it's not 100% guaranteed that you will get one of these cue cards in
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your actual IELTS speaking test. But anyway, let's just prepare ideas for each cue card
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We have nothing to lose anyway. It's better to be 100% prepared than to feel sorry for not preparing enough
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Anyway, if you're too busy and you don't have time to prepare for the IELTS speaking test
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get my revieweries. My revieweries helped many students pass their actual IELTS speaking test
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Just send me an email. I will give you sample revieweries and see for yourself if you need the full version
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of my revieweries. Alright, let's get started. The first cue card is about a time you taught a friend or relative something
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Let's gather some ideas. Some possible things that you can teach a friend or a relative are playing a musical
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instrument, cooking, editing, like editing a video, probably filmmaking, learning math, or a new language
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So I want you to focus on the process of teaching that person
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For example, let's imagine that you're teaching your grandfather how to use a smartphone
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The process includes you made him familiarize the interface of a smartphone, then made him
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understand some functions of a smartphone, and introduced basic mobile applications that
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he could use, something like that. And I want you to add your emotions, tell your emotions to your examiner
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I mean, did you have fun teaching him or did you feel tired
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Did you lose patience? Include them in your story. I want you to bear in mind that you have to deliver your story in a more natural way because
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that's what the examiner really wants from you. Next is a new development in your city
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What have you observed in your city? For sure there are some developments
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Are there newly built airports? Are the roads getting improved? Or are there some establishments that provide comfort or convenience to people
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What do you think? For me, if I talk about one particular development in my city, I'll simply talk about the decline
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in the unemployment rate in our city. This is easy because I'll be able to add more details
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I can not only talk about the development itself, but I can also talk about the governance
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of the leaders in our country. For instance, I'll tell my examiner that in the past five years, our city experienced
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the highest unemployment rate because our previous mayor was incompetent. And thankfully we had a chance to elect a new mayor who basically transformed our city
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He was able to convince many investors to invest in our city and that generated many
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job opportunities. Something like that. So that is a very good idea because I don't only focus on the development of a city itself
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but I also talked about many things. For instance, I'm able to talk about the impact of good leadership on the economy
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the improvement of the lives of the people living in our city, and at the same time I'm
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able to talk about the importance of good governance. So you can use that idea
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For sure, you'll be able to talk more. Our next cue card is about a complaint you made
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What do you think are the common reasons why we complain? Well, we have poor service or poor quality of a certain product
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Or we feel like we are deceived by the company's promotions or advertisement
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We also complain because we need to wait for such a long time to get our meal
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Well, that's pretty common in a bad restaurant. Or what else? What else can you think of
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We complain because probably there's miscommunication between us and the company's staff
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Well, we all complain. That's pretty normal. But did you know that there are different types of complainers
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Well, we have an aggressive complainer, an expressive complainer, a constructive complainer
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and a passive complainer. Well, I'm not an aggressive complainer. I don't want to make a scene in a public space to express my disappointment. Never
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I think I am a constructive complainer and sometimes a passive complainer
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What about you? What kind of complainer are you? Let's move on to the fourth cue card
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And it's about the first day at school that you remember. Think of one memorable first day at school that for sure you will never ever forget
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For example, you cried on your first day at an elementary school or in kindergarten simply
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because everything was so new to you. You felt overwhelmed, most especially because it's your first time to be away from your mother
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Or probably in high school, let's say on your first day, you experienced anxiety because
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you didn't know anyone. You had mixed emotions and you didn't know how to handle your emotions or your feelings
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because you're just a teen. When developing a story with this topic, I want you to focus on the event itself and
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your reaction because these two will help you develop an interesting monologue
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Let me congratulate successful students who used my revieweries or who took my one-on-one
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coaching program and passed their IELTS speaking test for the months of October, November
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and December of 2022. Carmina band 8, Jen band 7.5, Val Rosales band 7, JB Katrina band 7, Mary Angelica band 7
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And for my one-on-one coaching program students, Mary Fernandez band 7.5, Jen band 7.5, Mary
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Angelica band 7. And of course, for those students who simply watched my videos, Camille band 8, Jeyo band
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7.5, Bes Paila band 7, Freshti band 7. I'm hoping that you'll be the next person whom I can give a big congratulation in my
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next video. You can do it. Be one of the many students who passed their IELTS speaking test by using my revieweries
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We have here a daily routine that you enjoy. Well, there's always one routine that we love doing
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For example, for me, cooking. You know, I love cooking because it's my way of relieving stress, especially if I work
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longer hours. Cooking is my therapy. I enjoy exploring different kinds of dishes and it feels rewarding when I achieve the
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recipe that I attempt to make. How about you? What kind of daily routine do you enjoy doing? Eating
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Or taking a bath? Well, taking a hot bath is really relaxing
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Or maybe driving your car to work. What else? Maybe exercising. Well, basically, exercising is one of the best daily routines a person can do, especially
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if he enjoys walking. It's one of the best ways for him to keep himself fit and to keep himself away from
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acquiring or getting some illnesses. Our next cue card is about a piece of technology that is difficult to use
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If I get this cue card, I'll simply relate this topic to my work because I'll be able
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to talk more. As a content creator, of course, I film and edit videos
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So I'll simply talk about software technology that helps me edit videos
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For instance, I'm learning how to use a film editor to improve the quality of my videos
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It's taking so much of my time. I needed to understand how to add effects or how to edit my videos in a way that it
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captures the interest of the viewers. My advice here is to relate this topic to your work because you will never run out of
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things to say. For example, if you're in the healthcare industry, what kind or what piece of equipment do you
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find difficult to use? Or you haven't mastered using it yet? What is it
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Let's move on to our next cue card and it's about a noisy place
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What makes a place noisy in the first place? If you're living in the city, noises from traffic, the crowd, and factories are common
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If you're in the countryside, noise from farm animals would sometimes be distracting
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If I get this cue card, I will simply talk about a place where a music festival is held
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or a religious festival is held. Because normally when there's a festival, there are different kinds of noises that we
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can actually hear or listen. For example, people talking, singing, chanting, and there are some musical instruments played
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such as drums, guitar, and any kinds of musical instruments that basically add noise to the place
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Well, I find this easy because I think in the place where we live, there is an activity
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similar to what I mentioned that we experience from time to time
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So make use of it as your story. Let us have an advertisement you don't like
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Ask yourself, what makes you dislike the ad? Is it because it's deceiving
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I mean, it doesn't deliver what they promised to its audience. Or is it because the message is discriminatory
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Like what we see in some ads about beauty products. Well, in my reviewer, I simply talk about Balenciaga's recent controversy
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I dislike it because it somehow promotes child abuse. And I found it disgusting
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I shared the sentiment with a lot of people online. Anyway, some topic vocabulary that you can use when talking about advertisements
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We have traditional advertisements or traditional advertising. Well, this refers to TV ads, radio ads, or print ads
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And we have here digital advertising, which refers to social media ads, email marketing
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or paid search ads that we can see on search engines like Google or Yahoo
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Next is a character from a film. Well, I find this easy because I think every one of us has our own favorite film
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Not only because of the story itself, but for sure because of a certain character
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Now what makes you love that character? Well, is it because the character is relatable
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You know, the role is very well portrayed. Is it because it evokes emotions
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Or perhaps the character is hilarious or very pleasant? What is it
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Then what I want you to do is to talk about one particular scene from a film
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wherein it highlights the acting skills of the character. And I also want you to add the reaction or your reaction
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so you can develop a two-minute monologue. For example, in my reviewer, I simply talked about Mr. Rowan Atkinson
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also known as Mr. Bean, in his movie Bean Holiday. I focused on talking about how he made his audience laugh
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especially when he was at a French restaurant. That was really funny
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And I talked about his mannerisms, his facial expressions, and the way he delivered his lines
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Not only that, I also talked about my reaction, how his character helped me relieve my stress, something like that
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I believe you can develop a great monologue, just like how I developed my monologue
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Another easy cue card here is about something you did that made you proud
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You can simply talk about an achievement of yours where you feel the proudest
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Ideas can be you passed a licensure examination, and you can focus on talking about the effort
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that you put into studying just to pass the test. Or you can talk about how you got a job after graduation
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Or if you had an experience being promoted at work, you can simply talk about that
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Or if you're a parent, you can simply talk about how you raised your child or your children
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or how you juggled being a parent and a full-time worker. Something like that
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So how proud a year? You can use adverbs such as enormously, like enormously proud
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very, or extremely. Let us move on to an activity you enjoyed doing
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in your free time when you were young. Well, recall your childhood days
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What did you do in your free time that you can say
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you had an amazing childhood? Perhaps you spent most of your time at a park
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playing with your friends or with other children. Or maybe you played a sport
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Or maybe you spent most of your free time playing computer games
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What is it? If I get this cue card, I'll simply talk about
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how I enjoyed playing with my friends or with other children at the park during my free time
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such as climbing on the monkey bars, sliding on big slides, and running around the park
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Those were the things that I did that made me so happy when I was young
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Those were the things that I did during my free time. Well, I think all of us experienced this
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so I think you can use my idea. And I want you to add more descriptions to your story
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so that your examiner will be able to visualize your story better
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You can do it. Our next cue card is a place you visited
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that is affected by air pollution. What makes the air quality bad
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Or what makes the air polluted? Well, because of factories. Most of the time, factories emit toxic gases
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into the atmosphere that make the quality of air bad. Another one is wildfire
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Wildfire makes the air extremely polluted. Besides, it's one of the most dangerous causes
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of air pollution, as it affects humans and animals very directly. Another reason, too many cars, especially in the city
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Inevitably, that causes too much pollution. Lastly, agricultural places
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So some farms use many fertilizers or pest control chemicals, and those contribute to pollution
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Choose any of those and come up with your own story. You can make up, actually
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I mean, you don't need to be 100% honest. Make things up
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We have here a person you want to work with or study with
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This is one of the easiest because this is very relatable. I mean, there's someone we know
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whom we want to work with or study with. But for what reason
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So maybe this person is intelligent, that if we work with him
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we will learn a lot of things or a lot of practical things that can help us improve ourselves
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Or maybe this person is very skillful in the work that he does
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that we also want to acquire the skills that he has. Or we want to study with this particular person
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because we simply want to be motivated in studying. Sometimes we need someone to study with
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for us to get motivated. My advice here is to focus on talking
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about the good qualities of this person. You have to maximize talking about the qualities
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of that person in order for you to provide more details to your story
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That is very important. Then I want you to talk about, you know, the possible impact on your life
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if you work with him or if you study with him. Simple
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Let's move on to a piece of good news that you heard about
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Well, this could be a piece of personal news like someone in your family got engaged
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or got a job promotion or perhaps won the lottery. If it's not a piece of personal news
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then you can talk about a piece of local or national or international news
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Perhaps your country's economy is growing and more job opportunities are provided to people like you
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Or perhaps the healthcare system in your country has positively changed. That is great
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Then I want you to talk about how this piece of good news affects your life
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and how did you feel upon getting this good news. Anyway, some interesting expressions
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that you can use in your story are, first here is on everyone's lips
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which means being talked about by a lot of people. Another expression that you can use is
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hear something through the grapevine, which simply means to hear news from someone
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who heard the news from someone else. Next, a period in history that interests you
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Some ideas include the COVID-19 pandemic, Adolf Hitler's government, the nuclear bombing of Japan
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the 9-11 attack in the US. What else? Well, I'm sure you know better than me
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especially when it concerns your own history. So think about it. In my reviewer, I simply talked
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about the 9-11 attack in the US. I found it interesting because it was unimaginable
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like a movie. Then I focused on talking about how it started
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the root cause of that terrorist attack, and how that incident affected the national security
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of different countries in the world. So what I want you to do here is to give a bit
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of background, a story of the incident or of the event or historical event
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that you would like to share with your examiner. Then give descriptive details
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and of course, give your own reaction to that historical event. I think that would be enough
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for you to develop an amazing monologue. Our next cue card is a person you met at a party
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who you enjoyed talking with. Who is that person? Your boss, your manager, your supervisor
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or your coworker, or maybe someone in a catering service who serves the food to the attendees of the party
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Who is it? So some possible reasons why you enjoyed talking with that person are that person is very knowledgeable
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or maybe skillful, or maybe kind, or maybe talkative, but in a more sensible way
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Let's say you talked with a coworker who is assigned to a different department
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and whom you don't usually talk with. Let's say you enjoyed talking with him at a party
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simply because he has a growth mindset. Let's say he wanted to run his own business in the future
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which you found interesting because you also wanted to manage your own business
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in the future, something like that. I think this idea will open many more ideas
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that will help you develop an interesting story. So maybe you can use my idea
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Our next cue card is a favorite place in your room. Well, we all love our bedroom, don't we
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You can talk about your bedroom, telling your examiner that it's your haven
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It's a place where you can relax, you can be yourself, you can do whatever you want
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or it's a great place for meditation. What I want you to do here is first describe your room
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Add descriptions so your examiner will be able to imagine or visualize what your room looks like
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And after that, that's the time that you share your reasons why you consider it your favorite place, simple
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Or if you love cooking, then talk about the kitchen. Let's say it's your favorite place
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because you can relieve stress through cooking, something like that, as simple as that
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We have an interesting old person. This could be anyone in your family
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Could be your grandfather, your grandmother, or if not a family member
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maybe you can talk about a stranger or an acquaintance or a neighbor
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What makes him an interesting old person? Well, perhaps because of his success in life
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maybe his rags to riches story, his kindness to the poor, or maybe his contribution to society or community
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What is it? For example, if I get this cue card, I'll simply make up a story
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Let's say I met an old man who is interesting because he doesn't really look his age
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Then I'll simply talk about how I met him, what he does to look younger than his age
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like maybe exercising or eating healthy foods. And I'll also talk about his way of thinking
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or his principles in life. Then I'll simply add the important lessons
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I learned from him upon listening to his personal stories, something like that
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Isn't it interesting? We have a gift you got or a time you received
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something you really wanted. Well, gifts can be material, food and beverages
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and experience. Material gifts include shoes, bags, clothes, a car, a house, and many more
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Experience gifts include travel tickets, amusement park tickets, movie tickets, a gym membership card, and many more
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The best thing that you can do here is to talk about something that you're really interested in
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For example, if you're into cooking, then you talk about a piece of equipment
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that you really dreamt of having in the past. And then somebody surprised you with that piece of equipment
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He gave you or she gave you that piece of equipment which you really dreamt of having as a birthday gift
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or maybe as a Christmas gift. Or if you're a book lover
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you can talk about a gift card given by your friend or your maybe parent
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And you were surprised upon getting that gift because you really wanted to buy some books
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So the next day after receiving that gift, you had a shopping spree
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So maybe you can use that kind of idea. It's actually easy
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Let's move on to a time you missed or you were late for a meeting
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I think sometime in our lives, we experienced this. We were once late for a meeting
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This shouldn't be difficult because you have an experience for sure. Some reasons why someone is late for a meeting are traffic
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that's very common, illness, weather condition, or simply mismanagement of one's time
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If I get this cue card, I'll just talk about something that can help me generate more ideas
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For example, let's say I was late for a meeting because of the severe weather condition
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Let's say the train or the bus was delayed due to heavy rain or heavy snow
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It wasn't my intention to be late, but it's the weather that made me late
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Then I'll just describe how terrible the weather was at that time, and I'll talk about the reaction
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of the person with whom I had a meeting. And finally, I'll add the lesson I learned
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from that experience. Isn't it easy and relatable? Next, something you did with a group of people
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If you're a student, simply talk about a group project that you did with your classmates
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Focus on giving information about the project, and what's your role or what's the role
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of each member in that project. Same thing with a work project
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If you're a worker, of course, there are times that you need to work with a team
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Talk about it. What was your responsibility in that work project? What was it about
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And I want you to talk about the lesson that you learned upon working with your teammates
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Now here, if I get this cue card, I'll simply talk about my volunteering experience
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Like, you know, I joined an organization that conducts a coastal cleanup from time to time
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And I'll just talk about my experience of collecting trash that is thrown on different beaches
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And of course, I will include my lessons, you know, the lessons that I learned
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upon joining that organization. Easy. Anyway, one important expression that you can use in your story is
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two heads are better than one. Next, a city where you would like to stay for a short time
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There must be one city that you fall in love with. So what is the reason why you would like to stay
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in that city for a short period of time? Well, is it because it is a very industrialized
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and modernized city? Like you're amazed by how advanced that city is
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Or is it because it is a peaceful and safe city? Or is it because that city is very unique
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compared to other cities that you've visited? Like it's full of magnificent, natural sceneries
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Or is it because you're enchanted by its architecture? What is the reason
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I have provided you different reasons already, so choose one. Then I want you to include in your story
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the things that you would love to do once you stay in that city
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And don't forget to talk about the people in that city. What are they like
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I believe that's enough for you to develop a two-minute monologue. We have here something you would like to learn
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This is very easy because I think all of us want to learn something new in our lives
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My advice here is to focus on talking about something that you are most eager to learn
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Because if you have the eagerness or a strong desire in learning something
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I think telling a story about that comes very naturally. Are you eager in learning about photography
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Maybe you would like to learn how to edit photos like a professional so that the photos
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that you would like to share online would be amazing. Or maybe you would like to learn driving
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Let's say you wanted to learn driving in the past, but you just didn't have time
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And now that you have free time, you would like to learn it
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Or maybe you want to learn a language, or you want to learn and acquire public speaking skills
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so that you can get more opportunities in life. Our next gift card is one of the easiest website
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you often visit. Of course, all of us have our own website
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that we consider favorite. Mine is YouTube simply because I get to entertain
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and educate myself with the various videos that that site provides to its audience
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If you're in the medical industry, I think you better talk about WebMD
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Let's say you love that website because it educates you about health-related matters
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that are helpful in your profession. Or you can talk about an education website
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especially you're studying or you're preparing for your IELTS examination. You can talk about an IELTS website
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that helps you prepare for this examination. What I want you to do here is give a description
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to that website. Do not assume that your examiner already knows that website
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So provide descriptions to that website. And afterwards, you can talk about your experience
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of using that website. How does that website help you? Or how does that website improve your life? Easy
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Next, an unusual meal. Well, I'll give you two choices here and decide for yourself which is better in your opinion
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that can help you develop a story in a more interesting or easy way
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First choice is talk about one of your local foods or dishes which foreign people find weird or unusual
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Then focus on talking about the reaction of foreign people upon trying that meal
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And talk about your feelings. Were you offended by their bad reaction
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Or did you laugh at them? Or did you educate them about the cultural relevance
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of that food in your country? The second choice is talk about a foreign food
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or meal or dishes which you find strange or unusual. Make sure to give descriptions so that your examiner
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can visualize what that food looks like. Then share your feelings with your examiner
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upon eating that food. Did you like it? Or did you feel sick after eating it
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Whether you choose the first choice or the second choice, I really want you to talk about the historical
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or cultural significance of that meal or of that dish because it will help you create a substantial monologue
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Now, if you want to prepare more, I want you to click the video that appears
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on your screen right now as it will help you prepare better
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That video talks about the previous 25 cue cards in the previous quarter
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Learn from that video. Enjoy learning and subscribe for more tips. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye
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