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IELTS CUE CARD: A TIME YOU WAITED FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL TO HAPPEN
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Feb 9, 2024
This video answers the cue card, A TIME YOU WAITED FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL TO HAPPEN. In this video, I'm teaching how to prepare keywords and answer the cue card in a natural way. I want you to observe how I develop my monologue for Part 2 in the IELTS Speaking exam. It's not as hard as you think. TIMESTAMP: 00:00 - Objective of the Video 00:23 - Preparation 02:14 - Gathering Keywords (1-minute preparation) 04:40 - Ebook / Reviewer (What's Inside?) 05:21 - Successful Test Takers Who Used My Reviewers 05:41 - Instruction About Story Telling 06:54 - 90% Complete Monologue 09:26 - Your Turn! What are your ideas? 10:18 - Congratulations Successful Test Takers 11:12 - Ending of the Story 12:13 - Tips #ieltsspeakingrecentcuecard #ieltsatimeyouwaitedforsomethingspecial #ieltsdragon
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Hi, my name is Julius and welcome to IELTSdragon. Today I will answer one of the recent cue cards
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for the IELTS speaking exam and it's about a time you waited for something special to happen
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or to happen in your life. So please take a look at the cue card. What I will do here is just focus
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on the main topic. The main topic is a time you waited for something special to happen
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I will not pay attention to the key points here because you know the key points are just a guide
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Those are just a recommendation. It's all up to you whether or not you follow them. But for me
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I'll just leave those out because I have my own way of creating my story or developing my monologue
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All right, now I'll just make up a story because I'm not confident or comfortable
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sharing my very personal experiences with my examiner for this particular topic
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I want to create something that is not true, so making up a story. And I'll just use my creativity
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my imagination, and the current situation that we are all in. So first things first, I need to
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prepare keywords. So it's very important that you prepare keywords. During your actual IELTS test
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the examiner will give you one minute preparation time. So use it wisely. Write keywords, as many
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keywords as possible, because those keywords can guide you, can help you develop your monologue
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So let me start preparing my keywords. Okay, let me start preparing my keywords
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So I'm already thinking of talking about the time when I finally met my parents after more than a
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year. Let me just imagine that I didn't see them for more than a year because of the pandemic
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You know, it's really hard to travel. Let's say I'm living on my own. I'm living 500 miles away
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from them. So during this pandemic, it's very difficult to travel because of some travel
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restrictions or, you know, regulations. What else? What other keywords can I add
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Well, let's say I couldn't talk with them online because they didn't know how to use the internet
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and I only talked with them through telephone. What else can I add? I think I can also add a
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little bit of drama to my story. Let's say I finally met them on my mother's 80th birthday
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Wow, that sounds great. That's very special. So the time when I waited for something special to
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happen really excited me because, you know, not seeing your parents for more than a year is, I
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think, really difficult, and you are definitely looking forward to seeing them. You know, if that
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happens to you, I think you're really looking forward to that. I believe I can definitely
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create a story out of those keywords. So it's very important to write as many keywords as possible
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when you are given your one-minute preparation time because the keywords will definitely save
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you, especially when you start delivering your answer or your monologue. So you can glance once
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in a while to your notes, to the keywords that you have written, and yeah, the keywords will
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guide you developing your story. Oh wait, before I start creating the story, I just want to let you
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know that you can access this story in my e-book or reviewer. So my reviewer or e-book contains
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25 topics or 25 cue cards with interactive sample monologues, lexical resources, tips, and ideas
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So my reviewer is good for those students who are really, really busy with their work, like they
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don't have so much time to prepare or they don't have so much time researching for ideas for each
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topic. So my reviewers actually helped some students achieve their target band scores and I'm
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very happy with that. If you're interested, if you want to get a copy of my e-book or reviewer
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just send me an email. First, I'll give you my 90% complete story. The 10% should come from you
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I want you to share your ideas as well. I want you to interact with me. This is one of the best ways
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to train you to be creative in storytelling and to help you develop ideas, because sometimes
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it's very difficult to start a story, right? So I'm giving you my 90% complete story
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and I want you to finish it as well. So 10% should come from you. Later, after you share your 10
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output or your ideas, then I will finish my story 100%. So I also want you to
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write or comment your ideas in the comments section. So let's answer this cue card together
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Let's begin. After more than a year of not seeing and spending time with my parents
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because of the pandemic, I finally met them just recently during my mom's 80th birthday
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That was incredibly special. I never had a thought of missing them so much. That was my
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biggest realization. Well, I'm actually living on my own. I'm living 500 miles away from my parents
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because of my work. Before the pandemic, I actually made sure to see them at least thrice a year
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during their birthdays and during Christmas holidays. That's actually our culture to
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spend time with our parents, even though we have our own lives. I'm so proud of that culture of
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ours because it simply shows that we really value our parents. However, when the news about the
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pandemic broke, the movement got harder and harder, travel restrictions here and there
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and the issue of safety ruined my annual plan of seeing them. It was actually challenging
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to catch up with them because both of them weren't tech savvy. They didn't know how to use the
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internet, and I was kind of regretful because I didn't teach them how to use smartphones or the
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internet before the pandemic. If only I had taught them how to use those modern devices
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it would have been much easier for us to communicate. So a month ago, travel restrictions
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were lifted, and I was very happy. I was incredibly excited to know that I could finally
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see them. Although a month before last month, travel restrictions were adjusted, I didn't
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gamble traveling because I was unvaccinated, and so were my parents. I was scared that I might
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get contracted with the virus, and I might make them contracted too
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All right, that's 90% complete. Now it's your turn. I need your 10%. What are your ideas
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So pause this video, write your ideas in the comment section. How will you end the story
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How will you develop the ending of this monologue? Write your ideas in the comment section
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Take this opportunity because I will read all of them. I will correct them if there's something
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that needs to be corrected, and more importantly, I will give you some tips on how to develop your
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story. Okay, so write your ideas in the comment section. I will wait, and I'm so excited to
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read your ideas. Before we continue, I'd like to congratulate John Itoyama for achieving a
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band 7. He used my ebook or reviewer before taking the exam, and I'm very happy he made it
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We have more band 7 achievers here. Muhammad Asad, Mahipa, I don't know how to pronounce your
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name, I'm sorry. And we have band 7.5, Camille San Antonio and Hasrat Butar. Thank you so much, John
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for using my ebook. You made it. Congratulations. And to the rest of the successful test takers
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congratulations. Thank you for watching my videos. It means so much to me. I wish you all nothing but
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the very best in life. And to you who is watching this video, I'm very much hoping that you'll be
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the next person whom I can give a shout out. I'm really looking forward to that. Thank you so much
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for your 10%. I appreciate your effort in sharing your ideas. Now, let me finish my story. Anyway
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the most awaited day finally came. I couldn't contain my happiness seeing them. I was a bit
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teary-eyed. To be honest with you, I'm not really an emotional guy, but I just couldn't help myself
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then. My parents said, especially my mom, my mom said that my presence or my arrival was the best
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birthday gift she received. That was incredibly special. It was lovely, and I was so inspired
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hearing those words. So the biggest lesson I learned from that experience and this pandemic is
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that spend time with your loved ones. Don't make any excuses, because everyone's time is
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limited in this world, and you'll never know when's the last time you're gonna see them
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Well, if you notice, the story sounds very natural. I wasn't forcing myself to use big words
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because basically, the IELTS speaking exam is not about using big words. Please spend time
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understanding the criteria of the IELTS speaking test. Well, with the right preparation plus the
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use of your creativity, you will surely be able to create a great monologue. If you want to know
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more about my interactive sample monologues, well, I can give you sample copies for my reviewer or
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ebook. Just send me an email. Thank you so much for watching this video. I'm very happy that you're
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here. If you want to support me, just give me a like or subscribe to this channel. I'll be
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posting videos related to IELTS speaking. Thank you, and don't forget to watch the videos that
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appear on your screen right now, because those can definitely help you. Thank you. Until next time
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have a lovely day. Bye