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CUE CARDS HOW TO ANSWER | IELTS SPEAKING PART 2 Preparation and Creating A Monologue
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Feb 9, 2024
This video teaches you how to answer IELTS Speaking Part 2 or the IELTS CUE CARDS Creating a monologue in IELTS Speaking Part 2 is stressful for a lot of test takers because they do not have plenty of ideas that can help them create a story. As a result, they cannot deliver a story for 2 minutes, some finish talking for less than a minute, and some get lost when storytelling. These problems are very common among test takers and these are the reasons why I created this video. In this video, you will learn how to prepare a topic about A TALL BUILDING IN YOUR CITY THAT YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE, in a more comprehensive way. Giving you a step-by-step process on how to gather ideas that can help you develop a story that is great and interesting and can make you speak for two minutes. Part 2 is crucial as this is the part where test-takers have the opportunity and the freedom to show off their English skills more through storytelling to their examiner. When a test-taker knows how to gather ideas, he can surely answer IELTS Speaking Part 2 confidently and naturally. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 What The Video Is About 00:39 The Creator 01:00 Preparation & Understanding the Exam 01:56 One Example For Practice (Describe A Tall Building In Your City That You Like/Dislike) 02:52 First Technique 03:14 Second Technique 05:15 Summary of Second Technique 05:30 Third Technique 07:53 Fourth Technique 08:51 Don't Be Too Generic
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Let us learn how to create a monologue in ILD Speaking Part 2
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Well, most students get lost when delivering their monologue simply because they run out of ideas
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And when they don't have any ideas anymore, sadly they stutter. They don't know what to say or they don't know what to do
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And worse, they just stop talking in an awkward way. So today, I will teach here how to generate more ideas in ILD speaking part 2 so you can
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maximize your time when delivering your monologue and avoid those problems which I mentioned earlier
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and deliver a great monologue. Hi, welcome to IELD's dragon. My name is Julius and I get a band nine
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in the IEL speaking exam. If you want to support me, just give me a light or subscribe to this channel
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I'll be making videos related to IEL speaking. Now let's get started with our lesson today
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you take the exam, be sure that you're 100% prepared. Our aim here is to achieve our target
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band score so that we will not take it over and over again. If you're not prepared or if you're
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not confident, then don't take the exam yet, because it will just reflect on your performance
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That's my honest advice. I've been there. I did not take the exam until I developed my confidence
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and until I fully understood the flow of the ILD speaking exam
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It's all about preparation, and when I say preparation, it means you should be strategically prepared
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which I will be teaching you today. In this video, all of the things that you will learn are based on my personal experience
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my personal experience of getting a bad night on my first try
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Now, let's have one example for practice, and the topic is a tall building in your city
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Describe a tall building in your city that you like or dislike
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You should say where it is, what it's used for, what it looks like, and explain why you like or dislike it
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Take note, we don't need to address those four key points. They are just our guide, all right
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They're just our guide. Take note of the word should, you should. Should means recommendation. So those key points are just being
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recommended to us. We are not obligated to address those four key points. All right. So we are just going to
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focus on what is really asked on a cue card. And that is describing a tall building in our city
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which we like or dislike. The first thing that we need to do is we have the
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to choose between like the building and dislike the building. Well, I have already decided let's
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choose like the building. Let's talk about a tall building that we like. Now, right after choosing
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between like and dislike the building, we have to understand what type of building it is
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Understanding the type of building is very important because if we only think of general
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ideas of a building, then we will end up not creating an organized story. Our ideas will be all
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over the place and worse we will run out of things to say in the middle of our delivery As a result our score in the criterion fluency and coherence will greatly be affected
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And that's what we need to avoid. So let us ask ourselves, is the tall building commercial, residential, or industrial
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We have to understand what type of building are we going to talk about
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Let's pick residential. Okay. So with that word, with the word residential, it helps us generate more ideas now
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Think of residential buildings. What are those residential buildings? Well, normally we have condominiums and apartments
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But take note, we need to talk about a tall building. So I think most apartments are not really tall
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So let's go for a condominium. So at this very moment, we now have some ideas of a condominium. We're now thinking of ideas of what a
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condominium is. So perhaps we're now, or you're now thinking the design of the condominium
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how many units are there in that condominium, whether that condominium is a luxurious one or
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just a standard one. So see, just by identifying the type of building that we're going to talk about
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we are able to generate more and more ideas soon. That's how you prepare
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But anyway, we will get to those ideas later. Before we continue gathering more ideas for our monologue
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let's have a quick rundown. So we're going to talk about a tall building in our city
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And it is a residential building. To be specific, it is a condominium
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Now, we have to ask ourselves, Why do we like this condominium
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And how tall is this condominium? We have to address these two important questions because that's what the cue card about
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asking us to describe a tall building that we like in our city
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All right, let's answer this question. Why do we like this condominium
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Well, let's say we like it because of its design. What's the design
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It's a minimalistic design. In what way it is minimalistic? Well, it's just an ordinary vertical building, but the colors are black and gray
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Also, I like it because from afar, the design creates an illusion
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The building looks like two vertical buildings standing next to each other
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But when you come closer, you will realize that the building is just one, not two
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And that's because of its design and colors. The right side of the building is color black, and the left side of the building is color gray
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So from a distance, it really looks like there are two buildings standing next to each other
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Or it looks like number 11. So the fact that the colors create an illusion is what makes
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makes me like that building more. Now, let's address the keyword tall
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So how tall is the building? Let say the condominium is 250 meters in height and there are 3 units Well let just imagine We don need to be exact because that not the point of the exam The objective of the exam is to express ourselves in English without difficulty
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So basically, we can make up a story, we can tell a lie. It doesn't really matter
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As long as we're expressing ourselves in English clearly, naturally, and confidently
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All right, we already know the reason why we like to. the building and we know the height of the building. But these things are not enough to develop a story
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that can help us talk for two minutes. So what else can we add? This is the time that our imagination
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or creativity steps in. So let's imagine more things. Let's say the name of the building is
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Tower 101. The walls are made of glass and it's a newly erected building. And I feel
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first saw this building from a local advertisement. All right. So these things are what we called supplemental details
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These details can help us generate more and more ideas. That can definitely help us stretch our story for two minutes
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Again, we have the name of the building, Tower 101. The walls are made of glass. It's a newly erected building
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and I first saw this building from a local advertisement. All right, that's it
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We have plenty of ideas now that can definitely help us create a great monologue
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That's how you prepare strategically. Don't be too generic because that will not help you generate more and more ideas
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You've got to be more specific and use your imagination. All right, before I give you the sample answer of this topic describing a tall building that you like
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I just want to inform you that you can access this example in my e-book
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So my e-book contains topic ideas, topic vocabulary, and collocations, and of course, interactive sample monologues
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That will definitely help you, especially if you're too busy, you don't have so much time to prepare
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my e-book will serve as your guide. So if you want to get a copy, just send me an email
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All right, let's start answering the cue card. Let's develop a story for this cue card
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But I want to inform you that I'll be giving you 90% output of this sample monologue
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The 10% output should come from you. I want to have this kind of setup because I want you to develop your creativity in storytelling
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I want you to interact as well. This is a way to train you on how to develop a monologue better
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I don't want you to just read sample answer and memorize it because that will be the cause of your failure
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So let's learn how to create a monologue together. Let's begin. There's one high-rise building that's recently erected in our city, which attracts
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a lot of visitors because of its unique design. It's called Tower One One. It's actually a condominium
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and if I'm correct, there are 3,000 units all in all. I reckon its height is 250 meters
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and it actually half the height of the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan Well what I like about this building is its design it minimalistic
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There are only two colors, black and gray. So the right side of the building is color black
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and the left side of the building is color gray, and the walls are made of glass
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From afar, it looks like there are two buildings standing next to each other
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But when you come closer, you will realize that there's only one building standing
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The gray collar creates an illusion. People from a distance think that there are two vertical buildings standing next to each other
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but actually there's only one building standing. Well, I first knew this building just a couple of weeks ago
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because this building was heavily advertised on a local TV. So I was intrigued by its advertisement and I decided to pay a visit
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All right, so before I continue, before I finish this story, I would like to know your output
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I want to know your 10% output to complete this monologue. What are your ideas
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What else can you add? Use your imagination, your creativity to complete this monologue
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I would love to know your ideas. So, yeah, share your ideas
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You can actually comment your ideas in the comment section. That's your task
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All right, thank you so much for your 10% output. So let me finish this story
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Okay. When I got there, I talked to one of the real estate agents
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and I learned that that building is actually the tallest building not just in our city, but in the entire state
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I was very surprised to know that. She also said that the materials were imported from Europe
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Not only that, she assured me that the building is earthquake resistant
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It wouldn't collapse even if the magnitude of the earthquake is really strong
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because she said the building is equipped with some modern technology from Japan
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Learning that made me like the building even more. because, you know, safety is a priority
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But you know what? What made me more surprised was when I learned that one of the designers of that building
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was my former classmate in high school. I was at a loss for words when I knew that
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I just couldn't believe it. That's it. That's how you tell a story to your examiner
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With the right preparation plus imagination, you will surely be able to develop a great monologue
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Well, I just want to tell you that this sample monologue is not a real story
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I was just making up a story. Because, you know, it doesn't matter whether you're telling a lie or you're making up a story
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It doesn't matter at all as long as you're able to express yourself in English naturally
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All right. If you want to know more of my interactive sample monologues for the recent few cards
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well, you can request a copy of my e-book. Just send me an email
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Thank you so much for watching this video. Please watch some of the videos that appear on your screen right now because they can definitely help you
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Thank you for watching. Have a great day. Until next time. Bye
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