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LANGUAGE OR LEARNING A LANGUAGE | IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 RECENT TOPIC 2020 | Questions & Answers
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Feb 9, 2024
SCRIPT: https://www.ieltsdragon.com/ielts-speaking-part-1-language/ielts-recent-topic-with-answers/ This video lesson answers the recent IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topic about Language or Learning A Language. This is one of the recent topic in 2020 so make sure to get ideas from this video lesson in order for you to talk about language or learning a language easily and confidently. Talking about a certain language is never complicated since all of us can speak one language, besides as you are learning IELTS, it simply shows that you can speak a second language. Here are the four questions: What languages can you speak? Do you think it’s difficult to learn a language? Will you learn other languages in the future? Why did you learn English and how did you learn it? Photo Thumbnails: Photo by Jessica D. Vega on Unsplash
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Welcome to IELTS Dragon
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Today, let me answer IELTS Speaking Part 1 Recent Topic about Language, or Learning
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a Language. This video lesson is divided into two parts. In the first part, you will learn how to answer the four questions about language that can
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surely help you achieve your target band score. And in the second part, I will share more ideas, topic, vocabulary, words and collocations
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about this topic so you won't have any difficulty producing your own answers and thinking of
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the right words or collocations that you want to use. Join me in this video lesson and let me help you ace your exam
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But before anything else, if you haven't subscribed yet, don't forget to click the
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subscribe button or those two arrows that appear on your screen. Thank you so much
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Now, let's begin. First question. What languages can you speak? Well, aside from my native language and English, I can also speak Spanish in conversational level
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I studied that language as my minor subject in college for four years
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Actually, when I was a high school student, I was an avid fan of watching some TV dramas
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from Spain, and I fell in love with the Spanish culture and that influenced me to take up
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Spanish language as my secondary language subject in college. Here, I used a very good expression aside from to introduce my answer
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This is a good indicator that I could speak more than one language
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As the question is in the plural form, asking languages, I needed to give at least two languages
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that I'm capable of speaking. So, I included my native language and English as my answer and provided another language
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which is Spanish. I didn't spend time talking about my native language and English
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Instead, I talked about Spanish, which is the second language that I've learned
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Also, I extended my answer by talking about my experience in learning Spanish
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This helped me add details to my answer. It's a very spontaneous and clear answer
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Always make sure to add a bit more of your answer in part one in order for you not to
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give a short answer. Let's continue. Do you aim a band 7 or higher
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You can do it! Second question. Do you think it's difficult to learn a language
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Yes, it is difficult, and for some people, it's more complicated than they thought
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I believe no one claims it's easy unless one is born genius learning languages
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And that's because the sentence construction, vocabulary, pronunciation, and other aspects of a language that one is learning are different from his mother tongue
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Actually, experiencing the challenges in learning a new language is just normal
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Alright, here I provided a positive and direct answer to the question, then talked about
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my belief that other people are having more difficulty in learning a language than others
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meaning to say there are always people who are really struggling in learning a language
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compared to others. Then I gave the main reason as to why learning a language is never easy
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That's the most important part of my answer, as that supports my argument very clearly
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Make sure to provide a clear explanation to every answer that you give to the examiner
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to avoid confusion. Let's proceed to the next question. Third question. Will you learn other languages in the future
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Let me read the first answer. Yes, I will. I'm not closing the door on things that can contribute to my growth
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I'm thinking of learning Japanese simply because I want to understand the Japanese
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culture even more. I always believe that to understand one country's culture, one should learn the local language
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and if you can speak their language, it's easy for you to establish rapport with them
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Okay, so here I gave a direct positive answer plus a very good expression that would help
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me express my answer better. Also, I gave one particular example of a language that I'm interested in learning
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Then after that, I ended my answer by giving my reflective thought about learning a language
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It's a well-expressed idea, and it's a straightforward answer. Always express your answer directly and clearly
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Now let's continue. Fourth question. Why did you learn English and how did you learn it
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Let me read the first answer. Well, it's not really my own decision to learn the English language in the first place
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In our country, it's mandatory to learn that language in school since English education
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is part of every school's curriculum, so we're left with no choice but to study English
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Honestly, I didn't see the value of it when I was in primary and secondary school
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However, when I was in college, I realized how lucky I was to learn English at a young age
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Alright, so here, I talked about the school's curriculum in my country that obliged every
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student to learn English. This kind of answer gave a clear insight as to why I was studying English
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I then transitioned to talking about my realization on how fortunate I was to learn English early
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It's a very well-explained answer. Always make sure to always provide a clear explanation to all of your answers in order
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for you to satisfy the examiner. Let's continue
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Now let me give you some more ideas and topic vocabulary words about this topic so it'll
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be easy for you to develop your own answers. First we have the words mother tongue
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This is another term for the words native language or first language
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You can use this to describe about your first language. Next, we have the word polyglot, someone who can speak many languages
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You can use this as one of your answers to those questions we answered earlier
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Like you can say, I dream to become a polyglot so I am learning 5 languages these days for
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me to achieve that bold goal. Third idea, we have secondary language, which of course refers to the second language that
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you are learning. You might have heard this abbreviation ESL, which stands for English as a second language
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You can use this in one of your answers like saying, due to the existence of ESL online
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schools, a lot of students from around the world have improved their English communication skills
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And finally, we have the term globalization, which refers to the business interaction between
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countries in the world and English plays an important role for that
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We can say, if not because of globalization, people will not be exposed to other languages
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Another good example is, in order for me to be globally competitive, I need to learn not
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just English but Chinese as well. Using any of these words and ideas can surely help you express your answers better
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Now, let's proceed to some phrases which you can use when talking about language
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Now, I have here some sample phrases with the word language. First, command of language
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Example, he has a great command of English that helps him get a job very easily
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Try using that phrase in your actual IELTS speaking exam. Show your good command of English to your examiner
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Also, I have the expressions knowledge of language and mastery of language
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That is from the word master, meaning being able to speak a particular language excellently
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The last one is brush up on my English language skills, which simply means to review my English
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language skills, which are somehow partly forgotten. For example, this summer, I will brush up on my English language skills because I'm
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going to study abroad next year. So these expressions can aid you in creating better answers to questions and for sure help
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you boost your mark in the criterion lexical resource. Use some of these phrases for you to sound like native
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Alright, well, if you found value to this lesson, please support this channel by subscribing
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And that's all for this IELTS Speaking part 1 recent topic about language or learning
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a language. Thank you so much. Until the next lesson, have a lovely day
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