Category: Culture
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Lesson 150: Learning English💂
We’ve reached 150 lessons!🎉 This week’s topic is very central to the base theme of this entire website: learning English! Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below). Part 3 QuestionsDo you think the way people learn English today is the same as in the past?Is it easy for…
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Lesson 149: A person from another country that speaks your language well🎎
This week’s lesson requires the candidate describe a person that speaks their native language well. Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below): Describe a person you know from another country who speaks your language fluently. You should say-who he/she is-what country he/she is from-how he/she learned your…
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Lesson 148: Your village and native language💬
This week’s ‘repeat after me’ lesson uses questions from Part 1 of a recent IELTS Speaking exam. Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below): Part 1 QuestionsDo you work or study?Do you live in a village, town or city?What do you like about your village?Is your village…
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Lesson 147: Relaxation in your country🎣
This week’s Part 3 model continues from last week’s cue card on the topic of ‘relaxation’. Step 1: Listen to the full sample band 9 response. Step 2: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode. Step 3: Complete the full exercise. Step 4: Read through the below transcript and make note of the new language…
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Lesson 145: Music in your country🪕
This week, we are looking at Part 1 of a recent IELTS Speaking exam. Step 1: Listen to the full sample. Step 2: Tune in to this week’s IELTSCast episode and practise saying a few of the lines from the speech sample. Step 3: Complete the full exercise using the below video. Step 4: Read…
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Lesson 144: An event or ceremony most people go through in your culture🪔
Here is the Part 2 cue card we are working with this week: Describe an event or ceremony most people go through in your culture. You should say:-what the event or ceremony is-when people usually experience it-how it affects peopleand explain your opinion about it Step 1: Listen to the model response. Step 2: Tune…
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Lesson 139: Complaints☹️
This week you will learn to speak about a topic that comes up on the IELTS every few years…complaining! Specifically: how and why do people complain? Step 1: Listen to the full model. Note any new language you come across. Remember that a complete transcript can be found at the bottom of this blog post.…
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Lesson 138: An event that positively impacted your life🌠
This week, you will practise speaking about an event that had a positive impact upon your life. Step 1: Listen to this week’s sample to familiarise yourself with the target language: Step 2: Below is this week’s podcast episode, where you can attempt the first few sentences of the exercise. Remember to push yourself to…
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Lesson 132: Rain and staying healthy in your country🏃
This lesson examines a Part 1 series of questions that jump between two topics: ‘rain’ and ‘staying healthy in your country’. Step 1: Familiarise yourself with the sample by listening to it at least once. Step 2: This week’s podcast episode gives you a few preview sentences with which to work with. Tune in here:…
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Lesson 131: Young people and independence🧮
This is a lesson that focuses on Part 3 of the IELTS Speaking exam. Step 1: Listen to this week’s full sample. Step 2: Practise repeating a few sentences from the model in this week’s IELTSCast episode. Step 3: Complete this week’s full lesson. (Click here if you do not yet have access.) Step 4:…