Category: Friends
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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 121: A memorable game🎲
This week’s lesson is for Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking exam. It examines the topic of a game that is memorable for you. Here is the cue card that is used: Describe a tabletop game or other game you have played. You should say:What the game wasWho you played it withWhere and when you…
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Lesson 107: Friendship👬
This week, we’re talking about friendship – a very common topic in IELTS Speaking. Step 1: Listen to the full sample. Step 2: Work through the sample exercise. Step 3: Complete the full speech shadowing exercise. Step 4: Read through the below transcript. Step 5: Complete this week’s daily speech shadowing exercises with your Whatsapp…
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Lesson 101: A noisy situation😖
Is speech shadowing effective? Yes! Let this lesson about ‘a noisy situation’ convince you. Here is the Part 2 cue card we are using in today’s exercise: Describe a situation where you experienced a lot of noise.You should say: -Where you were-What made the noise-How the noise affected you-And what you did do to deal…
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Lesson 95: A person who dresses well👔
This week’s English shadowing technique pushes you to speak about a person who dresses well. Here is the cue card used in this section: Describe a person who dresses well. You should say:-who the person is-how you know him or her-how often you see him or her-and explain why you think this person dresses well…
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Lesson 92: A person from another culture🌎
This week, we’re looking at a common IELTS Speaking topic: culture. Step 1: Listen to the full sample and familiarise yourself with this week’s target language. Step 2: Tune in to this week’s IELTSCast episode to practise a few sentences from the model. Step 3: Work through the full exercise below. Step 4: Read through…
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Lesson 89: An inexpensive outing🚵
We’re talking about ‘an inexpensive outing’ this week. Can you remember a time when you did something inexpensively? Step 1: Listen to the full sample. Step 2: This week’s IELTSCast episode is unavailable. It will be back up soon. Step 3: Engage the full exercise. Step 4: Read through this week’s transcript. Step 5: Complete…
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Lesson 86: A memorable outdoor activity⛰️
This lesson requires you describe an outdoor activity you did that was memorable for you. Step 1: Listen to the full band 9 model. Step 2: This week’s IELTSCast episode is currently unavailable. Step 3: Work through this week’s full exercise. Step 4: Read through the below transcript and note the language you learned this…
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Lesson 81: Meeting people and social media📱
This week, you will train to speak about meeting people and social media. Step 1: Listen to the full sample. Step 2: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode. Step 3: Engage the full exercise. Step 4: Read through the below transcript and note the new language you encountered this week. Step 5: Post your…
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Lesson 67: A new place🌁
This week, you will train to speak about a new place you visited. Note: Some of you were asking for synonyms for ‘very’ last week. At one point in today’s model, the speaker uses ‘rather’ as a synonym for ‘very’. Listen closely to the sample to pinpoint where this is! Step 1: Tune in to this…