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BEST IELTS Speaking Interview, 17th July
IELTS SPEAKING FULL INTERVIEW
IELTS SPEAKING FULL INTERVIEW
PART – 1 INRO PART
What is your full name?
My name is Arshpreet Kaur.
How may I address you?
You may address me as Arshpreet.
May I see your ID?
Sure, here it is.
Can people read your hand-writing easily?
I’m afraid not. I envy those who have clear hand-writing, you know. Having neat handwriting has a wide variety of uses. Not only does it gain you some “bragging right” with friends but it might also help increase your IELTS writing score, am I right?
Do you people can know about a person through handwriting?
Sure. And I’m not saying having terrible hand-writing means you are an awful person. It just means you might be a bit more careless and hot-tempered than people who have nicer handwriting.
Do you like to receive hand-written cards or emails?
I receive emails every day and hand-written cards on only special occasions like birthdays or anniversaries so of course I treasure these cards more. They feel much more personal than emails, too.
How often do you receive emails?
Quite often. I mean email is extremely multi-functional, no doubt. I have three separate emails for different uses: one for personal purposes, one for my work and one for my study.
Do you think people should reply to an email instantly?
Yes I think it’s basic etiquette, you know. Responding to emails immediately after receiving them is a way to show respect to the senders. Do you prefer to receive emails or texts? I don’t know. Probably texts because I don’t have to log in to any account to answer messages.
PART – 2 CUE CARD
Describe a situation when someone gave positive comments about the work you did for them
You should say:
– what work you did
– who the person was
– what the person said
and explain your reaction to the comments.
SAMPLE ANSWER
When I was a student I spent about two years working part-time in a local business to help fund my studies. It was a family business and their main activity was selling and repairing domestic electrical appliances. I worked on repairing things like lamps, electric kettles, toasters, radios, remote controllers, heaters and lots of other electrical and electronic products.
At the time I was studying to become an engineer, but I had always enjoyed working with my hands and fixing things, so the work was good and the people working with me were nice. It also allowed me to learn some practical aspects of problem-solving, fault finding and resolving things efficiently.
There was one time that the owner of the business got sick and couldn’t work for about three months while he was recovering at home. I volunteered to do some extra work for the family to cover his absences. It meant that I had to work almost every day while still studying so by the end of a few months I was extremely tired.
Anyway, when the owner of the business returned, he was very grateful and thanked me for all my effort, all the extra work I had done, and making myself available to help out in such a time of personal crisis. He was very specific about how what I had done had made everything much easier for him because his family had not had to look for a new employee to replace him temporarily and then supervise them.
When I look back now, I don’t think I did anything particularly special. It was only for a short time, I earned some extra money as well, so it was good for me too. I didn’t do it to get praise – but it was nice to get suchpositive feedback from my boss.
But I do remember feeling proud that I was able to help out in the business because they were such good people. It gave me a sense of value, and I realized that being able to count on people to help out when unexpected things happen is very important.
PART – 3 FOLLOW UPS
Do you like helping others?
Yes, I like helping others. I feel very happy when I can be of any help to anyone. Whenever any person comes to me for help, I do my best to help that person.
In your view should children be taught help others?
Yes, children student should be taught to help others. They should be made to realise that if today they will help others, then tomorrow they will get help if they need help.
How can we encourage children to help others?
We can encourage children to help others by setting an example. If they see their elders helping others they will automatically learn to help others.
