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Describe A Course That Impressed You A Lot: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What was the course about?
  • Where did you take the course?
  • What did you do during the course?
  • And explain why it impressed you a lot?
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Cue 1:What was the course about?

  • Begin by clearly stating the subject of the course and its main objectives.
  • Mention any specific skills or knowledge that the course aimed to impart.

Example

The course I took was about digital marketing, focusing on social media strategies and content creation. It aimed to equip us with the skills needed to effectively promote brands online and engage with audiences through various platforms.

Cue 2:Where did you take the course?

  • Specify the institution or platform where you took the course.
  • Include details about whether it was an online course or in-person, and the location if applicable.

Example

I took this course at a well-known institute in my city, Mumbai. It was an in-person course held over six weekends, which allowed for interactive sessions and networking with fellow participants.

Cue 3:What did you do during the course?

  • Describe the activities you engaged in, such as lectures, group projects, or practical exercises.
  • Highlight any specific projects or assignments that were particularly impactful.

Example

During the course, we had a mix of lectures and hands-on workshops. One of the most exciting parts was a group project where we created a mock social media campaign for a local business. This practical experience helped me apply the theories we learned in class.

Cue 4:And explain why it impressed you a lot?

  • Reflect on the overall impact the course had on your personal or professional development.
  • Mention any specific aspects that stood out to you, such as the teaching style or the course content.

Example

The course impressed me a lot because the instructor was incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. I learned not just the technical skills but also the importance of creativity in marketing. It opened my eyes to new career possibilities, and I felt more confident in my abilities by the end.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, this digital marketing course was a transformative experience for me. It not only enhanced my skills but also inspired me to pursue a career in this dynamic field. I highly recommend such courses to anyone looking to expand their knowledge and career opportunities.

    Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

    Tips to answer this Cue Card

    1: Vague Descriptions

    Avoid being too general or vague when describing the course. Specific details make your answer more engaging and informative.

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    Include specific examples about the course content, such as topics covered or skills learned, to provide a clearer picture.

    2: Lack of Personal Connection

    Not explaining how the course personally impacted you can make your answer less compelling. Personal stories resonate more with listeners.

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    Tip

    Share a personal experience or insight gained from the course to show its significance in your life.

    Ignoring the Cues

    Failing to address all the cue prompts can lead to an incomplete answer. Each cue is important for a well-rounded response.

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    Tip

    Make sure to answer each cue in order, ensuring you cover what the course was about, where it took place, and why it impressed you.

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    The course was about the iconic movie sequel, Harry Potter. As a Harry Potter super fan, I really was hoping to take up this course. I took this course at the University of California. It was a very fun experience as the professor was very friendly and we learned a lot of new things. Also about the acting, the expression, the history of Harry Potter as well as about some of the characters. I was really impressed after the course as I got an in-depth and better understanding about the Harry Potter series. I had always been a fan of the book series but I also looked forward to understanding the movie series as well. This course helped me a lot in doing that. It is a very good course and I would recommend other people to take up too if they are interested in Harry Potter or just want to learn about acting and expressions.

    Band 6-7

    Speaking of a course which has impressed me, it's an investment banking course which I've applied for. It basically teaches us various investment tips, financial modeling, valuation analysis and various types of investment sectors where it acts as a mediator between the public and the company, where the public wants to raise funds and public wants to… No, man. Come. Try again. Everyone is sitting here. Paper is rolling. Don't do this at night. So, the course which has impressed me a lot is investment banking. I've searched for it a lot and then I've looked into it a lot. The things which have impressed me in investment banking are financial modeling, then valuation analysis. These are some few terms into it. And the most important thing I've got to know that there are various sectors of investments where we can get interest, where we can get good returns into it. And I've done this course from Corporate Finance Institute which is an American-based institute. It basically provides six certifications which is important for investment banking sector. And I think it is beneficial for me and important that I get to know and get to learn various investment banking concepts such as fundraising, underwriting and many more. And we get to know basically how the valuation analysis is done, then how we enter into an investment banking field, how to negotiate with the companies. So, these are some few and the best things I've ever learned from this course. And obviously, this course provides various benefits such as investment banking tips, then various investment tips. Then it has created a new job sector for you and the jobs are quite good return-based. And furthermore, I've seen that there are many opportunities into this sector. That's why I opted this course and this course is providing me a lot of knowledge on Excel, financial modeling which are beneficial for me. And additionally, it provides me a lot of help.

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    I would like to study Microbiology because it impressed me a lot. My first thing is I would like to study in medical field or medical related field. So I chose microbiology study. I have completed my studies in B.Sc. in American College. This subject is very impressed like I studied about micro-organism particularly which will give more information to me. It has a large career sector. Currently I worked in medical field like in Aishwarya Faculties

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    So, the course I purchased was based on the future development and in the programming section. So, this course is all about like how a programmer has to deal with his daily life scenarios such as software development lifecycle and how to manage the agile lifecycle versus waterfall. All these technical parts were covered throughout the course. So, I purchased this course in the Udemy for the cost of around 1500-2000 rupees. So, the duration of the course was around four weeks which is one month which I need to attend at least three to four exams to qualify that course and for getting certification. And the overall certification is really hard enough to cross because it is having some stages for passing the examination. In this course, I learned a lot of things about the real life scenarios, how it is going to be handled in the companies and the professional offices, mainly in terms of how does it working in the procedure of main programming and also enables me to think of problem solving solutions. So, it really involves around the front end, back end and the databases of all the technical aspects which it allowed me to follow an intermediate and instance also made me to learn the correct ideology of the flow. So, it really made me as a better developer in my upcoming scenarios and I was completely able to understand the integration between both the technologies and mainly of ReactJS if I say. It is a completely new framework for me. It is apart from my college course structure, this course has really helped me in terms of becoming a real tester as well as the user interface and I was also able to learn the designing a website by my own which really made to understand the aspect of learning and the programming was made more easier with the help of this course. It is really helpful for me.

    Band 6-7

    The course which I love the most is Devops because the contents of the Devops course has kept me intrigued. So there was a lot of things to learn and a lot of things to explore as well. So yeah, Devops is the course which interests me a lot. I took the course in a cloud platform called Cloudtech. They are very professional. And they helped me with the questions whatever I had and the most important thing is they helped me with the doubts and yeah, I did a lot of googling because without your own preparation you won't be able to move further. So you have to do a lot of googling, bootobeaming, etc, etc to gain some knowledge because you have to read this Devops estimates and etc because you cannot rely on paper all the time. So you have to do some homework on your own.

    Band 6-7

    A course that really impressed me a lot was this English speaking like communication and leadership course which I pursued when I was working with my past organization SWECO. This course was all about communication tips and tricks, how to improve communication in an organization while working, how to communicate your ideas and how to share your thought process with the team to get the work done. I really like this course because this really helped me understanding the entire workflow and entire tips and tricks that how I can perform really well and what is leadership and how different communication styles can impact different leadership roles and how I will be able to convey a good message, a right message to the other person in a right way and this course was consisted of different modules. There were five to seven modules which consists English speaking, listening and different presentation skills as well. There were total 14 members in the team who were participated in this particular course. At the end of the course we were given with different certificates and I was the one who was awarded with the golden prize as I was the first, I became the first person and I got the first prize as well.

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    A memorable course I took in my life was applied thermodynamics class which I took in my engineering while the course of my engineering was ongoing. This course impressed me a lot because since I was a child I always wanted to study applied thermodynamics and I always wanted to study things related to physics, applied physics because physics was the subject that interested me. During this course I learned so much about how thermodynamics worked and how thermodynamics was applied in many things like cars. Basically car engines were taught about it, cycles were taught about how thermodynamic cycles worked and since I was an enthusiast in cars as a child it was very useful for me to learn about applied thermodynamics and this course also helped me in improving my knowledge about how physics and thermodynamics worked together and it also benefited me for my engineering and eventually it got me to a good position at work and I got a good job in thermodynamics related field.

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    One of the courses that has impressed me throughout my life till now has been chemistry. When I was in 12th grade, I chose PCM as my subject. Chemistry impressed me a lot. I took the course when I was in junior college and my teacher being Shabana ma'am, she was a great interpreter of all the topics. Since the subject was very new to me, I wasn't well aware about many facts. Shabana ma'am made it crystal clear for me all the concepts. During the course, there were two parts. One part was in organic chemistry, the other was inorganic. Organic chemistry did not suit me well. I didn't like studying inorganic much but I was really good in organic chemistry and the credit goes to my ma'am who taught me that. It impressed me a lot because there were a lot of equations, there were a lot of experiments which I had never seen before that. There were really interesting techniques to achieve some of the other aims.

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    I usually study a lot and there are many courses which I like but a course that really impressed me a lot is international relations which I came to know of very recently. The course is basically the study about how international diplomatics and how international bilateral relations with different countries are. It basically helps us to understand the war and how to resolve the conflicts peacefully and how to maintain the bilateral relations. I came to know about this course recently as I am a BBA student and I like to do researches so I was researching on these courses and I saw international relations. By reviewing this curriculum I was very impressed.

    Band 6-7

    As education plays an important role in every individual, I suggest that learning new things in our daily basis improves our knowledge along with some other skills. Coming to my personal experience, I recently went through a course which was related to clinical research. Present days, the health sector is being very fine and not only in some countries, health related courses were very prominent in every country. As I am very passionate in healthcare sector, I went through clinical research training course which was a 60 days aptitude course. In this course, I mainly learnt how the drugs were, how the drugs were manufactured and how they were delivered to the, how they were delivered to the human beings. Not only that, I had also learnt so many new things throughout the session. Actually being a pharma graduate, I am very well known regarding the drugs and their mechanism of actions. But after taking this course from the experts related to clinical research, I have gained my knowledge and I am very happy now that I can have, I can easily find out the drugs and their mechanism of actions.
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