Describe a course that you are interested in.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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What course is it?
Why and when would you take it?
Why is it interesting?

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Cue 1:What course is it?

Clearly state the name of the course and the institution offering it.
Provide a brief overview of what the course covers.

Example

The course I am interested in is a Diploma in Digital Marketing offered by XYZ Institute. This course covers various aspects of digital marketing, including SEO, social media marketing, and content creation.

Cue 2:Why and when would you take it?

Explain your motivation for taking this course and how it aligns with your career goals.
Mention a specific time frame when you plan to enroll, such as after completing your current studies or a particular job.

Example

I plan to take this course next year after I finish my Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. I believe that digital marketing skills are essential in today's job market, and this course will help me enhance my employability.

Cue 3:Why is it interesting?

Discuss what aspects of the course excite you the most, such as hands-on projects or industry exposure.
Mention how this course can help you stay updated with current trends in the industry.

Example

I find this course interesting because it includes practical projects where we can work on real-life campaigns. Additionally, the chance to learn from industry experts and gain insights into the latest digital marketing trends makes it even more appealing.

Conclusion

Summarize your main points about the course and its relevance to your future.
Express your enthusiasm and commitment to pursuing this course.

Example

In conclusion, the Diploma in Digital Marketing is a perfect fit for my career aspirations. I am excited about the opportunity to learn and grow in this dynamic field, and I am committed to enrolling in this course next year.

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 Course Description

Avoid being too general when describing the course. Specific details help the examiner understand your interest and knowledge about the subject.

Tip

Include specific topics or skills you would learn in the course to make your answer more engaging and informative.

2: Lack of Personal Connection

Failing to explain why the course is personally interesting can make your response less compelling. Personal stories create a stronger connection.

Tip

Share a personal experience or motivation that led you to choose this course, making your answer more relatable.

Ignoring Future Plans

Not discussing when or why you would take the course can leave your answer incomplete. This information shows your planning and commitment.

Tip

Clearly state your timeline for taking the course and how it fits into your future goals or career plans.

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Describe your favourite food at a traditional festival or a special event in your country

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Anonymous student Band 7.5

Pitampura Test Centre, New Delhi

Answer

I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.

Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood

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Anonymous student Band 8

Sector 34 Test Centre, Chandigarh

Answer

The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.

Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language

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Anonymous student Band 6.5

Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

Answer

As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.

Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned

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Anonymous student Band 7

Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

Answer

When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.

Describe a book you recently read

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Anonymous student Band 7.5

CBD Belapur Test Centre, Navi Mumbai

Answer

It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

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Band 6-7

The course which I would like to pursue is Agricultural Economics. It is a specialization in the social science branch of agriculture. I chose this as my specialization because I would like to know how much the new technology which is devised in the lab by scientists reach their actual destination i.e. the farmer's field. The social science branch of agriculture evaluates the result of the lab how much of it is perceived by farmer in real life experience. I think that it is necessary to study about the amount of technology disseminated in a farmer's field as scientists they all work for the improvement of a farmer's life. But in most scenarios a scientist is not able to explain his findings to a farmer who is a common man. So there should be a middle person who is able to connect with both the extremes. So that is where social science steps in. A social science scientist helps in connecting the two parties. It is an area of great interest and it's gaining a lot of momentum in recent times because we work for the betterment of some people we should ensure that how much influence we have got on them and this exactly helps us in doing so.

Band 6-7

The course which I am interested in is the course which I did as a bachelors degree. So I have completed bachelors in audiology and speech and language pathology where we treat children and adults with speech problems, it's a kind of children may have impairment in speech production or they might have delay in speech and language. Coming on to the adult, adult may have problem in speaking after stroke or they might stutter, any other cases similar to this. So we kind of evaluate and diagnose these disorders and also provide a therapeutic treatment plan for them. I wanted to expertise myself in this course because I wanted to learn more on the evidence based practice. So I am planning to do masters in abroad. I wanted to expertise myself in this course only because I got interested after completing my fourth year in my bachelors where I exposed to many patients, they inspired me a lot and I knew about my work that this is actual work where I can succeed myself and also settle my career by the way. And this course also have a lot of benefits, I think speech therapists have a lot of demand all over the world and if I have started career in this, I may succeed and settle within short period of time.

Band 6

Learning can never stop, even if you are a doctor, you can still join an art class, which reminds me, this summer I am interested to join an art class, I am interested to join an art class, since I was a kid, I always wanted to paint, but due to the academic pressure, I never joined the class, but due to the academic pressure, I never made an effort, but now I have become a doctor.

Band 6

So, course is a one type of a subject which helps everyone to succeed in their life by giving some type of knowledge. Today I want to talk about my favorite course or a course which I am interested in. So it is none other than the flutter developer for android application. The main reason behind choosing this course is having a good future in market because now a days as the mobile is getting very hype in social media and other platforms. So there are high demands of apps like facebook, whatsapp, instagram and to create this type of app the flutter developer and the android app developer are more in demand in a market by multinational companies. So this is the main reason of choosing this field. In addition to this I am also quite interested in this field because it is full of made up codes. So I usually like to add my own creativity and ideas to build an application as I am very dedicated to a code and I also belong to a bachelors of computer application which is none other than having a full of code written and reading. So I have a very proficiency skills in analyzing and solving problems or error. So I think that this type of skill will help me to improve my academic and future academic score and help to achieve a future goal with a handsome salary.

Band 6

The course I am interested is French language. I am planning to take it super soon and I'm planning to study Masters in Human Resources in Paris and that's how I'm planning this course. I have always had a fascination about this language, about the culture and that made me decide that I'm going to take this course before flying to Paris. The way it sounds, the way I have heard people talking in French language, it has always been a pleasure. I have heard a lot of songs in French and that has been again an amazing experience. Watching new movies, new drama fascinates me a lot when it's in the French language. I guess this course is going to help me a lot to settle down in Paris and have good times and connect with the local people.

Band 6

I want to take an artificial intelligence course because I am so fascinated to know about how artificial intelligent things like chat GPT or Gemini are actually programmed. These programs function in a way that it gives the users most accurate answers from a wide range of topics. So I'm just interested to know about the way it functions. And also I am plan moreover, I'm planning on taking up an artificial intelligence course in my third year of bachelors. Artificial intelligence is a growing demand in the modernized day to day, in today's modernization where people do not put a lot of effort to get information about something but rather they make their work more prominent and precise with the use of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is used in almost every activity people are supposed to do in their professional life like from making a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to writing an essay. And another advantage of artificial intelligence is it saves up most of your time which can be utilized.

Band 5-6

The course which I liked always, it was French and I'm learning it currently and why I like French is because my friends are there in France and they speak very fluent French and they are not French people, they are Indians but they are speaking a good quality of French so I was like very much interested in listening that and then I decided that I will learn French and I took the course this semester in my college and why I liked it, there's one more reason to that because I am watching a lot of French web series these days and that's why I am quite interested in this French course and I'm learning currently, I'm on A2 level and till the A1 level I am pretty sure that the language is very nice and when you hear someone speaking it so I think I must say that it is very beautiful to see when people watch it and when people see that language and one more thing is that when you know multiple languages that you are bilingual, you can speak Hindi, you can speak English, you can speak French so that thing also increases opportunity for you like you can have more opportunities in France, in countries where French is also spoken like for example in Canada if you are visiting Quebec, Montreal then you must know French and it is very much required there and also the government emphasize people to learn French so I must say that it's a very good habit to learn any other thing related to your course like I'm studying engineering and with that I'm also learning French so I like that, thank you.

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