Describe A Foreigner Who Speaks Your Native Language Very Well: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who was that person?
  • How he/she knows your language?
  • Explain why he/she can speak your language well.
  • How did you feel about it?

Band 6-7

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I remember that on a trip to Delhi, it was remarkable and most rememberable trip for me because I met Mark in Delhi while on my whole this vacation. I was in Delhi for just a small vacation tour, meeting my uncle and while travelling from airplane, when I reach to Delhi, I was just passing by my luggage carrying and there I met with Mark, then Mark has asked me where is been, where is an, where can I get a cab. Actually it was not a regular, regular question he has in a regular language, he has asked me this question in a Hindi language which was surprising for me to getting this kind of response from a foreigner, so I met him at a airport and there I got to know that Mark speaks well and good fluent Hindi and actually he has been living in India from past 4 years and he has explored a lot of part in the northern side and he was very, very much.

Follow up questions


What impressed you the most about Mark's language skills?
I was really impressed by how fluently he spoke Hindi, especially considering he is a foreigner. His pronunciation and understanding of local phrases were quite remarkable, which showed his dedication to learning the language and immersing himself in the culture.

How do you think Mark's language skills helped him in India?
Mark's ability to speak Hindi certainly made his experience in India much richer. It allowed him to connect with locals, navigate the city easily, and understand cultural nuances better. This likely helped him build friendships and gain a deeper appreciation for the country.

Have you ever tried to learn a foreign language? How was your experience?
Yes, I have tried learning Spanish. It was challenging at first, especially with the pronunciation and grammar. However, I found it rewarding when I could hold simple conversations. It made me appreciate the effort that Mark put into learning Hindi even more.

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So this was about an instance where I met an exchange student who was based out of Philippines who was able to speak Hindi which is my local language and the whole experience was really exciting because this person, his name was Ron, he was interested in Buddhism and Buddhism as a religion was a key for him to get interested in the language of Hindi because he started off with reading the sculptures of Buddhism which are written in Sanskrit and because of that he eventually went towards learning Hindi and it was a very exciting experience to see that there is someone who is culturally interested and gave me a sense of cultural integration that borders are just mere things that divide us but there are people who are blurring those lines by let's say engaging in activities like those and it gave me a sort of a nudge that if this person can do it I can also take up charge and let's say learn some other languages which I am interested in because it definitely does give you an exposure to different cultures, how they think and give you a broader perspective about how you are different from that particular culture.

Follow up questions


What other languages are you interested in learning?
I am particularly interested in learning Spanish and French. Both languages have rich cultures and histories, and I believe that understanding them would enhance my appreciation of their literature and art. Additionally, they are widely spoken around the world, which would be beneficial for travel.

How do you think language learning affects cultural understanding?
Language learning opens up a window to understanding the nuances of a culture. It allows you to grasp idioms, traditions, and social norms that are often lost in translation. This deeper understanding fosters empathy and appreciation for different ways of life, bridging cultural gaps.

Have you ever faced challenges while learning a new language?
Yes, I have faced challenges such as pronunciation and grammar rules that differ significantly from my native language. Sometimes, it can be frustrating to communicate effectively. However, I find that practice and immersion in the language through conversation and media help overcome these obstacles.

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Band 5-6

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there are I know my native language is very famous and I love to speak this language today I would like to talk about one of my one of my today I would like to talk about Darshan he is stay in Canada he is live in Canada I remember that in 2018 I go to visit my uncle's house he lives in Germany so I me and my family go went to Germany and enjoying and having a fun with them that time we meet our neighbor his name is Darshan and she is very good for speaking spoke my native language and I like that talent because I love my language and I proud I proud because I I feel proud because he spoke very clearly for my native language

Follow up questions


What do you think makes your native language special?
I believe my native language is special because it has a rich history and culture. It connects people and expresses emotions uniquely. The way it sounds and the idioms used reflect our traditions and values, making it a beautiful language to speak and share.

How do you feel when you hear a foreigner speaking your language?
I feel a sense of pride and joy when I hear a foreigner speaking my language. It shows that they appreciate our culture and are willing to learn. It creates a bond between us, and I often feel excited to engage in conversation and share more about my culture.

Have you ever tried to learn a foreign language? How was that experience?
Yes, I have tried to learn a foreign language. It was challenging but rewarding. I faced difficulties with pronunciation and grammar, but I enjoyed the process of learning. It gave me a deeper appreciation for the effort it takes to master a new language.

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Band 5-6

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Boyd is a bag of full of optimistic, pessimistic and aggreded and jack of all trade person. Here I would like to talk about one of the foreigner, there is none other than Rajbir. Recently I, last year I was surfing on a internet and I saw a profile, I saw her profile. So I text him and start conversation and started conversation with her. As we started conversation, I know that, I knew that she can speak, she could speak my native language that is Punjabi. So I asked him how you speak Punjabi very well. So she told me that her mother is from Punjab and her father is from Canada. So due to her mother, she speak Punjabi very well. I feel very delighted as of because I didn't know foreigners can speak native language, foreigner can speak Punjabi language very well. We were, we spend almost one to two month on internet and used to speak, used to chat daily with each other. In a nutshell, it was very surprising for me that a overseas person can speak native language very well.

Follow up questions


What do you think about the importance of learning a foreign language?
I believe learning a foreign language is crucial as it opens up opportunities for communication and understanding different cultures. It enhances cognitive skills and can lead to better job prospects. Moreover, it allows for deeper connections with people from diverse backgrounds.

How do you feel when you meet someone who speaks your native language?
I feel a sense of pride and connection when I meet someone who speaks my native language. It creates an instant bond and makes communication easier. It’s fascinating to see how language can bridge cultural gaps and foster friendships.

What are some challenges foreigners face when learning your native language?
Foreigners often face challenges like pronunciation, grammar rules, and cultural nuances when learning my native language. Punjabi, for instance, has tonal aspects that can be difficult for non-native speakers. Additionally, the script can be intimidating for those unfamiliar with it.

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Here, I would like to talk about one of the person who lives nearby my home. Basically, there are lots of apartments where bachelorette and some workers live on sharing rooms. So, he is the one person. On the very first day, he didn't know how to reach out to his university, so he came to our house to seek some help. At that moment, we helped him and at that time, we came to know about that he knows our language and he can speak very well. So he is a lame black guy who came from South Africa to our country to get graduated. He wants to get studied from here in our city. There is a university, a large campus where plenty of subjects and different fields are available to learn and they also encourage students. At that moment, he loves to be part of this campus and he came here and he knows our language very well and he is doing really well. I think he went to the university and now he spoke with our natives and he could speak very well. Besides that, I could also say that he is a really good native speaker. He can speak with any native person in our language and he is now a well-spoken person.

Follow up questions


How did you feel when you first met this foreigner?
I felt quite surprised and impressed when I first met him. It was refreshing to see someone from another country not only trying to learn our language but also speaking it so well. It made me feel proud of our language and culture, and I was eager to help him settle in.

What challenges do you think he faced while learning your language?
I believe he faced several challenges, such as understanding the nuances and slang of our language. Additionally, pronunciation might have been difficult for him at first. Adapting to the local dialect and cultural references could also have posed challenges in his learning process.

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Absolutely! Language skills are crucial in forming connections. Being able to communicate in someone's native language fosters trust and understanding. It allows for deeper conversations and helps break down cultural barriers, making it easier to build friendships.
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Band 6-7

I remember that on a trip to Delhi, it was remarkable and most rememberable trip for me because I met Mark in Delhi while on my whole this vacation. I was in Delhi for just a small vacation tour, meeting my uncle and while travelling from airplane, when I reach to Delhi, I was just passing by my luggage carrying and there I met with Mark, then Mark has asked me where is been, where is an, where can I get a cab. Actually it was not a regular, regular question he has in a regular language, he has asked me this question in a Hindi language which was surprising for me to getting this kind of response from a foreigner, so I met him at a airport and there I got to know that Mark speaks well and good fluent Hindi and actually he has been living in India from past 4 years and he has explored a lot of part in the northern side and he was very, very much.

Band 6-7

So this was about an instance where I met an exchange student who was based out of Philippines who was able to speak Hindi which is my local language and the whole experience was really exciting because this person, his name was Ron, he was interested in Buddhism and Buddhism as a religion was a key for him to get interested in the language of Hindi because he started off with reading the sculptures of Buddhism which are written in Sanskrit and because of that he eventually went towards learning Hindi and it was a very exciting experience to see that there is someone who is culturally interested and gave me a sense of cultural integration that borders are just mere things that divide us but there are people who are blurring those lines by let's say engaging in activities like those and it gave me a sort of a nudge that if this person can do it I can also take up charge and let's say learn some other languages which I am interested in because it definitely does give you an exposure to different cultures, how they think and give you a broader perspective about how you are different from that particular culture.

Band 6

The native person who spoke my language is my brother's fiancée. She was extremely charming when she was speaking our language, that is our hometown. Well, I didn't expect her to do it so amazingly. I felt so happy and cherished about it. It was like a dream come true to see someone speak your native language. She learned to speak our language, that is Gujarati, from my mother. Additionally, she kept extreme patience while learning the language. Her hard work and perseverance made it possible to do so. I felt extremely happy as well as I was in a conundrum when she first told us that she has learnt our mother tongue, that is Gujarati. Especially when she gave us a surprise about it. Moreover, she speaks it so fluently and sometimes even better than us. To be honest, now she feels perfectly as our family member, even before marrying my brother. So yeah, I am happy about it.

Band 6

I can vividly recall my undergrad professor from the deaf-blind community. I can vividly recall Socrates Shihru, who was my professor during my undergraduate graduation. He was born in Waterloo, New Zealand. I can vividly recall Socrates Shihru, who was my professor during my undergraduate graduation. I can vividly recall Socrates Shihru, who was my professor during my undergraduate graduation. He came to India during the commencement of the Syrian war, which had a devastating impact on his country and had demolished most of the cities he was living in. The past six years, he was living in India, where he also completed his PhD. During this time, he came in contact with Hindi, which is my mother tongue, and now he got great fluency and precise pronunciation. It is even hard to differentiate between him and a Hindi speaker. I feel elated whenever I talk to him in my native language, as it is very jubilant to see a foreigner speaking in my mother tongue.

Band 6

Me, a man from Germany, I met on the visitor's place Taj Mahal, where a very rare quality I found in him that he is well versed in Hindi. I was surprised to listen and curious to know that how a foreigner is speaking my native language so easy and comfortably. And once I talked to him, I got to know that his mother was an Indian. So I feel happy about it and speaking with Neel continuously for an hour in which during the conversation he was explaining about India, which he heard from his mother. And his mother, after her demise, he decided to visit the country, my country, that is India, and just found the native place from where his mother belongs to. And after that, he got to know that the mother belongs to Agra, which is famous for the world famous Taj Mahal. That's why he came, and today he was mesmerizing with the beauty of Taj and an eternal love story of Mumtaz Mahal and his king. I feel very happy about him and helped him.

Band 6

Well, there are many foreigners who speak the native language very well. There are some friends who are well settled abroad but they are capable to speak another language very nicely. Here today I would like to talk about the one YouTuber. His name is John Jackson. He was born in Canada but he speaks Hindi language very nicely. In addition to it, he learned that language from his friend who lives in his neighbor because he is from India. So, he liked to learn that skill from her friend. Furthermore, he made their every blog in Hindi language. So, I found that person on internet. So, he is very good person and I admire that person because he doesn't know knowledge about the Hindi language. But with the help of dedication and hard work, he learned that language. In addition to it, he shared his experience that he faced lot of challenges in the initial time. But day by day, he learned that language very well. Afterward, he also shared that he also watched some movies as well as listened Hindi songs. With the help of that, he can learn that language without any problem. So, I felt so happy that that person learned Hindi language because it is one of the international languages of India. However, he went to India after one to two years. So, he also made some blog in India in some tourist attraction. So, he is one of the person which I followed on social media and who speaks Hindi language very well.

Band 6

So an year ago when I was in Mumbai I went to a cafe called Leopold and I met someone from Taiwan. The person was basically shy at first but later I found out that he was much friendly in nature. He didn't spoke much but we conversed in English but few of those words of him I noticed that they were in Hindi and when I asked him that from where has he learned our language he told me that his brother was basically living in India for the past 20 years and then he got to know about how he learned Hindi and how he had that command properly and we chatted for a while and I also taught him more Hindi words so that he can be comfortable enough to have a conversation with me further.

Band 6

So, during my college days, I encountered this person who was from Russia and he had come to Mumbai for his business visit, so during his business visit, he had come to interact with different college students and it happened to be with me, so I was very fascinated with his ability to speak our native language, which was his Hindi, so he had a session where he explained why colleges need AI to learn different subjects, so after his session, I did go to him and ask him that how is your Hindi, this language, so fluent and how do you know this and how did you learn about it, to which he said that his roots are from India, his mother was an Indian and that's how he has learned this language, whereas it has been difficult for him to learn because back in his hometown, there's no particular teachers who are there to make him learn this language, so he learned this from his mother and has mastered it very well, I was quite impressed by the fluency in his tone and was very intrigued by his personality and the session that he had given in our college, so this is the particular person who had come from Russia, who knew this language, our language Hindi very well.

Band 6

The foreigner I know who speaks my native language very well is my uncle's wife. My uncle is married a foreigner. She is from United Kingdom. She is very interested to learn Tamil which is my mother tongue. She always had the affinity towards learning Tamil and that's why she always loved meeting Tamil people. That's why she married my uncle. She speaks really well. Just like the native speakers, she has learned a lot in the past 2 years and she continues learning it very well even now because of interacting with all of us. I felt really overwhelmed when she spoke Tamil. It shows the passion for the language and the audacity to explore new culture and know about new people. I always found her very good at speaking Tamil and it really makes me feel super happy.

Band 5-6

there are I know my native language is very famous and I love to speak this language today I would like to talk about one of my one of my today I would like to talk about Darshan he is stay in Canada he is live in Canada I remember that in 2018 I go to visit my uncle's house he lives in Germany so I me and my family go went to Germany and enjoying and having a fun with them that time we meet our neighbor his name is Darshan and she is very good for speaking spoke my native language and I like that talent because I love my language and I proud I proud because I I feel proud because he spoke very clearly for my native language
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