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Describe a person from a different cultural background with whom you enjoy spending time: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who this person is?
  • What their cultural background is?
  • What activities you do together?
  • And explain how this experience impacted you.
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Cue 1:Who this person is?

  • Introduce the person by name and mention how you met them.
  • Share a brief description of their personality traits that you admire.

Example

The person I enjoy spending time with is my friend Aisha. I met her during my college days when we were both part of the cultural committee. Aisha is very friendly and has a great sense of humor, which makes her fun to be around.

Cue 2:What their cultural background is?

  • Describe Aisha's cultural background, including her ethnicity and any specific traditions.
  • Mention how her background differs from yours and what you find interesting about it.

Example

Aisha comes from a Bengali background, which is quite different from my Punjabi roots. She often shares stories about the rich traditions of Durga Puja and how her family celebrates it with elaborate rituals and delicious food. I find her culture fascinating and love learning about the different customs.

Cue 3:What activities you do together?

  • List some specific activities you enjoy doing together that reflect her cultural background.
  • Explain how these activities help you bond and learn from each other.

Example

We often cook together, trying out traditional Bengali recipes like fish curry and mishti doi. I also enjoy attending cultural events with her, where I get to experience her music and dance. These activities not only strengthen our friendship but also allow me to appreciate her culture more deeply.

Cue 4:And explain how this experience impacted you.

  • Reflect on how spending time with Aisha has broadened your perspective.
  • Discuss any personal growth or changes in your views due to this friendship.

Example

Spending time with Aisha has significantly impacted my understanding of cultural diversity. It has made me more open-minded and appreciative of different traditions. I now celebrate Durga Puja with her family, which has enriched my life and helped me build a deeper connection with my friend.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my friendship with Aisha has not only been enjoyable but also transformative. It has taught me the importance of embracing cultural differences and has made my life more colorful and fulfilling.

    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: Avoid Generalizations About Culture

    Making broad statements about a culture can lead to inaccuracies and misunderstandings. It's important to focus on specific aspects of the person's background.

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    Tip

    Provide specific examples from your experiences with the person to illustrate their unique cultural traits.

    2: Neglecting Personal Connection

    Failing to explain your personal connection with the person can make your answer less engaging. It's essential to share why you enjoy spending time together.

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    Include personal anecdotes or feelings that highlight your bond and shared experiences.

    Lack of Detail in Activities

    Being vague about the activities you do together can make your response less vivid. Detailed descriptions help paint a clearer picture.

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    Tip

    Describe specific activities you enjoy, including where you do them and what makes them special.

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    Band 6-7

    I know many persons in my life and which are related from many cultural backgrounds but here I would like to talk about a person with whom I spend most of time. He is none other than my friend Rajan and we met in the schools and now we are also good friends. But this person is. I know many persons from different backgrounds which is really amazing and I also spend my time with many persons who are related from different backgrounds but here I would like to talk about a person which is. I know many persons in my life who are related to many different backgrounds and here I would like to talk about a person which is of different cultural background and I spend most of time with him and his name is Rajan he is my best friend since my school days and also nowadays he is with me and fortunately he also live near in my house and he belong to a Hindu family and the tradition and culture of their caste is really very rich and he said lots of thing about their culture and rituals and we also do many fun of activities with each other we also spend our most of time with in the gardens and discuss our plans and goals. Most of time we plan night outs in each other's home and we also go and went on social outings with my friends where we saw pictures and also doing some shopping and I feel very lucky to have him in my life because of his thinking and his confidence he is very intelligent and doing his task very greatly he always advice me to do something special in my life.

    Band 6-7

    A person from a different cultural background whom I spend enjoying time with would be my roommate. Her name is Pravati and she is Bengali while I'm Uriya. And she speaks this Bengali language and we go out on festivals, we go out on celebrations and we pass time by going out and strolling about our university classrooms and we also go out to other places together but one thing's for sure that spending time with her gives me a lot of experience in other cultures, in exploring other people's culture and it helps me appreciate the cultural variety of India much more than I would have expected if I would have interacted with the same culture people. So it's definitely worth the time that I spend with her considering that I am a very much I love culture and I am definitely very much inclined towards knowing about people's cultural practices and adopting them to some extent and being able to interact with them. I am definitely a fan of interracial communications and interactions so definitely it is what I really appreciate about her.

    Band 6-7

    Well, I would like to talk about my friend Sanjarini who I met in Government Medical College Calicut. She was there for her tissue culture internship and actually we are going to collaborate with the National Institute of Technology Mukkam for our research works. So I met her in Government Medical College as an intern. She was from Theni, a small town in Tamil Nadu. Actually she was really cute person with a chubby cheeks, not so tall and very enthusiastic and amazing person. She always very lively and curious about what is happening around her. When I always look at her, I always feel like she is really a curious and a poor soul. She don't have any limit about the age of her friends. She always be friends with elders and youngers, every category of the age and she is always interested. When I do my research, she is always interested in my research works, so she always ask me about what I am doing, what should I do, what is the purpose, everything and we always spend time together like we explore food sport, we scroll around the campus and sometimes we spend our weekends together. So she is really a cheerful person. As I told you that she is from Theni, Tamil Nadu and she always likes to talk about her cultural backgrounds like their festives, Thiruvizha, Palagappu, Manjal Kalyanam etc. and whenever she talks about those things, I feel like

    Band 6-7

    My friend, best friend, her name is Janhvi and she is Hindu and I am a Muslim and we have been best friends since 6th or 3rd grade, where when I was younger I didn't know much about other religions especially Hindus because I have always been with Muslims and known about only Islam but when my friendship grew with her, I got to know more about Hinduism like why they do this festival, why they follow this religion, I remember that once I tried to give her non-veg food, then she said, hey I am a vegetarian, please don't give me that. I started respecting religions like I have friends with different religions, Christians, Islam, Sikh, Hindus, I enjoyed spending my time with her during Diwali, we cracked firecrackers, ate different types of sweets, I think my favourite one was laddu, I think that's the main sweet of Diwali but definitely having friends with different backgrounds will make you know more about different cultures and religions and obviously respect them.

    Band 6-7

    Well, there are several people from whom I interact and meet with those people, but today I would like to talk about a particular person who is my classmate also and also my neighbor. Actually, he is belonging from a Tamil Nadu background and he is a Tamali and he usually talks about two beers. Well, I meet and interact with several number of people from my childhood to this present time, but today I would like to talk about a particular person and that is none other than Johan who is not only my classmate but also my neighbor and he lived near my house and he actually belongs from Tamil Nadu and he is a Tamil and his culture has a unique picture and also has a very good etiquette. He usually prefer to wear a kurta and pyjama, dhoti and pyjama he usually wears which is white in color and the ladies in that culture usually prefer to wear a saree. I usually spend more time with him. He is my classmate so I usually do homework with them and also spend quality of time by playing some games in the evening. Moreover, it helps me a lot whenever I have any problem. He helps me to solve that problem. I extremely feel happy with him and I have blessed to have such amazing person in my life which always motivates me and also supports me in each and everything and his bearing sense is also very amazing. He prefer to wear unusual clothes which is amazing and also give me interesting things.

    Band 6-7

    Yes, I know a person who is from different background and I like enjoying, I enjoy spending time with him. She is my sister-in-law, she is from South India. We enjoy, I enjoy to learn their culture, their culture is so beautiful and they have different practices what they perform in their cultural activities and their daily routine also. So activities like cooking food, worshipping God in their way and going for the shopping was a unique way I enjoy their culture and learn so many things from their culture. So what I learn from their culture is that being in India, being from North India and she is from South India, we mix our cultural activities, enjoy it and

    Band 6-7

    My friend, she is Maharashtrian culture and I like her most because she cooks very tasty food. They have their own style of making every cuisine, specially seafood. I like the most in their culture and their pathani saree they wear. Their dance, Navani dance, I enjoy a lot and she is with me since 2021 and we are together celebrating their culture like Makal Sankranti, Gudi Padwa, Bhai Dooj. Every function have their different culture and they celebrate their culture with unique dressing. They wear a saree in Navani style and I also like to wear their costumes, their sarees and she is very pretty enough and their language is easy to understand and she will their call in cultural.

    Band 6-7

    I love spending time with one of my friend and her name is Jasmine Nikka. She belongs from Jharkhand which is a neighboring state of Bihar and Bihar is my hometown and both Jharkhand and Bihar have a different culture. Also her religion is different from mine. She belongs to a Christian family and she always tells about her culture and what are the specialities of her culture. I love spending time with her and I love to know and gain knowledge about new culture and having a knowledge about new culture can help me to understand that culture and respect. I always respect different culture because I belong from a country with a diverse culture. Thank you.

    Band 6-7

    The person whom I met during a church time, his name was Jacob, and he was from Africa, and he used to speak Suhali language. And initially we were not together, and we didn't have a great time, but slowly as we spent time together, we started to know each other. I started to know about his culture. He used to ask me questions about my culture, and I used to explain him about the culture. As he was here, he was very curious about my culture, and he used to always ask questions, because of which I used to get irritated. But after some time, I started liking, or started enjoying telling him the reasons or the cultural difference that we had. I started enjoying explaining him the culture that we have over here, and he also then started telling about his culture. And we used to see for the similarities and the difference between our cultures. His culture was too different from ours. His culture was also very enriched like ours, and slowly we started to know more about each other's culture. He used to live here, and he wanted to know more about my culture slowly, so I started telling him about the culture. And after that, after spending much time together, we became good friends. We started enjoying spending time together. We used to hang around, we used to go around places. I used to show him different places, and the cultural or historical buildings around our area, so that he could enjoy the culture.

    Band 6-7

    This person is my friend with whom I love spending my time and we belong from a different cultural platforms and we used to talk, we used to play together, we used to have a better time together, we used to enjoy the time and this thing impacted me, influenced me, it stopped me from the wrong things and it helped me improve myself, my mental state, my mental state yes and I love this thing, I literally love this thing a lot and this person is really very important, I don't want to lose this person and I wish I'll always be with this person and
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