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Describe a piece of technology that you find difficult to use.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When did you get it?
  • What did you get it for?
  • How often do you use it?
  • How do you feel about it?
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Cue 1:When did you get it?

  • Mention the specific time or occasion when you acquired the technology.
  • Provide context about your initial excitement or need for the technology.

Example

I got my first smartphone about three years ago as a birthday gift from my parents. I was really excited because I wanted to stay connected with my friends and family more easily.

Cue 2:What did you get it for?

  • Explain the primary purpose you intended to use the technology for.
  • Share any specific features you were looking forward to using.

Example

I got it mainly for communication, social media, and to access the internet. I was particularly looking forward to using apps like WhatsApp and Instagram to share moments with my friends.

Cue 3:How often do you use it?

  • Discuss the frequency of your usage and any challenges you face.
  • Mention any specific tasks that you find particularly difficult.

Example

I try to use it daily, but I often struggle with navigating the settings and downloading new apps. Sometimes, I feel overwhelmed by the number of features available.

Cue 4:How do you feel about it?

  • Express your feelings about the technology, both positive and negative.
  • Share any frustration or satisfaction you experience while using it.

Example

Overall, I feel frustrated because I can't fully utilize its features. While I appreciate the connectivity it offers, the complexity makes me wish for something simpler.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your overall experience with the technology.
  • Reflect on whether you would recommend it to others or not.

Example

In conclusion, while my smartphone has great potential, my difficulties with it make me hesitant to recommend it to someone who isn't tech-savvy. I hope to learn more about it in the future.

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 Vague Responses

Being vague can lead to unclear answers. Candidates might not provide enough detail about the technology, making it hard for the examiner to understand their experience.

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Tip

Use specific examples and details about the technology, such as its features and your personal experiences with it.

2: Don't Rush Your Answer

Rushing can lead to incomplete thoughts and unclear communication. Candidates may skip important details or fail to express their feelings about the technology.

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Take a moment to think before speaking. Organize your thoughts and ensure you cover all the cues provided.

Avoid Overly Technical Language

Using too much technical jargon can confuse the examiner and detract from your overall message. It's important to communicate clearly.

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Tip

Explain the technology in simple terms and focus on your personal experience rather than technical specifications.

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Band 6

Nowadays technology is changing day by day and I recently bought a car that is very futuristic and the car is feature loaded so that one feature ADAS and two three other feature I didn't understand because it is very difficult to use in daily life and yeah I use my car in daily life so when I was driving that my new car for first time so I am literally confused that how I can manage that this technology because I didn't have any idea about that and then I call in customer care and I ask that how can I manage and use it smoothly so they gave me answer and then the customer care team came and taught me that how can I use this smoothly and I feel like that technology is becoming very difficult for common people in daily use for example in my car so we have to know the technology and we have to grow.

Band 6

In this contemporary era, all people are like to do different kind of things with the help of technology such as mobile phones, laptops and electronic gadgets and many more. Here I am going to talk about a difficult piece of technology that I find it very difficult to use whenever I was young. At that time, the teacher had given me an assignment and I had to complete it within three days with the help of smartphone but I did not have it because I was very young that time. So I went to my father and told him about the presentation. So he gave me his cell phone, with the help of that cell phone, I used to complete my presentation, whatever is given by my school teacher. With the help of this, I also make my assignment notes with the help of YouTube, Google, Duolingo app and many more. And I also take some pictures and make PDF and send to my sister, who also gave me some advice to how to make my assignments very well as she was a college student. And after completing it, I go to my father back and give them his phone and thanked him a lot for helping me. He also told me about the other features of this phone like using the calculator and making assignment with the help of the other apps too like print test app, AI and others one.

Band 6

So, the technology I am going to describe is none other than a digital compass. It came with inbuilt map features and also a speaker to give some directions. I used this type of technology when I planned a road trip a week ago. The road trip is nothing but a road full of forest. While travelling towards it, I found it very difficult. I found it very tricky because it displayed so many directions. I used it a couple of times whenever I missed out the way to the exact location I wanted to go. But at the end of the day, the technology found very overwhelming to me and I got very tired of it.

Band 6

Hi, so the latest technology that I'm trying to use as of now is a ThinkPad laptop. I got it from my company and I've been finding it difficult to use because some of the key functions are quite different from the laptop I've been using so far. The personal laptop was quite easier, but ThinkPad is a bit too advanced. It's not just the laptop, it's also the features within it and also Microsoft Outlook, these are the other features that I find difficult to use. I use it every day at work, but I'm getting the hang of it and it's kind of growing on me and that's about it. I have to keep talking. I don't know what I'm talking about.

Band 6

I was preparing for a job during my BTEC days and that time LinkedIn was introduced in that year. So, LinkedIn was a new technology for me. Actually, the people in that time create an account on LinkedIn about their degrees, about their achievements, about their likes and dislikes. And through LinkedIn most of the companies are recruiting them. But I didn't have that much confidence on creating an account on LinkedIn and how to use that LinkedIn to reach out to people. So, I found it difficult to use it in a way to reach people in an account to get a job. And still today, the platform is kind of getting more into social rather than it is the professional platform. So, LinkedIn is one platform where people are mostly likely to get a job during that time. And there are so many complications in that platform including building profile and sending requests to the particular recruiter. It depends whether the recruiter sees your profile or not, what they see on your profile. So, I missed out so many opportunities that time because I wasn't aware of the reach of LinkedIn. And that led me to a couple of years to find a good job that time.

Band 6

So, last week I bought my printer for my business and it is quite tough to use it because I am not a tech-friendly person, so it's very difficult to manage and understand the system in printer like how to print, how to insert the pages in that and it's been quite challenging for me to understand the features in the printer where it's very useful actually because I bought it for my business purpose, but it's quite expensive and very useful. After today I use it for my printing to print something, but it's quite difficult for me to understand the procedure, but yeah I understand there are some things which are very helpful for me as well which help me to get it and I think if I use it on a daily basis, I will be used to it and it will be very helpful for me to understand.

Band 6

Buying my iPhone was the thing where I started feeling technology can be difficult to use. It has a different setting, sorry it has a different software that is iOS, which I was not friendlier because I always used Android phones. So I did feel a lot of difficulty at the beginning to use because it has a lot of features which you couldn't adapt at the instant. It will take a lot of time and eventually we'll get to know how to use it. Now I am doing well and using it much more faster than how I used to do it previously. So it was my experience with using new technology.

Band 6

well a piece of technology that I feel difficult to use would be a drone I got it recently from online store because I was fond of it but flying a drone and controlling it taking good photographs or videos whatever you want is really really hard and you really have to have some technical skills to do that but I am learning quite fast maybe yeah but I really don't have time to learn it once in a while like in a week once in a week I practice flying it controlling it and yeah I am improving quite a lot now but it's really really hard for me to learn because I am unable to give enough time to learn it yeah that's it

Band 5-6

To describe a piece of technology that I had find very difficult in using it is the Zoom webinar to attend meetings. It was the time when pandemic situation was announced so that we had to switch on for online classes. Moreover, Zoom and other Google Meet were conducted for taking online classes where students were finding more difficult to get used to it. The moment I just installed the app, I was not familiar with the options available to mute and turn on the camera. While teachers insisting upon, students and myself found much harder to get adapt to the Zoom meeting environment. Where the environment was quite different when compared to physical classes. Where we need to turn on the camera while teachers are monitoring us when taking classes. And sometimes there's a technical glitch where cameras and mic doesn't turn over while we are in a skeptic situation. And moreover, we are not able to come out of the situation. So that it's completely the technical fault where we are not familiar with. Apart from this, there are also some difficulties in Zoom meeting. Sometimes the server which gets down for a long time and due to maintenance they are power cut off. So these are the main factors I found much difficulty dealing with the Zoom meeting technology.

Band 5-6

Social media is a platform where we can get more information and social media is also known as for its merits and demerits. The merits of a social media is like we get more knowledge about things like ancient periods we don't used to have a social media for gathering information we used to take information about the things we want to know we used to take information from our old grandma or our parents now we can google and we can search everything whatever we want this is the merit of social media and the demerit of social media is like nowadays children are mostly addicted to the social media they are misusing the social media like now like a people children he if he want to eat a food he only eats when he watch YouTube shots at all and I I have an Instagram account after my degree but now if we see people this is small children they are having two to three accounts of Instagram and they are misusing it and nowadays because of social media we are having more scam calls and fake messages through which someone can get harmed and moreover see everything is depend on us whether we want to use it for a food or for a bag and nowadays like a charge a pity there are many social media platforms where we can get more and more knowledge to which we can improve our skills like charge a pity because in charge a pity we have many things to knowledge to get knowledge and before we used to have like
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