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Describe A Skill That You Can Teach Other People: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What is it?
  • How did you learn it?
  • How can you teach others this skill?
  • How do you feel about this skill?
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Cue 1:What is it?

  • Clearly define the skill you can teach, making it relatable and specific.
  • Mention why this skill is valuable or interesting to others.

Example

The skill I can teach others is cooking Indian cuisine, particularly vegetarian dishes. Cooking is not just a necessity; it’s an art that brings people together, and Indian food is known for its rich flavors and variety.

Cue 2:How did you learn it?

  • Share your personal journey of learning this skill, including any challenges faced.
  • Mention any resources or people that helped you along the way.

Example

I learned to cook from my grandmother, who was an excellent cook. I spent many weekends in her kitchen, watching her prepare traditional dishes. Initially, I struggled with the spices and techniques, but with her guidance and practice, I gradually improved.

Cue 3:How can you teach others this skill?

  • Explain your approach to teaching, including any methods or tools you would use.
  • Mention the importance of hands-on practice and encouragement.

Example

To teach cooking, I would organize small workshops where participants can cook alongside me. I believe in a hands-on approach, so I would guide them step-by-step through the recipes, explaining the significance of each ingredient and technique. I would also encourage them to experiment and find their own style.

Cue 4:How do you feel about this skill?

  • Express your personal feelings about the skill, including any pride or joy it brings you.
  • Mention how it has impacted your life or the lives of others.

Example

I feel a great sense of pride in my cooking skills. It brings me joy to see my friends and family enjoy the meals I prepare. Cooking has also allowed me to connect with my culture and share it with others, which is incredibly fulfilling.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, teaching cooking is not just about sharing recipes; it’s about sharing a part of my culture and creating memorable experiences. I believe everyone can benefit from learning this skill, as it fosters creativity and brings people together.

    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 when describing the skill. Vague answers can make it hard for the examiner to understand your point.

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    Provide specific examples and details about the skill to make your answer clearer and more engaging.

    2: Neglecting Personal Experience

    Failing to share your personal journey of learning the skill can make your answer less relatable and interesting.

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    Include a brief story about how you learned the skill, highlighting challenges and successes to connect with the examiner.

    Lack of Teaching Methods

    Not explaining how you would teach the skill can leave your answer incomplete and unconvincing.

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    Outline clear steps or methods you would use to teach the skill, demonstrating your understanding of effective teaching.

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    Anonymous student Band 8

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    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.
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    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

    As for a skill that I have, I can say my teaching skills in English language. I have a great teaching quality in English language and I am really proud of that. I think we can all acquire that knowledge by reading books. That's one of the greatest merits and advantage that I had throughout my teaching career. When I read a book, I get a lot of vocabulary and it helps me to speak in English and to teach in English. So I think that's the greatest method we can have to teach in English language. So reading books was the greatest advantage and the recent book that I have read is The Silent Patient. It was thrilling, suspenseful, a mystery, like a beautiful genre book and it was great.

    Band 6-7

    I believe that I have many skills which I can teach other people but one of my favorite one from them is cooking. Earlier I didn't know how to cook and I have learned eventually from watching videos and learning from other people. Nowadays I really enjoy it and I think it as a therapy. So I learned majorly I learned cooking from YouTube and some some things I was also taught by my mother. So I really enjoyed the process a lot and I believe that this is a major life skill which everyone needs to know and I always feel happy that I can teach this important skill to others. Nowadays I make YouTube videos and I teach so many people about cooking, new techniques and tips and tricks also I share with them and the immense love that I get makes me very happy and I realize that so many people want to learn but they cannot or due to some reason but through these videos which I make I can help them in their learning curve and I believe that this is such a great thing. For me personally it's always whenever I am furious or I am not in a good mood I start to cook something and it just makes the anger go away and personally I really enjoy it. In the future also I think that I'll carry on to learn new recipes and new cuisines to share them with other people as well in an easy way so that they can also try and make different cuisines and make others happy and this is a way to win other people's heart. I think that it will really help

    Band 6-7

    A skill that I am proud of is that of cooking. I enjoy cooking to the fullest. It is sort of a stress buster for me. I am the kind of person who doesn't believe in having learned this particular skill. I think I have inherited it from my family. It's not just about the cooking. It's also about identifying different aromas and making the dish to its perfection. I don't think I can particularly teach this skill to someone. I think it's best if people observed it. I inherit this skill from my family who has a long run interest in food and cooking. What I enjoy most about this skill is my confidence when performing it.

    Band 6-7

    The skill I would like to teach will be dancing because I have been learning dancing from my childhood. I have attended a lot of workshops, classes, programs about it and also I can teach them very kindly, patiently and in a fun way and I feel so good about this skill because it makes me forget about all the problems I have in my life and let it be for one or two hours but it helps me a lot about this skill. And also I would like to teach this skill to my friends and my families also. In addition, my parents always wanted me to be a dancer, a good dancer and moreover I am a good dancer.

    Band 6-7

    In my life, one of the best skill that I have gained or achieved with my own hard work and self-interest is the skill of physical fitness or the skill of working out. This skill is not only related to the human body, but it is also related to human mind that is one of the primary source of happiness. I have learnt this skill myself and I can teach many people this skill. I can transfer my knowledge of physical exercise to other people. I have done it also and I am currently also teaching them. I like to teach or transfer my skill practically face to face, that is my expressions, my hand movement, my body movement helps me to teach and helps the viewers to understand or connect with me properly. I enjoy owning this skill. This is one of the most primary skill that is required for a person for his overall development as well as to control his mind and his body.

    Band 6-7

    The skill I can teach to the other person is robot making with using the embedded systems because it's my domain from which I learned from my B.Tech life. Actually it's very interesting topic I learned it in my B.Tech second year when in the course of Arduino programming actually it's very useful course for easy students especially I grew up this interest in my B.Tech first year our seniors are playing the game robo-soccer means there are two bots which they have to play as well goal pick goalkeeper as well as a hitter to hit the ball to the goal so I saw the game it's very great invention I think so in my B.Tech first year so I learned a basic part of it in my B.Tech second year how to program how to run a motor using microcontrollers and so on I mastered that because I used to go from go the the end of second year I used to go for competitions while using that bots I have prepared my own bot with that skill and I won approximately eight to twelve first eight twelve prizes and three second prizes actually it's a great achievement for in my B.Tech life for me I will guarantee I will surely share this information I can teach in a proper structure to anyone because I have confirmed I can confirm I can say that I have mastered

    Band 6-7

    I have one skill, that skill is graphic designing and I learned this skill in my cousin brother's office and I learned this skill in my childhood, it's not my childhood, it's in my age of 13 to 14 and I learned more, I learned photoshop, color, illustrators and many softwares to create something like this. Like banner, posting card for advertisement and I teach this software like color draw and I teach photoshop for editing and something else for using for own opinion and I work as a graphic designer. That skill is help for me for job and I build myself and editing all time, that's my interest and my hobby is learning something new like photoshop, illustrators and color draw and many designing software like canva. And photoshop like that and I like to a card, I like designing like interior designing and architect, that's my interest for in this categories and one day I will and one day I must learn all designing software.

    Band 6-7

    The skill that I can teach other people is to write poems and other literary works. I have learned this skill at my school by my school teachers. And I can teach various people how to write by first telling them about the rules of figures of speech because it plays an amazing role. If anyone wants to learn how to write any literary specific work, they first need to understand the grammar and then they have to have a good grasp over idioms and phrases and even over the figures of speech. So I would love to enlighten them first about those grammar rules and then I would move forward to correcting them when they are writing any of the works. And I basically love reading and writing literary works. And I have read a lot of books. Furthermore, I have also written several poems which I have posted on social media accounts. And furthermore, it's a leisure activity for me, it's a hobby for me which sometimes makes me feel good, lightened and also quite special. When I post it on social media and on X handles, then I get a lot of appreciation that boosts my self-confidence and even my need to teach some other people about it.

    Band 6-7

    So if I have to describe a skill that I can teach to other people it is definitely going to be a musical instrument which is a guitar. So when did I learn it? In covid pandemic I started learning guitar through a known teacher which was already teaching my friend. So my friend recommended me to that teacher. Furthermore I would teach the skill which is the guitar with a defined path which I am having right now which was given by my teacher. Through which I can teach other people in a very structured manner and I can assure that in a couple of years if they remain stick to me they will be playing their favourite songs without any struggle on the guitar. I feel really happy about this skill because it acts like a stress buster for me whenever I am under the weather like I am having any fever or cold or I am not feeling good. This musical instrument particularly helps me in many ways at that particular point of time. I feel really joyful after I play it and while I play it because I used to hum with it and also I play my favourite songs along while playing the guitar which helps in making a coordination as well. And additionally playing my favourite songs helps me in busting my stress as well because

    Band 6-7

    A skill that I want to teach other people or I can teach other people is definitely riding. I love to ride bikes and I started riding when I was in 6th class. I used to take my driver's bike and I used to roam in the lanes of my city. Until then, I did not have a favorite bike but in 10th class, I saw a cafe racer bike which caught my attention. It was the Continental GT650 from Royal Enfield. I had dreamed about it for around 4 years and after 4 years of a dream, it came true. In my first year of my degree, my parents bought me my dream bike. Ever since then, I started riding the bike, cherishing every moment. It gives me a lot of mindfulness and I go out on my bike whenever I am stressed. I can teach other people this skill by sitting behind them. I already taught 3 of my friends how to ride a bike.
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