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Describe An English Class Lesson That You Enjoyed: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What was taught in the class?
  • When did you take the class?
  • Where was it?
  • What did the teacher do that made you enjoy it?
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Cue 1:What was taught in the class?

  • Begin by mentioning the specific topic or skill that was the focus of the lesson.
  • Explain why this topic was interesting or important to you.

Example

In this English class, we focused on improving our speaking skills through a debate on environmental issues. I found this topic particularly engaging because I am passionate about nature and sustainability.

Cue 2:When did you take the class?

  • Provide the time frame when you attended this class, such as the year or semester.
  • Mention any significant events or personal circumstances that made this time memorable.

Example

I took this class during my second year of college, in the spring semester of 2022. It was a time when I was actively looking to enhance my communication skills for future job interviews.

Cue 3:Where was it?

  • Describe the location of the class, whether it was in a school, college, or online.
  • Share any details about the environment that contributed to your enjoyment.

Example

The class was held in a bright, spacious classroom at my college, filled with posters of famous literary quotes. The atmosphere was lively, which made learning more enjoyable.

Cue 4:What did the teacher do that made you enjoy it?

  • Highlight specific teaching methods or activities that the teacher used.
  • Explain how these methods helped you engage with the material and enjoy the lesson.

Example

Our teacher, Mrs. Sharma, used interactive activities like role-playing and group discussions. She encouraged us to express our opinions freely, which made the class dynamic and fun. Her enthusiasm for the subject was contagious.

Conclusion

    Example

    Overall, this English class was not just about learning the language; it was about developing confidence and critical thinking. I left the class feeling inspired and more prepared for future challenges.

    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

    Using vague language can make your answer less engaging. Candidates often fail to provide specific details about the lesson, which can lead to a lack of clarity.

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    Tip

    Use specific examples and details about what was taught, such as the topic or activities, to make your answer more vivid.

    2: Ignoring Time and Place

    Not mentioning when and where the class took place can make your response feel incomplete. Candidates sometimes forget to set the scene for their story.

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    Clearly state the time and location of the class to provide context and help the examiner understand your experience better.

    Lack of Personal Connection

    Failing to explain why you enjoyed the class can make your answer less personal. Candidates often miss the opportunity to share their feelings and thoughts.

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    Tip

    Reflect on what the teacher did that resonated with you personally and explain how it impacted your enjoyment of the lesson.

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    All Answers

    Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

    Band 6-7

    The last English class which I enjoyed the most with my classmates and teachers was during my 10th standard. We had our English teacher who were newly recruited and she taught us the first lesson of her English which was the Shakespeare's act of Merchant of Venice. We were highly excited as this was a new kind of subject which was being taught to us about dramas and paraphrases. This happened at last year when we had qualified for our scholarships. At that time we were we were called to a assembly room where this lecture was being held with projectors and to make it interesting our teachers even made us act. She gave us a character particularly for each individual who represents a certain character and it was very mesmerizing and fun to interact and I found it a very innovative way of learning. I would such concepts would be reintroduced to the schooling and as it helps the students to engage more particularly.

    Band 6-7

    It's a very recent incident where I took an online English speaking IELTS classes for my general training and specifically the class which I enjoyed most was the speaking class and the amazing part about the class was the teacher was very fun and she taught English in such a way which stayed in my mind and there were a lot of lexical resources and the ways the way she taught me was very beautiful adding to that one thing which she shared was too good that we have to play a game about the synonyms to boost our lexical resource and also the interesting part of the class about the class was role play activity because there were n number of topics and it was on a zoom call so there we connected in different rooms and we shared certain questions with other students who were preparing for the same occasion and we practiced over there we did lot of fun as well as it was good to connect with people know their vocabulary grasp that vocabulary and inculcate it into my own life and how I can use those resources in my daily real life so that I can be able to naturally and very organically present it on my test day and that somewhere I am here like that's happening at the moment so it was best.

    Band 6-7

    Well, I have studied in a convent school, so every day there was about one hour English lecture given to us in our school. Here I would like to discuss about a lesson that I enjoyed the most in the class. It was the first lesson of my higher senior secondary school. It was the last year's first lesson. The name of the lesson was The Last Lesson. Ironically, it was the first lesson of my last school, but its name was The Last Lesson written by Alphonse Tollet. I loved it. My teacher, Mrs. Cricket Paul, she taught it very well in the class. She even translated it in our native language. And she also engaged us by using variety of expressions and intonations in her sound. So we loved it. It was a very engaging session. She explained us about how procrastination and the effect of suppressing someone can make our life very sad and unwilling to learn. There was a student named Franz who used to procrastinate in his lessons and never used to learn the French language. But at the end, his language was banned in his country. He had to learn German.

    Band 6-7

    I really loved an English class taught by Ms. Romina, teacher. She taught us one of the English poem, Jack and Jill. I learned the poem first time. I really liked it. I loved the composition, the way it was composed. Also I liked how she taught us, how she made us communicate, how she made us participate in each of the round so that we could remember the poem in class itself. We all were given cue cards and asked to answer each and every word's meaning, like we were given a word and we were asked to tell a synonym of each and every word. This improved our vocabulary. Also the grammatical part, she used to tell us to memorize the poem there itself and ask us what we understood from the grammar of the sentences. This helped us to deeply understand the sentence structures, the language, the vocabulary, and we all enjoyed the class. So many of my classmates had the same opinion and we also had a way of remembering the poem. We used to form rhythms. We used to

    Band 6-7

    Throughout my life, I got my education done in English, so the medium of instruction always remained English. I can't remember any specific English lesson that I attended and made me happy or was a memorable one because it has been a long gap since I graduated. It has been almost 4-5 years, but I do remember an English lesson that I went to with my son. He studies in a Chinese school and they do have one English lesson in a week. So, for the very first lesson, they invited the parents to join the lesson with the child. I went to the school and there were these chairs aligned in a semicircular motion for the parents to sit down. After getting seated in the chair, the English teacher introduced herself in a very funny manner that the children enjoyed and it was also appealing to the parents as well. Then she started off with some rhymes, doing some action songs. She also incorporated the children to join her. It was very fun and I think it was an engaging class too. In the end, she used some flashcards to teach English words to the children. So, those were very basic flashcards named cake and there was a picture of the cake. Then came the chance for my child, my son, and he picked up a flashcard where there was a picture of an ice cream and immediately he understood that it was an ice cream and he just started saying, oh, it's an ice cream, it's an ice cream. In the end, they sang a song.

    Band 6-7

    When I was in 9th standard, my English teacher taught me an English lesson that I have enjoyed a lot. Because on that day, he said some stories that happened in his childhood to all our class members in my school. He is always friendly with students as well as with other teachers and every story is given motivational and some stories given jokes which he used to do in his childhood. So on that day, we enjoyed a lot with the teacher's lessons.

    Band 6-7

    The English class lecture that I really liked the most was in my 6th standard when my teacher Miss Reina Gupta was teaching me an English lesson called the history of novels. It was very interesting lesson as our teacher used to demonstrate us various kinds of things that occurred in that story. It was in a syllabus as we had to study them for a good instance. My teacher did that by suggesting various kinds of methods, by sharing stories, by asking frequent questions and even suggesting the ways so that we could understand that easily. I was very keen to know about the history of that novels as it was started more than 300 years ago. People began to write and so the occurrence of novels came into picture. The novels in the future would be I guess basically on our mobile phones. The writers will write and I think like earlier it used to happen the selling of story books would not be happening in the future. Most of the readers would read it through an online mode generally.

    Band 6

    In my English lesson classes, my teacher taught me how to use proper grammar when you're performing a sentence or when you are speaking. Moreover, she also taught me why full stop commas are important while talking to someone or while you are writing your paragraph or essay or you're writing something. Because without proper grammar, your sentences are not right. You can make mistakes. Usually, I took my classes in the evening. It was in June because I was preparing for my IELTS and my IELTS exam was going to happen in July. So, one month lesson was enough for me to prepare. I thought that. Usually, my classes for English lessons were online because I was working at that time and I was not able to take personal classes. However, I found online classes the best option for me, which is convenient also because I can attend my classes anywhere from anywhere.

    Band 6

    I had joined one of the English classes after my high school studies in the summer vacation. I joined that English classes because they taught us the improving of vocabulary in English After my high school exams were completed then I had a summer vacation and it was quite long as well So I decided to enroll for some activity so I had joined the English classes It was not near to my house, it took me around half an hour to reach the institution Our teacher was Mrs. Shiba Nair and she was very kind and polite to us She used to make different activities everyday so that I could take it more interestingly towards the classes She used to take the one on one conversation between the students and the topics were also quite funny It was a good experience

    Band 6

    In my high school, we had this story about the two Armenian boys, the title was called the Summer of the Beautiful White Horse, and my teacher was telling us the story and explaining it to us, but what captured me the most was the story itself. The two Armenian boys and the way they portray life, they were very poor, yet they find joy in the simplest of life. The story revolves around this setting in the Armenia, where there are two cousin brother, and the bigger, the elder one was very fond of nature and he always used to say that he have way with animals, and this made his younger brother impressed by him, as I also was impressed the way he used to deal with animals, and that made me realize that in life, we don't need most of the things, what we are chasing are actually not the things that we require, but the things that are just simple, and the joy of life comes from those things. It was a beautiful lesson, and more than the teacher telling us the way of teaching, it was the story who captured me and made me still remember it, and I still, whenever I still get the chance, I go and read it back to refresh my memory and get that nostalgia feeling of the beauty of the story that it holds. I was really fond of that story, and I still remember it.
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