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Describe an online video in which you learned something new: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When and where you watched it
  • What it was
  • Why you watched it
  • And explain what you have learned from it
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Cue 1:When and where you watched it

  • Begin by specifying the time and location where you viewed the video.
  • Mention any relevant context, such as whether it was during a break or at home.

Example

I watched the video last Saturday evening at home, sitting comfortably on my couch. It was a relaxing weekend, and I had some free time to explore new topics.

Cue 2:What it was

  • Clearly describe the content of the video, including its title and main subject.
  • Mention the platform where you found the video, such as YouTube or a specific educational website.

Example

The video was titled 'How to Cook Authentic Indian Biryani' and was available on YouTube. It featured a renowned chef demonstrating the step-by-step process of making this popular dish.

Cue 3:Why you watched it

  • Explain your motivation for choosing this particular video.
  • Share any personal connection or interest you have in the topic.

Example

I decided to watch it because I love Indian cuisine and wanted to learn how to prepare biryani for an upcoming family gathering. I had always been intimidated by the recipe, but I thought this video could help me.

Cue 4:And explain what you have learned from it

  • Summarize the key skills or knowledge you gained from watching the video.
  • Reflect on how this learning experience may impact your cooking or daily life.

Example

From the video, I learned the importance of marinating the meat and the right spices to use for authentic flavor. The chef's tips on layering rice and meat were particularly helpful, and I now feel confident to try making biryani myself.

Conclusion

  • Wrap up by summarizing your overall experience of watching the video.
  • Mention any future plans related to what you learned.

Example

In conclusion, watching this video not only taught me how to cook biryani but also sparked my interest in exploring more Indian recipes. I plan to try cooking it for my family next weekend and share the experience with them.

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 unclear. It's important to provide specific details about the video to engage the listener and demonstrate your language skills.

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Include specific examples from the video, such as key moments or interesting facts, to make your answer more vivid and memorable.

2: Lack of Structure

A disorganized response can confuse the listener. It's essential to follow a clear structure to ensure your answer flows logically and covers all cues.

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Use the provided cues as a checklist to organize your thoughts, addressing each point in a logical order.

Overly Simple Language

Using overly simple language can limit your score. It's important to showcase a range of vocabulary and complex sentences to demonstrate your English proficiency.

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Tip

Practice using varied vocabulary and sentence structures when discussing the video to enhance the richness of your response.

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I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.
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Anonymous student Band 8

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The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.
Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language
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Anonymous student Band 6.5

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Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

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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.
Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned
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Anonymous student Band 7

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Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

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When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.
Describe a book you recently read
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Anonymous student Band 7.5

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CBD Belapur Test Centre, Navi Mumbai

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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.

All Answers

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Band 7

I have learned a lot of skills from the internet especially by watching YouTube videos but one skill that has really helped me professionally was coding. A few months ago I was handed over a project which I didn't had any idea about. One of the most required skill for that was coding. My professors and other people I knew were unable to help me with that and I was left with no other option than searching it on YouTube. I went on this platform called YouTube and I searched for a few videos. There was this one person who uploaded a whole series of coding and how to do it. In that video the person also explained which apps do you need, which plugins do you need and everything in detail. I learned coding from basics to advanced and I think because of that I also received one of the best projects of my college award. It was a moment where I felt yes I made it. Earlier coding for me was so difficult and I always felt that it is not my cup of tea but internet helped me with that. Internet is definitely a blessing for us but it's in our hand how we use it. Sometimes this blessing can also turn into a disadvantage for us. I was on cloud nine because internet helped me with it and I went on the comment section of that person and I thanked her and in response she also told me how she felt about it. It was an overall good experience for me.

Band 7

I was sitting at my study table and all of a sudden I stumbled upon a video about online gaming. It captivated my interest because I was really into games and I used to play them a lot as a kid. So I stumbled upon that video and I saw that there's a new game called Call of War Ragnarok and I continued to watch that video. It showed me how perfectly a game developer can mimic the mythology and depict it in such a beautiful and pictorial format. So the game revolves around the idea of Norse Gods Kratos, Thor, Odin where Kratos' son Atreus who is Loki is set on a mission to achieve and stop Ragnarok from happening. And in his journey he is accomplished by his father Kratos and during the journey he manages to learn more about his ancestry, more about his parents and hones his skills and finally manages to achieve his goal. And I learned how to be better at that game watching that video because it's a role playing game and you have to make your own builds, you have to make your own set of armor, set of swords. So it was a wonderful experience to watch and it was so informative and I learned a lot from that video which helped me throughout my playthrough of that game.

Band 6-7

I've always wanted to learn how to do pottery but I've always struggled so there was this one day where I was scrolling through Instagram and I saw a video on five tips on how to be a pro in pottery and I watched it and then I went straight up to the supermarket got all the stuff I needed and started trying to learn how to make a simple cup of course it was hard in the beginning but with time I started seeing such good improvement and now I could say I'm a pro a year later I can make anything from spoons to plates to dolls to anything with pottery not just that but this opened my mind to multiple stuff that if I wanted to learn something it's really easy if I were just to watch a video scroll and it could be so random like scrolling through Instagram or tik-tok or watching a YouTube video so it was really easy for me on like how to learn of course with practice because as we know practice makes perfect

Band 6-7

Social media is gaining popularity day by day and we can learn many things through the social media. One of the important dish I learned through the YouTube channel is how to prepare a Hyderabad chicken biryani. It is one of the dish I learned it through the YouTube channel. It is through a famous cooking channel called as Kabita's Chicken, where she teach a different types of cuisines, how to prepare and what are the ingredients required for that. She will teach that in a step by step manner so that we can learn it very easily and we can do it at home also. So how I learned chicken biryani is I followed the step or the instruction what she has given in her channel and exactly I followed the same method. Initially I started by preparing only a small amount of a biryani. So when my whole family like that one, then in the next time I have prepared that in a large quantity. So why I was keen to learn this dish is it is my husband's favorite dish. So he used to like biryani, but whatever the biryani I was preparing before, it was not that much tasty or something was missing. So then I goggled.

Band 6-7

Nowadays people are curious to learn something new and they want to show their passion to other person. But today I would like to talk about a recipe which I learned from YouTube before 6 months ago. Before 6 months ago we don't have cookies in my home and there was an emergency condition in India because that time was coronavirus time. Then I decided to learn to make cookies at my home so I decided to watch the video on YouTube and then I watched the video and the video maker, the chef tell me that there are ingredients which are used to make the cookies and I learned from him about how to make cookies and he told me that first we have to take some flour and dry fruits to mix in it if we want to make a sweet cookies but if we want to make a sugar free cookies we can make without it then I that time I was making it for my mother which usually eats sugar free cookies so I learned sugar free cookies then he told me that firstly we have to mix the flour and make the desert and after that we have to bake it in oven. So I learned from him and he told me a very good and I also show this recipe to my relatives, friends and they gave me good advice and I also wish it in my mother.

Band 6

When I am first year, I have any doubt, I go through online and I clarify my doubts. I mostly watch online classes like Java full stack and Python full stack. I mostly preferred for self-learning, when I am self-learning, I will get more knowledge. For example, before this college, I don't have that much of knowledge in these languages. When I start my self-learning, I get more knowledge and well-practiced. When we start this self-learning, we need to maintain some discipline and time management also. I mostly preferred for online studies. This is my online learning. This is my new thing. I never before learn any things in online.

Band 6

I recently saw a YouTube video regarding how to operate manual mode in a DSLR camera. So recently my friend had visited me in my hometown and he had bought a DSLR camera. So I asked him whether I can use it for a month and without any hesitation he said okay. So I started using the DSLR camera but I struggled as I had never used a camera before. So I started searching for tutorials to use the camera in manual mode. I found a lot of tutorials but I found a particular video which helped me a lot. So the tutor explained in short how each parameters work in the camera such as focal length, ISO and shutter speed. So he said how the focal length changes the depth of focus and ISO and how the ISO adjusts the exposure, light exposure and shutter speed to reduce the size of the aperture and increase it. Yeah, I have learned and I am able to use it very well now. So a sincere thanks to the tutor.

Band 6

yesterday I watched a video in my home it was it was about a cooking process I I learned from this video lots of things like how I how I make a new dish like it's a poppy seeds and potato which is a Bengali traditional food but yes it is true as I Bengali I I didn't know how to make this type of dishes before watching this video and from this video I learned the process of the of that cooking and how I made it delicious and how much quantity of oil and quantity of water I should use to make the dish so it I learned I learned the whole process from this video and it was really and it is really very beautiful and it is very informative for me because I will try to made it in future still now it is a year I didn't try it but I hope when I when I will make it maybe that will be delicious and people will love that dish

Band 6

I saw a video from Instagram that was really striking for me, that was a child helping her parents. I thought parents are first teachers for us and she helped her parents very simply and humbly. I like that kind of videos to watch and I thought we are equally responsible for helping our parents from our childhood. That video was really striking for me. From my childhood I didn't help my parents but that video makes me a rethinking day and I share that video to my friends and they say and they agree with me. I thought the new generation definitely watch that kind of videos because new generations are going wrong ways and they have no ideas about their future.

Band 6

I have watched an online video for educational purpose. The online video that I have watched was from LinkedIn. The online video was about advanced Excel techniques and business analytics. From this video, I have learnt many new advanced Excel features and using analytical skills to derive at business information that can be used to making proper decisions. Further, while learning, I had a very good experience with the user phase. LinkedIn provides us a friendly user phase and interface which is very easy and not at all complicated. Also, I learnt many things for business analytics.
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