Band 7: Describe a time when you learned something new. We should say What you learnt How you learned it What the result was And explain how you feel about learning something new (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Now I would like to talk about a time when I learned something new. Actually, I am really ambitious. About three months ago, I decided to learn something new because I always try to push myself out of my comfort zone, despite being a mother and a teacher. I allowed myself to try cooking, and I decided to learn how to make a wedding cake, which is usually very big and complicated. At the beginning, it wasn't easy for me. I found it difficult to shape the cake properly and to work with all the ingredients. At first, I couldn't get it right at all, but I never gave up. Then I started watching online videos and social media tutorials to learn how to decorate the cake correctly and shape it properly. After about two months of practice, I became quite skilled. Now I can make a large wedding cake and a party cake, and I have made impressive progress in this new hobby. Even though I still work as a math teacher at school, I can now also bake cakes at home professionally. I believe if someone wants to take up a new hobby, they will always make progress if they travel all the way.

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Now I would like to talk about a time when I learned something new. Actually, I am really ambitious in the first time on the Legend Hill. So I think around three months ago I decided to learn something new because I always tried to push myself out my comfort zone despite being a mother and a teacher. I allowed myself to try cooking and I decided to learn how to make your wedding cake which is usually very big and complicated. At the beginning it wasn’t easy for me. I found it difficult to shape the cake properly and to work with all the ingredients. At first I couldn’t get it right at all, but I never did give up. And then I started watching online videos and social media tutorials to learn how to decorate the cake correctly and shape properly. So then after about two months of practice, I became quite skillet now. I can make a large wedding and a party, cake, and I have made impressive progress in this new hobby. Even tough, I still work as a math teacher at school. I can now also be a cake at home professionally. So I believe if someone wants to take up new hobby, they will always make progressives. If only they travel all the strong.

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