Band 7: Cue Card Describe a situation when you got an advice from somebody. - where and when was it? - what was the advice? - how useful was it ? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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When people give advice to someone, it can be very beneficial because sometimes others have better insights. Today, I would like to talk about the time when I received advice from somebody. Last year, I wanted to learn a new language, specifically Spanish, because I loved traveling to many countries like Spain, Italy, and Dubai. At that time, I decided to go to Spain, but I did not have much knowledge of the Spanish language. I asked my cousin for help, as I wanted to learn the basics of Spanish, which was very important for me while traveling in Spain. My brother advised me to start watching Spanish movies and listen to a lot of music in Spanish, as this would be very beneficial for understanding the language. I also ordered many things in Spain without fully understanding, but I enjoyed the experience. Moreover, he suggested that I join online classes near my hometown, and I practiced a lot of Spanish. It was very useful for me, and I watched many movies in Spanish, which boosted my skills and enhanced my knowledge of the language. I felt over the moon because I was successful in learning Spanish.

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When people get advice to someone then it is very beneficial for everyone because sometimes the other people have a good advice as compared to him. So today I would like to talk about that time when I got an advice from somebody. Actually last year I wanted to learn a new language like a Spanish language because I loved to travelling many countries like Spain and Italy and Dubai. So at that time I wanted to decide to go to Spain but I did not have a lot of knowledge about the Spanish language. Then I asked my cousin brother that I have learnt the basic skills of the Spanish language because it was very important for me when I was travelling in Spain. Then my brother advised me that I started to watch a Spanish language movie and also listened a lot of music in Spanish language because which was very beneficial to understand the Spanish language. Then I also ordered a lot of things in Spain without any understanding and also enjoyed a lot of things in Spain. Moreover he also advised me to join online classes near hometown and moreover I also did a lot of practice on Spanish language. It was very useful for me and then I watched a lot of movies in Spanish language and then I boost my level in Spanish language and also enhanced a lot of knowledge about that language. Then I felt over the moon because I was successful to learn a Spanish language.

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