Band 6: Describe a book that had a significant impact on you. You should say: - What the book was about - When you read it - Why you decided to read it And explain why it had such a big impact on you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I've been reading several books, and the one I want to talk about today is a book entitled How to Choose Your Career. The book was created by James Somates. He was the person who published the book in his journal, and I asked about it. The title of the book captivated me, so I decided to take a look at it to read more about choosing a career because at that time I had just completed high school, and I didn't know what to choose for my university course. The book was about choosing a career, and generally, it provided advantages of knowing our experiences in something before selecting our career to understand if the career will be important for us in the future or if it will just be helpful in our daily activities. I read the book last Saturday because my father advised me to read it since it addressed something I was looking for. My mother also came one day with a physical copy of the same book so I could read and understand more details about its content. The book had a significant impact on me because, as I was reading it, it made sense; it was just talking about myself. Since I was trying to choose a course for university, I was very confused because I didn't know whether to choose earth sciences or engineering. They were just...

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I’ve been reading several books and the one I want to talk today about is a book entitled how to choose your career. The book was created by James Somates. He was the person who published the book in his journal and I asked. And the title of the book captivated me. I then decided to take a look on the book so as to read more about choosing a career because at that time I had my high school level and I didn’t know what to choose during my university course. The book was about choosing a career and generally it was giving us some advantages of knowing our experiences in something before shooting our career to know if the career will be important for us in the future or it will just be helpful in our day life activities. I read the book last Saturday because my father advised me to read it since it was talking about the something that I was looking for. My mother also came one day with a physical book, the same physical book, so as to read and understand more and more details about what is containing the book. The book has some impact on me because I think that But as I was reading the book, it made a sense it was just talking about myself. Since I was trying to choose a course that I would do in the university, I was very annoyed because I didn’t know whether to choose about the earth or engineering. They were just…

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