Band 6: Describe a skill that is difficult to learn. You should say: - What the skill is - Why it is difficult - How people learn it And explain whether you would like to learn it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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One of the difficult skills that I find to master is probably swimming because in my country, learning how to swim is quite difficult. Most people here in Cambodia do not have a variety of knowledge; they do not allow their kids to go swimming to learn how to swim because I think it's really difficult for them. Also, it may be kind of expensive because I live in a developing country. People usually learn it by going to a trainer at the swimming pool. They offer swimming lessons where they teach people how to swim. I think it's really important to learn how to swim because it can save many lives. For example, if a child is drowning, you can jump in to help. If the child learns how to swim early on, they know how to survive by themselves. This way, parents don't need to worry about their child's safety or the risk of drowning.

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One of the difficult skills that I find is to master is probably swimming because in my country, swimming, learning how to swim is kinda like difficult because most of people here in Cambodia, they do not have a variety of knowledge, like they do not allow, I mean They don’t allow their kids to go swimming to learn how to swim because I think it’s really difficult for them and also maybe it’s kind of expensive because I live in a developed country and people usually learn it by going to the trainer at the swimming pool. They offer swimming lessons where they take people how to swim. And I think it’s really important to learn how to swim because it can save many lives. For example, if the kid is drowning, you can jump and jump as well as if the kid learned how to swim early on their eggs. They know how to survive by themselves. So the parents don’t need to worry about their kid’s safety or their kid drowning.

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