Band 6: Describe a skill that took you a long time to develop. You should say: - What the skill was - Why you wanted to develop this skill - What challenges you faced And explain how you felt once you had mastered the skill. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'm going to describe a skill that took a long time to learn. Undoubtedly, this skill is speaking. My speaking skill was low when I started to learn this. It was so challenging, and I encountered many difficulties while improving it. As I grew older, my speaking skill improved, and it took approximately three or four years to learn. My speaking skill is very good at the present time because of hard work. I wanted to learn it so much because this skill inspired me a lot. I wanted to speak with foreign people who visited my country, and I saw these people speaking in English, while my speaking was very poor. I faced some challenges in speaking with them because of this reason. I decided to learn it, and my situation was very difficult in this regard. While improving, I faced these kinds of challenges. After I improved my speaking skill, I felt very happy. I shared this feeling with many people. This skill is very hard and takes a lot of time to learn. I did it, and it was very hard.

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I’m going to describe a skill that took a long time to learn. Undoubtedly this skill is speaking. My speaking skill was low when I am starting to learn this. It was so challenging and I bumped into with so many difficulties while improving it. As I grew older, my speaking skill was improved and it took a long time to learn approximately three or four years My speaking skill is very good at the present time because of hard working I wanted to learn it so hard because This skill Inspired me a lot. I mean I wanted to speak with foreign people that visited to my country and I saw these people speaking in English language and my speaking was very bad and I have some bad conditions to speak them because of this reason I decided to learn it and my illness was very bad in this condition. I mean, while improving it, I faced this kind of challenges. After I improved my speaking skill, I felt very happy to such an extent. I told this to many people about my feeling. I mean, so you know this skill is very hard and takes a lot of time to learn. So I did it and it was very hard.

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