Band 6: Describe a skill that was difficult to learn but you are now good at. You should say: - What the skill is - How you learned it - How long it took to become proficient And explain why it was difficult for you to learn. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Since my childhood, I've always dreamed of swimming like a professional. I remember watching professionals swim really fast, and they motivated me because I gained some weight as a child and felt insecure about it. At Lake Balhash, during what I can call a vacation, my mom suddenly started teaching me how to swim, and I achieved swimming on my back. That was the easiest way. Then I went to the central swimming pool in my town, and my coach, named Alfarabi, helped me swim. I faced challenges competing with other girls and guys who were really good at swimming, and I felt like I was a little pig who couldn't even swim. But now, after three years, I can swim as well as I wanted to. I never dreamed I could do this as a child, and now I can.

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Since my childhood I’ve always dreamed about swimming like a professionals. I remember that I used to watch the professionals swimming really fast and they were motivating me because I gained some weight when I was a child and I was really insecure about that. In the Lake Balhash when I was in the vacation, if I can’t call that vacation, my mom suddenly started learning me, teaching me how to swim and I achieved swimming on my back. That was the easiest way. And then I’ve I’ve gone to a swimming pool, central swimming pool in my town and my coach, named Alfarabi, helps me swim and then I’ve been challenging with some other girls and guys who were really really good at swimming and I was feeling like like I’m like I am a little pig who can’t even swim but now it’s been three years and I can swim as like as I wanted to I’ve never dreamed about it when I the child and now I can do it.

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