Well, learning is lifelong process. Therefore, I try to learn something new to gather information and to make my personality perfect in a number of things. But today I want to highlight a skill which I learnt from my grandmother, is cooking skill. I am extremely fascinated in cooking, which means I like to bring smile on other faces, including my friends, family, while serving delicious dishes. I still remember exactly when I was young. I usually interrupted my grandmother when she was cooking. After schooling, I passed my most of time in kitchen with both my mother and grandmother. My mother always told me I was little to learn this skill. I was unable to cook delicious food, but my grandmother appreciated and encouraged me. I could do everything I wanted. This is a huge reason behind when I was a child. I started to learn how I made traditional food. In kitchen, I often saw how my mother and grandmother made delicious dishes, especially traditional food. My grandmother often told me which ingredients were essential to make which dish. Nowadays, I have a good culinary skill. I have leisure time. I spend cooking. I make delicious food for my family members and friends. It really makes our bond more robust. Finally, I want to say cooking is a skill which I learnt from my grandmother. Now I pride on my skill. It has totally happened with the assistance of my grandmother and with the God’s grace. Finally, I want to say I love cooking and my grandmother helped me a lot to enhance my knowledge about this skill.
Band 6+: Describe a skill you learned from older people You should say: what this skill was when you learned it how you learned it why it was important
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Well, learning is a lifelong process. Therefore, I try to learn something new to gather information and to improve my personality in a number of ways. But today I want to highlight a skill I learned from my grandmother, which is cooking. I am extremely fascinated by cooking, as it allows me to bring smiles to the faces of others, including my friends and family, while serving delicious dishes. I still remember exactly when I was young. I often interrupted my grandmother when she was cooking. After school, I spent most of my time in the kitchen with both my mother and grandmother. My mother always told me I was too young to learn this skill. I was unable to cook delicious food, but my grandmother appreciated and encouraged me. I could do everything I wanted. This is a huge reason why, as a child, I started to learn how to make traditional food. In the kitchen, I often saw how my mother and grandmother prepared delicious dishes, especially traditional ones. My grandmother often told me which ingredients were essential to make each dish. Nowadays, I have good culinary skills. In my leisure time, I enjoy cooking. I make delicious food for my family and friends, which really strengthens our bond. Finally, I want to say that cooking is a skill I learned from my grandmother. Now I take pride in my skill. This has all happened with the assistance of my grandmother and with God's grace. I love cooking, and my grandmother helped me a lot to enhance my knowledge about this skill.
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