Band 6: Describe a skill you learned recently that you found challenging. You should say: - What the skill was - Why you wanted to learn it - What made it difficult And explain how you overcame the challenges. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'm going to tell you about the challenge that I faced while learning a new skill. The skill that I've learned is piano. I decided to learn piano because I saw video clips on TikTok and Instagram of people playing the instrument, and I was touched by their melodies. After that, I told my mom that I wanted to learn piano very much. I wanted to pursue it, so I started taking some piano classes. When I first entered the piano class, I was super nervous because I felt like my brain and my hands didn't work together, which made me feel exhausted about playing the piano. That night, I came home and felt sad about my skills, but I remembered it was my first day. My piano teacher told me that I needed to practice to get used to it. Since that time, it has been about three years, and now I have overcome that initial challenge. At first, I couldn't do it, but now I can play the songs I want to play very well. Not only do others tell me this, but I also feel proud of my piano skills since day one.

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I’m gonna tell you about the challenge that I face while learning a new skill. The skill that I’ve learned is the piano skill. I decided to learn piano because I’ve seen the video clips on TikTok and Instagram. They are playing the instrument and I suddenly spot on the piano because their instruments and their melody is very touched my heart and after that I told my mom that I want to to learn piano very much. I want to go along with it. So I started to take some piano class. After that, in the first time that I got into piano class, I was super nervous because I think my brain and my hand didn’t… like, it… their day didn’t work together, so it’s made me feel exhausted about playing piano very much. That night I came home and feel so sad with my skills, but I think that it was my first and my piano teachers told me that I need to practice and practice to get my to make me feel used to and from that time it has been like three years and now I can overcame that challenge that the first time I can’t do it but now I can play the song that I want to play very well. Not people tell me but I think that I’m proud of myself in piano skill very much since day one.

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