Band 6: Describe a skill you learned recently that you found surprisingly useful. You should say: - What the skill was - How you learned it - Why you initially wanted to learn this skill And explain why it turned out to be more useful than you expected. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Lately, I learned a new skill, which is planning and using the Excel sheet on Google. I learned this skill because I really needed to organize my projects and my work, so it helped me a lot in project management. I learned it by watching YouTube videos, where people explained how to use Excel to manage your time and tasks efficiently. I think it's a very good skill to have because if you work on a lot of projects, you'll need to organize yourself to meet the deadlines you have. I call this skill using the Excel sheet and how to organize my projects with it. I believe I learned it pretty quickly because I'm super familiar with computers. And yeah, this is it.

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Lately I learned a new skill which is a planning and using the Excel sheet on Google. And I learned this skill because I really needed to organize my projects and my work. So it helped me a lot in project management. I learned it by watching YouTube videos, people explaining how to use the Excel to manage your time and your tasks efficiently. I think it’s a very good skill to have because if you work and you have a lot of projects working on, you’ll need to organize yourself for you to be able to meet the deadlines that you have. So I learned this skill by the skill I call it is the Excel sheet and how to organize my projects using it. So I believe I learned it pretty quick because I’m super familiar with computers. And yeah, this is it.

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Band 6+: Describe a skill you learned recently that you found surprisingly useful. You should say: - What the skill was - How you learned it - Why you initially wanted to learn this skill And explain why it turned out to be more useful than you expected.

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Describe a skill you learned recently that you found surprisingly useful. You should say: – What the skill was – How you learned it – Why you initially wanted to learn this skill And explain why it turned out to be more useful than you expected.

Describe a skill you learned recently that you found surprisingly useful. You should say: – What the skill was – How you learned it – Why you initially wanted to learn this skill And explain why it turned out to be more useful than you expected.

Describe a skill you learned recently that you found surprisingly useful. You should say: – What the skill was – How you learned it – Why you initially wanted to learn this skill And explain why it turned out to be more useful than you expected.

Describe a skill you learned recently that you found surprisingly useful. You should say: – What the skill was – How you learned it – Why you initially wanted to learn this skill And explain why it turned out to be more useful than you expected.

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