Band 7: Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: - What the skill was - Why you wanted to learn it - What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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When I was young, I started learning English with my first teacher in school. My English level wasn't really good. But when I became a teen, I understood that it would be a good experience to learn languages and speak fluently. The most challenging aspect for me was the language barrier. To prevent this and to continue speaking and developing my language skills, I practiced a lot with my tutor and by myself at home. The things that made me feel better were films. I listened to a lot of podcasts and series, and it was a big part of my practice. This topic is really significant to me because, as we say in my country, the more languages you know, the more you are a person. If you know a language, you can understand yourself and the people around you.

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When I was young I started learning English with my first teacher in the school. And my English level wasn’t really good. But when I became a teen I understood that it would be a good experience to learn languages and speak fluently. And the most challenging for me was the problem of language barrier. And to prevent this, to prevent from stopping speaking and developing my language, I practiced a lot with my tutor and myself at home. The things that make me feel better were films. I used to listen a lot of podcasts and serials and it was a big part of my practice. And at all this topic is really significant to me because as we say in my country, languages you know, the more you is person. And if you know language, you can understand yourself and understand people around you.

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Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

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