Well, I would like to talk about the time when I had to overcome a language barrier. So it was a while, a long time ago, probably like five, six years ago when I was a little kid. So my store actually started between the academic year when I started at school. So at that time I really had this intriveted energy so I couldn’t even communicate with people. I was afraid to ask for help or build a connection with people. So mostly in large groups I couldn’t even work with people or classmates as my age. I couldn’t discuss anything with them. So in order to tackle this issue, when I decided to enter the 9th grade at school, that’s the graduation class. So I met two schools that were merged. So I met my current best friend, her name is Aknar. She’s so incredible and exquisite person who opened me up. She kind of opens up new opportunities and abilities in me. So I could be not afraid to talk to people and be afraid to showcase myself, my abilities. Yeah, without thinking about people’s opinion. Yeah, it was quite an… So at the time I felt a bit excited and the mixture feeling of excitement since everything was new to me and I didn’t know what to expect. But when my best friend came, I just… My fear just went away. Yeah. So back at the time, we just look at the time and just think about it a lot and I’m so grateful for my friend a lot.
Band 5+: Describe a time when you overcame a significant language barrier. You should say: - What the situation was - How you felt initially - What strategies you used to communicate And explain what you learned from the experience.
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Well, I would like to talk about the time when I had to overcome a language barrier. So it was a while ago, probably like five or six years ago when I was a little kid. So my story actually started between the academic years when I started at school. At that time, I really had this introverted energy, so I couldn't even communicate with people. I was afraid to ask for help or build a connection with people. So mostly in large groups, I couldn't even work with people or classmates of my age. I couldn't discuss anything with them. So in order to tackle this issue, when I decided to enter the 9th grade at school, that's the graduation class, I met two schools that were merged. So I met my current best friend, her name is Aknar. She's such an incredible and exquisite person who opened me up. She kind of opened up new opportunities and abilities in me. So I could be not afraid to talk to people and be afraid to showcase myself, my abilities. Yeah, without thinking about people's opinions. Yeah, it was quite an... So at the time, I felt a bit excited and a mixture of feelings of excitement since everything was new to me and I didn't know what to expect. But when my best friend came, I just... My fear just went away. Yeah. So back at the time, we just look at the time and just think about it a lot, and I'm so grateful for my friend a lot.
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