Band 7: Describe a time you failed at something, but later succeeded. You should say: - What you were trying to do - Why you initially failed - What you did differently the second time And explain how you felt during the initial failure and the subsequent success. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I would love to talk about it. Three years ago, I started learning English. I reached a point of learning a lot of advanced words in English, but it was late when I realized that it was the wrong method to learn the language. I failed over and over again for two years. I went to a lot of teachers, experienced their knowledge, but after spending two years learning English, I realized that I had wasted my time for nothing. I didn't learn much about English or English culture. I was very disappointed in myself, and I had no motivation to make a further attempt. I was stressed out, and I was also worn out from work, but I found a teacher on the internet and reached out to him as soon as possible when I heard that he had an 8-band score in the IELTS exam. I was very happy to meet this teacher, and after studying his course for about four months, I got a higher result in tests. I started to understand English more and began to speak more fluently after spending time with him, and it made me very happy. I was very grateful for his effort, and I am also satisfied that I put in a lot of effort to achieve this. I was so proud of myself.

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Well, I would love to talk about it. Three years ago I started learning English. I met a point of learning a lot of advanced words in English, but it was late when I realized that it was a wrong method to learn the language. I was a failure over and over again for two years. I went to a lot of teachers, experienced their knowledge, but after spending two years learning English, I realized that I wasted my time for nothing. I didn’t learn much about English or English culture. I was very disappointed in myself and I had no motive to make a further approach. I was like stressed out and I was also warned out from work but I found a teacher on the internet and I reached out to him as soon as possible when I heard that he has an 8-band score in IELTS exam. I was very happy to meet this teacher and after studying his course for like four months and I got a higher result in tests and I started to understand English more and I started to speak more fluently after spending time with him and it made me very happy. I was very grateful for his effort and I’m also satisfied that I did put a lot of effort to make this achievement. I was so proud of myself.

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