Band 6: DESCRIBE A USEFUL SKILL THAT YOU LEARNED AS A TEENAGER You should say: • What the skill is • When and how you learned it • Who you learned it from • And explain why you learned it (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to talk about a useful skill that I acquired when I was a child. Everything started from attending the traditional celebrations in my city. When I was seven or eight years old, I was keen on attending places where people celebrated particular events in the country. In my case, it was the Independence Day of Kazakhstan. As far as I know, it's on 22 May, and every portion of the city gathers in the central park of Astana, where people create games for participants and give prizes. The thing that really inspired me was that after the games, there were a large number of people playing traditional instruments. I was watching and learning new skills from playing these instruments, and I decided to try it. It seemed to me that I had talent in this field. I started performing in front of a large audience and showed an outstanding performance. Everyone was inspired, and that became my favorite hobby of playing the guitar and other traditional instruments. So that was the moment when I became almost a professional person who enjoys playing the guitar. But to be honest, I now consider myself an amateur player, not a professional, because my playing is not so remarkable.

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I would like to talk about my useful skill which was acquired from the moment when I was a child. Everything started from attending the traditional celebrations in my city. When I was seven or eight years old, I was keen on attending places where people celebrate a particular event in country. In my case, it was an independent day of Kazakhstan. As far as I know it’s 22 May and every portion of the city gazers in the place it was a tentral park of the Astana where people used to create any games for participants and they give prizes and And the thing that really inspired me is that after the games there were a large number of people that play on traditional instruments and I was all of watching and learning new skills for me from playing on instruments and I decided to try it and it seemed to me that I have talent in this kind of field. I started performing in front of a large audience. I showed really outstanding performance. everyone was inspired and that become my favorite hobby of playing on guitar and other traditional instruments. So that was moment when I became almost professional person who likes playing on guitar but to be honest now I I consider myself as an amateur player not a professional because my game is not so remarkable

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