Throughout life we often encounter situations where we give advice to others or seek advice from them. So today I would like to talk about an occasion where I receive a positive advice from someone. So that one occasion when I received positive advice from my brother when I was preparing for my exam. So basically at that time I was facing with time management issues. So at that time my brother came to me and advised me to break the study sessions into smaller and focused on smaller intervals and take a break in between. So at that time I followed his advice and started using the Pomotro technique. This technique is basically where you study 25 minutes and take a break for 5 minutes. So by practicing this technique I really felt improvement in my studies. By doing this technique I not only focused but also more productive. It also felt stressed out. It was really a beneficial technique for me. At that time I really thankful to my brother because by suggesting his advice I not only focused on my study but also boosted my confidence. So my brother advised me practically I really feel blessed for my brother because he gave me advice that helped me improve a lot.
Band 6+: Describe an occasion when someone gave you positive advice or suggestions about your work/study You should say: - Who is the person? - What he/she said - How the advice/suggestion affected you - And explain how you felt about the advice/suggestions
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Throughout life, we often encounter situations where we give advice to others or seek advice from them. So today, I would like to talk about an occasion when I received positive advice from someone. That occasion was when I received positive advice from my brother while I was preparing for my exam. At that time, I was facing time management issues. My brother came to me and advised me to break my study sessions into smaller, focused intervals and take breaks in between. I followed his advice and started using the Pomodoro technique. This technique involves studying for 25 minutes and then taking a 5-minute break. By practicing this technique, I really felt an improvement in my studies. With this method, I not only focused better but also became more productive. It also helped reduce my stress. It was truly a beneficial technique for me. I was really thankful to my brother because, with his suggestion, I not only focused on my studies but also boosted my confidence. My brother's advice was practical, and I really feel blessed to have him because he gave me advice that helped me improve a lot.
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