Band 8: Describe an online video in which you learned something new You should say: 🔵what video it was 🔵when and where you watched it 🔵why you watched it 🔵what you learned from it (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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One of the best online videos I have ever seen was about how to make a game using Scratch. This video was posted on YouTube by Scratch Tutorial. I was in the 5th grade at the time, and my computer science teacher said that there was going to be a game-making competition soon and we should all participate. But I didn't know how to use this program, and I wanted to refuse to participate in the competition. However, my teacher recommended this YouTube channel to me and told me that it would be easy and fast to learn. As my teacher said, the creators of this channel taught me how to make games easily and quickly using the Scratch application. They explained everything in detail, and I gradually learned. At first, I created games by watching this video, and then I managed to create a new game based on my imagination. It wasn't a perfect game, but I was still happy when the day of the competition came. I participated with confidence, and in the end, I managed to take second place. At first, I was disappointed that I didn't come in first because I spent one month learning this program. But then I encouraged myself that this was also a good result because it was my first competition. Overall, it was one of the great experiences of my life, and I'm very happy with it.

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One of the best online videos I have ever seen was about how to make a game using scratch. This video was posted on YouTube by Scratch Tutorial. I was in the 5th grade at a time and my computer science teacher said that there was going to be a game making competition soon and we should all participate. But I didn’t know how to use this program and I wanted to refuse to participate in the competition. But my teacher recommended this YouTube channel to me and told me that it would be easy and fast to learn. As my teacher said, the creators of this channel taught me how to make games easily and quickly using the Scratch application. And they explained everything in detail and I gradually learned. At first, I created games by watching this video and then I managed to create a new game based on my imagination. It wasn’t a perfect game but I was still happy and the day of the competition came. I participated with confidence and in the end I managed to take second place. At first, I was disappointed that I didn’t come first because I spent one month learning this program. But then I encouraged myself that this was also a good result because it was my first competition. Overall, it was one of the great experiences of my life and I’m very happy with it.

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