Band 6: Talk about a skill you found challenging to learn but eventually mastered. You should say: What the skill is Why it was challenging for you How you practiced or learned it How mastering this skill has benefited you (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Learning a new skill can be an exciting and rewarding experience, but sometimes retaining skills can be more challenging than others. Learning a new skill is never easy. Today I will talk about a difficult skill that I faced many challenges with. Actually, I am an IT student. I have been curious to learn programming since my childhood. After my graduation, I got admission in information technology. During my first semester, I started programming at home, but when I ran a single program and failed, I felt this was not a cup of tea for everyone. I was disheartened many times, but my parents encouraged me. After three semesters, I felt that I couldn't learn that skill at home, so I decided to join a software house. I got admission in a software house and began learning programming. There are multiple languages in programming like C++, JavaScript, React, and WordPress, but I was curious to learn JavaScript because this language is a bit difficult, yet there is a huge scope for it at the international level. I learned this language with patience. After one year, when I ran my first program, I was over the moon; it was a very pleasurable moment for me. Programming is a difficult skill, and not everyone can learn it.

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Learning a new skill can be exciting and rewarding experience, but sometimes retain skills can be more challenging to other. Learning a new skill is never easy. Today I will talk about difficult skills which I face many difficulties. Actually I am an IT student. I have been curious to learn programming since my childhood. So after my graduation I got admission in information technology. During my first semester I started programming at home, but when I run a single program and I failed, I feel this is not a cup of tea for everyone. So I disheartened many times, but my parents encouraged me. After 3 semesters, I feel that I don’t learn that skill at home, so I decided to join software house. I got admission in software house and learning programming. Actually there are multiple languages in program like C++, JavaScript, React, WordPress, but I was curious to learn JavaScript because this language is a bit difficult, but there is a huge scope on this language at international level. So I was learning this language with the patient. After one year, when I run my first program that time I was over the moon, this time is very pleasure for me. Because programming is very difficult skill, everyone cannot learn this skill.

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Band 6+: Talk about a skill you found challenging to learn but eventually mastered. You should say: What the skill is Why it was challenging for you How you practiced or learned it How mastering this skill has benefited you

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Animals benefit from living in a zoo. Do you agree?

Describe a piece of technology you own that is not a smartphone or computer. You should say: - What the device is - How you got it - What you use it for And explain why this piece of technology is important to you.

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