Band 7: Talk about one method of learning a foreign language you have used. You should say: What you did How long have you used this method for How it compares to other methods of learning a language And say if you will use that same method in the future or not, and why (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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The method I want to speak about today is using YouTube to learn a foreign language. In my case, it was English. I've been using this method since I was in the 10th grade, and it turned out to be very beneficial because it's an organized method and straight to the point. There's a feature on YouTube that allows teachers to organize their videos and playlists, which enables students like me to access any topic or course easily and quickly without consuming a lot of time. I think this method is much better than any other method, such as Duolingo, which I've tried before, but I realized it's only for basic learners. For example, if you want to learn English, it will only help you learn basic words and not advanced grammar structures. This is why I stopped using it. I believe I will continue using YouTube in the future because it has been very helpful for me, and I saw advancement in a short period of time. Also, the community on YouTube is very supportive. You get to meet students like you from all over the world who might be struggling in one aspect or more in language learning, and you may be able to communicate with them and help each other with problems or issues in languages. This is why I will keep using it in the future.

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The method I want to speak about today is using YouTube to learn a foreign language. In my case it was English. I’ve been using this method since I was in the 10th grade and turned out it is it’s a very beneficial one because it’s an organized method and straight to the point. There’s a feature in YouTube that allows teachers to organize their videos and playlists which allows students like me to reach any topic they want or any course easily and quickly without consuming a lot of time. I think this method is way better than any other method such as the lingo which I’ve tried before but I realized it’s only for basic learners. For example if you want to learn English it will only make you learn basic words and not advanced grammar structures for example. This is why I didn’t use it anymore and I think that I will continue using this method in the future because it was very helpful for me and I saw an advancement in a short period of time. Also the community in YouTube is very helpful. You get to meet students like you from all over the world who might be struggling in one aspect or more in language and you may be you may be able to communicate with them and fix each other’s problems or issues in languages so I think that this is why I will keep using it in the future.

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