IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Practice | What kinds of things make you laugh? IELTS Speaking Practice This IELTS speaking practice example uses authentic questions from Cambridge IELTS 7 Speaking Test 2 Part 1. What kinds of things make you laugh? Funny things! I suppose there are many different kinds of things that make me laugh: something silly, something stupid, or jokes if they’re good, and sometimes just ridiculous things that you see happen in everyday life. The last time I had a good laugh was just yesterday when I watched a video of George Carlin, an American comedian, talking about saving the planet. He’s a really funny guy, but you never know when something funny will happen – sometimes when you least expect it. Do you like making other people laugh? (Why?/Why not?) I’ve never really thought about it. I used to make people laugh a lot with some of my comments, but I’m not sure if making people laugh is something that concerns me, so I don’t think I would say that I like to ...

Describe an idea you had for improving something at work Describe an idea you had for improving something at college 3 Tips to Answer this Interview Question 10 Creative Ideas to Improve Things at Work Describe an idea you had for improving something at work or college Describe an idea you had for improving something at work or college When and where did you have the idea? Some years ago, I used to work at a successful company , which was quite small, where we provided multi-level training courses on a particular subject. We used to employ people who had been trained previously in different places throughout the world and with different backgrounds and professional experience. What was your idea? Our clients were locally based, so there were sometimes cross-cultural problems that impacted how effective the results of the training were. Although most of the new employees hired had the same basic technical or theoretical knowledge, it seemed that ther...

IELTS Speaking Practice | Some people think that education should be about memorising the important ideas of the past IELTS Speaking Practice | Cambridge IELTS 7 Test 2 Part 3 Discussion Topics Test 2 Part 1 Test 2 Part 2 IELTS Speakig Practice: Ideas and Education Some people think that education should be about memorizing the important ideas of the past. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Personally I think it’s important to understand the ideas of the past. History can show us what has been successful and what has failed previously. There are many lessons to be learned, and history has a habit of repeating itself throughout life. If we understand what has been good and bad for us based on past experience then I think we can better shape our future. Simply memorizing facts about things that happened in the past isn’t enough to plan for the future. We need more understanding of past events and why they happened, the consequences and how we can learn from it...