IELTS Speaking Test 1

Written by Rad Danesh

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Good afternoon, my name is Andy. Could you tell me your name please? Michael Galovic is my name. Thank you Michael. Id like you to tell me about your home-to n or city please. It is Belgrade, ah capital of former Y goslavia, no! "er#ia. $h.. %ne and a half million inha#itants placed at hhh the congregation of t!o #ig rivers & ' n(no!n). Can you tell me about the most interestin! thin!s in "el!rade? $m pro#a#ly its past & h.. a colo rf l past I !o ld say. *nd then physically, the config ration and dynamics of the place. And could you describe places of special interest I could #isit near here you li#e? %h yes, there are ah many ah !onderf l, ah nat ral interest places so to say, and places of historical interest. B t mostly the famo s monasteries & medieval monasteries from say +3th cent ry on. $mm and hat ould be the best ay for me to !et to those places? I g ess the #est !o ld #e to simply mm loo( p the travel agency that deals !ith err inter,"er#ia to rs, especially the monastery to rs. *nd they are !ell g ided, and yo !ill #e !ell ta(en care of. $mm should I !o there at any special time of year? $hh certainly, as in !hole - rope, I thin( the #est time is sometime in "pring or * t mn. $mm % &prin!time or Autumn? Yes, say *pril, May h. and then perhaps "eptem#er, early %cto#er. 'h I see, 'k, thank you for that. Id like to ask you a fe (uestions about food and diet no . )hat do you usually eat for breakfast? $mm !ell I/m not m ch of a #rea(fast eater0# t so I tend to have a light #rea(fast. B t say, people tend to eat a lot for #rea(fast, and h it/s also things I g ess that are meat,#ased and mil( , hot mil(, and hot tea is accompanying all that. Mmhmm and hat is the most important meal of the day, in your opinion Michael? $hh !ell in my opinion, as I am told it sho ld #e the #rea(fast. B t for me personally I love early dinners & that/s my preference. I am not saying it is the most important. it/s the one that I li(e the most. Mmhmm mmhmm and hat should e eat to stay healthy? $m I !o ld say certainly not err heavy food that ta(es a lot to digest, so I !o ld recommend a lot of vegeta#les and fr it, and err fish and chic(en rather than red meat altho gh I !o ldn/t discard red meat 1 st li(e that at all. Mmhmm ill peoples diet chan!e in the future? I have impression, #eca se !e are !itnessing the o#esity daily in many co ntries. "o it/s all aro nd s and it/s h #ecoming a very serio s pro#lem. *nd I have impression that every#ody starts foc sing on that, so I have impression that !e/ll get err more attention to diets that !ill ma(e s feel light and agile and err #eing a#le to perform. "o I g ess the clever com#ination of o r food inta(e is more important than only !hat !e eat. -rr it is not 1 st a#o t !hat !e sho ldn/t eat I thin(, it/s more a#o t ho! !e eat it and !hen. "o !e sho ld may#e start o r meals !ith easily digesti#le things s ch as fr it and finish !ith heavier st ff, rather the other !ay ro nd. Thank you...thank you. &peak one-to t o minutes on topic, Topic* +escribe a celebration you recently participated in. ith one minute to plan ans er.

$m By the end of m 2an ary, precisely on 27th of 2an ary last, I !as at a friend/s place on 3entral 3oast. *s err err a g est to his family feast, and he !as cele#rated, cele#rating sorry, his family !as cele#rating, their family patron "aint day, !hich is a very important feast for the "er#s in the orthodo4 tradition. "o it !as interesting to see ho! that partic lar feast is #eing cele#rated. $mm originated cent ries ago, it is still very strong, going strong. *nd very fe! things have changed I !as ama5ed to !itness. B t the main thing !as that err m over there in - rope err, given the time of the year, these feasts are s ally cele#rated in 6ovem#er, 7ecem#er, 2an ary & it is cold, so the food, accompanying food is corresponding, it/s heavy, and all that yo need to eat d ring that time. Whereas here !e !ere s!eating in the hot 2an ary and yet !e had the same type of food that !e !o ld #e eating in 2an ary in - rope. "o that !as interesting. B t the most important thing a#o t that type of feast and cele#ration is that the host, #oth my friend and his !ife, !ere standing on their feet all the time,the !hole day, a#sol tely m err #eing impecca#le hosts to every !him or need that !e ah g ests !o ld have, some 20 of s. "o m it !as really a special day and all of s, 20 people there, felt very, very special. Thank you Michael. Michael, are there many similar celebrations Yes, # t this is the most important one I thin(. here you come from?

Thank you. ,o lets talk more about traditions and celebrations. )hat role do traditional ceremonies play in the social life of people in your country? $mm they have al!ays played an important role. B t I have impression that it is err more so the case these days, !hen even the yo th is em#racing them & simply feeling need to go #ac( to their roots. And hat traditions ere important for your !randparents, say -. years a!o? *part from, *part from that "lava, or family patron saint day, all other ma1or and secondary orthodo4 3hristian festivities or err festive days are important, or !ere important as !ell. " ch as 3hristmas or -aster for instance, or that (eeps #eing the ma1or foc s of my tradition and people. Mmmhmm. And hich traditions are e likely to continue to celebrate in the future? $mm..B t, I !ill say precisely those that !e mentioned #efore. I have a feeling that they are simply going strong, that they err are not fading. "imply #eca se in this time and era people are over!helmed #y,#y the velocity, #y the speed, so at the same time they feel need to go #ac( to their o!n #eginnings and traditions, so it is simply err reviving !hat !e already have. $o ould you describe youn! peoples attitudes to ards tradition? $m I !o ld say that at the #eginning many of yo ng people !o ld may#e not em#race f lly the idea of going thro gh every painsta(ing detail of preparations and err #ehavio r codes for all these cele#rations and feasts. B t then h, grad ally it !ill #ecome a part of their lives, and m that !o ld #e their connection !ith their families and e4tended families, so they !o ld (ind of gro! more and more into it, and trying to adhere to every r le that tradition !as #ro ght to them #y their parents and grandparents. "o at the #eginning may#e the yo th !o ld ta(e it lightly on the s rface only, # t then later m I thin( the traditions !ill #e em#raced f lly. And do you think customs and traditions are chan!in! these days? $m, I !o ld say so inevita#ly #eca se of the ad1 stment to r#an, to the r#an living if yo !ish, and to the fast times that !e live in. "o definitely there are concessions to !hat err sed to #e done #efore. B t the core, !hich is m ch more important, is al!ays preserved. *t least has #een the case so far. +o you think traditions and customs are affected by ad#ertisin!? I never act ally gave it a tho ght. $h there might #e, # t again in my personal e4perience I haven/t seen any (ind of h direct infl ence that !o ld h change or alter, ta(e people from their original directions !hatever the advertisement is a#o t. +o some countries celebrate traditions more than others? $m I !o ldn/t say so, I have impression that all co ntries cele#rate traditions, or rather the people

!ho live in these co ntries. -ven in some ne! co ntries, a conglomerate of different people, and all these people !o ld stic( to their old traditions. 8hat/s ho! I see it. "o, people !ho !o ldn/t follo! the traditions !o ld do it in all sorts of co ntries, or in any co ntry. Thank you Michael, thats the end of the speakin! test.

IELTS Speaking Test 2

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Good afternoon, my name is Anna. Could you tell me your full name please? 9o#erto 9ossi. )hat should I call you? 9o#ert. Thank you. +o you I/m a st dent. ork, or are you a student?

Can you tell me about your studies? $m !ell, h my st dies are in relation to c lt res in the !orld. $h When I !as, !hen I !as yo ng, my father sed to travel a lot and sed to come #ac( home, giving me a pict re of a very vast !orld !here people sed to live and thin( and #ehave in different !ays. "o in comparison to !hat I sed to st dy in geography, the !orld seemed to #e a lot more interesting to go and, and e4plore. "o as soon as I got rid of all that and I finished school I decided to h go and e4perience h first,hand !hat it really means to live in direct contact !ith a different c lt re. "o I ended p loo(ing for the most traditional and isolated c lt res in the !orld at that time a fe! years ago, and h I decided to go and live as one of the local people. !hich I did for a period of time. "o that e4perience really changed my life and made me nderstand also, a lot #etter, !hat I !anted to st dy mm at $niversity. )hat is your fa#ourite sub/ect? *nthropology, and social anthropology in partic lar. "o in reality !hat I do, is I go #ac( to one of these places !here I/ve #een in the past and I, and I see in !hat !ay the society changes as the rest of the !orld changes, and h in !hat !ay it is affected #y the o tside !orld. "o I ended p learning the lang age and I and I ended p nderstanding pro#a#ly a lot more !hat really goes on in h, in h the inside of a person !ho lives in a little dot in the middle of the ocean, and all he or she (no!s is that and that is the niverse, in comparison to s, m #eing sort of constantly #om#arded #y, #y a lot more information. )hat is your study plan? I/m starting to and, I/m thin(ing of f rthering my st dies #y doing a Masters and perhaps a :h7. I/m very interested in follo!ing mm !hat I started already. *nd err, and err, again, not only from my professional point of vie!, # t also for a personal point of vie! I thin( it is very important to do things com#ined together, and !hat !e learn and nderstand in life can really #e of help to other people if !e, mm if !e develop it to a certain e4tent. Thank you. +o you ha#e any hobbies or interests? %h yes, a n m#er of them. I li(e to mm read a lot, and I also li(e to play soccer. $m B t err, I can say that lately, nfort nately, I don/t m ch time to do either of them. )hat hobbies are popular ith youn! boys and !irls in your country? Well, yo ng #oys and girls mm li(e to interact and meet and have a good time together. "o, !e start generally since !e very yo ng #y meeting at the end of the day !hen !e get o t of school at the local #ar or corn, corner in the area !here !e live in the s; are and in the same area !ith lots of other people, older and yo nger than s. *nd h ho##ies generally for the yo ng #oys mm are sport and socialising and dancing. *nd same for the girls, e4cept that the girls are certainly a lot

more into fashion and mm dancing. +o people usually continue their hobbies hen they !et older? When they can, they do. Generally that depends on !hat (ind of commitments they are involved to and h !ith, and if they can afford, only also in terms of time h in !hat they li(e to do. Thank you. ,o Id like to ask you to speak one-to t o minutes on a topic. 0ou ha#e one minute to plan your ans er. Topic* +escribe a mo#ie, hich made a stron! impression on you. Well m, the name of the film is 'ina di#le). It is act ally a very famo s movie. It !on the %scar in +<=<. *nd m0it/s a movie a#o t the story of a (id !ho gro!s p in a small village in "icily. *nd !e can see very clearly thro gh the film h in !hat !ay the comm nity infl ence him, and h also his first love story !ith a local girl and ho! m ch they affect his life. "o it/s act ally a movie in retrospective #eca se it goes #ac(, and h he tries to get in to ch !ith the same girl. *nd #y doing that, yo #asically revisit the most important part or his life. :arts. *nd h, it is really sho!ing s in !hat !ays all these things really affect all s. >o! m ch !e (eep on dreaming, and ho! m ch !e (eep on hoping in o r lives. especially !hen !e can/t leave, err !hat !e really !ish and desire to leave, especially !hen it comes to emotional things. *nd h it/s a film that ah is also #ased on a tr e story, and m I thin( m the p #lic can really feel that. "o it/s also shot in a very, very good !ay and !e can see "icily thro gh ?0 years of life. *nd from the end of the "econd World War to today, !hich is also more or less perhaps, yo (no!, the period of time of my life, of my father/s life. *ny!ay, the main actors in the film are ' n(no!n) and the famo s actor !ho I don/t remem#er. Thank you. +o you !o to the mo#ies often? Yes, yes, most often as I can. I really li(e films, especially the - ropean movies , @rench, Italian, and -nglish. I really li(e the !ay they represent the, the - ropean c lt re. Thank you. ,o Id like to ask you a fe more (uestions about films and mo#ies. Are films popular here you come from? Yes, they are very pop lar. *ct ally, cinema and movies is a #ig ind stry in Italy. *nd h it has #een the second ma1or ind stry in the !orld in terms of films h in the ?0/s, so yo have pro#a#ly seen yo rself a n m#er of Italian movies. B t h, act ally, it is a partic lar (ind of !ay of ma(ing films and h they still remain very pop lar. Yes. +o you think people are !oin! to the cinema more these days compared ith 1- years a!o? $mm06o, I don/t thin( so. I thin( that today 8A and videos and 7A7s act ally have replaced often !hat people sed to go only going to the theatre. * fe! years ago !hen I !as yo nger, I remem#er, there !ere a lot of people going to the cinemas and it !as pac(ed, and the same movie !as left there for !ee(s and !ee(s and !ee(s !here no! normally, a sho! in the same cinema for a lot less. )hat films are popular ith youn! people these days? We have in Italy a very strong *merican infl ence and as !ell, so a lot of *merican movies, and a lot of high,tech movies !ith special effects. *nd h # t at the same time !e also (eep maintaining a (ind of o r o!n genre and some Italian movies they never get to the overseas mar(et, they also remain, #ecome very pop lar in Italy. +o peoples taste in films chan!e as they !et older? I thin( so. I thin( so, I thin( movies also a little mirror of ho! !e change in life, !hat interests s and !hat !e see in them. *nd m ah, as yo (no!, in o r 20s !e are perhaps a little more romantic and !e li(e certain (inds of movies, and then perhaps !e li(e to thin( a #it more a#o t o r life0 and !e see different (inds of films. $as technolo!y made a difference in the (uality of modern films?

I thin( so, yes, a #ig difference. $m the effects no! seem to really s c( yo in !hen yo see a movie. *nd the !ay the film edited, they also (eep yo r attention a lot #etter than in the past. Yo can see the !ay that they are p t together, and also the so nd ; ality is a lot #etter, and mm I thin( there/s #een certainly, technologically spea(ing, a #ig improvement there. $o ill technolo!y be used to impro#e films in the future? Well, ah I am not an e4pert # t I thin( that if !e !ill ever get 3,7 movies, ah or movies in 3,7, ah !e !ill h find o rselves even more immersed in !hat h for only at the moment only o r eyes and o r ears can see in t!o dimensions. )hy ha#e the forms of popular entertainment chan!ed o#er the years? Beca se the society has changed a lot. *nd no! h !e seem to #e r shing all the time, and !e !ant to cons me everything a lot faster. "o I thin( every form, form of entertainment is also reflecting that (ind of very fast, ; ic( !ay of ah !anting something different, and !anting something very ; ic(ly and ah0yes. )ill people still !o to the cinema in the future? I hope so. I don/t (no!, # t I thin( there !ill #e people that, li(e today, li(e to see not only the ne! movie # t also the old movie #eca se it represents !hat they have seen !hat they !ere yo nger and !hat they and also !hat they !ere dreaming at that time and I thin( that remains !ithin s all o r life. Thank you, that is the end of the speakin! test.

IELTS Speaking Test 3

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Good afternoon, my name is 2enee. Could you tell me your full name please? My f ll name is ah 2ahan Aer(i. Can I check your identification? " re. Thank you. +o you ork, or are you a student? *t the moment I/m !or(ing. Could you describe hat kind of ork you do? $h0*t the moment I/m a manager of the m :ersian 8.A. 8his is essentially a 2B,ho r station that/s going to operate in "ydney. 8his station is going to #e for the :ersian people. *nd at the moment !e are trying to televise some program from *merica # t !e are trying to # ild o r st dio in "ydney as !ell. 8he plan is I/m going to operate and organise for this st dio to #e a#le to prod ce some program from "ydney as !ell. "o at the moment I/m doing everything, li(e to do, to organise for everything li(e s #scription, st dio, anything & e; ipment, # t a little #it later I/m going 1 st to foc s and stay 1 st in the st dio for prod cing and directing the program, !hich is going to happen later. )hat do you like about your /ob? I have to confess, this 1o# is my passion from long time ago. $mm 1 st, I start from drama I st dy drama in my co ntry and then !hen I move to * stralia I contin ed in different co rse !hich !as 8.A. and film prod ction and #eca se all the time !hen I act, I really, finally I !anted 1 st to ma(e my film. I made some children program in my co ntry for 8.A. >ere I start to e4pand my e4perience and then I got lots of ne! e4perienceC I made some film, short film, doc mentary and I find, o(ay, I/m in the right path!ay so I !anted to contin e. "o no! I thin( I, I catch it, no! I need a little #it more time 1 st to do this 1o#. )hat kind of /ob do you hope to do in 3. years time?

8hat/s a good ; estion. My dream is finally, !itho t having any pro#lem, li(e life and the other pro#lem that comes to the any#ody, my dream is 1 st to direct my film. 8hat/s the thing that I/m going to do. I have, in my past, I/ve had lots of e4perience, life e4perience, lots of things that I !ant to tal( to the people. "o, for me, film is a tool to tal( to the people. +o you play any sports? Yes. )hat are the most popular sports in your country? Good ; estion. In my co ntry is 1 st the people are mainly, I come from Iran, in my co ntry people mainly play soccer. *ny!here & in the street, at home, any!here yo can see, people play soccer. Is it better to play sport or to atch it? %(ay, m yo (no! it/s it/s very m, it depends. 8o me, sometimes !hen yo are in the right mood or the right time yo are #etter 1 st to play. B t sometimes, partic larly !hen it is, !hen it is a professional sport, yo !o ld li(e to !atch it. 8hat depends to the sit ation, to yo , and many, many things. Can sport be dan!erous? *h I thin( it co ld #e dangero s, or it/s not going to #e dangero s. Its depend. I thin( even if yo /re !al(ing in the street it co ld #e dangero s for yo , so I cannot say. B t I can say & if yo /re not playing a sport it/s going to #e dangero s, #eca se it/s 1 st affecting yo r health. B t, B t playing, *ccident co ld #e any!here & this is my opinion. +o men and omen play different sports in Iran? %f co rse. I mean, as yo (no! d ring the last 2B years. Beca se of the Government and the things that happen in my co ntry, so !omen co ldn/t do the same sport that men do. -ven, they co ldn/t go to the stadi m li(e !atch the soccer. >o!ever, recently, there has #een a movement for the !omen, they have a chance. 8here is not eno gh facility for them 1 st to do lots of sport. Thank you #ery much. ,o Im !oin! to !i#e you a topic and Id like you to speak on it for one or t o minutes. Topic* +escribe a #acation you ha#e really en/oyed. *lright, m !e !ent to the ' n(no!n) act ally, !e !ent to the ' n(no!n) !ith my !ife and (ids, 1 st mainly to visit my !ife/s family. I li(ed ' n(no!n) #eca se !hen I !ent to the ' n(no!n), !hich is a#o t five ho rs far from "ydney, the road, the nat re & h it !as very similar to the scene that I had in my co ntry and it remem#ered me the nat re and the road that !e had over there. I li(ed ' n(no!n), I li(ed everything over there, I can tell yo . 8he smo(e, the fog, I li(ed the environment, I li(ed the friendship that !as there. I loved the food, I loved everything over there, the stars at night. I love the moon, I loved morning, and !hen it !as morning it remem#ered the morning that I had in my co ntry, it !as very similar #eca se nat re are similar any!here. "o, I spent lots of time over there and it helped me to remem#er the things that I had #efore. It gives sec rity, it/s very mysterio s feeling to me. "o I loved them #eca se it helped me more and more #ac( to the memory that I had from my co ntry. *nimals, horse, yo (no! farm & everything, it really attract me, see the people !ho !or( in the farm. 8hat !as a nice thing, I li(e these things and I thin( this is my nat re and I love to #e in this nat re and that nat re !as very similar to the things that I had #efore, and I li(ed 1 st to #e there. 8hat !as something that I had over there. "o I spent time !ith my !ife and I e4plained the things that had happened to my co ntry and I told her Dloo(, 3alla, I !ill sho! this to yo in my co ntry again./ )ould you !o there a!ain? " re, I love it. If I get any chance, I/m s re I !ill go over there. ,o Id like to ask you a fe more (uestions about #acations and holidays a ay. Are people takin! more holidays and tra#ellin! more these days?

I have to say I don/t thin( so, #eca se the lifestyle is not letting the people to do the things that they !ant. 8hey have to !or( more and more, and even yo (no! !hen they got some family they have to !or( more. 8o me, in my point of vie!, I thin( they haven/t eno gh time to pay attention to holidays. )here did people !o on holidays in your Grandparents time, say, -. years a!o? I thin( in that time, yo (no!, to go to another, another city, !hich !as very far & li(e ? to +0 ho rs, they go to visit their relative some!here else in their co ntry. )here do people usually like to !o for a holiday a ay these days? $h it/s easy things that people li(e 1 st to go to a very, very close and easy things. If they can get to any!here aro nd themselves yo (no!, even if in "ydney they !ill go to >ar#o r or %pera >o se or any!here aro nd as #eca se it/s very cheap and it helps them 1 st to stay sometimes o t of the, yo (no! the ro tine of their life. )hy do people ant to tra#el, to !o a ay for a holiday? Eife is very hard. *ll of s need 1 st to go, to go o t of this stress d ring the !ee(. Yo (no!, the technology, the Government, the people, the #oss and so on and so on and so yo (no!, 1 st p shing yo sho lders, so that/s a time that yo can say that o(ay, I am h man so yo can 1 st do something that yo li(e. Is tourism ha#in! an effect on the en#ironment, do you think? " re, I thin( to rism 1 st definitely effecting the environment #eca se they #ring the !ave of the c lt re and yo (no!, many, many things #y themselves and they #ring it and sho! to, to the ne! c lt re. "o I/m s re, it/s very effective. Ei(e if yo thin(, li(e !hen I/m coming from my co ntry, the food that I/m having, the thin( I interests, the !ay that I treat yo (no! my family and the !ay that I love, the !ay that I dance, all of these things !hen they come together, it/s giving things li(e ' n(no!n). It/s giving some information a#o t o tside to any#ody, to the other people. $o important is the tourist dollar for the economy? I love their dollar. >ahaha. Yo (no!, it/s very good. I mean yo have to thin( &yo have to thin( a#o t this iss e and 1 st have some st dy. Yo have to prepare yo rself for the to rist interest. Yo have to p t these things in their hand. 6ot in the co ntry, in their co ntry. Yo have to advertise yo have to sho! !hat things is availa#le here. Beca se they #ring more. Money. It/s very easy. Eots of co ntries 1 st depend on the,1 st the to rism !hen they p t their money. *nd yo have to thin( a#o t all the iss es. 8o ma(e the sit ation ready for them to let them to #e happy to spend their money and !hen they #ac(, #ac( again. @or as it as it as it as it revisit again to advertise for the other people to come over here. )ill the tourist industry !ro in the ne4t 3.- 1. years? I/m s re yo (no!. Beca se many people are still m the attraction of seeing, *nd the tech I thin( is helping the people 1 st to #e more close together and find. If it !as in the hands of a fe! co ntries 1 st had the attraction for the to rism. 6o!, many people from far, they can 1 st advertise themselves on the Internet. 8hey say loo(, I/m very far here, I have a nice #each, yo don/t need to pay this money yo (no! , to that company0 half the price for yo come over here , and !e/re right. )hat do you think of tourism desi!ned not to dama!e the en#ironment? I thin( the government and the co ncil , all of them and all and all the policy has to help , has to really have a close !atch to this iss e. If they thin( it is going to affect any!here they have to p t this policy to not things , yo (no!, to not do anything !rong. Thank you, that is the end of the speakin! test.

IELTS Speaking Test 4

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Good afternoon. My name is +eborah. Could you tell me your full name please? My f ll name is :ilar Montesdeoca. May I check your identification please? Will yo li(e to see my passportF Thank 0ou. +o you I/m a st dent. ork or are you a student?

And hat are you studyin! at the moment? *t the moment I/m st dying theatre st dies. And hy did you choose to study theatre studies? Beca se I arrived here five years ago and my #ac(gro nd is in theatre. In my home co ntry in -c ador I !as st dying theatre and I !as also !or(ing as an actor and as a director. *nd then I had the opport nity to go overseas to -ngland and st dy theatre there. B t once I moved to * stralia, I tho ght it !as going to #e a good idea to get into the profession again and to start all over again from the #asics so I tho ght it !o ld #e good to do some drama st dies. *nd that/s !hy I 1oined it and I/m learning so m ch at the moment, I/m very e4cited a#o t all these ama5ing teachers I have and I can nderstand no! ho! the # siness !or(s. *nd the main things a#o t my theatre st dies is that after that it/s going to lead me to the, a real theatre. I have to see ho! it !or(s in real life in * stralia. *nd I tho ght that !as going to #e important for me. 'k. And ah hat do you hope to do hen you#e finished your current studies? I really !o ld li(e to finish in the area. Beca se I/m also a teacher so I !o ld li(e to com#ine my teaching s(ills !ith my theatre s(ills. I (no! it/s hard to get a 1o# as a theatre director or as an actor any!here in the !orld and in * stralia as !ell. "o I/m hoping that of co rse once I/ve finished to #e a#le to direct plays, and to !or( on pro1ects to !or( for the comm nity and !ith the comm nity. B t I/m also hoping perhaps to get some !or( as a &as a teacher !here I can com#ine also my s(ills in theatre. Mm. And ho do you spend your spare time? %oh I love s!imming and I love dancing so those are the t!o activities I mainly do !hen I have the opport nity. B t then, sometimes !hen I/m at home I love reading, I love to read novels or poetry or theatre as !ell. And hen you !o out, do you usually !o out alone or ith others? Mm It depends. * stralian life is very # sy, so ah sometimes I have to go on my o!n. $s ally if I go s!imming I go on my o!n, if I go to the #each sometimes I go !ith friends, so it depends. B t I don/t mind #eing on my o!n. And is there a particular time in the eek here you prefer to !o out? Mm not really, mainly in the afternoon. 7epends on the season. "ometimes in the morning, early morning, I love !al(ing as !ell. "o sometimes I tend to do that at aro nd G o/cloc( in the afternoon. +o you think it is important to do re!ular e4ercise? I thin( it is vital for everyone. I thin( it is part of life and the good thing a#o t * stralia, I !ish there !ere less cars, # t also #eca se I love !al(ing it/s o(, I can do a lot of e4ercise. We sho ld do that really. We all sho ld go o t and en1oy o rselves and do a #it of e4ercise #eca se this society is getting #igger as !ell. Yo (no! the si5e, people are getting #igger and #igger so I thin( it is important to do it, yo (no! 1ogging or !al(ing or s!imming, it/s important. )hy? Beca se if yo are not happy !ith yo r #ody it/s very hard to #e happy !ith everything else. I thin( yo r #ody is the #ase of yo r life. Mind and #ody are al!ays connected and if yo do not e4ercise

yo r #ody yo !on/t e4ercise yo r mind. *nd I thin( once yo !al( or once yo s!im, it/s a good chance to really thin( !ho yo are and !hat yo !ant in life and !hat things can yo do. Thank you. Yo /re !elcome. Topic* Id like you to describe someone you admire #ery much. I have a person !ho I really admire and she/s an e4,teacher from niversity. >er name is 'ina di#le). "he/s a !onderf l, talented lady. "he/s aro nd G0. "he/s married and has fo r (ids. What I admire a#o t her is that she has time to loo( after her family and at the same time to teach (ids at school, and to teach (ids at primary school as !ell and then she !ent on and !as teaching at niversity. *nd I had the privilege to meet her !hen I !as fifteen and !hen I !as t!enty I !ent to ni and she really enco raged me to !rite. "he opened a lot of !indo!s for me thro gh the literat re and she ta ght me ho! to analyse te4ts and she made me love literat re, that/s something really hard. Beca se !hen yo are at the school, yo don/t really !ant to learn a lot a#o t literat re, yo 1 st !ant to play aro nd !ith yo r friends. B t she !as a teacher that really really (ept s captivated #y all these stories and all these composers and song!riters, and !riters in general. *nd she played s some m sic and she read poems for s, and !e !atched films and !e disc ssed. *nd I thin( it !as so important to have her as a teacher #eca se she really made s see the !orld in a different !ay. We !ere st dying mainly in a catholic school and !e co ldn/t analyse things # t once !e had o r literat re teacher, !e !ere a#le to e4pand o r !hole !orld. *nd I thin( !hat she really #ro ght s it/s these differences in life. Eiterat re and life, in a !ay they are very similar # t in a !ay are very different. "o !e interpreted life in a different !ay from that point. Thank 0ou. Is this person admired by others do you think? Yes definitely. I thin( she made a h ge mar( in this gro p that had the opport nity to have her as a teacher. We !ere li(e fifty of s and she did it for many many years. )hat makes a person famous? Mm I thin( there are different !ays to see !hat ma(es a person famo s. %ne is the machinery #ehind the p #licity and the mar(eting aro nd the person, # t I don/t thin( that/s a real honest !ay to #e famo s. I thin( if I have to choose I/d rather #e famo s for #eing honest, for #eing (ind, and for trying to help and solve conflicts or pro#lems in the !orld instead of #eing in a maga5ine, in the cover of a maga5ine0so my characteristics for a famo s person I !o ld go for honesty and (indness. )hat kinds of people ere famous in your !randparents time? In my home co ntry !e had different, mainly t!o political parties and the heads of those political parties !ere very famo s. -specially one g y called 'ina di#le) and he made a lot of changes in -c ador d ring my grandparent/s time #eca se he gave the vote to !omen and he also made it comp lsory, the vote for all the citi5ens in my home co ntry. *nd he !or(ed for the Ei#eral ed cation, not ties !ith the religio s or anything li(e that # t very open to everyone. In your opinion, is bein! ell kno n easy to li#e ith? 6o I don/t thin( so. I thin( !ell (no!n0. It/s0It can #e hard. I thin( to #e famo s sometimes yo pay a price for it. "o I/d rather #e anonymo s I thin(. )hat kinds of people ill be famous in the future? Mm. *h it/s hard to say, # t I g ess the famo s people are the ones that people create. *nd yo (no! the media has so m ch impact on that, and it has so m ch infl ence on !ho is famo s or !ho is not famo s, !ho is good or !ho is #ad. 8he media made s see, ma(es s see the !orld and the people in different !ays. "o I g ess, yeh, if yo have machinery #ehind, yo !ill #e famo s. )hat responsibility to society do famous people ha#e? 8hey have a h ge responsi#ility #eca se people really loo( p on them. Yo (no! they loo( pon

and they !ant to copy models. I thin( !e are a very sensitive society and !e !o ld li(e 1 st to copy. *nd if someone is famo s they sho ld have, they sho ld se this po!er to give things #ac( to the comm nity. Ei(e yo (no!, li(e for e4ample, the 8s nami 7isaster or things li(e that0 yo to se this po!er to call for people to stop children detention, things li(e that yo (no!, they sho ld se that in order to ma(e people a!are of !hat/s going on. 6ot 1 st to #e part of entertainment, # t I thin( they sho ld have a political voice in the comm nity. +o you think that the children of famous people ha#e an easy time? 6o, I don/t thin( so. It m st #e very very hard. *h0yo (no!, to live in, in my home co ntry I (no! a lot of famo s people, and they al!ays have to have #odyg ards, or they have to live #ehind #ars, yo (no! or #ehind #ig !alls. *nd children are al!ays protected and they don/t have the freedom, it/s a #ig price to pay, I don/t (no! !hy. )-)ould you like to be famous? 6o, not really no. )ould- ould bein! famous chan!e you? Yeah I/m s re it !ill. B t I li(e to #e pop lar, # t I don/t li(e to #e famo s. *nd I thin( that/s good. Yo (no!, I can #e pop lar !ith my st dents, !ith my actors, yo (no!, that/s !hat I/m li(e, and I/m happy !ith that. And should the media be able to in#ade the pri#acy of famous people? 6o, I thin( there sho ld #e a very strong and to gh code that they sho ldn/t allo!ed to interfere in other people/s lives, even if they are famo s. Thank you. That is the end of the speakin! test.

IELTS Speaking Test 6

" nday, 0? * g st 2007

Good afternoon. Can I ha#e your full name, please? >asan 3an Y (sel. All ri!ht, and can I see your passport, please? Yeah, s re. Thank you. That5s fine. 6h, no , in the first part of the test, I5d like to ask you some (uestions about yourself. 6m, let5s talk about hat you do. Are you a student, or do you ha#e a /ob? Yeah, I am a st dent. IHm a st dent in -nglish class. And hy did you decide to study 7n!lish? -r, #efore, #eca se I !ant to st dy in Masters, at Masters program, er, thatHs !hy I have to st dy -nglish and I have to get a I-E8" score. 8hatHs !hy I st dy -nglish. '8. Is it an interestin! sub/ect to study? Yeah. ItHs, er, I8, my st dy, er ... 0our Masters? Yeah, my Masters, yeah. 'h, '8. And hy did you decide to study IT? -r, #eca se I li(e technology and, er, yo (no! I8 is, er, related a#o t information and management people. 8hatHs !hy.

%I. $m, no! letHs go on to the topic of reading maga5ines. $m, !hat (inds of maga5ines are pop lar in yo r co ntryF -r, gossip, er, maga5ines pop lar in my co ntry act ally and, er, and also those post maga5ine. '8. &o hy do some people prefer to read ma!a9ines rather than books? Beca se maga5ines, er, has a hot topic and eh, eh, er, thatHs the people interested in this gossip or sports program.J 8hatHs !hy the people prefer to maga5ines. '8. And can you learn from ma!a9ines? Candidate* 6h, sorry? 3an yo learn from maga5inesF 3andidateC 6o, I ... I prefer to ne!spaper to read. )hy5s that? )hy is that? )hy do you prefer to read ne spapers? -r, #eca se, er, my first degree is economy. I have to, er, learn to economy ne!s and thatHs !hy and I donHt interest gossip and sport activities. &o, do you often read ma!a9ines? 6o. '8. 6o I donHt read often. '8. 6m, no Yeah. I5d like to talk to you, um, about drinks.

)hat are some of the most popular drinks in your country? In my co ntry is mop lar, eh, most pop lar drin(s is special 8 r(ish drin(s is alcohol, eh, itHs, er, !e call dra( . ItHs, er, has, er, high level of alcohol inside. 6h-huh, '8. *nd #eer, also. 2i!ht. Are there any drinks that people ha#e at special times? $m, yes, #irthdays or some cele#rates, er, 6e! Year cele#rates, people prefer to drin(. Mm. 2i!ht. '8. 6m, are there any hot drinks that you like? Yeah, !e, er, drin( a tea # t hot. -r, !e prefer to hot tea, not iced tea and coffee as !ell. Mm. '8. And, um, hat do you think are the healthiest drinks? )hat do you think are the healthiest drinks? -r, I li(e healthiest drin(s, especially mil(, m, yeah, er, yeah, 1 st mil( I thin(. '8. All ri!ht. )ell, no e ha#e the second part of the &peakin! Test. I5m !oin! to !i#e you a card about a topic, and I5d like you to talk about it for one to t o minutes. "efore you start, you can ha#e one minute to think about hat you are !oin! to say, and if you ant to, you can make some notes. Mm hm. +o you understand? Yeah, I nderstand. All ri!ht. &o here5s some paper and a pencil for makin! notes, and here5s your topic. 8han( yo .
Describe a house or an apartment you have lived in and which you liked.

You should say: when you lived there how it looked inside what kind of area it was in and explain why you like living there.

I5d like you to describe a house or an apartment you ha#e li#ed in and -r, I !anna ...

hich you liked.

All ri!ht, so remember, you can talk for one to t o minutes, and I5ll tell you hen the time is up. 2i!ht? Can you start speakin! no , please? %I. I !ill descri#e my, er, apartments in my co ntry. -h, itHs, ah, ooh, my apartments has a, er, eight level, eight floor, and !e lived in, er, seventh floor, and I li(e, I li(e it #eca se this apartments has, er, a lot of, er, er, some, er, !e have a s!imming pool and tennis co rts, er, it has a lots of facility, er, for, er, social life and, er, I sed to, er, I sed to #oth of them. *nd, m, !e, er, o r apartments is, er, in Istan# l in 8 r(ey, and, er, itHs, er, it has a, er, o r home flat, er, has, er, three rooms and, er, has a h ge, really h ge (itchen and my m m act ally, er, li(e it, li(e the h ge (itchen and, m, itHs, er, very close to o r shop and !e can go #y !al(ing. ItHs, er, and, er, this is, er, this ho se, this apartments, er, a little, er, s # r#, little far to centre in Istan# l, # t I li(e it, itHs not cro!ded. % r areaHs so ; iet and the people is, er, elite people and, er, o r neigh#o rs also is, er, (ind peoples and !e tal(ing to neigh#o rs, er, al!ays and, er, !e visit each other forgot my neigh ... o r neigh#o rs and, er, !e have a good relation in o r apartments. &o, is your home similar to most other places in the area? -r, little different, not similar, little different, a little, er, high ; ality than the others. And has that area chan!ed since you first li#ed there? Yeah, itHs changed #eca se, er, this, er, # ilding, this apartments, er, # ilt, er, several years ago, may#e, er, seven years ago, and after the finished this apartments, itHs changed, this area is changed. All ri!ht, thank you. 0ou5#e been talkin!, um, about a house or an apartment you ha#e li#ed in, and no I ant to discuss a fe more !eneral (uestions connected to this. 6m, firstly, let5s look at findin! a place to li#e. 6m, ho do people usually find a place to li#e in your country? -r, the people, er, find a ; iet place to live in my co ntry #eca se the centre is so cro!ded and so noisy. 8he people prefer to ; iet place. And hat other factors do you think determine here people choose to li#e? %thers, er, I thin( main factor is, er, their 1o#s, the peopleHs 1o#s #eca se itHs, er, really #ig pro#lem in the, er, metropol cities, er, the traffic yo (no!, lots of cars and cro!ded. Yo m st go early every time and this is other factor for choose their apartments. 2i!ht. All ri!ht, and can you compare for me, say, in Istanbul, um, li#in!, hat it5s like to li#e in an apartment compared to li#in! in a house? *h yeah. -r, my apartment has, I li(e my apartments, # t, er, I, er, !ants to live, er, er, good vie!, has a good vie! apartments and may#e he, er, I ... !hen I loo( at the !indo! I can see a ocean or river or li(e this or la(e. "ut, !enerally, hat are the differences bet een li#in! in an apartment and li#in! in a house, say, in a city like Istanbul? *h, itHs too different, itHs too different. -r, in Istan# l the people generally live in the apartment, # t if yo live in the ho ses, er, yo have, er, not good relationships for their neigh#o rs. Beca se itHs different in 8 r(ey. -r, if yo live apartment yo can get easily, er, a friend and yeah itHs advantage for ma(e a good relationships. '8. 6m, let5s no look at, um, home o nership. 6m, do most people rent their homes or

o n their homes here you5re from? In 8 r(ey, eh, most people, eh, # y a home, not rent #eca se this, er, o r home prices is not, er, high. Is ; ite cheap, and yo can get easily a home. '8. Beca se the people prefer to # y, # ying a home. 2i!ht. &o, hat do you think the difference ould be? )hat are the different attitudes bet een someone ho5s rentin! a home and someone ho o ns their o n home? )hat5s their attitude to ards that home? +o you think there5s a difference bet een a renter and an o ner? Yes, er, there are lots of advantage or disadvantage, er, the rent or o!ner and if yo rent a ho se, yo can, eh, yo m st, er, moving, eh, yo can #e moved other places and al!ays yo m st #e ready to move, yes. B t if yo o!n the ho se, the, er, one disadvantages o!n the ho se, yo can, yo live, al!ays yo live the same place and yo never change in yo r tirement, and all the same, all the people the same. 2i!ht. B t if yo Hre a renter yo can change and yo can get ne! friends, yo can see a ne! place. 2i!ht. 2i!ht, ell let5s no look at, um, residential areas. 6m, hy do you think it is that some areas, some residential areas, are more pleasant to li#e in than others? MoreF More pleasant to li#e in. -r, #eca se the er, residence, residential areas, is er, h er, itHs not, er, really itHs not in 8 r(ey, itHs not, er, may#e itHs, er, for, er, develop, developed co ntries, itHs not, er, for developing co ntries, Hca se itHs different. $m, act ally !e have no, er, !e have no one centre, and !e have no residence areas. *ll this yo can go and see, yo can stay. 2i!ht, but I !uess is one area nicer than another area? Yeah. &o hat makes that area nicer? *h nicer, er. ItHs yeah, itHs, if itHs near the centre, itHs in, er, if itHs, er, yo can, er, get easily, er, transport, transportation, itHs, er, and yo can go every!here. ItHs the centre li(e, m, itHs the people prefer the li(e the safe areas. &o, con#enience? Yeah, convenience. 2i!ht, '8. )ell, thank you #ery much. That5s the end of the &peakin! Test. Yeah, than( yo .

IELTS Speaking Test 5

Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Good Afternoon. My name is +arrell. Could you tell me your full name please? My name is "hi,in Eee. And hat should I call you? Yo can call me "hi,in please. Thank you. +o you ork or are you a student? I !or(. I do interpreting and translation.

'h. Can you tell me about your /ob? Well, there are different types of m interpreting. 8here is medical interpreting, and there/s legal interpreting, # siness interpreting, and conference interpreting etc. *nd they are all very different and yo get to meet different types of people. $m, it/s very re!arding #eca se yo are helping people !ho doesn/t have m ch -nglish and yo get paid for yo 1o# as !ell. "o yo get to learn a lot a#o t c rrent iss es, and at the same time, yo get a lot of headaches too, #eca se yo get to hear a lot of pro#lems from yo r clients. "o it/s a very interesting 1o#, and I/m en1oying it still, after seventeen years. And err, hen is the busiest time in your /ob? I can/t say that m0my # siest yo (no! at a certain time of the year, it/s very hard to predict so I really can/t say , say aro nd, !ell " mmer is the # siest time of the year, or !inter is the # siest or, I really can/t say that a certain time of the year is the # siest. And if you could chan!e your /ob, hat ould you prefer to do? "ometimes mm, altho gh I/m !or(ing and I/m helping people and !itho t an interpreter I g ess nothing m ch can happen, #eca se there !on/t #e any comm nication, proper comm nication #et!een yo (no!, t!o parties. B t then again, interpreters are not s pposed to give an opinion. "o yo are left !ith the feeling that yo are not contri# ting at all to!ards the res lt of the session. "o if I changed my 1o# I thin( I !o ld pic( something !hich is completely different from interpreting and !here I can act ally contri# te to!ards the res lt of the disc ssion. "o that/s !hat I might do in the f t re, yo never (no!. )hat kind of music do you en/oy listenin! to? Well act ally, I li(e all sorts of m sic. My h s#and says I have 3atholic tastes in m sic. "o I li(e classical m sic, of co rse, #eca se I played piano !hen I !as a little girl. *ct ally, not 1 st as a little girl, I still play. "o I li(e classical m sic, and I li(e 1a55, #l es, yo (no!, even heavy metal. Whatever is good I can appreciate it. +o you play a musical instrument? Yes I play piano and I play a little #it of violin as !ell. And hat musical instruments do most people play in your home country? $m in Iorea, I thin( most girls from a proper family !o ld play at least one m sical instr ment and !hich is normally piano. "o, a lot of girls !o ld yo (no!, start playing piano !hen they are five or say seven. *nd I started playing piano !hen I !as si4 I thin(. If you can play a musical instrument, does this help you to en/oy music more? Yes and no. In some !ays it ma(es yo , I g ess ta(e more interest in m sic and !hen yo listen to the m sic yo (no! ho! to appreciate it properly. B t then again if yo get to hear certain pieces of m sic on the radio !hich yo /ve played #efore, straight a!ay yo find yo rself sort of analysing the performer. "o yo really can/t rela4, so it/s sort of, it/s not may#e en1oya#le as m ch. It s ddenly, it #ecomes a chore. yo r mind is at !or(, analysing and assessing the performance. "o I g ess yes and no. Thank you. ,o Id like you to speak for one or t o minutes on a topic. 0ou ha#e one minute to plan your ans er. $ere is a pencil and paper to make notes. $ere is your topic* Id like you to describe your fa#ourite teacher. Thank you. Can you start speakin! no please? 0ou ha#e one to t o minutes. I ill tell you hen the time is up. My favo rite teacher, m, his name is I!an "ing :a(. >e !as my -nglish teacher !hen I !as in >igh school in Iorea. Yo (no! in Iorea, all the -nglish teachers are #asically Iorean. $mm..he !as my teacher m, for t!o years, m Year eleven and Year t!elve. Yo (no! the girls of that age m they normally li(e teachers, yo (no! good loo(ing, !ith the loo(s, !ith good sense of h mo r and, and all. B t this specific teacher !as not physically attractive at all. >e !as rather, not terri#ly good loo(ing. KI/m sorry to #e saying thisL. B t I really adored this teacher #eca se m, I g ess to start !ith I loved st dying lang ages and he !as teaching -nglish and I really loved learning -nglish from him. *nd he !as very passionate a#o t his 1o#, teaching, and he !as

act ally en1oying it, and I co ld tell he !as en1oying it. >e had good teaching s(ills. >e enco raged and nearly coerced, yo (no!, contri# tion from the st dents. *nd yo co ld act ally #e ; ite s re sitting in his class that !hen yo give ans!ers, ho! silly they might so nd, yo !o ld never #e la ghed at or anything. "o yo !ere feeling ; ite free to have a conversational disc ssion !ith the teacher or other st dents in the class. *nd !hat !as also ; ite special a#o t him !as that he had good sense of h mo r, m ch so m ch so that yo only remem#er his 1o(es !hen act ally yo have the test paper in front of yo and yo loo( at all the ; estions and yo co ldn/t remem#er the ans!ers # t his 1o(es onlyM Thank you. And did other students also like this teacher? %h yes. Yep. Most of the st dents 1 st loved this teacher. >e !as very pop lar. &o e#e been talkin! about teachin!. Id like to ask you some (uestions about teachin! and education. )hat are the (ualities of a !ood teacher? I sho ld say a good teacher is one !ho al!ays is !ell prepared for the class. *nd I g ess if the person has a good sense of h mo r that !o ld help #eca se, yo (no!, #oring, ah, session, no#ody !o ld sit in the class, yo (no!, ho rs after ho rs. And hat differences in teachin! styles ha#e you e4perienced ith different teachers? "ome teachers can #e very (no!ledgea#le. I co ld tell that the person had a lot of (no!ledge and e4perience and everything. B t the person 1 st didn/t have the s(ills to convey all that to the st dents. *nd so the rendering !as really #oring and every#ody !as 1 st falling asleep, !hereas some teachers they (ne! ho! to pass that do!n to the teachers someho! and the session !as completely en1oya#le. &hould teachers use discipline in the classroom? 3oming from !here I, m, am, I thin( yes, teachers sho ld discipline st dents. In Iorea, st dents !o ld respect the teachers. My m m/s generation !as more so, and my m m had to say one day, she tho ght teachers don/t eat, don/t go to the toilet, they are demi,Gods and !o ldn/t even step on the shado! of the teacher, #eca se yo respect the teacher so m ch. B t I don/t thin( same (ind of respect is here and st dents sometimes mis#ehave d ring class ho rs and I 1 st find it hard to nderstand. 8here is not eno gh respect for the teachers and also for the learning itself. And can students learn from computers? I g ess yes and no. I see my children, they/re sitting in front of the comp ter sometimes !riting their essays and getting information thro gh the net. In that case, I g ess comps can #e ed cational and helpf l. B t sometimes I see my son sitting in front of the comp ter ho rs after ho rs doing yo (no!, video games. I don/t thin( in that case comp ters are ed cational or healthy. Can you describe the education system in your home country? In some !ays it is ; ite similar to the * stralian ed cation system. 8he only difference I can tell straighta!ay is that Iindergarten is not part of the primary school ed cation in Iorea !hereas here, !e start from (indergarten. *nd three years !e call it 1 nior high. *nd then three years high school, and then fo r years, normally fo r years, !e call it niversity ed cation, tertiary ed cation. "o I don/t thin( there is #ig difference #et!een t!o systems. )hen should children start formal schoolin!? @ormal schooling, I g ess it starts in * stralia from the age of five !hereas in Iorea, from si4F I don/t (no!, sometimes !hen I see little I st dents loo(ing a little #it tired, ma(es me !onder !hether they/re a #it too yo ng to #e starting schooling at that age. B t, I really have no idea. $as education chan!ed since your parents day? 0ou kno , in the last t enty-fi#e years? I thin( it/s changed a lot, altho gh I can/t say that I nderstand !hat ed cation !as li(e !hen my m m and dad, !hen they !ere in school. B t definitely, !ell I/m tal(ing a#o t the Iorean sit ation, in Iorea, yo have to st dy many many more s #1ects than yo r father or yo r mother !o ld have, yo (no!, in the past. *nd yo se li(e different e; ipment, li(e comp ter and

things, all these a dio,vis al teaching material. I g ess in that !ay ed cation has changed a lot. 'k thank you. That is the end of the speakin! test.