Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

1. How important is life-long learning?
It's extremely important to keep on learning. There is always something new to learn, and people
shouldn't stop being curious. Even elderly people should keep on reading in order to exercise their
brain and remain healthy. If someone stops learning, it means that he or she is doing the same things
day after day, and this routine life must be somewhat boring.
American President Harry Truman said that "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
Learning should be a life-long process.
2. To what extent are people of different ages better at learning different things?
I think that in general, the younger we are, the faster we learn. This is true of languages, music and
games. It seems like our memory and our ability to react quickly enables us to learn faster. However,
when we get to a more mature age, we might be more capable of analyzing things and understanding
the reason why certain things happen. We usually say that older people are wiser. They are definitely
more experienced, and this means they can compare what they learn with different situations they
have gone through before. In addition, grown-ups are also better at concentrating on things, while
children have shorter attention spans. As a result, adults don't often make the same mistake twice,

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because they are in general more careful. Plus, one thing older people can learn more easily is how
to behave in society. When we get older, we are less naive, and we can learn about how to interact
with people. Young people are often too shy to speak their mind, for example.
3. Is the ability to learn a gift of nature or the result of hard work?
The ability to learn is definitely a gift of nature, because everyone has this ability. Everyone has the
potential to learn a second language, or to understand a book, but people also have different talents
that come into consideration. Some students will understand math much faster than others, but it
doesn't mean the slower students can't learn at all. They just need more time. A gifted but lazy
student won't probably be as successful as the common hard-working kid.