Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

5. Do you think it is more difficult for adults to learn a foreign language than
for
children?
Yes, I think so. I believe that kids have the ability to remember new things faster. It doesn't mean

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adults can't learn, but it gets more challenging the older you get. In addition, if you learn a language
from a very young age, your pronunciation will be a lot better. When we get older, it is difficult to
assimilate (= learn and understand) things quickly, because our minds think in a different way. I
think that when we are older, we want to translate everything, every word. When we don't
understand one little word in the sentence, we focus on it, and we stop thinking about the meaning
of the whole sentence. Adults like to control every detail. Grown-ups are not as flexible and relaxed
as children.
6. How do you communicate with people from other countries?
I must admit I haven't met so many foreigners in my life, but I used English to communicate with
my foreign teacher at university. She was from Canada, and we always used English in and outside
the classroom. Very few foreigners speak enough Chinese to handle a complete conversation in
Mandarin. In addition, English is the international language, and if I met people from Japan or the
Philippines, we would also most probably converse in English.
7. What do you find especially difficult when learning English?
I find it hard to write in an elegant way. When I write, it's challenging to organize my sentences
together. In addition, the grammar is sometimes quite complex, especially with the tenses and
prepositions. It's so hard to remember when I should use "of" or "by", "for" or "to". Like for example,
you say "I want to go TO Beijing" but you can't say "I want to go TO there." These small things
make English complicated.