Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

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A Second Language You Would Like to Learn
Tell me about a second language you would like to learn.
You should say:
what language you would like to learn
why you would like to learn it
whether many people study this language in your country
and say whether it would be difficult to learn it.
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Vocabulary
• I learned Japanese as a second foreign langu
age at university. I can convey basic ideas but it would
take me at least 2 more years of studying to become truly proficient (= competent = able to talk).
• In the U.S. I will be fully immersed in an English
-speaking environment. There's no doubt I will
learn fast.

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11 Reading and Writing
Proverb:
A book is like a garden carried in a pocket.
(Chinese proverb:
书中自有黄金屋；书中自有颜如玉
)
= Books hold houses of gold and ladies as fair as jade.
Sample Answer:
An Important Letter You Received
A Postcard You Received
A Book You Have Read
A Story You Have Heard
A Book You Might Like to Write
Practice:
An Important Letter You Received
An Important Letter You Wrote
A Book You Read and Would Like to Read Again
Key Words
• A catalogue is a book or booklet which gives you a list of goods or books for sale,
plus their prices.
• An atlas helps you to find the position of a place or a country anywhere in the world.
• An
encyclopedia is a book (a set of books) dealing with every branch of knowledge in alphabetical
order.
• You can keep a collection of stamps or photographs in an album.
• You look at the calendar to know the date and the month.
• If something goes wrong with your car, you can try to repai
r it yourself with the help of a car
manual.
• if you don't know where to go on holiday, why don't you get a holiday brochure from a
travel
agency?
(Source: Test Your Vocabulary by Peter Watcyn-Jones)

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