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Describe a subject you did not like when you were at school but now you find interesting. v.1

Describe a subject you did not like when you were at school but now you find interesting. v. 1
Describe a subject you did not like when you were at school but now you find interesting. You should say: what subject it was how much time you spent to learn it why you did not like it in school and explain why you find this subject interesting now. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer 1: Is learning the ‘history’ of the world important? The answer is “yes”. Then again, I used to always ask myself during my school years if remembering the facts about some dead people, who were only too busy in killing others at every opportunity, was worth the efforts and time. And I have asked the same questions again and again from my 6th grade to 10th grade keeping myself busy to learn the “history” of the world, only to find out that “History” subject wasn’t exactly “my cup of tea”. In fact, “History” was the most boring subject for me during my school years. There, I just said it! The main reason, for which I didn’t exactly enjoy studying it, was because it involved a lot of memorization of some random dates while learning about some Christopher Columbus “discovering” the continent of North America, even though the native Americans/red Indians were living there already, didn’t exactly make much sense to me. Besides, learning how “Genghis Khan” killed millions to expand his empire wasn’t exactly something I was interested to learn during my school years. On top of that, the history class wasn’t really interactive with very little or no opportunity for active participation, which made it even more boring and tiring. Finally, the subject seemed to be really difficult for me as I never really got a good grade in it even after trying my best. As a result, I did not study it much. While some of my classmates, who grew an affection to this subject, were up to reading "history" from many different sources, I invested a little time reading anything related to history outside my syllabus. However, as I am older now and beginning to learn about the world in an objective manner, I feel like learning history is imperative. In fact, the very reasons, for which I used to dislike “History” as a subject, seem to be rather interesting to me now. Learning history can be engaging, compelling and intriguing because, without it, we just won’t be able to learn our past in order to create a future that we would prefer. Learning history can be really fascinating as it helps us understand our world at present as the culmination of many, many events in the past. Besides, learning history can be really interesting as it acts as a storehouse of data and information on how people and societies behave. Finally, our world has gone through many fascinating changes in the past, and we don’t understand why those changes took place, it will be just mighty difficult for us to predict any event that is supposed to happen in the future. However, history also teaches us that we humans don’t exactly learn from history. What an irony!
Describe
a
subject
you did not like when you were at
school
but
now
you find
interesting
. You should say: what
subject
it was how much time you spent to
learn
it why you did not like it in
school
and
explain
why you find this
subject
interesting
now
. [You will
have to
talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
think
about what you are going to say. You can
make
some
notes to
help
you if you wish.
]
 
Model Answer 1: Is
learning
the
‘history’
of the
world
important
? The answer is “yes”. Then again, I
used
to always ask myself during my
school
years if remembering the facts about
some
dead
people
, who were
only
too busy in killing others at every opportunity, was worth the efforts and time. And I have asked the same questions again and again from my 6th grade to 10th grade keeping myself busy to
learn
the
“history”
of the
world
,
only
to find out that
“History”
subject
wasn’t
exactly
“my cup of tea”. In fact,
“History”
was the most boring
subject
for me during my
school
years. There, I
just
said it!

The main reason, for which I didn’t
exactly
enjoy studying it, was
because
it involved
a lot of
memorization of
some
random dates while
learning
about
some
Christopher Columbus “discovering” the continent of North America,
even though
the native Americans/
red Indians
were living there already, didn’t
exactly
make
much sense to me.
Besides
,
learning
how “Genghis Khan” killed millions to expand his empire wasn’t
exactly
something I
was interested
to
learn
during my
school
years.
On top of that
, the
history
class
wasn’t
really
interactive with
very
little
or no opportunity for active participation, which made it even more boring and tiring.
Finally
, the
subject
seemed to be
really
difficult for me as I never
really
got
a
good
grade in it even after trying my best.

As a result
, I did not study it much. While
some
of my classmates, who grew an affection to this
subject
, were up to reading
"
history
"
from
many
different
sources, I invested a
little
time reading anything related to
history
outside my syllabus.

However
, as I am older
now
and beginning to
learn
about the
world
in an objective manner
, I feel like
learning
history
is imperative. In fact, the
very
reasons, for which I
used
to dislike
“History”
as a
subject
, seem to be
rather
interesting
to me
now
.
Learning
history
can be engaging, compelling and intriguing
because
, without it, we
just
won’t be able to
learn
our past in order to create a future that we would prefer.

Learning
history
can be
really
fascinating as it
helps
us understand our
world
at present as the culmination of
many
,
many
events
in the past.
Besides
,
learning
history
can be
really
interesting
as it acts as a storehouse of data and information on how
people
and societies behave.
Finally
, our
world
has gone through
many
fascinating
changes
in the past, and we don’t understand why those
changes
took place, it will be
just
mighty difficult for us to predict any
event
that
is supposed
to happen in the future.
However
,
history
also
teaches us that we humans don’t
exactly
learn
from
history
. What an irony!
12Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
62Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
8Mistakes
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IELTS speaking Describe a subject you did not like when you were at school but now you find interesting. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
5 paragraphs
551 words
6.0
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    Include an introduction and conclusion
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    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.5
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  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 6.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
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    Present relevant ideas
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