IELTS Speaking Test Band 8 | Mock Test | Bangladeshi Student 🇧🇩 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Good afternoon. My name is Brick. Could
2. 0:03you tell me your full name, please?
3. 0:06>> My full name is MD Hussein, but you can
4. 0:08call me Immran.
5. 0:10>> Thank you, Imran. Now, in this first
6. 0:14part of the test, I will ask you some
7. 0:17questions about yourself. So, where are
8. 0:20you from?
9. 0:23Basically, I was born in Bangladesh, but
10. 0:25I moved here in Australia for my higher
11. 0:27education purposes. And currently I'm
12. 0:30doing my bachelor in cyber security. So
13. 0:33right now I'm in Melbourne, Australia.
14. 0:36>> Okay. And what do you like most about
15. 0:39your hometown?
16. 0:41>> There are so many things that I am
17. 0:43really into in my hometown especially I
18. 0:45love the education system especially all
19. 0:47the colorful buildings and the people as
20. 0:50well. People in my hometown they are so
21. 0:52hospitable, kind, humble and I love
22. 0:55seeing every now and then whenever I
23. 0:57wake up in the morning talk with them,
24. 0:59hang out with them. I really enjoy those
25. 1:01moment.
26. 1:02>> Okay.
27. 1:03>> Besides, there are some playgrounds that
28. 1:05I am really into.
29. 1:07>> Okay. Okay. And has your hometown
30. 1:09changed over the years?
31. 1:13>> Well, let me think because I moved here
32. 1:15a couple of years ago. I think yes it
33. 1:17has changed a lot if I compare to the
34. 1:19previous days because roads were not
35. 1:22that much well constructed. However, now
36. 1:25there are so many roads are connected to
37. 1:27my hometown which is making people's
38. 1:29life much more easier for commuting one
39. 1:32place to another place.
40. 1:34>> Okay. And would you recommend your
41. 1:37hometown to others?
42. 1:41>> Obviously yes. I would recommend foreign
43. 1:43people especially who are coming from
44. 1:45different countries uh to recommend them
45. 1:47to visit my hometown as there are so
46. 1:49many opportunities so many activities
47. 1:51they can do especially in the park there
48. 1:53are so many gymnasiums equipments
49. 1:55installed by the government so they can
50. 1:57do different sort of activity they can
51. 1:59have a look the beautiful nature in my
52. 2:01hometown which would actually you know
53. 2:03attract them a lot to come every now and
54. 2:05then so I would definitely recommend
55. 2:07those people who want to get the real
56. 2:09vibe of rural area to visit my hometown
57. 2:12phone and have a look. Enjoy.
58. 2:14>> Okay. Now, let's talk about
59. 2:16accommodation.
60. 2:18Do you live in a house or an apartment?
61. 2:23>> To to be spoken, I used to live in a
62. 2:25flat where there there were a couple of
63. 2:28rooms in my flat. I had to actually
64. 2:30share with my friends. However, right
65. 2:32now I'm actually living in a townhouse.
66. 2:34It has got nine rooms. I'm a bachelor,
67. 2:37so I have got my own private room. So it
68. 2:40was like twostory building previously
69. 2:42but nowadays as I told you like I'm
70. 2:44living in a townhouse so it's like a
71. 2:47great place. There's a backyard, front
72. 2:49yard for doing different sort of
73. 2:51activity in the weekend.
74. 2:54>> Okay. And what do you like most about
75. 2:56your home?
76. 2:58>> Uh let me think. I think I am a big fan
77. 3:02of my home especially my room. no
78. 3:04bedroom because I decorated this bedroom
79. 3:08in a classy way like putting all of my
80. 3:10stuffs uh in a right place so that I can
81. 3:13actually get those sort of things
82. 3:14whenever it needed. So I'm feeling
83. 3:18comfortable because the room is spacious
84. 3:20and so comfy for me. I feel like okay
85. 3:22I'm chilling in my room you know but
86. 3:24whenever I'm in others room I feel like
87. 3:28hesitate to touch different sort of
88. 3:29equipment. So I'm feeling uncomfortable
89. 3:32in this this particular room. I think my
90. 3:34bedroom is like comfortable zone for me.
91. 3:36>> Okay. Now let's uh talk about a
92. 3:39different topic. Uh what do you do for
93. 3:42work or study?
94. 3:46Currently I'm a student as I told you
95. 3:48shortly before I'm doing I'm doing ICT I
96. 3:51mean it majoring in cyber security
97. 3:53besided as Australian government they're
98. 3:55allowing student to do part-time job.
99. 3:57I'm doing different sort of part-time
100. 3:59job so that I can support myself.
101. 4:01>> Okay. And what are you doing for your
102. 4:04part-time job?
103. 4:07>> Well, sometimes I actually deliver food
104. 4:09which is called Uber Eats. So, I'm a
105. 4:12driver in their application. So, I
106. 4:14basically I have to actually pick up the
107. 4:16order. I have to deliver this order to
108. 4:18the correct customer with the safety of
109. 4:21the food so that they can actually eat
110. 4:22and they can give me some tips as well.
111. 4:24So, I'm enjoying it because Australia is
112. 4:26beautiful. There are some picturesque
113. 4:28places. Whenever I'm driving car, it
114. 4:30seems like I'm going on an adventure. So
115. 4:31I'm really enjoying.
116. 4:34>> Okay. Now in this next part of the test
117. 4:37I'm going to give you a topic and I
118. 4:40would like you to speak about this topic
119. 4:42for one to two minutes but before that
120. 4:47you will have one minute to prepare for
121. 4:50your talk and you may take notes if you
122. 4:53wish. Do you understand?
123. 4:56>> Yes sir.
124. 4:57>> Thank [snorts] you. I will now share the
125. 5:00topic.
126. 5:02Okay, your one minute starts now.
127. 5:08Okay, your 1 minute is now over and you
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142. 5:47description. Now, let's get back to the
143. 5:49video. All right, so basically, I'm a
144. 5:51travel freak person. So I love
145. 5:53traveling, adventuring different sort of
146. 5:55places because it allows me to
147. 5:57understand different places, nature,
148. 5:59different people, their tradition, their
149. 6:02culture. So the last time I went on a
150. 6:04vacation, it was in great ocean road. It
151. 6:07is amazing and I think that was the best
152. 6:10holiday I have ever actually took in my
153. 6:12entire life. So I can vividly remember
154. 6:14that as soon as I actually finished my
155. 6:16semester, it was like couple of months
156. 6:17ago I decided to actually go on a road
157. 6:20trip and I actually took couple of my
158. 6:22friends Nahid, Kurim and then Hassan. So
159. 6:26three of my friends they actually got in
160. 6:28my car and then we started our journey
161. 6:30in the very early morning. So while we I
162. 6:33was the person who was actually driving
163. 6:34the car. So I went on on that particular
164. 6:38you know destination great ocean maybe
165. 6:40around 50 minutes earlier because in the
166. 6:43morning there was no car no traffic
167. 6:45nothing. So when we actually arrived
168. 6:47that particular place for our holiday it
169. 6:49was spectacular view because I know my
170. 6:52people especially my friends they are
171. 6:54amazing they have got like outgoing
172. 6:56personality and some of my friends they
173. 6:58have got you know sense of humor. So we
174. 7:00started singing song enjoying that
175. 7:02moment and then we took off our all the
176. 7:04shirts and everything and then we jump
177. 7:06into the ro into into the ocean. We swim
178. 7:09a lot. We enjoy that particular moment.
179. 7:11So when the sun was about to set we
180. 7:13started eating barbecue. Some of my
181. 7:16friends they were collecting different
182. 7:18sort of coal so that we can you know
183. 7:19burn it. We can make a fire and then
184. 7:21start um you know eating those amazing
185. 7:24barbecue with flavor taste. So I must
186. 7:27say that my friends are smart cookie
187. 7:30because they are so talented. They're
188. 7:31having amazing um you know amazing plan
189. 7:34in their life that they are trying to
190. 7:36actually achieve it and they are trying
191. 7:37to make their life better. So I do have
192. 7:40personal I mean some of my friends they
193. 7:43have like outgoing personality as I told
194. 7:45you they are so sociable. So that's why
195. 7:46I love engage myself with them.
196. 7:50>> That's okay.
197. 7:51>> Okay. Thank you. Now let us move on and
198. 7:54talk about holidays in more detail. How
199. 7:58important is it for people to take uh
200. 8:01holiday from work or study?
201. 8:05Personally speaking, this is so crucial
202. 8:08in people's life when they are actually
203. 8:10taking holidays because it refreshes
204. 8:12their mind after studying a lot and then
205. 8:15just they want to actually get get rid
206. 8:16of the hustle and bustle city or the
207. 8:19crowd moment. they want to get some sort
208. 8:21of refresh refreshment. So I think
209. 8:23holiday is indispensable
210. 8:25time for those people to spend
211. 8:28qualityful time with their beloved one.
212. 8:30So this is really crucial for their
213. 8:31life.
214. 8:33>> Okay. And do you think holidays are more
215. 8:36important for younger people or older
216. 8:39people?
217. 8:41>> To be honest, this is important for
218. 8:43everyone, younger people and older
219. 8:45people as well. Because younger people
220. 8:47we love to explore different tradition,
221. 8:49different culture, different places. So
222. 8:51that's why after doing a lot of hard
223. 8:52work then if we get holiday it will
224. 8:55definitely give us some sort of amazing
225. 8:57you know qualiful moments so that we can
226. 8:59understand what is the meaning of life.
227. 9:01It also important for older people
228. 9:03because as they're getting old sometimes
229. 9:05they stay alone maybe don't they don't
230. 9:07actually get their vow people
231. 9:09surrounding them but if they actually go
232. 9:11for a holiday they would get together
233. 9:13they would share different sort of
234. 9:15amazing experience in their life and
235. 9:17that particular moment would be the best
236. 9:19for elderly people with the younger
237. 9:22people younger people may actually get a
238. 9:23lot of things to know from them I think
239. 9:25it's important for both of them
240. 9:28>> okay and how do holidays today differ
241. 9:32from holidays in the past?
242. 9:36>> Well, as I told you, I was born in 2020.
243. 9:38I mean 2002. So, you can consider me as
244. 9:41Zenzi. So, I've been actually watching a
245. 9:44lot of videos in different sort of
246. 9:45platforms that people are going holidays
247. 9:47especially they love to heal track and
248. 9:49they love to do different sort of things
249. 9:50and they share those sort of things into
250. 9:52social media platform. I think I heard
251. 9:54couple of things from my parents from my
252. 9:57grandpa. They used to tell us like
253. 9:59previously like in 19th century that
254. 10:01time they just uh took a day off and get
255. 10:05together in their room. I mean in a
256. 10:07house or maybe sometimes go just beside
257. 10:10the the place where is near to their
258. 10:12house and they just stay together they
259. 10:14talk they sang song. I mean all people
260. 10:18they were get together to eat something
261. 10:20to do different sort of activity. But
262. 10:22nowadays as we have got transportation
263. 10:24all the you know access access sort of
264. 10:27things we can actually go anywhere we
265. 10:29want. So it's definitely different
266. 10:30because we are chasing different places.
267. 10:33>> Yeah. And what are the benefits and
268. 10:36drawbacks of taking holidays in your own
269. 10:40country versus going abroad?
270. 10:44>> Well I reckon there are some advantages
271. 10:47and disadvantages of taking holidays.
272. 10:49Especially if I talk about my country
273. 10:51Bangladesh which is a beautiful country
274. 10:52obviously there are some amazing places
275. 10:54where people can actually go for their
276. 10:56um holiday to spend their vacation. So
277. 10:59there are advantages uh like people they
278. 11:02would relieve you know they would able
279. 11:04to actually get a time when they can
280. 11:06breathe properly uh they can refresh
281. 11:08them themselves then they can also get
282. 11:11the energy so they can actually continue
283. 11:13and focus on their work but I think
284. 11:16there are some disadvantages as well as
285. 11:18roads are not well constructed in our
286. 11:20country so it may actually take longer
287. 11:22time it may costly sometimes they face
288. 11:24different sort of problem in the roads
289. 11:26however if they actually take a holiday
290. 11:29to go abroad especially um if I talk
291. 11:31about Nepal which is beautiful if I talk
292. 11:33about u you know Thailand which is
293. 11:36amazing in terms of ocean so it would
294. 11:39definitely cost a lot of money for them
295. 11:41maybe it's not for everyone's cup of tea
296. 11:43maybe only certain amount of people they
297. 11:45can actually able to do this but at the
298. 11:48end if you actually make it happen then
299. 11:49that would be amazing experience in the
300. 11:51life I guess
301. 11:53>> okay and do you think technology has
302. 11:57changed the way people plan and enjoy
303. 11:59their holidays.
304. 12:02>> Absolutely. Yes. It is taking important
305. 12:05role in our daily life to actually take
306. 12:07holidays because if I talk about '90s
307. 12:10time in that particular duration as
308. 12:12internet was not that much you know
309. 12:13active or accessible for everyone. So
310. 12:16people didn't able to actually see the
311. 12:18whole world. But in terms of like the
312. 12:20revolution of new like technology AI
313. 12:22everything is making our life so easy to
314. 12:24see what is happening in Nepal. What are
315. 12:27the amazing places in Australia? Where
316. 12:29can we actually go for our uh holiday
317. 12:32our honeymoon you know for enjoying our
318. 12:34honeymoon especially as I'm an adult so
319. 12:36I recently got married so nowadays I'm
320. 12:39actually searching a lot in different
321. 12:41sort of thank you very much different
322. 12:42sort of platforms so that I can actually
323. 12:43get the proper place where I can enjoy
324. 12:45my honeymoon time with my wife in a
325. 12:47different way. So I think technology is
326. 12:50playing the crucial role here which is
327. 12:52making our life much more easier to go
328. 12:54anywhere we want and we can see the
329. 12:57preview in YouTube and different other
330. 12:58sort of platform as well. We can read
331. 13:00some blogs articles which can actually
332. 13:02give us all the information about that
333. 13:04particular area.
334. 13:06>> Okay, thank you. We've now come to the
335. 13:09end of this test. So I will now stop the
336. 13:12recording.
337. 13:14Right, feedback time. So we will start
338. 13:16with talking about the candidate's
339. 13:18strengths uh his weaknesses and what he
340. 13:21can do to improve. So overall the
341. 13:24candidate did absolutely brilliantly. As
342. 13:28you can tell his English was um very
343. 13:31natural. He was very confident. But
344. 13:34let's go through the notes that I made.
345. 13:36So for part one um he answered all the
346. 13:40questions very well. uh he his
347. 13:43pronunciation as you can tell very
348. 13:45natural as we mentioned there was no
349. 13:48sign of the L1 accent which is where
350. 13:51your home accents transfers over to the
351. 13:54English language he sounded like a
352. 13:56native um yeah and now when it comes to
353. 14:00his grammar again very good use of uh
354. 14:03grammar he had a wide range vocabulary
355. 14:06he again had a wide range of vocabulary
356. 14:09however there was uh one or two times
357. 14:13where he used um uh idiomatic language
358. 14:18which is good. However, it can become a
359. 14:20problem if you use it incorrectly. So
360. 14:24there were I think there were two
361. 14:25occasions. One occasion specifically is
362. 14:28where the candidate in part one said uh
363. 14:32to be spoken and then gave his answer
364. 14:34when the correct um idiomatic term would
365. 14:37have been to be honest. Okay. So to be
366. 14:40honest with you or to be frank okay not
367. 14:43to be spoken. Okay. So this is something
368. 14:46that we normally add at the start of our
369. 14:49um sentence and we often use it when we
370. 14:51are giving our opinion. So for example
371. 14:54to be honest with you my favorite
372. 14:56subject is English. Okay. So this
373. 14:59candidate said to be spoken uh which is
374. 15:02incorrect. Now that alone is not the end
375. 15:05of the world. Another idiom. Um, yeah,
376. 15:07it's not a big problem if you do it
377. 15:09once, okay? But I'm just letting you
378. 15:11know of the errors that you made. Um,
379. 15:14and you know what you can do to improve.
380. 15:16So, first of all, the correct idiom
381. 15:18would have been uh to be honest or to be
382. 15:21frank. Um, yeah, and just use that um at
383. 15:24the start when you are sharing your
384. 15:26opinion. Try not to do it too much.
385. 15:28Speaking of idioms, there were there was
386. 15:30another idiom which you almost used it
387. 15:34correctly. Uh, you kind of did again
388. 15:38almost, but you just used it like it was
389. 15:40a bit unnatural and that was uh I think
390. 15:42you were talking about your friend when
391. 15:44you said he's a smart cookie. Um Um, you
392. 15:47used it correctly, but it was just the
393. 15:49wrong context. Okay, we wouldn't
394. 15:51normally say this in the middle of a
395. 15:53story. You would normally say he's a
396. 15:55smart cookie when giving somebody praise
397. 15:58for an exam or something, for example.
398. 16:00Okay. Uh, so again, this is me being
399. 16:03very specific, me being very meticulous.
400. 16:06It's not a big deal that you use this
401. 16:09idiom slightly incorrectly, okay? I'm
402. 16:13just letting you know um on things that
403. 16:15you could improve on. Now, in part
404. 16:17three, okay, you did use another idiom.
405. 16:20So, as you can tell now, you uh used
406. 16:23idioms quite frequently, which is good.
407. 16:25Now in part three you used an idiom and
408. 16:28this time you used it correctly very
409. 16:30naturally. It came across um very
410. 16:33eloquently as well and the idiom here
411. 16:35that you used was h it's not everyone's
412. 16:38cup of tea meaning not everyone likes
413. 16:40it. Okay so for example I might like
414. 16:43playing football. Um but I might say to
415. 16:46you it's not everyone's cup of tea
416. 16:48meaning not everyone likes it. Okay. So
417. 16:51you did use this idiom here and you used
418. 16:53it brilliantly. Okay. Now, other notes
419. 16:56that I made were um so in terms of your
420. 16:58strengths was your pronunciation as we
421. 17:01mentioned um and specifically uh your
422. 17:05intonation. Okay. And this showed more
423. 17:08in part two. It showed in part two more
424. 17:11than any other part when you were
425. 17:12telling your story. Uh and you were
426. 17:15saying, you know, we all took off our
427. 17:17shirts. We enjoyed the moment when you
428. 17:19were talking about the beach. Um, and
429. 17:21then again in part two, you used
430. 17:24excellent intonation and you said, "We
431. 17:26all had coal. We burnt it. We had a
432. 17:29barbecue." And you had that rhythm.
433. 17:32Okay? And that really shows your
434. 17:34enthusiasm and it shows that you having
435. 17:36a good time. So in the English language,
436. 17:39you can um hear somebody's happiness or
437. 17:42sadness through uh their voice. So even
438. 17:46though the words mean one thing, if you
439. 17:48add intonation um it makes it easier to
440. 17:51understand. So well done on your
441. 17:53intonation um your fluency and coherence
442. 17:56again it it was good. Not really like um
443. 17:59many things I can tell you to improve in
444. 18:01that overall absolutely amazing. Uh now
445. 18:04what can you do to improve? Honestly,
446. 18:07you are at that stage now where you can
447. 18:10just uh speak to native English speakers
448. 18:12and have full conversations with them
449. 18:14and just speaking to them will expose
450. 18:17you to the English language a lot more
451. 18:20and also just speaking to them uh will
452. 18:23allow you to develop your English. Most
453. 18:25people if they are at an earlier stage
454. 18:28in their English learning uh phase I
455. 18:30tell them to speak English but with
456. 18:33other people who are practicing. Okay.
457. 18:35But if in your case, I think you are
458. 18:37perfectly fine to uh practice your
459. 18:39English speaking with other native
460. 18:41speakers. Uh yeah, and if you would like
461. 18:44to uh book your own speaking test with
462. 18:46myself, you can do by clicking the link
463. 18:48in the description. Don't forget to
464. 18:50check out my courses and I will see you
465. 18:52in the next video. Bye-bye.