Name: IELTS Speaking Band 9.0 Mock Test with Feedback
Uploaded: 2024-07-01T06:41:55.000Z
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Modal verbs - A2

So, hello, can you tell me your name, please?

My name is 주명, 주명남, and my English name is Jude.

Okay, so as you know, the IELTS test has, the speaking test has three different sections.

So the first section is just some like questions about yourself.

The second part, you will get a prompt, and you will get one minute to prepare your response.

You can speak for up to two minutes, okay?

If you go over two minutes, I will have to stop you.

Okay, and then part three is kind of just some general questions, okay?

When was the last time you had a few days off?

Oh, I'm already taking many days off as I graduated my grad school a few weeks ago.

And the last time actually I took a day off while I was working is, was, I think it was about two years ago.

And it was before I quit the job, and I had to use all, use up all my vacations.

So what do you usually do when you have days off?

Oh, I try to make an appointment with many social groups as much as possible.

And I just generally enjoy going to, going to events, conferences, like parties or any, any events that involve social activities.

And would you usually spend your days off with your parents or with your friends?

I would prefer to spend my time with my friends more than my parents because I'm already living with my parents.

And I think spending time with my friends is more valuable as it's, is less accessible to me.

And what would you like to do if you had a day off tomorrow, which you said you're taking some days off, so...

Oh, I'm basically asking me what I would do tomorrow is,

I'm attending a networking event for, related to my major that I graduated in a few weeks ago.

It's called FinTech, financial technology.

It is basically finance with, with the elements of IT technologies.

So you are going to a financial technology conference tomorrow.

So you will need to prepare something about an important decision that you made.

You will have one minute to prepare your response starting now.

Okay, your one minute of prep time is up.

You will have two minutes to describe an important decision that you made.

So, before I was, I am here right now, I was in a school in the United States.

I was, I actually got accepted to a university in California.

And the reason I was there is because I, I had to, well, obviously I had to apply for, for universities.

And I could have gone to Korean universities, but I chose U.S.

university over Korean university because, because at that time I wasn't sure if I wanted to go, wanted to take a, you know, a step out of Korea.

And then suddenly it came to my mind that I, I really want to experience something new other than what I've already experienced.

And it actually changed my personality because back then I was more of a, more reserved and

The fact that I just, when I see someone that I'm not used to, it just made me feel uncomfortable.

And I'm just, I was more of an indoor person and just thought, oh, maybe I should, you know, challenge myself and try to take a leap of faith.

And it was, it's, it was, it was not a good, I mean, not, not an easy decision.

And I, I like to think this decision to go abroad was probably the best decision in my life.

So we're going to continue with some questions about decision-making now.

So do you think that children sometimes need to make important decisions?

And also, no, it, it, I think it depends on the, the, how serious the issue is.

I think children definitely need to make, definitely have to develop a skill for decision making.

And I think it can be very important in the future for them.

And then, but it also has a, it follows, also follows some risk element.

That is that if the decision that they're making is about to be like risky in a way that they can, they, it can affect their future and their, their life in general.

And that, then, then I think they should get some help with their decision-making.

But then in the future, they will also have to be, have to be responsible for themselves.

And that, in order to get, be responsible and have some kind of skill in decision-making, they should definitely try out in some part of their life.

And what important decisions do teenagers need to make after graduation?

Then they will first, well, in Korea, the, well, there's not much of a choice because they're going to university anyway.

But I also think some, there should be some option that there are other, something else than going to university.

Or they can start working right away, or they can try traveling abroad and see the new things that they've never seen before.

And who can children turn to for help when making a decision?

Well, their parents or their guardians, or possibly their, their teachers, maybe high school teachers or mentors in general, who have better experience, more, far more experience than they are.

And do you think advertisements can influence our decisions when shopping?

It affects, advertising involves some part of sales and marketing, which is designed to affect the buyer's mentality and which will make them want to do this or not want to do this.

And especially for children, it will affect bigger than the adults.

And do you think the influence of advertising is good?

Some people think, some people don't like the fact that they are being, they feel like they're being like hypnotized or brainwashed, but I don't think it is that serious of an issue.

And in general, advertisements can be a good source of information.

And it is basically giving the, them opportunity to advertise themselves,

And I think it's a good thing that the, the corporates or any organizations can have opportunity to advertise that what they are selling or their, the products.

How do people usually make an important decision?

I think it's, there are two ways people can make decisions.

Is that when the first one is using, well, thinking with intuition.