IELTS Speaking Test - Sample 6
Part 1 - Introduction
- Could you tell me your full name, please?
- My full name is Thuan Thi Tran. I am also called by my English name, which is Tina.
Topic - Visitors:
Q. What would you suggest a visitor should see and do in your country?
A. I am from Vietnam and my country is not only famous for high-end shopping malls, fine dining, and luxury hotels but also it has a vibrant history and diverse ethnic quarters, lovely public places and many tourists attractions. For a visitor, I would suggest Ba Na Hills, Hoi An Ancient Town, Ha Long Bay, Terraced rice fields in Sapa, Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang. Those are already very famous tourist spots in our country and a visitor would definitely enjoy the lovely sights and attractive landscapes there.
If the visitor loves shopping, Vietnam is the place to be.
The rich collection antiques, local products, electronic gadgets and other necessary things make the Vietnam shopping malls hot favorite among visiting tourists. Dining is another great experience a tourist can have from here and the museums and botanical gardens would be exquisite places for any tourists to explore and learn about true Asian traditions and customs.
Q. Are there any traditional arts or music you would recommend?
A. We have comparatively young history and we went through a rapid modernization and due to this genuine art, cultural heritage, and music is not as diverse as it should have been. However, in terms of rich ethnic markup without any doubt, we have the best Western-style performing arts such as opera or ballet as well as plenty of indigenous Hue, Sai Gon, and Ha Noi arts.
Each of the ethnic group here maintains their traditional music, art, and artistic heritage. We have vibrant artist galleries and exhibition works across the country.
Q. Tell me about the kind of foreign visitors or tourists who go to your country.
A. Tourism in Vietnam is very famous and it is indeed a major industry to our economy and GDP. We get more than double tourists each year than our own population. The majority of the tourists who visit Vietnam come from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Australia and India. Other countries from where significant numbers of tourists visit Vietnam each year are the Philippines, Japan, the UK, Thailand and the United States.
The visiting tourists come from different age groups and among them 20-40 years old could be seen more frequently. Some tourists come to enjoy their holidays, some come for shopping and business needs and some of them are adventure seekers and explorer.
Q. In what ways has tourism changed your country?
A. Tourism is one of the most significant contributors to our economy. The number of tourists comes here is much higher than our own population. Because of the substantial growth in tourism in Vietnam, both seasonal and full-time job opportunity has increased. Cross-cultural and intercultural communications have developed and many extensive constructions and infrastructural development have been done by the Government. Because of the tourists from different countries, our own heritage has been greatly enriched and it has become a lively place.
Among the negative impacts, I would say air pollution has increased from all the carbon emissions from planes and land transport. Some loss of authenticity of culture and traditions was obvious.
Part 2 - Cue Card
Topic:
Describe a memorable event in your life.
You should say:
- when the event took place
- where the event took place
- what happened exactly.
[ You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you’re going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]
Model Answer:
Childhood is a time when everything is magical and pleasant. The possibility and dreams are vast and things become happier in childhood. Everybody has childhood memories and among them some are pleasant and some are sad. I have various childhood memories and I would like to talk about my childhood memory related to my first day at school.
I was about 5 years old when my parents got me admitted in a local school. I had a fascination of going to school from 3-4 years as I recall and when my father finally announced that I'll get admitted in the coming January, I felt like being in heaven.
I imagined the school would be a great place and I would have lots of friends and I would study there. On the day, my parents took me to the school that I had seen many times from outside but never entered. After entering the school, I find myself anxious about everything.
I was unsure what to do, who to talk to, what to do when the teachers would ask questions and many such things. After my father submitted some necessary papers and fees to the admission department, they gave me new books, a temporary Identity Card and a syllabus. I started feeling comfortable after I found that some of our neighboring kids were already in this very school and they came and talked to me. This took place in my hometown where I grew up and I had been to this school for the next 4 years.
To my surprise, one of the teachers asked my parents to leave me and told me to attend the classes. I was not at all prepared to join the class but I found I had little choice over that. My parents spent few times and advised me how to behave, how to listen to teachers and many more tips. After my parents abandoned me, I was frightened for few moments and sat at a corner of the class. The teacher asked to come forward and introduce myself. I found I was unable to walk and talk. But in few minutes my hesitation got away and I was talking about myself.
The teacher appreciated me and some of the new classmates came forward and greeted me. I started enjoying the class and teachers and found that I started loving my school. Later on, I got admitted in college, university, and many other places but the memory of the first day at primary school was totally different and I still remember the day evidently.
Part 3 - Two-way discussion.
Q. What kind of things give status to people in your country?
A. Well, education, wealth, money, large house, car, fame, career are some of the things that gives status in our country. There are some other aspects of status in my country like luxury gadgets, political power, expensive dresses and publicity. However the things I mentioned before are most prominent aspects of status in my country. For instance, people with higher education and knowledge naturally get a status that others can’t have. Similarly wealth, cars, houses, branded dresses, and many other things are often considered as part of people’s status in many cases.
It is not unlikely that people with fame and popularity also enjoys a different type of status that mass people can’t have. Jobs in important government sectors can also be a symbol of status in many societies and finally political power, though controversial in some cases, is also a status symbol in my country.
Q. Have things changed since your parents’ time?
A. In terms of people’s status in society things have not changed that much between my father and my generation. The status symbols I mentioned earlier were almost same as they are nowadays. Expensive technological gadgets and new brand names might have been added as part of people’s status symbol; however those could be classified as the materialistic achievement which was also present in my parent’s era.
Q. Do you think advertising influences what people buy?
A. Yes, I think advertisement has a huge impact on people’s purchasing decision. It is quite natural that people would pick a known branded product that purchasing products from brand names they do not know about.
People spend a lot of time in front of their television or computer and they are knowingly and unknowingly being influenced by the advertisements and advertisers. Some advertisements even allure us to purchase products we actually do not need at all.
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