IELTS Speaking P.2 Topic: a challenging thing you have done.

[Maybo]

This is a practice text for the speaking part of the IELTS exam. Please correct it and make it colloquial.

Topic:

Describe a challenging thing you have done. You should say:(Source)

• when you did it
• why you did it
• how you handled this challenge

and explain why you thought it was challenging.

My response:
I sat for an IELTS exam eight years ago and I think it was challenging, especially for the speaking part. The reason I took the exam was that I was applying to a university. The prgramme I applied for requires a band seven.

Like I say, the most challenging part was speaking. In the second part of the speaking exam, I needed to come up with a two-minute speech within one minute. I don't really know how people can perform well in that part because sometimes, they just don't have a related experience to the topic they're going to talk about. Take me. I received a topic relating to road trip but I'd never been on one, so I just made up a story. However, since all of the details were fabricated, they just sounded unplausible. I don't know if that affected my scores, but at that time I didn't even know what I was talking about and I started to lose track of the time.

Fortunately, the examiner was nice. He sensed that I wanted to wrap up but it wasn't the time yet, so he mouthed to me, "Keep talking". In the end, at least I completed the task. I believe the organisation of my speech was loose and messy but I guess many people are the same because it's really hard to keep thinking logically and coherently while speaking.

 

[emsr2d2]

I sat for an IELTS exam eight years ago and I think it was challenging, especially for the speaking part. The reason I took the exam was that I was applying to a the university . The programme I had applied for required a band seven IELTS.

Like I say, As I said, the most challenging part was speaking the speaking/oral section. In the second part of the speaking exam it, I needed had to come up with a two-minute speech within with just one minute's preparation. I don't really know how people can perform well in that part because sometimes, if they just don't have a related any experience or knowledge to of the topic they're going to talk about given. Take me, for example. I received was given a topic relating to a road trip but I'd never been on one, so I just made up a story. However, since all of the details were fabricated, they just sounded unplausible implausible. I don't know if that affected my scores, but at that time I didn't even know what I was talking about and I started to lose track of the time.

Fortunately, the examiner was nice. He sensed that I wanted to wrap up but it wasn't the time yet, so he mouthed to me, "Keep talking". In the end, at least I completed the task. I believe the organisation of my speech was loose and messy but I guess many people are have the same problem because it's really hard to keep thinking logically and coherently while speaking a second language.

 

[Tarheel]

@Maybo Say:

He said to me, "Keep talking."

Don't use, "He mouthed to me."

 

[Maybo]

@Maybo Say:

He said to me, "Keep talking."

Don't use, "He mouthed to me."

He didn’t utter sound because the test was voice-recording.

 

[Tarheel]

He didn’t utter sound because the test was voice-recording.

That was unclear. OK.