Hi My name is Dan Ruelle from British Council.
Can you tell me your full name, please.
My name is Bui Khanh Duong.
Thank you.
In this first part, I’d like to ask you some questions about yourself.
Let’s talk about jobs.
What job do you do?
I’m an online designer at some websites and also a Youtube partner.
What skills do you need for your job?
The necessary skill required for my job is our designing skills such as banner and logo designing, making animations and making videos.
Now I would like to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for 1 to 2 minutes.
Before you talk, you have 1 minute to think about what you’re going to say.
And you can make some notes if you wish.
Do you understand?
I’d like you to describe the job you have done that you liked the most.
2 years ago, I wanted to buy a new cell phone, but I didn’t have enough money and I didn’t want to borrow my parents’ money.
So I looked for an online job and after a few days, I found a graphic designing job.
So I applied for it and did it 3 years ago.
I thought that this job was very creative, I can create many products depend on my imaginations.
I can also improve my designing skill, improve my English and I have a chance to meet a lot of interesting people around the world.
My job mainly involves logo and banner designing, making some animations such as movie, cartoons, and funny videos.
During my 3 years doing my job, I met a lot of customer with strange and weird demand.
But I tried my best, so 90% of them was very satisfied with my product.
I have been doing this job for 2 years and I don’t want to stop.
I tend to continue doing my job at university.
This job can open up relationship network, help me to improve my social skills such as solving problems.
So I love my job and I want to continue my job in the future.
In part 3, I’m going to ask you some questions related to the topic in Part 2.
First of all, let’s talk about motivation.
What motivates people to work?
For most people, the motivation to work is They have to work with the job they like.
For example, I like designing things so I have to work on designing things.
I can not be a speaker.
That’s the one reason.
The next thing is they have to be paid well.
When you are satisfied with your salary, that’s a lot of motivation you can get.
And finally, you have to work in the environment that you like.
For example I like working in other country but they set up I have to work in Vietnam.
So I don’t have any motivation to work.
Thank you very much.
That’s the end of the speaking test.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
How was your test?
I did it pretty well.
I hope that you did pretty well.
And now let’s hear some evaluation from the judge
So Dan, what do you think of Khanh Duong’s performance?
Well first of all, before I talk about his language, I thought he’s a really interesting guy.
And it sounds like he really found his passion in design.
The thing that impressed me most was his grammar.
He’s using a really good range of grammar.
He’s using lots of different structures.
I noticed lots of error-free sentences.
That’s the thing that first struck me.
The other areas I thought, his vocabulary was sufficient.
I was waiting to hear those kind of less common or idiomatic words or phrases but I didn’t hear that many of them.
So I’d probably recommend that he try and focus on his kind of more natural vocabulary.
And pronunciation I thought his sounds were quite clear.
But the intonation which is kind of the melody of English I thought was a little bit flat.
And I think he just needs to happen to be a Red Bull before his exam to be a bit more exciting in his intonation.
How do you feel?
I feel pretty okay right now and not really nervous
So the evaluation is correct, based on your performance, right?
Yes.
So I think now you have identified what you’re missing, but also your potentials and your strengths.
So just continue to make effort and I wish you the best in your real speaking test in IELTS in the future.
That’s it for our talk.
What I love the most about being a host in IELTS On The Go is that I have a lot of chances of hearing different stories
How these students pursue their dreams at the same time, their English.
And I think that’s really a good way to learn English while you have something you find interesting.
If you have any stories about your interests, about your dreams, about how you learn English.
Feel free to share with us, IELTS On The Go of IELTS FACE-OFF, VTV7.
And yes, Off to the studio.
So guys before we go on to tips from Dan, let’s check out this clip where you’ll have a chance to check out this clip.