hello happy birthday thanks Jessica I know we told you guys when we recorded weeks ago
like ooh today's my birthday but because we record in advance today's actually but it's
actually your birthday that may be confusing but the timeline checks out don't worry guys
um Aubry what is if you could do anything today for your birthday what would it be
probably go to a movie I really love just being in a dark theater when it's cold and popcorn oh I'm
gonna I think I'm gonna make that happen I'm going to a movie tonight awesome awesome um well guys we
have an awesome speaking part three strategy for you today um these three steps these three keys
will help you answer any part three question weird ones tough ones easy ones whatever this strategy
works so before we give you the strategy with examples I want to give you some context I want to
explain how I thought of this in the first place so I was making a class for a group of awesome
Turkish girls last week Aubry can you tell us a little bit about that because you and I both get
to teach for this program yes it's this amazing non-profit called be the voice of girls that we've
been teaching with for a couple of years now it is the best group of girls they're young they're
teenagers but so bright so intelligent all of their comments and questions and thoughts I'm
just so impressed I think they're Leaps and Bounds ahead of where I was at their age especially in a
second language here they're speaking English it's not even their first language I'm so impressed by
them it's the most amazing program and we're so lucky to get to teach those 8th grade girls
um and so anyway the topic of last week's lesson that I had to create was digital art and I'm like
I how how am I gonna create an hour-long class with like the traditional like role plays and
the structure that we normally use I'm like that's not going to work for this topic how am I gonna
how am I gonna do this so I started simply I just was like digital art definition
that's where I started and I made a slide and then I went from there and then I thought okay
now let's go one level deeper what can I teach them about these things what are some examples
you know some general examples um what can they talk about and then one level deeper how do I
connect with it how do I find specific vocabulary and stuff to talk about related to this so that
was my process for coming up with a class and I was nervous but it went really well and then
I thought hey that three-step process would work for IELTS speaking part three yes it's such a good
idea because you do get on speaking part three questions that when you first hear them you you
might be very unfamiliar you might just sort of really have no idea what to say and if you have
this three-step process then you have somewhere to start something to say for any question
however weird it is totally so we'll give you an example as it relates to digital art because we've
mentioned that I looked it up um and then we're gonna give you two more examples with uh different
part three questions to show you to demonstrate how to use this strategy so let's get into this
what if you're asked about digital art um start with the definition a very simple definition out
loud right you're defining it for yourself and the examiner it serves as an introduction right
and it gives you time to think so Aubry what is the definition of digital art yeah this is Art
made using computers software or other electronic devices so I love this just to Define it out loud
because what if you're a little fuzzy on it and you sort of Define it out loud and realize oh
actually maybe it's not just narrate your thoughts right oh yeah actually it's not exactly that it's
more you know what we create with computers and software as you're sort of nailing down
the definition that all is showing your fluency that you can narrate your thinking process yes
and um I think as we talk out loud it uh it we discovered things while we talk you know like
as as soon as I saw the definition I was like okay that is so simple like why was I why was
I making this more complicated than it had to be because I didn't start just like making slides and
boom boom boom and then I was like this isn't this isn't working it doesn't make sense and
I had to go back to the drawing board as they say so start with a simple definition and then
just say anything you know connected to that what does that definition make you think of right start
coming up with examples so I think the number one thing that might come to mind the first thing is
photographs with filters I count that as digital art that stuff people do every day I know I would
probably mention Photoshop because we've started just as a joke with friends we'll like Photoshop
a funny image or our face on something else right however you relate to it personally so
it's going to be the easiest way to talk about it yeah exactly exactly just remember there's
no wrong answer anything you think of um okay and then this is I guess optional but I think
you guys should try to go one level deeper and really connect it to something specific something
personal right so what I did before the class and during the class and this actually helped me
create the the lesson structure was thinking of the new Spider-Man movies Spider-Man Across the
Universe across the spider-verse Aubry have you seen this I haven't I know I admitted to Jessica
my kids love it they they are actually going today to see it again in the theater because
they're obsessed but I haven't even seen the first one I gotta see it you have to go with them I
would 100 see it again like right now as soon as I finished I would have watched it again immediately
um but it was just like such a happy coincidence that James and I went to see this
um like right after or no right before I made this lesson because like it put it
into context for me so that's what I would talk about on speaking part three I would talk about
all the digital art and the different art styles in that movie as well as the music um that counts
as digital art right so anyway I won't go on about the new Spider-Man movie just to say it's the most
stunning movie I've ever seen and everyone should watch it nice I have just had a chance I told
you about this Jessica I watched there's a movie coming out in November called wish and they they
were doing like a focus group to get feedback and the art is not finished it's like 30 animated so
it was so cool to watch it at all the different stages where some of it's just storyboards and
drawing and some of it was finished and it was really neat to see that process so for me if
I had this part three question because I haven't seen the spider verse movie I need to I would talk
about that right anyway you can make it personal to share any experience you have with that topic
that's how you go a little deeper all right so let's test out this strategy all right now guys we
haven't planned this all right we are looking at two brand new part three questions and we're gonna
see in real time if this strategy works all right so um I'll try it out first Aubry can you ask me
the first question yeah here we go why are some sports fans so passionate hmm foreign I suppose
let's see how would I Define passionate first of all I would Define passionate as something that
um we use a lot of our energy for and our reactions to the thing good or bad are
extreme either can make us very very ecstatic or can make us super depressed that's how I
think of passionate so that good question why do people become passionate about sports
I think um I think they had to be raised on this like this was a part of their like family culture
I have a hard time believing that if anybody just discovered some Sport and a sports team
in that and like as an adult that they would be passionate um I think they have to be raised in
the culture of this team and also probably play the sport that helps so I think those two things
create passionate sports fans nice excellent job I can really see how this scratch this strategy
would help if you get a question about this with the word passionate anything where you're sort of
if you you're just taking a second to think what exactly does passionate mean I'm gonna
say this out loud okay so passionate means right extreme excitement fervor heightened emotions and
then go from there into you know who would be passionate about sports how do we get that way
all right I'm ready I didn't I didn't go the level deeper into the personal example though but I
think my answer was long enough already yeah right because that's the thing these answers aren't
going to be about a minute so you might have a chance if you define it quickly share something
and to go into that personal example but of course it's not like you have to use all three steps if
you've shared enough details all right awesome so last question Aubry how do people in your country
feel about protecting historic buildings wow protecting that's interesting I Define that as
preserving saving keeping it from being destroyed so when it comes to historical building historic
buildings that might need to be saved from being destroyed I'm imagining those that are already
um in disrepair that are already crumbling and in general I feel like most people are
okay with those being raised and replaced with something else but every now and then we do
get someone who is a little more extreme about wanting to preserve that history and then they
they do they'll they'll get really passionate about protecting them that was so good and it
occurred to me while you were talking because I heard so much great vocab and I thought like
how does this strategy encourage that amazing vocab because it encourages you to paraphrase and
because when we're defining and then going a level deeper into that definition connecting it to the
topic that is literally forcing us to paraphrase right say an idea in a different way Define so
um part of your vocabulary score guys on IELTS is showing your ability to paraphrase like black and
white that's what it says in the descriptors and so this strategy accomplishes that um awesome I am
excited about our students using this strategy and I want to point out it really felt to me
because I do not have a personal example I would have had to make something up about either caring
about a historic building or knowing someone who does I can't think of an example right but I had
plenty to say just defining what does that mean to preserve or protect some kind of building and
then the people who potentially might care whereas if I weren't using this strategy and didn't have
those first two steps this would definitely be a question where I might kind of just be like I
don't know I don't really know anything about that yeah exactly yeah I think these were really good
um questions to to give as examples because they would stump a lot of people
um all right guys find this on YouTube episode 1295 on IELTS energy TV
leave a comment guys on the video and try to use today's strategy to answer one of
today's questions or just leave us a review for the new Spider-Man movie there you go I
want to hear it convince me convince me to go see it yes exactly leave a persuasive comment
all right awesome Aubrey thanks for chatting today awesome see you next time bye [Music]