Hi my name is Dan Ruelle from British Council.
Can you tell me your full name please?
My name is Tran Khanh Vy.
In this first part, I’d like to ask you some questions about yourself.
Let’s talk about indoor activities. Do you like indoor activities?
I guess each one has its own perks, but I’ll lean towards indoor activities.
As I think indoor activities have a comparative advantage of not being at the mercy of the weather.
You don’t have to skip the games due to some bad weather conditions while still playing indoors.
Now I’m going to give you a topic and I'd like you to talk about it for one to two minutes
before you talk you have one minute to think about what you're going to say and you can make some notes if you need
I’d like you to describe an enjoyable day out in the countryside that you had
Well today I’m gonna tell you about an interesting one-day trip that I had in the countryside
So last weekend I and my friend decided to take a 100 kilometer trip to thanh my commune which is the suburb of their capital of Hanoi
in order to let our hair down and go exploring some Vietnamese traditional village
Particularly Chuong non la village
So you know Chuong non la village is acclaimed for its special product “non la” or what we call Asian hat farmers’ hat, Vietnamese hat
And in addition to that it also acquires a reputation for you know tasty dishes
So yes first up we had a chance to have a crack at making non la and it came to us that the process involved an eclectic mix of steps
And we really need to be meticulous and patient to make a proper non la
It was pretty demanding but we managed to make a four Non La at the end
And after that we decided to try some local cuisine
And we tucked into a you know home-cooked food by the locals which we really fell in love with
Especially the fried chicken that is cooked by, that is made to the Vietnamese traditional recipe
And yes in general we got a kick out of these cultural activities
As it did broaden our experience and understanding about the country life
And yes that experience was a blast
In part 3 I'm going to ask you some questions related to the topic we talked about in part 2
What advantages does living in the countryside have compared to living in the city?
I believe that living and the countryside has two major benefits when compared to living in the city
There are a number one benefit is that you know the country is less polluted because it's traffic-free
so there's hardly any toxic emissions from the vehicles like in a city
And the second highlight is that you know living in the countryside
offers people a feeling of peace and tranquility as we are closer to the nature
Some breathtaking landscapes in contrast to skyscrapers
Or you know traffic congestion scenes like in the city
Thank you very much. That’s the end of the speaking test
Thank you
Welcome back
I’m back. Finally here.
And how was it?
It was weird
I would never imagine that I would be in this position now on IELTS on the go
Because I’d often be the one like you here asking
how's your feelings, how do you do, and yeah so
You know how are the questions were they challenging
A little bit demanding at first but as you said the tensions will ease gradually
So I experienced that
I’m sure the examiner will agree with me that your performance was amazing
So let’s have a look at the comments from our IELTS expert
I cannot wait
What do you think of Khanh Vy’s performance?
Yeah, I was really impressed I mean my list of comments is it's two pages which says something
So her fluency is great she has a good speed
She doesn't stop and interrupt too much
I really like her range of discourse markers to kind of connect her ideas
And particularly she's really good at killing time while she's thinking
So instead of saying um um she's using all these little phrases which is a really really nice thing to do
Vocabulary long long list. She said: "Let my hair down", “Had a crack at making a hat”
So really nice natural idioms there
Pronunciation clear sounds blending sounds are fine. She used some good intonation
The only comment I'd have about pronunciation
Is her sentence stress where we stressed the key words
I think maybe she could emphasize those a little bit more. It’s a little bit not flat but I think maybe she could kind of go up and down a little bit more
But really that's I'm nitpicking here that's the only thing I have to say
I think she's fabulous
You know I love whatever she does and I love the energy that she brings to everything that she does
I think it's a great thing to watch
Yeah, I was blown away I thought it was fantastic
Thank you so much for your constructive criticism that might be really helpful for me in the actual test
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