Dưới đây là bài mẫu cho chủ đề Foreign languages trong IELTS Speaking Part 2 & 3 do cô Thu Hà của The IELTS Workshop HN gợi ý. Cùng tham khảo một vài cách diễn đạt ghi điểm trong phần thi IELTS Speaking nhé.
Part 2: Describe an impressive English lesson you had and enjoyed
Describe an impressive English lesson you had and enjoyed
You should say:
What it was about
When you had it
What the teacher did
And why you enjoyed the lesson
Dưới đây là bài mẫu cho topic “Describe an impressive English lesson you had and enjoyed“.
1. Bài mẫu (Sample Answer)
2. Từ vựng (Vocabulary Highlight)
- (be) held spellbound: focus completely on something that you cannot think about anything else
- ESL: English as a Second Language (teaching English to speakers of other languages who live in a country where English is an official or important language)
- EAL: English as an Additional Language (teaching English in schools to children whose first language is not English)
- And so on and so forth (phrase) = and many more
- Eagerness (n) the state of wanting to do or have something very much, especially something interesting or enjoyable
- Gripping (adj): Something that is gripping is so interesting or exciting that it holds your attention completely
Part 3: Foreign languages
Bên cạnh Part 2, bạn hãy tham khảo thêm Part 3 cho chủ đề này nhé
1. Why do people learn foreign languages?
2. What makes a good foreign language teacher?
3. Do you think grammar is important when learning foreign languages?
4. Is it interesting to be foreign language teacher? Why?
1. Why do people learn foreign languages?
There are a wide variety of reasons why foreign languages are learnt. I guess it is because people are generally seeking for the unknown. They aspire to immerse themselves in a new culture and what is a better way to do so than taking up the language of that very culture? Erm, well, some may also pursue their perennial dream of working overseas and you know if they are not a proficient user of the language in such a nation, I don’t believe they will climb the ladder as they wish. The last reason that springs to my mind now is that, especially for students who wish to study abroad, some educational institutions take IELTS or SAT or TOEFL (for English), HSK for Chinese, N1 N2 something for Japanese, and so on, as an admission requirement. So if students do not meet that, there will be no chance for them to be granted admission in the first place.
- Aspire to V / Aspire to something: to want something very much or hope to achieve something or be successful
- A perennial dream: a dream one have had for a long time
- To climb the ladder (expression): to become more successful at work, to get promoted to a higher position
2. What makes a good foreign language teacher?
Well, as an English and French learner, I firmly believe that pedagogy methodologies make a good foreign language teacher. If the teacher is well-trained enough, they would be able to deliver the language items efficiently. What I mean by “efficiently” is that they present those items slowly and clearly so as not to scare the students away. I was taught by some French teachers in the past that, you know, they turned French into some kind of nightmare for me. You know how complicated all the verb conjugation is in French.
- Pedagogy methodologies (phrase): teaching methods
3. Do you think grammar is important when learning foreign languages?
I do believe so, especially when grammar is the key factor that distinguishes the foreign language from the learner’ mother tongue. Just take Vietnamese learners for example. In Vietnamese, we just have three tenses. You say “I eat an ice cream”, for instance. You wanna make it happen in the past, in the future, or right now? There’s nothing to it! You just need to add a sheer simple word in each situation, applied in literally any sentence you can think of. However, the story is different in English, which has 13 tenses, and each tense has different forms and special cases. So, if a Vietnamese learner does not comprehend the difference English grammar makes, it would be super duper challenging for them to carry on learning. The same is true for other languages, that’s my guess.
4. Is it interesting to be foreign language teacher? Why?
Haha, that’s a hard yes for me. I guess it boils down to personal preference. I’m a language enthusiast, anything about the English language can arouse my curiosity. And I just can’t help aspiring to make my students feel the same. And the journey of me doing so is different when I encounter different individuals. And I just enjoy it so much.
- It boils down to something: If a situation or problem boils down to something, that is the main reason for it
- To arouse one’s curiosity: to make one curious about something and want to know more about it
Bài mẫu bởi cô Thu Hà – Giáo viên The IELTS Workshop HN
Trên đây là bài mẫu bạn có thể tham khảo cho chủ đề Foreign languages trong IELTS Speaking Part 2 và Part 3.
Nếu bạn đang gặp khó khăn trong xây dựng câu trả lời cho phần thi IELTS Speaking Part 3, hãy tham khảo ngay phương pháp học tại khóa Senior của The IELTS Workshop.
