IELTS Speaking Test #6
Good afternoon. Can I have your full name, please?
Hasan Can Yuksel.
All right, and can I see your passport, please?
Yeah, sure.
Thank you. That's fine. Uh, now, in the first part of the test, I'd like to ask you some questions about yourself. Um, let's talk about what you do. Are you a student, or do you have a job?
Yeah, I am a student. I'm a student in English class.
And why did you decide to study English?
Er, before, because I want to study in Masters, at Masters program, er, that's why I have to study English and I have to get a IELTS score. That's why I study English.
OK. Is it an interesting subject to study?
Yeah. It's, er, IT, my study, er ...
Your Masters?
Yeah, my Masters, yeah.
Oh, OK. And why did you decide to study IT?
Er, because I like technology and, er, you know IT is, er, related about
information and management people. That's why.
OK. Um, now let's go on to the topic of reading magazines. Um, what kinds of
magazines are popular in your country?
Er, gossip, er, magazines popular in my country actually and, er, and also those
post magazine.
OK. So why do some people prefer to read magazines rather
than books?
Because magazines, er, has a hot topic and eh, eh, er, that's the people
interested in this gossip or sports program." That's why the people prefer to
magazines.
OK. And can you learn from magazines?
Candidate: Uh, sorry?
Can you learn from magazines?
Candidate: No, I ... I prefer to newspaper to read.
Why's that? Why is that? Why do you prefer to read
newspapers?
Er, because, er, my first degree is economy. I have to, er, learn to economy
news and that's why and I don't interest gossip and sport activities.
So, do you often read magazines?
No.
OK.
No I don't read often.
OK. Um, now I'd like to talk to you, um, about
drinks.
Yeah.
What are some of the most popular drinks in your
country?
In my country is mopular, eh, most popular drinks is special Turkish drinks is
alcohol, eh, it's, er, we call draku. It's, er, has, er, high level of alcohol
inside.
Uh-huh, OK.
And beer,
also.
Right. Are there any drinks that people
have at special times?
Um, yes, birthdays or some
celebrates, er, New Year celebrates, people prefer to drink.
Mm. Right. OK. Um, are there any hot drinks that
you like?
Yeah, we, er, drink a tea but hot. Er, we prefer to hot tea, not iced tea and
coffee as well.
Mm. OK. And, um, what do you think are the healthiest
drinks? What do you think are the healthiest drinks?
Er, I like healthiest drinks, especially milk, um, yeah, er, yeah, just milk I
think.
OK. All right. Well, now we have the second part of the
Speaking Test. I'm going to give you a card about a topic, and I'd like you to
talk about it for one to two minutes. Before you start, you can have one minute
to think about what you are going to say, and if you want to, you can make some
notes.
Mm hm.
Do you understand?
Yeah, I understand.
All right. So here's some paper and a pencil for making
notes, and here's your topic.
Thank you.
Describe a house or an apartment you have lived in and which you liked.
You should say:
- when you lived there
- how it looked inside
- what kind of area it was in
And explain why you like living there.
I'd like you to describe a house or an apartment you have
lived in and which you liked.
Er, I wanna ...
All right, so remember, you can talk for one to two
minutes, and I'll tell you when the time is up. Right? Can you start speaking
now, please?
OK. I will describe my, er, apartments in my
country. Eh, it's, ah, ooh, my apartments has a, er, eight level, eight floor,
and we lived in, er, seventh floor, and I like, I like it because this
apartments has, er, a lot of, er, er, some, er, we have a swimming pool and
tennis courts, er, it has a lots of facility, er, for, er, social life and, er,
I used to, er, I used to both of them. And, um, we, er, our apartments is, er,
in Istanbul in Turkey, and, er, it's, er, it has a, er, our home flat, er, has,
er, three rooms and, er, has a huge, really huge kitchen and my mum actually,
er, like it, like the huge kitchen and, um, it's, er, very close to our shop and
we can go by walking. It's, er, and, er, this is, er, this house, this
apartments, er, a little, er, suburb, little far to centre in Istanbul, but I
like it, it's not crowded. Our area's so quiet and the people is, er, elite
people and, er, our neighbours also is, er, kind peoples and we talking to
neighbours, er, always and, er, we visit each other forgot my neigh ... our
neighbours and, er, we have a good relation in our apartments.
So, is your home similar to most other places in
the area?
Er, little different, not similar, little
different, a little, er, high quality than the others.
And has that area changed since you first lived
there?
Yeah, it's changed because, er, this, er, building,
this apartments, er, built, er, several years ago, maybe, er, seven years ago,
and after the finished this apartments, it's changed, this area is changed.
All
right, thank you. You've been talking, um, about a house or an apartment you
have lived in, and now I want to discuss a few more general questions connected
to this. Um, firstly, let's look at finding a place to live. Um, how do people
usually find a place to live in your country?
Er, the
people, er, find a quiet place to live in my country because the centre is so
crowded and so noisy. The people prefer to quiet place.
And
what other factors do you think determine where people choose to live?
Others, er, I think main factor is, er, their jobs, the people's jobs because
it's, er, really big problem in the, er, metropol cities, er, the traffic you
know, lots of cars and crowded. You must go early every time and this is other
factor for choose their apartments.
Right. All right, and can you compare for me, say, in Istanbul, um, living, what
it's like to live in an apartment compared to living in a house?
Ah yeah. Er, my apartment has, I like my apartments, but, er, I, er, wants to
live, er, er, good view, has a good view apartments and maybe he, er, I ... when
I look at the window I can see a ocean or river or like this or lake.
But,
generally, what are the differences between living in an apartment and living in
a house, say, in a city like Istanbul?
Ah, it's too
different, it's too different. Er, in Istanbul the people generally live in the
apartment, but if you live in the houses, er, you have, er, not good
relationships for their neighbours. Because it's different in Turkey. Er, if you
live apartment you can get easily, er, a friend and yeah it's advantage for make
a good relationships.
OK. Um, let's now look at, um, home ownership. Um, do most people rent their homes or own their homes where you're from?
In Turkey, eh, most people, eh, buy a home, not rent because this, er, our home
prices is not, er, high. Is quite cheap, and you can get easily a home.
OK.
Because the people prefer to buy, buying a home.
Right. So, what do you think the difference would be? What are the different
attitudes between someone who's renting a home and someone who owns their own
home? What's their attitude towards that home? Do you think there's a difference
between a renter and an owner?
Yes, er, there are lots of
advantage or disadvantage, er, the rent or owner and if you rent a house, you
can, eh, you must, er, moving, eh, you can be moved other places and always you
must be ready to move, yes. But if you own the house, the, er, one disadvantages
own the house, you can, you live, always you live the same place and you never
change in your tirement, and all the same, all the people the same.
Right.
But if you're a renter you can change and you can
get new friends, you can see a new place.
Right. Right, well let's now look at, um, residential areas. Um, why do you
think it is that some areas, some residential areas, are more pleasant to live
in than others?
More?
More
pleasant to live in.
Er, because the er, residence,
residential areas, is er, uh er, it's not, er, really it's not in Turkey, it's
not, er, maybe it's, er, for, er, develop, developed countries, it's not, er,
for developing countries, 'cause it's different. Um, actually we have no, er, we
have no one centre, and we have no residence areas. All this you can go and see,
you can stay.
Right, but I guess is one area nicer than another area?
Yeah.
So
what makes that area nicer?
Ah nicer, er. It's yeah, it's,
if it's near the centre, it's in, er, if it's, er, you can, er, get easily, er,
transport, transportation, it's, er, and you can go everywhere. It's the centre
like, um, it's the people prefer the like the safe areas.
So,
convenience?
Yeah, convenience.
Right, OK. Well, thank you very much. That's the end of the Speaking Test.
Yeah, thank you.