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Describe A Course That Impressed You A Lot
Cue card
You should say:
- What the course was about
- Where you took the course
- What you did during the course
- And explain why it impressed you a lot
Sample Answer 1
When I was in my second year of high school, stumbled upon a programming workshop through a post on Xiaohongshu. It wasn’ t something | had planned to do, but the idea of learning to code intrigued me. The workshop was held in a small but cozy co-working space downtown, where students from all over the city gathered. Walking in, I felt a mix of nervousness and excitement-it was like stepping into a different world filled with endless possibilities.
The first session started with the basics, but our instructor wasn’t the usual textbook type. Instead, he turned programming into a game-creating animations, designing simple apps, and even coding a basic chatbot. It was fun yet challenging, and every line of code felt like solving a mini puzzle. I remember spending hours debugging an error with a classmate I just met there. We laughed at how clueless we were, but when it finally worked, we felt like we d conquered the world.
What impressed me most was how practical it all felt.
By the end of the course, I had built a simple budgeting app. It wasn’ t fancy, but it worked! It made me realize that coding wasn’ t just about computers-it was about solving real-life problems. I started seeing everyday tasks differently, wondering if I could improve them through technology.
Looking back, that workshop was more than just a class; it was a turning point. It sparked a passion for creativity and problem-solving I didn’ t know I had. Even now, whenever I write a piece of code, I think about that first project and how it all began.
Sample Answer 2
I took a photography course last month which really impressed me a lot. I have always been interested in photography and I like taking pictures with my smartphone and camera. My brother got me a digital DSLR camera on my birthday this year. He also advised me to take a digital photography course to get started.
Ever since the pandemic, the number of online courses has increased globally. I was able to find many online courses related to digital photography on websites like Skillshare and Udemy. I bought the Photography Masterclass course on Udemy. It had a lot of good reviews and was recommended by many students. This course had over 25 hours of videos and everything was explained thoroughly with a lot of visual and written examples. All the instructors were very knowledgeable and started from the very basics. I learnt about aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, lens and camera workings, F-stop, ISO, etc.
I also learnt to take photographs in different scenarios like landscapes, family portraits, wildlife. It helped me understand the importance of lighting in photography and when to use flash vs natural lighting. In all, it was very comprehensive, easy to follow along with, and made learning very fun. It had activities at the end of every lesson, and I had to put what I had learned into practice. It gave me the confidence to take my camera off auto mode and use manual settings.
I was very impressed with the kind of pictures I was taking by the end of this course. I was also able to edit pictures using the techniques I learnt in this course. Even the photographs I took with my smartphone were better than before. It truly helped me be a better photographer and I will recommend it to anyone who wants to learn photography.
Part 3
Some IELTS Speaking part 2 cue-cards you may like :
1. What do people need to remember in their daily lives?
It really depends, but beyond the obvious stuff like meetings or exams, I think people should prioritize remembering the “small but significant” things. For example, recalling a friend’s favorite coffee order or a neighbor’ s name can go a long way in fostering relationships. In China, remembering the lunar calendar dates for festivals like Mid-Autumn is important, not for the event itself, but for the deeper family connection tied to it.
2. Why do some people have a better memory than others?
The human brain is very complex, and it is very difficult to understand why some people have a better memory than others. Part of the reason can be genetics and some people are just born with better memory. But at the same, I think memory is like a muscle and can be trained. People can use many techniques to train their memories to be better.
3. Which can help people remember things better, words or photos?
Yes, images are far more memorable than words. We are all familiar with saying “a picture speaks a thousand words”. Words are hard to remember because they’re abstract and our brains can’t easily latch onto them. On the other hand, our brains store and recall images much more easily.
4. Can technology help people remember things better? How?
I don’t think that technology helps people remember things better. In fact, relying on technology means we don’t need to remember very much. We can just set reminders on our smartphones for everything and get an alert when it’s time to do it. Also, internet has made information about any topic readily available to us. So we don’t feel the need to remember information that can be easily found through search engines like google.
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