IELTS SPEAKING TOPIC PART 1 - LETTERS
Recently the topic about “LETTERS” also known as SNAIL MAIL or SMAIL has been coming out on IELTS Speaking exam. We have answered the common questions about it using our own technique. Study how we develop our answers, get ideas, and practice on your own. Feel free to use our material!
Do you write letters?
To be honest, not much. Snail mails have been outdated because of the existence of electronic mails so I have shifted to sending emails. I only write letters when it has something to do with my job.
Vocabulary & Expression:
Snail mail [noun] - letter sends by post
Outdated [adj.] - old-fashioned
shift [verb] - change
Which do you prefer to write letters by hand or to use a computer?
Well, it’s no-brainer to choose between the two. I prefer the latter since it’s much more convenient, knowing that I can make my writing more stylish by using some classy or casual fonts, not to mention making my sentences free from grammatical mistakes. Thanks to the auto-correct built-in application in MS Word or in emails.
Vocabulary and Expression:
No brainer [noun] - not complicated
(The) latter [adj.] - the second choice
Font [noun] - typeface of a certain style and size
Not to mention [phrase] - used to introduce another point
What do you usually write about?
Since I work in the Human Resource Department, my emails are usually about invitation for a job interview, responses to job inquiry, requirements needed for newly-hired workers, things like those. Also, I still write letters to my loved ones who live miles away from me during important occasions such as birthdays, Christmas, or wedding, just wishing them to have a prosperous life.
Tip 1: Relate the question to your work as it is easy for you to answer the question, like that in sentence one.
Tip 2: Instead of using ‘live very far from me’, you can use ‘live miles away from me’. The first expression is just too plain and it doesn’t give positive impact on the criterion, Lexical Resource.
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How do you feel whenever you receive a letter?
Receiving letters such as congratulatory, love letter, or just wishing me good luck is really heartwarming. I dunno but the feeling is inexplicable, I feel that I’m really valued by the person who sends it to me. And I always appreciate their best effort in writing letters to me.
Vocabulary & Expression:
Congratulatory [adj.] - sending good wishes or praises for the achievement or success done
Heartwarming [adj.] - emotionally rewarding
Inexplicable [adj.] - cannot be explained
Do you think handwritten letters will still exist in the future?
I’m confident to say yes, for me, handwritten letters are a form of art. The handwriting of a person expresses emotion more than the font style in electronic mails. Each stroke of a person’s handwriting tells a story, much more if it’s a love letter. The world may be more advanced in the years to come more than now, but, the advancement of technology will never make this special kind of art vanish.
Vocabulary and Expression:
Stroke [noun] - a mark made by writing
Vanish [verb] - disappear
Tip: Instead of plainly saying, ‘in the future’, use ‘in the years to come’, it sounds better.
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