hello and welcome to this practice exam
conducted by British American Resource
Center my name is maroof and I’m your
practice Examiner these exam questions
are designed to simulate the r speaking
test so let’s begin what is your full
name my full name is salsa Bill Hawk at
the beginning of the IELTS test you need
to provide a passport or an ID but as
this is just a practice exam you don’t
need to provide any passport or ID now
in the first part of the test I’m going
to ask you some questions about yourself
do you work or study
actually I’m doing both I’m working
part-time as an instructor in an
educational center and I’m pursuing my
bachelor’s degree what is your study
major
although I’m from a science background
but I felt like I’m better suited for
business so I’m pursuing my bachelor’s
degree in Business my major being
Finance okay okay do you prefer studying
in a group or alone
I prefer studying alone because I feel
like it affects my concentration
whenever I’m studying in a group and
it’s always easier for me to get the job
done on my own other than explaining the
methods to every team member every
second what do you think are the
advantages of studying in a group even
though I prefer studying alone but I
definitely believe there are numerous
advantages of studying in a group for
instance peer learning this has proven
to Be an Effective method of learning
communicating with your peers gaining
Knowledge from them and learning from
them
okay thank you now let’s move on to part
two now in this part I’m going to give
you a topic and I’d like you to talk
about for one or two minutes okay before
you talk you will have one minute to
think about it you can take notes if you
wish
a cue card
and
here’s the paper
and the pencil
okay
you have to describe our time when you
have to solve a problem
okay from now your time starts
remember you have one or two minutes for
this so don’t worry if I stop you I’ll
tell you when the time is up would you
please start now okay so today I would
like to talk about a problem that I face
and had to solve under pressure
uh it was a year ago when I first
started my University we were given a
group project in our marketing course we
were tasked to design a comprehensive
marketing strategy for a local startup
suddenly we faced in significant problem
when one of the team members abruptly
decided to leave the course leaving us
short-handed
every individual was assigned a specific
part of the task so it was very
difficult for us to cope up with that
since we were already behind schedule
so we immediately decided to arrange a
meeting and brainstorm ideas on how to
mitigate the impact of losing a team
member
we redistributed the workload amongst
the remaining members and decided to ask
for an extension of deadline from our
faculty we redistributed the workload
according to the special skills and
strength of every individual on the team
after asking our faculty he was kind
enough to analyze our situation and give
us an extension of one week to submit
our assignment after that we work
relentlessly and diligently
and we open communication channels
worked if it effectively helped each
other throughout the entire process
communicated with each other in every
part of the step
and finally our hard work paid off we
were able to complete the assignment on
time and after that we were also asked
to present our ideas in front of the
University faculties due to our report
being extraordinary
so what I learned from this experience
was the importance of adaptability good
communication skills and teamwork
and I also learned the fact that having
an obstacle doesn’t necessarily always
mean an issue it could also be a way for
people to show how resourceful they can
be okay thank you may I have the pencil
on the paper please
okay now I’m going to ask you some
follow-up questions
do you think the problem could have been
prevented
not really I don’t think the problem
could have been prevented because the
faculty decided the team member for each
group and it was not possible for us to
understand the intention of an
individual just by getting to know them
okay and how would you handle a similar
problem if it happens again in the
future well first of all I would start
by analyzing the group members and
making sure every individual is equally
involved in the project as me and after
that if the problem still arises then I
would solve it the way I did a year ago
now move on to part three and I’m going
to ask you several questions what are
some common problems that people face in
their daily lives
be Financial issues
someone in every part of the world
World there are relationship issues
conflicts amongst partners and
disagreements between parents and
children
health issues and time management issues
it can be overwhelming for some people
to balance between work and social life
and how do people usually go about
solving these problems well the
relationship issues could be solved by
communicating properly with each other
and being more vocal about their
problems
the health issues can be prevented by
being more conscious about one’s health
and about the time management issues
people can always create a schedule that
they can tightly follow is it important
to involve others in problem solving
I believe it is required to involve
others in problem solving in certain
situations for instance if you’re too
involved emotionally with a certain
project and you need a practical
overview that’s when you can involve
someone else and you can also involve
others in problem solving when you have
too much workload and too much stress
and you need to reduce some of it
can technology help people solve
problems more effectively and how
definitely technology can help people
solve problems more effectively
technology facilitates communication the
communication gaps are reduced in our
generation due to the help of
Technologies and they always provide us
information whenever and wherever we
need it and they also do proper data
analysis which help individuals to carry
out their projects forward
what are some potential downsides of
relying too heavily on technology to
solve problems
well no one should be dependent on
anything or anyone entirely at all
so the same goes for technology as well
Technologies are not able to do some
things on their own such as they cannot
solve situations that are in related to
emotions so a person can face a problem
that they are emotionally involved with
and Technology won’t be able to give a
proper answer for that
okay so in your opinion what skills are
necessary for Effective problem solving
I believe it depends on the type of
problem that we are solving however in
general there are certain skills that an
individual should have for every problem
solving for instance critical and
creative thinking the ability to analyze
a situation before solving it and
thinking outside the box after that good
communication skills are very important
nowadays so it is very important to
happen
adaptability and flexibility to be able
to adapt to any situation and be
flexible about solving them and lastly
time management skills it is very
important to manage the time when it
comes to solving a problem
this is the end of the speaking test
thank you very much for joining us thank
you