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hi this is Keith from IELTS speaking

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success and I'm so excited because this

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is the first ever podcast now would you

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like to see IELTS as a headache or as

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something fun and exciting if it's fun

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and exciting

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kiss me many people get a bit confused

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about IELTS they just see it as a test a

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way to see if you're good enough for

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something like getting into university

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in a foreign country

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and of course they're right this is what

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tests have always been right

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and so we see IELTS as a test some

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people see it as a test full of traps

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trying to trick them and ask for IELTS

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speaking some people well they tell me I

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lack confidence in speaking I always

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hesitate

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I'm always translating I have no ideas

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or I know the word but it just doesn't

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come to mind when I need it I even had

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one students say I've never spoken to a

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foreigner before I assumed I was the

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first

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and so IELTS is a struggle or a headache

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it's something to get out of the way as

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soon as possible but what if we look at

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it differently do you remember when you

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were younger and you had your first

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bicycle and you remember when you first

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got a flat tire you had a hole or a

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puncture in the tire what did you do

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probably you had to fix it and it's a

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headache

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but actually it was also an opportunity

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an opportunity because you've learned

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how to fix it and next time it happened

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you knew what to do so what if we saw

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IELTS as an opportunity an opportunity

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to learn to communicate clearly and

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speak with confidence an opportunity to

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develop skills that will serve you the

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rest of your life skills like

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communication critical thinking

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self-evaluation discipline and much much

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more

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it's a simple change to make but with a

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very big effect I believe that the way

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we look at things changes our experience

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of it right if you think about stress

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what do you see

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stress if you think about anger you're

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gonna see anger if you think about

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growth and excitement what will you see

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growth and excitement so how do you see

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IELTS at the moment and how is that

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working out for you are you happy

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if you want to change you can give it a

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go why not try it right now

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comm see you there

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