What Might People Have to Consider When Making These Decisions?

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Interlocutor: Here are some things that people often have to make decisions about and a question for you to discuss. In the middle is this, what might people have to consider when making these decisions? The options include choosing a university, starting a family, moving to another country, getting married and finding a job. You then have two minutes to talk to your fellow candidate about what people might have to consider in each of these situations. Remember what language is for achieving things and completing tasks? It's also really important that it be included in the exam as part of how students learn English.

How do we know when someone's English is good? Is it just about having a "British accent", knowing lots of big words, or speaking with no errors? In fact, there is a lot more to it than that. IELTS can show us how someone's level of English is assessed by looking at a wide range of skills and sub-skills and there is a lot more to it than making no errors while speaking with a "British accent". This episode should help you consider your own level of English level, get some perspective on what language competence really means, and hopefully cause people to think twice when making snap judgements about other people's English.

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