IELTS Speaking part 2: Describe a party

1. Describe a time that you invited family or friends to have dinner at home or in a restaurant
2. Describe a party you attended before


One of the parties that I enjoyed a lot was the time when I invited my friends to my home for a small Christmas party last year.

Since I was living on my own, we decided to hold the party at my place. Each person would bring one dishes to the party and a small gift to play Secret Santa. Our group has five people, so we have five different foods which all tasted amazing. During the meal, we talked a lot about things that happened recently in our life. We also planned to have a group trip together sometimes in the future. After finishing the dinner, together we cleaned up the house. Here came the funniest part of the night when we played Secret Santa. I wrote down names of all five of us in a piece of paper, then we took turn to withdraw to see whose gifts we would receive. And we had to open the gifts in front of everybody; some of the gifts were very embarrassing but we had so much fun together.

Because we all work full time, it is rare for us to be together like this so often; thus I highly appreciated these moments. After the party, I and my friends all agreed to make it an annual event for our group.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a historical building

1. Describe a historical building
2. Describe an important plant in your country
3. Describe a place you wanted to travel
4. Describe an interesting part of your country

There are many interesting places that I want to visit in my country. One of them is the Hue Imperial Citadel.

Hue Imperial Citadel locates in Hue, a central city of Vietnam. It used to be the capital of Vietnam during the feudal society for many years. Now it has become one of the most important historical buildings in Vietnam. It is a huge complex with three circles of ramparts: Kinh Thanh Hue (Hue Capital Citadel), Hoang Thanh (Royal Citadel) and Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Citadel). The Citadel is a great combination of man-made design and natural environment. Within this walls, people can experience solemnity without losing the tranquility of nature. Standing over 200 years and consisting of more than 100 fascinating architectural works almost remained unchanged, the place represents a rich cultural beauty that everyone should visit to get a deeper understanding of the tradition and classical side of Vietnam.

As a Vietnamese, I feel proud seeing such a wonderful construction since it was accomplished by thousands of worker effort and skill. It is a timeless evidence of how good Vietnamese people were years ago.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a good news

1. Describe a piece of good news you heard
2. Describe a good law in your country
3. Describe a piece of good news you heard ( from TV or internet)
Today I am going to share with you a piece of good news I heard/ a good law in my country, that is the enforcement of movie ratings law in Vietnam. I first knew about this rule via an article on the internet a year ago. From January 1st, 2017, all movies released in theatres in Vietnam will be classified under 4 categories: General audiences, Audiences from 13 and above, Audiences from 16 and above, and Audiences from 18 and above. Before this, movies shown in Vietnam were only divided into 2 categories: General audiences and No audiences under 16 years old. I think this law is necessary since nowadays, there are many cases reported that children are negatively affected by the movies they watched such as underage drinking, violence or sexual abuse. Besides helping minimize negative impacts on little kids, this law also helps assist parents in the decision making process regarding which movie is suitable for their children. As far as I know, this rule has been introduced in many developed countries like the European countries, US, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Thailand, etc. thus it’s such a progressive action of Vietnam Government to protect Vietnamese young generations.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a friend

1. Describe a person who has interesting ideas or opinions
2. Describe an intelligent person you know
3. Describe a person you know who helps to protect the environment
4. Describe someone you would like to study or work with

I would like to talk about one of my friends who is very smart; her name is Phuong. She studied in the same high school class with me. Phuong is a fun person to be around with since she always comes up with many interesting ideas. She is also a person who constantly supports environment protection acts. One of her greatest opinions was to convince our teacher to take our class to My Khe beach for camping and while we were there, we could also help clean up the garbage on the beach. In recent years, the beach has been flooded with tourists, thus the beach is always full of litters disposed by them. With the help of our teacher, our class went on the trip as suggested by Phuong. Although we were able to be there for only 3 days, we had such a great time bonding with each other. At the same time, we also did help clean up part of the beach. To our surprise, our action that day somehow raised awareness for people on the beach; some even joined us to pick up the garbage. After the trip’s success, our class all agreed to have such trip every year and we still continued to keep this tradition until now. Thanks to Phuong’s idea, our trip was more meaningful. I felt so lucky to know and study with her.

(IELST Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a foreign language

1. Describe a second foreign language you would like to learn
2. Describe a skill that took you a long time to learn

I would like to talk about a skill that took a long time to learn which is to learn a new language. In my case, that is English. Although it is one of the compulsory subjects at school, I am struggling to master all four skills like an English speaker.

There are many reasons that make it difficult to master. First of all, there is big difference in grammar usage between English and Vietnamese. While Vietnamese grammar is quite simple, English has many tenses and grammar structure to remember. The second reason is about pronunciation. For example, in English we have to really pay attention to the stress on syllable which we do not have in our mother tongue. If we pronounce wrong, nobody will be able to understand us no matter how good our grammar and vocabulary are. Thanks to advance in technology, it is now easier than ever for one to learn English anytime anywhere via internet, phone apps or English centers across our country.

Since English has become very popular nowadays. It is helpful for us to be able to speak English fluently. With good English skill, we have more chances to get better jobs, go study abroad or travel the world.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)