Hello, sunshine.
I'm Maria, and my name is Dori, and we are the host of the IELTS speaking for Success podcast, a podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills.
Along the way, we started this podcast to give you a look at how an educated native speaker would answer some of the most recent IELTS speaking questions for a high score.
Ben?
Nine score.
Ruri, you know what?
I've been thinking of changing our usual coincidence joke.
Oh, don't change it.
I don't like change.
That's a shame, because we're gonna be talking about change today.
Oh, no, it's another coincidence.
Yes, in speaking part one, they can ask you questions about change.
Rory, do you like changes?
I suppose it depends on what kind, actually.
If it's a positive change, like if your workout at the gym is working well, then it's great.
If it's a change for the worse, then it's not great, like a change in working conditions to be at home more, for example, which some of us are having to do now.
I don't like that.
I'd rather be in the classroom.
Do you often change?
Not too often.