Hello, lovely.
I'm Maria, and my name is Rory, and we are the hosts of the IELTS speaking for success podcast, the podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills.
Along the way, we started this podcast to show you how a qualified, educated, and experienced native speaker would answer some of the most common IELTS speaking questions.
I ask Rory these questions.
He gives answers using vocabulary and grammar.
For a high score, a band nine score.
Dear listeners, welcome to the first episode of season four, how the time flies.
Rory, huh?
I know.
I can't believe it.
It seems like just yesterday we were recording season one, and now we are on season four.
Woohoo.
Are you okay?
How are you?
Um, I've been better, to be honest.
My favourite football team lost the other day, so I'm not feeling very happy about that.
We didn't score many goals, so afraid.
Oh, what a coincidence.
We're gonna be talking about goals today, not football goals, but other goals, like goals and success.
And in speaking part three, they can ask you questions about your achievements and about your goals.