Describe a Person Who Taught You Something Useful | IELTS Speaking Part 2 Model Answer (B2–C1)

Improve your IELTS Speaking Part 2 skills with a complete model answer to the question: “Describe a person who taught you something useful.” In this answer, the speaker describes Laura, a former supervisor who taught her how to deliver clear presentations, remain composed under pressure and cope when technology unexpectedly failed. First, listen to the complete model answer. Next, an Irish narrator explains ten useful B2–C1 expressions, idioms and phrasal verbs with definitions, original quotations and additional examples. Finally, listen to the answer again and notice how much more you understand. Useful expressions include: get out of doing something, cumbersome, connect the dots, at panic stations, pull yourself together, out of the frying pan and into the fire, fall back on something, think on your feet, read the room, and done and dusted. The model answer is read by a British female speaker with a Midlands accent. The vocabulary section is presented by an Irish male speaker. CHAPTERS 00:00 IELTS question and cue card 00:16 Model answer 03:17 Vocabulary, idioms and phrasal verbs 07:29 Model answer again 10:31 GoGetC2, CluckMate and closing Create your own vocabulary bank and complete daily revision quizzes at: https://www.gogetc2.com Practise speaking during structured sixty-minute lessons with artificial intelligence at: https://www.cluckmate.com Both applications are completely free from advertising. Please like the video, subscribe to Verbal Edge Lab and leave a comment with your own answer to the IELTS question. #IELTSSpeaking #IELTSPart2 #ModelAnswer #EnglishVocabulary #BritishAccent #IrishAccent