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[English]

So let's start off by talking about

tourist attractions in your country.

Well, I'm from Nepal and

in Nepal we have different

cultural heritage site.

And...

There are like

beautiful nature,

the highest peak of the world,

Mount Everest, you know,

and the birthplace of Gautama Buddha.

So that is one of the main reason

why people are coming in our country,

to see the mountains

and to see the cultural heritage sites.

Yeah. And also, like,

mostly for the Hindu people,

they're coming in

one of the most popular temple

that is called Pashupatinath

And that is one of the, I think,

the greatest place

and people are coming again and again

to worship the Lord Shiva

from different country across.

You know, like

when people come in my country,

they will mostly visit in the place where

everybody knows.

Everybody knows about the areas,

the cultural heritage site

and whatever reason it is.

But from my preference,

I'll suggest you to go in the place where

it is not develop.

Like, go in the place

for trekking.

You know, you will see

the different side of the lives of people.

It will be, like,

not develop place

and you will see how the people live,

what they eat,

what kind of climate they are living, you know.

So that is one of the thing that people must see,

the side of my country.

And it is very beautiful.

Always my own country.

Like...

I haven’t explored my country

in a way that I will go and travel another country for now.

My target will always be to see the

different side of my country,

especially the trekking, I would say.

I love to go in a trekking,

I love to go in the mountains, nature,

so definitely my country.

Now let’s talk about cooking.

The most popular dish is momo.

So it’s a...

Steam...

How I say it?

So this is a...

It’s a steam

covered with

the chicken,

which is marinated,

and they will steam and cook it, basically.

But you can make it in different way,

you can fry it,

you can...

According to the artist.

You know, sauté with the butter...

Like that.

Yes.

Like, Nepalese people are very hospitable

and we do serve people and we

care about them in a way like, you know,

the God is in your house.

So you will find a different hospitality

in my country.

Yes, fast food is very popular.

Mostly the deep fried item, you know,

the people are liking that thing more.

So, yes.

The momo that I mentioned before,

this is also the fast food item.

One of the.

When I was child...

Basically our staple food.

The rice, dhal, curry,

achaar, you know.

This is the go-to food,

so that, I would say,

I used to love it.

And still I do.

Now let's talk about movies.

Okay.

My favorite actor...

Like, I don't have any specific person

to mention that this is my favorite, because

everybody have different acting, you know?

And I adore acting.

So there are so many people I adore.

So particularly one person,

no, it’s nothing like that to mention.

But yeah.

There are many, so

I couldn’t mention one person.

Twice in a month,

because I love cinema.

I love to see how they make the movie,

the acting, obviously.

And yeah, how was the story.

Especially I like the real life based story,

so if it’s something like that,

then I love to watch.

The last movie I saw was...

It’s kind of like fictional,

not real based.

It was War 2.

I went to watch that

because I really like the actor.

It was Hrithik Roshan.

And he's kind of already old,

but the way he maintained himself

and his acting, is something...

You don't want to miss it.

Even though there is not much

in the story to tell.

But yeah,

I went there to watch him basically.

In the future...

Like, there is no particular movie

that's in my mind right now,

but I would definitely want to watch,

the movie which was made in my country.

To see the way a movie holds, you know?

Like, when I was...

When I was kid,

the movie used to be long.

Like three hours,

and there were so many stories,

so many character.

The main lead people, also,

would be like many,

you know?

But now,

in the movie,

it's quite short.

And also the main character,

they are limited.

They’re not putting the—

ten main character.

They're putting, like,

two, three maximum.

Maybe because of the budget or whatever it is.

So yeah,

that is a difference I feel.

And also in the story.

Because in the past time

the story was related according to that time,

and now the story is different

according to the present situation.

So I'm from Nepal,

It's in the South Asia

between India and China.

And my country is mostly popular

for the highest peak of the world,

Mount Everest.

Many of the people are going in

my country for that reason.

So the tourist attraction place

in my country is...

There are so many.

People mostly come for the nature,

Mount Everest, as I mentioned before,

and different cultural heritage site.

And the temples,

and to see the life of the people as well,

you know, because mostly people have

in their mindset,

like Nepal is a developing country.

So they want to see how it looks

from their perspective

and how it is differ from their lifestyle.

The tourist attraction is...

I would say, the nature.

The nature.

People coming to see.

To see the weather,

beautiful weather,

the mountains, rivers.

And also the people of Nepal,

they are very kind.

They have a great hospitality.

They serve to the people like

they are the God.

Because it's a saying in my country, like,

“Treat your guests like they are the God.”

You know?

So that is also the main reason why

the Nepalese people’s hospitality’s differ from

other people, other country.

And Nepal have always been the tourist destination

from a long time.

Mostly because of the nature, obviously,

and different medicine herbs

that we can find.

You know?

That’s the end of Part two,

and we’re going to move on to Part three now.

Let's talk about museums and art galleries.

I would not say 100% free, in a way,

because it's art, you know?

So you need to pay some contribution

for the hard work of the people,

for preserving that thing

and to creating that thing, in a way, you know?

But at the same time,

it should not be expensive in a way that

people should be thinking like,

“Should I go to the museum?”

No.

It should be,

like, easily accessed

and, like,

just a limited budget

for the preservation of the item.

I'm sorry, I didn't get the question.

What should people...

What should they do?

What should they include?

What things should be in the museums

or in the art galleries,

or different promotions, things like that?

What should they do to make them more popular?

Make people want to go there more?

That's so nice question, like,

I've never thought in that way.

Because in museum, what we are seeing is the

rare piece of previous ancient kings...

You know, that kind of item.

Or the art, the paintings.

To make it interesting,

I think we can make something

in the digital way, also.

You know?

So

different transition,

maybe that will captivate the now—

today's generation.

Because today's generation

is mostly about digital things,

you know?

So something we can relate

and to make a content, maybe.

So yeah.

Now let's talk about the holiday industry.

It depends upon the people, actually.

Because some people are confident

to go alone wherever they can,

but some people, like me, I have to think.

Like, can I just go solo?

No, I need somebody who can guide me, so if—

if there is a thing called package,

then obviously it's easy, you know?

There will be a guide,

he have all the plan for you, for the holiday.

You don't have to stress about

where to go, how to go.

So that is like a easy, easy way, in a way.

But some people are, like, independent.

They don't want to rely on anybody.

They want to explore by themselves,

book a cab by themselves,

check by themselves,

check hotel, check places.

So that is one of the differentiate, you know,

between these two package.

The number of people traveling is not the problem,

but it depends upon the people.

What kind of people are they?

If they are creating drama,

then obviously that will be

hard for the people who are guiding them,

or who are the

regular person around.

You know, if they create some issue.

Other than that,

the number of tourists in our country,

it won't be a problem.

But sometimes it's going to be problem, if

all the hotels are booked,

there is no place to eat, then

how are we going to treat them well?

You know, that would be the issue.

It could be other impact as well.

It has a positive impact and negative impact

at the same time.

A positive, obviously the revenue generation,

you know? And...

They can see

the beautiful side of our country and

see the lifestyle, but at the same time

the negative side would be, obviously, the air pollution.

And there should be a production of different food items,

so there are going to be wastes

and bring the water pollution.

And things like that.

Okay, so I'm going to give you some feedback

on Part one, Part two and Part three.

I'm going to start off with

more tactical, more strategic tips.

Things that could improve

quite quickly for you,

And then we'll give you some feedback

on your grammar, vocabulary,

pronunciation and your fluency.

So Part one, you did very well.

Again, it felt very relaxed,

it felt like talking to

you know, a friend or a colleague.

You're making it a little bit

more difficult for yourself

in two different ways.

The first way is,

I will often ask you a question

and you will list every single way

that you could answer that question.

So, if I ask you, for example,

about tourist attractions,

you won't tell me about Mount Everest,

you'll tell me about

every tourist attraction in Nepal.

So that is just making your life more difficult

because it turns it into

a knowledge test.

So it's a speaking test, not a knowledge test.

So we want to do things

that help us speak as clearly

and as confidently as possible,

and basically make our job easier.

So, for example,

if I ask you a question about tourist attractions,

pick the one that you find

easiest to talk about.

The examiner is not thinking about,

“is she giving an impressive answer?”

or “is the knowledge correct?”

They're thinking about your grammar,

your vocabulary, your pronunciation,

and your fluency.

In general, avoid listing things

and just pick one easy thing.

I think that will make

not just Part one much, much easier,

but Part two and Part three as well.

You did have that issue again

in Part two.

So, you were listing

so many different places

and different things.

There's a danger that on test day

you won’t stick to the question

and you won't answer the question

because you're listing so many different things.

My advice for Part two

and for most of these questions would be

start your answer with one answer.

One thing.

So, for example,

“Describe a tourist attraction in your country.”

I'm going to talk about Mount Everest.

Or a famous resort,

or a famous...

It could be a waterfall,

it could be anything.

But focus on that one thing

and go deep on that one thing.

And then that makes it

much easier for you to talk about,

because I think our brains just find it easier

to talk about one thing

than to talk about 20 things.

You did stop halfway through,

but you recovered very, very well.

A good examiner will do something like I did,

which is like, you know,

“Just talk about one thing.”

They want you to do well.

But if that happens again on test day,

you might get an examiner that just doesn't

help you in that way,

which could cause problems.

So what I would recommend doing

for Part two is,

again, pick one thing, but

look at the bullet points here

on the cue card.

You can add more things.

So more things related to that main topic

that you find it easier to talk about.

The other thing you were doing in Part two

is you were looking down at the page

and then talking,

and then looking at the page,

and then talking...

Now, the notes are there to help you.

Yeah.

But you were using them in a way that

hindered you.

That stopped you doing well.

So what I would recommend doing is

during the one minute period

where you're preparing your answer,

do write down notes,

think about what you're going to say,

and then just try and speak

as naturally as possible.

And if you run out of things to say,

then you can glance down.

Just so they’re there to help you.

That would

make you much more fluent

and help you speak

for the whole two minutes.

Part three was also quite good.

You did develop your answers a little bit.

It felt like you

were trying to find the correct answer

rather than just speaking to me.

So remember, it's a speaking test,

there's no correct answer.

For a speaking test,

as long as you're answering the question,

as long as you're talking

about that topic,

you can go in many different directions.

So pick the direction that is easiest

for you to talk about.

For example,

You were trying to be like,

Does it have air pollution or water pollution?

Like, just pick one thing to think about.

So air pollution, you could talk about, you know

building the resort,

will obviously pollute the air

with all the construction

and then all the cars going—

transportation going there.

I really liked the way you asked me

to repeat the question.

Not many people do that.

Okay,

And you did do that.

And you can do that.

So I think,

I can’t remember exactly what I did, but I think,

at least one time, when I repeated the question,

I rephrased it

yo help you understand it.

And that’s what a good examiner will do.

They will understand that there might be

one or two words that you

didn't quite understand,

and they will rephrase it

to make it easier.

You can also ask the examiner to explain a word.

So, for example,

What do you mean by resort?

Some people wouldn't know that

a resort is like a big hotel,

a big tourist complex.

Then the examiner will explain that,

“Oh, a hotel, okay.”

And then

you'll be able to answer better.

So keep doing that.

If you don't understand questions,

ask that examiner to repeat the question, or

“What does that word mean?”

Or “Can you rephrase that?”

But you did really, really well.

You could expand your answers in Part three

a little bit by using more examples.

Sometimes examples help you to think

more clearly.

So, is there a resort in Nepal?

Or a resort where you currently live?

A massive resort or massive hotel?

Does that have any impact on the environment?

Human beings find it easier

to talk about stories and examples

than to think about these abstract concepts?

So you can talk about that

in Part three.

So I think if you used all of that advice,

the next time you come in

and do one of these with us,

you'll see a big, big improvement

and you'll do even better.

I've given you a lot of negative feedback, but

a lot of the stuff you did was great,

you know.

I’m just doing that to help you as much as possible,

but overall,

your pronunciation was clear,

I could understand every word that you were saying,

nearly all of your grammar was good as well.

You were making some small grammar mistakes,

like these ones.

Most of your vocabulary is good,

you are able to talk about many different topics,

without any problem.

You're not making many

collocation or vocabulary errors,

and your fluency is quite good as well.

There's a few little areas

where we could help you be more fluent,

but overall very, very good.

I'm going to create

a whole PDF feedback report for you,

and I'm going to give you your scores

in that PDF feedback report,

and send that to you.

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I've included the full feedback report

and also examples of

sentence structures, grammar, vocabulary

that this student used

that would help you too.

And I'm also going to include

lots of extra samples and questions

for you to practice.

And 100 of the most common words

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