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🧗 Describe a time when you encouraged someone to do something that they didn't want to do (Part 2) + Transcript

IELTS Speaking for Success

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Get access to our premium episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Rory recalls a time he had to convince a chaotic student to take her IELTS homework seriously. Find out how he navigated her 'poker face' and why Maria thinks you should just steal his entire story for your own exam! Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our course on Phrasal Verbs: https://successwithielts.com/podcourses Transcript: https://successwithielts.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find an IELTS Speaking Partner: https://links.successwithielts.com/ieltspartner Our social media: https://linktr.ee/successwithielts © 2025 Podcourses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:35.3

Hello, Sunshine and welcome into IEL speaking part two.

0:39.5

Describe a time when you encouraged someone to do something that he or she didn't want to do.

0:46.2

You should say who he or she is, what you encouraged them to do, how they reacted and

0:52.9

explain why you encouraged them to do something.

0:57.7

So encourage is to make someone more likely to do something.

1:02.4

I encourage you to take aisles.

1:04.2

I say like, come on, you know, you can do it.

1:06.7

You know, I'm making you kind of take aisles, but in a nice way.

1:10.8

You didn't want to take aisles, but in a nice way. You didn't want to take

1:11.6

aisles, but I kind of encouraged you. Come on, like do it tomorrow. Rory, hello. Tell us your story.

1:24.4

Well, I'm a teacher, so convincing people to change their behavior is sort of part of my job.

1:34.3

But one time I did that, which particularly stands out, is when I had to get one of my students

1:40.0

to start doing her homework properly. When it comes to who she is, I won't name names, because

1:45.4

that's a bit rude, but she's one of the younger ones, just a teenager. So I imagine she's got a very

1:51.2

busy and chaotic life, as is the case for most teens these days. And probably it always has been.

1:58.7

Anyway, whatever the reasons, she wasn't doing homework properly.

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