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IELTS Speaking for Success

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Education, Language Learning

4.8 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Get access to our episode archive: https://www.patreon.com/ieltssfs Is a page-turner keeping you up all night? Rory explains how he went from a haphazard reader to finishing two books a month, and why he'll always choose a paper book over a portable e-reader. Listen now! Tune in and have a great day! - Book a class with Rory here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://successwithielts.com/rory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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	This episode is brought to you by Expedia and Visit Scotland.
0:04.6	Start your story in Scotland.
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0:13.6	Discover castles steeped in legend.
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0:23.2	Start planning your own Scottish holiday.
0:25.7	Today at Expedia.com.uk.
0:27.7	slash visit Scotland.
0:35.2	Hello, lovely. I'm Maria.
0:37.2	My name is Rory, and we're the host of the IEL Speaking for Success
0:40.1	podcast. The podcast aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills
0:45.0	along the way. We've started this podcast to give you super grammar and fabulous vocabulary
0:50.8	for your high IELD school. Your band-line score.
0:56.0	Rory, so who are you today?
0:58.8	Today I'm a starship captain.
0:59.6	Why not?
1:01.7	Starship captain.
1:09.6	So, Starship, dear listener, a ship that goes up into space, a starship captain.
1:16.2	So Rory was a dancer. Then he was a Chungang tester, and now he's a starship captain. Why is Rory doing this? Because he's bored and every time he says,
1:22.6	hello, he decides to take up a new profession. Are you enjoying this?
1:28.3	Maria's like, are you enjoying this?
1:30.3	Please say no so that Rory will stop lying.
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