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Hello, lovely. I'm Maria. And I'm Rory, and we are the hosts of the IELT 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 give you a look at how a super native speaker

would answer some of the most common IELD speaking questions using gorgeous grammar and quality

vocabulary for a high score which score Rory a band nine score dear listener we have Instagram

and Telegram success with IELTS check it out to see some of the behind the scenes stuff

you can help us decide what topics to cover in our next episodes.

Oh, it's funny because today we're going to talk about social media. Oh yeah.

Rory, which social media websites do you use? I think I use all of the normal ones, like Instagram and VK and Facebook.

It's really just for promotional and work purposes, though.

I'm not using them seriously at all.

How much time do you spend on social media?

I try not to spend too much time on social media, so maybe like one or two hours a day maximum, I think.

It's important not to waste time.

And of course, you've got to be careful.

You don't become addicted to social media because it can, well, make you anxious if you're on there posting things and you don't get any replies for a while. So it's important

that you don't mess up your brain chemistry as well. What kind of information about yourself

have you put on social media? It's pretty run-of-the-mill stuff, to be honest. It's just personal

details like, well, my name obviously, and then where I work.

I also added a few pictures about my life and, well, a few pictures that sort of showcase my life, as it were.

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