Speaker A
Let's start off by talking about your home. What's your favorite thing about your home? My favorite thing about my home would probably be my dog or my sister. I'm not sure because my dog can be annoying sometimes. In the morning, he likes to wake me up. But my sister is almost the same person as me, so I like her company. We like to do a lot of the same things, and we don't have that big of an age gap, so we're similar in age. We like to share the same hobbies, the same music taste, the same games, and we like a lot of the same things. What makes your home comfortable? I don't want to sound like I'm obsessed with my bed, but my bed, I like being in bed. It's super soft. And also my rocking chair. What would you like to change about your home? I would like to have more windows in my house because I like the sun, and I don't like being outside so much because it's hot. But I like daylight, so if I had more windows in my house, I feel like that would make my house better. Now let's talk about shopping. Where do you prefer to shop? I used to love shopping at the mall, but ever since this day and age has been evolving, I like shopping online more. Do you prefer shopping alone or with others? I like doing a lot of things with a lot of people, and I've tried shopping alone, alone, and I've tried shopping with others. I think that I prefer shopping with others just because I can get their opinion. What was your last important purchase? I would consider grocery shopping important, so food is that. Does that count as an important purchase? Now let's talk about your free time. What do you like to do in your free time? I'm currently obsessed with this new game on my Nintendo, so I like playing games. How often do you spend time with friends? I'm with friends almost every day. I wouldn't say that I make it a priority, but every day I spend time with my friends, be it going to the gym or even just running errands together or just going for a drive. So I'll say every other day. What new hobbies would you like to develop in the future? I do want to get into Pilates, just more into wellness things because I'm super into active stuff. So like going to the gym is what I'm doing right now, but I want to expand that by going into Pilates or yoga, stretching, just like a lot of breath work things like that. Now let's talk about food. What are the most popular foods in your country? Adobo and Panet are my two personal favorites, and then for dessert, I like Halo-Halo. Do you like trying new foods? Yes. One thing that I would say about myself is I'm not afraid to try anything from any country in comparison to anybody else that I've met. But there are some foods that I wouldn't try. Are there any foods that you really dislike? Um, so there's balut. I don't know if you are aware of what it is, but it's like an egg, but it's like a fetus of a duck. So that's something that I don't like. A skill that took me a long time to learn is singing. And so the reason why I wanted to learn how to sing is because I wouldn't say it's like a tradition where I'm from in the Philippines, but it's just like I grew up just hearing people sing karaoke all the time. And I always thought singing is basically just the instrument of a person, and it was beautiful to me. So since I was young, I grew up just watching people singing, well, listening to people singing. And then once I got into school, I think around the fourth or fifth grade, I started going into music class where I would learn instruments. But it was like instruments can do so much, but I feel like the power of the voice is stronger. So I started to have classes where I could learn to sing, and then also I would practice at home with my family. And we had our own karaoke machine, and my sisters were interested in stuff like that too. So we would sing together, or like we'd play, I don't know if you know the game Band Hero, so we'd play like a guitar and drums, and then someone would be the singer, which would usually be me. And another reason why I was motivated to do that when I got older, when I was in school, we used to have talent shows. I was always interested in music, so I was on the music side of school, I guess. And so when I was in music class, I would go to drumming contests, but that was boring. Then I started to go into singing because everybody else around me was singing, and I wanted to be that. And then when I got to the talent show, I started doing better and better and better, and I won a couple of times. So that motivated me. But then the problem is that I've been inconsistent. Like I would focus on singing for a few months, and then I would stop, and then I'd go back to it. And so I actually stopped for a few years, and then I only just recently started trying to focus on it again. So we've been talking about a skill that took you a long time to learn, and we're going to continue to talk about learning and learning new skills. What factors determine how quickly someone can learn a new skill? Thank you for watching this video. I want to give you a free course that has helped thousands of students improve their speaking score. What it's going to do is take you through every single part of the test and give you strategies for part one, part two, and part three, and also allow you to practice at home for free and get feedback. To sign up for that for free, all you have to do is just click the link in the description. Thanks very much, and let's get back to the video. So I think, well, confidence, and then like the drive to want to do something, like if you're interested in it or not, and then also being consistent. Why do some people give up when learning something different? Um, I think one of the biggest factors would be comparison. Let's say if you wanted to learn a sport and you're with other people that are good at the sport, or for example, when I mentioned singing, like everybody around me was doing it, and they were already good at it. And so if I'm participating in competitions and other people are doing better than me, and I keep trying and trying, it makes me feel demotivated because I compare myself to other people. What role does natural talent play in mastering a skill? I think that's an interesting one because, because I'm half Filipino, people think that I'm just naturally musically inclined, where it's like I was blessed with this talent. But I don't, I don't know if I agree because I don't know if it's because I'm half or not. But when you're consistent, it may be easier, and then it runs through your family. But consistency is what drives... Oh my God, why was this hard for me? I need to think of my answer. I don't know why natural, why does natural being blessed with affect it? Because then I would be discrediting myself. I just say, okay, whatever. I said just makes it easier. How important is having a good teacher when learning something new? I learned that having a good teacher is very important when you want to learn something because personally, in school, I struggled with math, and I had tutor lessons, and then I would also just stay late after school with my teacher. But I never passed the class until I took lessons with my best friend. So because we had a good relationship and I felt like she could understand me, I think that it's super important. Why do some old skills remain relevant despite technological advances? So because technology is advancing by the day, everybody feels like, okay, the world is just becoming technology-focused. There are some talents that are purely only where only humans can do them, so I think that, you know, they're still important. Okay, so let me give you some feedback. So I'm going to talk about part one, part two, and part three, give you some general strategies and tactics to improve those areas, and then we'll talk about your individual marks, your band scores for the individual marking criteria. So part one to... Thank you for making it this far in the video. I want to give you 10% off our VIP course.
