IELTS Speaking · Part 2 · Cue card
Describe a person who speaks a foreign language well
Last updated 2 September 2026
In short
This Part 2 cue card asks you to describe describe a person who speaks a foreign language well. Your long turn has to cover 4 prompts (who this person is; which language they speak; how they learned it; how it is useful to them), and the last one carries the most marks.
The cue card
Describe a person who speaks a foreign language well.
You should say:
- who this person is
- which language they speak
- how they learned it
- and explain how it is useful to them
How to structure your long turn
- 1
who this person is
- 2
which language they speak
- 3
how they learned it
- 4
and explain how it is useful to them
Rounding-off questions
Would you like to speak that language too?
Why do some people learn languages more easily than others?
Where this leads: Part 3 on culture and tradition
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