IELTS Speaking · Part 2 · Cue card
Describe a skill you could teach other people
Last updated 2 September 2026
In short
This Part 2 cue card asks you to describe describe a skill you could teach other people. Your long turn has to cover 4 prompts (what the skill is; how you learned it; how you would teach it; why it is worth learning), and the last one carries the most marks.
The cue card
Describe a skill you could teach other people.
You should say:
- what the skill is
- how you learned it
- how you would teach it
- and explain why it is worth learning
How to structure your long turn
- 1
what the skill is
- 2
how you learned it
- 3
how you would teach it
- 4
and explain why it is worth learning
Rounding-off questions
Is teaching a skill in itself?
Do people learn better from teachers or on their own?
Where this leads: Part 3 on skills and success
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