Hello and in this part to video.
I'm going to talk about a useful skill that you learned in a maths class and in it you should say what
the skill was how you learnt it.
Who taught you it and explain why you think it was useful for you.
If I remember rightly one of the first things we learnt in maths was mental arithmetic.
This basically means doing maths calculations in your head.
Obviously the first time we were shown how to do this we used fingers to carry out these sums.
However this led on to doing calculations such as thirty seven plus forty five in your head without
the need for a calculator.
Initially I found such sums quite tricky and they would take a long time but through hard work and perseverance
I became much more adept at doing these.
At first I used to think why do we need to do these complex calculations in our head when we could use
a calculator instead.
When I got my first job in my teens the value of this skill became apparent.
When I was still studying in high school I got a part time job in a café and as well as serving customers
I had to add up their bills as there was only one cash register and it was easier to do it by hand.
Often the customer was standing or sitting in front of me and waiting for me to calculate the bill and
I needed to do it a.s.a.p..
Having this skill of being able to mentally add large numbers in my head made life so much easier.
Although it was my first teacher whose name escapes me at the moment who taught me how to do this.
The hours of practice I had whilst working in the café really made me quite proficient at this skill.
Now Firstly I'll say I found this topic incredibly difficult as I've said in lots of topics recently
the topics that they're choosing for eilts speaking are becoming so specific instead of just describe
something you you're good at at school a maths skill you learnt in school so it's very specific and
you're one minute is often spent thinking of a skill that you learnt.
And so that's why I hope you find this course useful because I'm giving you some ideas of what to use
before you take the tests.
The second thing I'd like to point out is that I use the word Maths.
Now I am from the United Kingdom.
I speak British English and we use the plural maths in America.
They use maths.
Now you can choose to use either of these.
And as long as you're consistent in your use that means you use the same one over and over again.
Then the eilts examiner will not mark you down for it.
Okay let's have a look at some of the vocabulary.
So here's a phrase I've used in some of the videos and I do like to repeat some phrases in videos to
try and really get you to use them to remind you of them because it's okay watching once and thinking
yeah that's good.
But do you actually remember do they go into your long term memory and you actually use them.
So if I remember rightly.
Great for talking about partis trips holidays something you've done.
Don't be specific about dates and times or things so if I remember rightly is a very good way of expressing
it and will impress the eilts examiner mental arithmetic.
This is basically adding things up in your head and another way of saying a sum is a calculation and
you carry out to you.
It's another way of saying to do these calculations to do the sums.
Some good grammar here it led on to something else.
If you following led on to with a verb we follow it with an ing verb initially.
Very useful word for eilts Writing tassc one in term general.
You might use it in a letter of more formal letter.
Also good for art's writing test too and good for speaking as well and it means first of all perseverance.
Great for tassc one general if you're writing a job application letter.
Good for us too as well.
And it just means the ability to stickups something until you achieve it.
Adept.
This is an adjective quite a complex one and it means good at doing it all much better at doing it.
Remember not to say when I was 13.
Use phrases like in my teens in my 20s in my 30s.
And apparent means obvious or clear.
Here's another one I liked getting to every part too I do it's possible to remind you to get some complex
grammar.
When I was studying in high school try and get something like that when I was living in X..
When I was studying in high school to use some past continuous to add up the bills the bill is what
we ask for when we want to pay in America they use the word check and to do it by hand means to do it
in my head or to do on a piece of paper.
A.s.a.p. very useful can be in an informal letter for eilts writing task one general and it means as
soon as possible.
And we tend to say a.s.a.p. when we're speaking it as soon as possible.
This I don't know the name of the teacher who taught me.
I just wanted to use some complex language and show off if I was doing the eilts exam.
So if something escapes you it means you can't remember it.
So his name escapes me at the moment and proficient means good at sort of very skilled at something.
So like I said quite a tricky topic.
Key words to remember calculations sums calculate mental arithmetic to add up to calculate.
To do it in your head all of these are very useful for this topic.
But I sincerely hope you don't get this topic in the exam because it is such a tricky one.
Thanks for watching.