Mô tả mục tiêu bạn muốn đạt được — IELTS Speaking Part 2

The goal I'll talk about is being able to work in English at the same level I work in Vietnamese — not just speaking, but arguing a position in a meeting. I set it properly about a year ago, although it had been vaguely in my head for years before that. What made it definite was a specific meeting where I understood everything being said and still couldn't get into the conversation, because by the time I'd assembled my sentence the topic had moved on. What am I doing about it? Three things. I record myself answering questions and listen back, which is unpleasant but the only way I catch my own patterns. I've started deliberately speaking in meetings before I'm ready, which is uncomfortable and works better than preparing. And I read out loud for ten minutes a day, which sounds unrelated to speaking but has done more for my fluency than anything else. Why does it matter to me? Not for a promotion, although that's probably a side effect. It's that I know I'm currently a less interesting person in English than in Vietnamese, and that's frustrating. My opinions are the same. My ability to deliver them isn't. I'd give it another two years, honestly. The gap has narrowed but it hasn't closed, and I'd rather be realistic about that than set a date I'll miss.