SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE AN AMERICAN Americans Talk About Art
hey so let me tell you something I found
online this is about the IELTS speaking
test yeah that English test that you
probably had to take before there are
some questions on that test about art
for example do you like art why do you
enjoy art what form of art do you like
the most in your childhood what
experience of art did you have now these
are just a few of the questions about
art that are literally on the test so if
you were asked any of those questions
would you be able to speak English
fluently and answer those questions if
you answered no don’t worry
today’s lesson is for you because I’m
gonna teach you how to speak English
fluently about art I’m teacher Tiffany
let’s jump right in alright so here’s a
formula p + g + c + i now i want you to
pay close attention because you can use
this formula to speak about art and to
speak english fluently about art alright
now the first part of the formula is the
letter P this stands for preference you
want to talk about your personal
preference related to art now there are
many different types of art there’s for
example we have photography or abstract
art or minimalism and I’ll show you my
screen now these are not the only types
of art you can have many different types
but you want to first talk about your
preference
what do you specifically like what type
of art do you like alright so for
example this could be the question
alright the question is what is your
personal art style preference
alright so I’ve always loved art but
specifically photorealism I mean I
always wanted to be the best
photorealistic
artist there ever was I would draw all
day I love pencil artwork and I love to
pen and ink artwork so my sister and I
when we were younger we used to draw all
the time she was an amazing artist but
after a while she stopped now I liked
growing so much and I liked photorealism
so much that I would ask my parents to
buy me books so that I could follow what
was going on in the book and I would
draw and copy what was in the books now
I remember one time my mom had my sister
and I had piano lessons now I told you I
love drawing but my mom put us in piano
lessons and that was fine all of the
kids were doing it but I had to practice
for a long time to you know learn the
songs that my piano teacher taught me
and I didn’t really want to do that so I
came up with this plan I said you know
what since I like drawing and I’m pretty
good at it
I think I should tell my mom that I want
to stop piano lessons so now mind you I
was only about oh maybe 9 or 10 years
old so I’m its my mom my dad was cool he
was like you know whatever we wanted to
do he was okay with basically he wanted
my mom to make a decision related to
music and art and things like that so
anyways I went to my mom and I said you
know what mommy piano is amazing but so
is art and so is photorealism and I I
told her how you know I was developing
my talent and my skill and that I didn’t
want to do piano anymore and she
listened and I didn’t play piano anymore
all right now let’s move on to the next
part of our formula letter G which
stands for group you’re going to talk
about how art affects certain groups of
people
small or large now this is where it gets
very interesting because you start to
connect the topic art with people around
you it shows that you’re able to think
in English alright so for example you
can connect it to college students or
women or men there are many different
groups that you can speak about so
here’s the question that you may get on
the exam how does art affect elementary
school students or children all right so
the piano lessons stopped and I
continued drawing now I have moved to a
new school you know I was a little kid
and that was in elementary school so I
had just gotten to a new school and
again I loved drawing so I was on the
nuke
and I was just sitting there drawing and
then all of a sudden all of the kids in
the class came around my desk and they
said yo look at the new girl she can
draw really well and they started asking
me hey can you draw this cartoon
character can you draw this for me and
all of a sudden I got really popular
because I could draw so well and I
realized little kids not just me other
little kids loved art too so it made me
even want to perfect my artistic skills
even more because I realized how much
other kids also really liked art all
right now let’s move on to the next part
of our formula the letter C connection
talk about your personal connection to
art basically how you view yourself so
you see what’s happening we’re moving
back and forth between art and other
people and art and ourselves right so
this is why it’s so important for you to
follow the formula it will make the
person listening to you during the exam
or in a conversation think wow this
person really can speak English fluently
alright so for example let’s say you are
really good at art or you’re horrible or
maybe you’re just not interested you can
say this about your connection okay now
let’s say for example this is the
question you get you may be asked how
has your connection to art affected your
life now art remains a really really
important part of my life I remain
connected to it throughout my entire
life so through grade school through
high school through college and even
when I graduated but something happened
you see I got a job connected to my
field I was a computer science major and
I had commercial art kind of as my
associates degree or my side' degree so
I got a job at NASA and I was working as
a web designer I had tried to you know
combine art with computers but something
happened you see my connection to art
was so strong it led me to actually quit
my job at NASA I know that you know that
I went to Korea to be a missionary but
the first step was when I
my job at NASA I wanted to use my art to
help other people see how good god is
but art really made me leave all right
now the next part of our formula is AI
which stands for individuals so what
you’re gonna do is talk about the
importance of art to people individually
across the board in general how does art
affect people individually is it really
important so again you can say business
women or single men or working moms you
can pick a specific group but in general
how does it affect people so let’s say
this is the question you receive is art
really important to people as
individuals now here’s the interesting
thing on Sunday my nieces came to visit
me and like I told you art is very
important to me I realized that it’s not
just me art is important to everyone in
an individual way you see my niece’s
range in age from 3 all the way up to 10
so I have two nieces that live here and
the smallest one is 3 and the oldest one
that was here on Sunday is 10 and the 3
of us all together we’re sitting right
here and we were drawing together and as
I paused and looked at that I realized
man art is powerful it affects us all
they were both so happy and they were
being creative and what they were
drawing and it made me happy to know
that art is not just important to me
it’s important to them too all right now
you know how to use the equation P
preference G groups see connections and
I individuals to speak about art
fluently in English I really hope you
enjoyed this lesson remember if you want
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that will help you speak English even
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this video alright well I will talk to
you next week but as always remember to
speak English