So, first question, what is your favorite type of food?

My favorite type of food is American Chinese cuisine.

It's like Mongolian beef or egg noodle.

Those are my favorite.

Oh, okay.

And then, can you tell me what is a common meal in your country?

In Korea?

Yes.

The common meal in Korea is, I think, rice.

It's one of the staples in my country.

Compared to Western nations, rice provides us with more carbs.

Yeah.

Okay, and do you like cooking?

I sometimes enjoy cooking.

Yeah.

When do you eat your main meal of the day?

Depending on my schedule, like, since I'm a student currently, so when I have to wake up, like, in the middle of 7 a.m., my main meal should be 6 a.m.

So, to prepare my main meal, I have to wake up by 5, 3 a.m.

And just, yeah.

So, my main meal should be in the middle of 6 a.m.

Okay.

All right.

Very good.

So, now we will move on to part two, the extended response.

So, I will give you a pen and some paper to prepare your answer for one minute.

So, your question is, describe a restaurant that you enjoyed going to.

Okay, so you've had one minute to prepare.

So, can you please describe a restaurant that you enjoyed going to?

I usually go to this restaurant called Panda Express.

It is located worldwide, and the reason why I really like to go to this restaurant is for their price and many different kinds of flavors.

And, as I said earlier, my favorite food is American cuisine, Chinese cuisine, so that's why I often go to this restaurant.

And the type of food I usually have is definitely American Chinese cuisine because it is Panda Express.

And also, I think I just mentioned the price alone, but as a gym rat, I think they offer sufficient proteins like beef or chicken, orange chicken.

And, yeah, those are the reasons I really enjoy going to this restaurant.

Okay, great.

Very good job.

Now, let's move on to the topic-based questions.

Okay, so, do many people eat in restaurants in your country?

Yeah, I think, compared to Western countries, I mean, specifically like advanced countries like Canada, it isn't costly to prepare food.

And, from my personal experience living in Canada, it was pretty pricey to go to a restaurant except Subway or Panda Express.

So, I think people in my country often go to a restaurant to eat their meal.

Yeah.

Okay.

So, which are more popular then, fast food restaurants or traditional restaurants?

Um, I think restaurants in Korea are biased on franchise restaurants type.

I think it's because of like lots of franchise restaurants are imported overseas.

So, um, people here want to test out their fame.

And, unfortunately, local restaurants like Korean cuisine are not as popular as franchise restaurants from, yeah, Western countries.

Ah, okay, I see.

Why do people enjoy eating out?

Um, I think restaurants like Five Guys or Shake Shack Burger, we can make those burgers in home.

They offer their special sauce and recipes.

So, um, yeah.

Okay.

And now, so what do you think a healthy diet consists of?

A healthy diet should consist of a proper amount of carbs, protein, and fat.

And when it comes to to prepare a good, healthy meal, as I said, those three, those three, carb, protein, fat, good fat.

Yeah.

And do you think children should be taught about healthy diets and cooking at school or at um, at school?

But in Korea, we are so, um, like passionate about going to elite schools.

So, uh, most of, uh, school, most of the schools in Korea, uh, from my experience, uh, they only teach, like, uh, how to earn good scores on Korean SAT.

So, yeah.

Hmm.

So it should be taught at school, in your opinion, but it's not.

It's not.

Yes.

Okay.

And at what age do you think children should be taught to cook?

Um, well, uh, to cook, uh, they must use, um, like microwave or like some things that, um, like could, could do harm on them.

So I think, uh, the age should be over, um, grade eight.

So, yeah.

So it should be 13 years old, 13 years old, uh, children.

Yeah.

Okay.

So those are all the questions.

So your test is over and now let's get into the feedback.

Yeah.

So for the feedback.

Yes.

All right.

So you did really well in your speaking test.

Um, I thought you used some good, um, vocabulary, idiomatic vocabulary, um, and also your grammar was very good when you were speaking.

You spoke very confidently as well.

So those are some really big pluses.

Yes.

Um, for the first section, um, you're, I know that they're kind of, uh, general questions, but sometimes the answer was a little short.

Oh, just a little short.

Yeah.

Uh, so for example, uh, the, do you like cooking question?

It would have been really great if you developed that a bit more.

Yeah.

It, it is kind of like, it seems like a yes, no question, but it's always really good to develop your answers as much as you can.

For myself.

Yes.

For yourself.

Okay.

Um, there were a few just, um, idiomatic, um, errors.

Like when you were describing about getting up in the morning and eating breakfast, uh, in the middle of 7am or in the middle of 6am, uh, usually we would say like half past seven or seven 30, half past or seven 30.

And also when we were talking about, uh, popular fast food restaurants versus traditional restaurants, um, just, uh, test out their fame.

Um, it's really, it's a good way to say it, but a better way to say it, they would like to try out some famous or well-known place.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Uh, very good.

But overall you did very long and detailed responses in particular for part two and part three and your vocabulary and grammar was good.

So I would give you an 8.5 on the IELTS scale.

Oh, okay.

Thanks.

Well, well done.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Yeah.