IELTS Speaking for Success - 🙏 Praise and encouragement (Part 1 ) + Transcript

Episode Date: June 23, 2025

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When you're flying Emirates business class, sampling our range of vintage wines from the largest selection in the skies, you'll see that your vacation isn't really over until your flight is over. Fly Emirates, fly better. Hello, lovely. I'm Miriam. And my name is Rory, and we are the host of the IEL Speaking for Success podcasts, the official bad nine podcast that aims to help improve your speaking skills as well as your listening. skills along the way. We started this podcast to give you gorgeous grammar and fabulous vocabulary for your high-isle school. Ben-night's score. Rory, congratulations. Well done, you. Oh, thank you. That's always nice to get some praise. Of course you got Ben-9 for speaking. Look at you. Thank you. Shall we talk about giving praise and encouragement? Yes. Let's talk about

praise and encouragement. How do you feel when you are praised? The same as most people I imagine, pretty elated and pleased with myself. It's nice to be recognized for something, especially when you've made quite a big effort. When was the last time you praised someone? Well, I do it in my work all the time with my students, since they're pretty smart people, and it's always nice when they use something we've spoken about in our classes. Outside of that, I think it must have been the other day at the gym.

I was showing my friend how to do a headstand and he got it in one goal. That was amazing to see. So I definitely complimented him on the effort there. Have you ever been praised or encouraged by your teacher? I imagine I might have been in the past, but not now. Oh, actually, that's a lie. I was. I remember it very clearly now.

My yoga teacher complimented how I managed to pull off a particularly difficult pose. That was nice. Actually, I was pretty overjoyed about it. Have you had any achievements recently? I got a band nine in my IELTS test for speaking. That was pretty brilliant, especially after all the work I put into it. Aside from that, I managed to get all my work organized so I could meet various deadlines. That's not something with a certificate at the end of it, but given everything I need to do, that's quite something.

Or at least I think that's quite something. As you know, we now release all of our previous. premium content for free and it's available for one month. After one month it goes into our super secret archive. To sign up for the archive, click the link in the description below. See you soon. Yay, so dear listener, encouragement. Encouragement means words.

Words we used to tell people they did a good job or they did something right. Yeah, like we praise people, we encourage people. when you praise someone, you say like, yeah, well done, you, good job. So we express our admiration, approval of their achievements, right? So I praise him for his honesty, for example. And that's why some questions could be about achievements. Like, what have you achieved? Have you had any achievements?

Or like praise someone for something, right, for doing something. I feel pretty elated when I'm praised. So, elated means happy, extremely happy and excited. Actually, elated is a C2 word, yay, by nine word. So, I feel elated by the praise. I'm ecstatic, you can also say. I feel ecstatic. I'm over the moon.

I'm super happy. And I feel pleased with myself. So it's nice to be recognized. So when people praise you, it means that they appreciate what you are doing, they recognize... Tell you you did a good job. Yeah, they kind of recognize your effort and achievements. The last time somebody praised me. So the last time when someone told you, like, you're done a good job or well done you.

And then you can use like, oh, I think it must have been last week when I was at the gym. Like probably it was when I was at the gym. So it must have been or it might have been last week at the gym or it must have been the other day at the gym or at school, at university. So kind of I think probably it was. And then what were you doing? I was doing sport, I was swimming, I was doing a test and then something was amazing

your friend did a good job and then you praised you praised them, you encouraged or encouraged them or you gave them encouragement I gave my friend some encouragement and then situation when you've been praised so I've been praised or I've recently been encouraged by my teacher.

My teacher praised me. And also we can use some models with the present perfect. I might have been praised last week or at the gym at school. Like maybe they praised me at school. So I might have been praised last week actually. But we're not sure. Yes. We should be, well, we shouldn't worry too much about sounding uncertain.

if you know, amazing, but it will not affect your score if you say that you're not sure because this is how people communicate these ideas in real life. Plus, I think past models, like must have been, are pretty advanced, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah, Ben 9, totally. So kind of like, have you ever been praised by a teacher? Well, I think so. I might have been at school when my teacher said that,

or when my teacher complimented, how I did this task. So to compliment someone is a nice signum to praise. And we use this word as a noun, a compliment. So we pay compliments to people and to

compliment. Compliment. Compliment, yes. Actually, it's a C2 word. Ooh, very nice. Yeah. So kind of pay compliments to people and as a verb. to compliment somebody on something. So he complimented me on my vocabulary.

My cooking, for example, on my vocabulary. Yeah. So praise or express admiration for someone. Yeah. And my yoga teacher complimented how I managed to pull off a particularly difficult pose. So I managed to do it. I managed to pull it off. Nice.

I was pretty overjoyed about. it full of joy I was over I was over the moon I was elated remember dear listener yeah super excited if the question is in the present perfect you can also use the present perfect for example have you had any achievements recently yes I have and then explain more I got a bad nine in my last I old test for speaking yay I've put a lot of effort into it I've put a lot of work into it. And then some other examples could be in the past simple.

I managed to get all my work organized. Or I managed to buy a new car. I managed to pass my exams. I managed to graduate from university, all right? And draw you like that. Do you know any people who dislike praise? Not off the top of my head. Maybe they have difficulty handling compliments,

but I don't know if that's exactly the same thing. But is it the same like praise and compliments? They're similar, although I suppose they're different words, so there must be a difference in meaning there. If you like someone's cooking and you say, wow, I really love your lasagna. So you compliment it's a person on his cooking. And we have a joke. DeLissela? About praising? Rory, are you ready for the joke?

I don't know. Am I ready? It's a rhetorical question. You don't have to answer. So the joke is about medicine, dear listen, right? So drugs, medicine, tablets, you know, yum, yum, yum, pills. So the question is, Roy, you don't answer the question, okay? So the joke is like question and then an answer.

So you just... You just do as you're told. You react with your voice, yeah, to the joke. What medicine is praised for being a murderer? I have no idea. A painkiller. The worry, you don't answer the question. What did I tell you?

I didn't. I said, I don't know. No, but this is the answer to the question. You don't answer the question. Okay, boss. Of ya. So, you're listening. Again, again, again, the joke.

What medicine is praised for being a murderer? A painkiller. Did you get it? So a murderer is a person who just kills other people. A murderer murders other people. So what medicine is praised for they praise this medicine? Oh, well done. Pills for being what?

For being a murderer. A painkiller. A painkiller kills your pain. So this medicine is praised for being a murderer. Ha, ha, ha. Rory, come on, it's funny. Come on. Yes, it's hilarious. Well done. Some praise for your joke.

Oh, Rory doesn't like my jokes. I don't like that joke. Thank you very much for listening. We'll get back to you in our new episodes. Bye. Bye. How do you feel when you are praised? The same as most people, I imagine. Pretty elated and pleased with myself. It's nice to be recognized for something, especially when you've made it

quite a big effort. When was the last time you praised someone? Well, I do it in my work all the time with my students, since they're pretty smart people, and it's always nice when they use something we've spoken about in our classes. Outside of that, I think it must have been the other day at the gym. I was showing my friend how to do a headstand, and he got it in one goal. That was amazing to see, so I definitely complimented him on the effort there. Have you ever been praised or encouraged by your teacher. Well, I imagine I might have been in the past, but not now. Oh, actually, that's a lie. I was. I remember it very clearly now. My yoga teacher complimented how I managed to pull off a particularly difficult pose. That was nice. Actually, I was pretty overjoyed about it. Have you had any achievements

recently? I got a band nine in my IELTS test for speaking. That was pretty brilliant, especially after all the work I put into it. Aside from that, I managed to get all my work organized so I could meet various deadlines. That's not something with a certificate at the end of it, but given everything I need to do, that's quite something, or at least I think that's quite something.