IELTS SPEAKING: DECISIONS - PART 3 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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IELTS SPEAKING: DECISIONS - PART 3 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

In this article you will read some sample answers for IELTS speaking part 3 questions related to 'decisions'. Make sure to take note of any new phrases or structures and include them in your answers.

1. Do parents in your country allow their children to make important decisions about the future?

Yeah, as far as can see, children in Ireland are given quite a lot of autonomy..sometimes too much! I suppose parents want to encourage their children to be independent and to learn about responsibility from an early age but I often feel that children need more guidance and shouldn’t be expected to make life-changing decisions when they are very young. A good example of this is choosing subjects in secondary school. When kids are about 12 years old, schools and parents expect them to decide what subjects they would like to focus on. In my opinion, 12 years old is too young to make a decision like that. Students should be allowed to test all subjects until they are at least 15 or 16.

2. Do you think decision making today is different from decision making in the past?

Yes, I do. I’d say that we have more options these days. Actually I recently read an article related to this. Basically, the writer argued that nowadays, we have too much choice which causes people to be unhappy. In the past people had fewer choices but were happier. I think this is called the 'paradox of choice’

3. How do you think computers help people make decisions?

That’s a good question…I suppose they can help us to make more logical decisions. What I mean is people are often influenced by their feelings and sometimes emotion can hinder one’s ability to make decisions. I used to work in finance and in that industry, computers are often used to help decision making. In fact, nowadays, there are algorithms that automatically buy or sell stocks in order to make a profit. Machines certainly have an advantage in this type of situation as they can calculate quickly and make logical choices based on probability. That said, in other careers like teaching, computers aren’t as useful as emotions must be taken into account..