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IELTS Speaking for Success
Every week, Maria and Rory get together to discuss the latest IELTS Speaking topics, providing model answers and vocabulary to help you improve your general spoken English and achieve a higher band in your IELTS exam. Our website: https://successwithielts.com Transcripts: https://successwithielts.com/podcast#transcripts Premium episodes: https://linktr.ee/sfspremium
Episodes
IELTS Speaking for Success👯♀️ Friends and friendship (S03E10) + Transcript
This episode is ultimately your guide to becoming Rory's (best) friend. Use it wisely. In addition to that Masha shows off her (somewhat rusty) Latin and tries…
IELTS Speaking for Success🧔 Helping others - Stories with Rory #2 (+ Transcript)
"Stories with Rory" focus on storytelling and the ability to talk about different topics at length. We know that it might be quite difficult to formulate a…
IELTS Speaking for Success✍️ Handwriting (S03E09) + Transcript
How do you handwrite an email? Should people be judged by their handwriting? Can handwriting be "girly"/"manly"? In addition to that, Rory talks about his…
IELTS Speaking for Success📽️ Films (S03E08) + Transcript
What movies make Rory cry? What makes Maria cry more: cartoons or working with Rory? Is it possible to binge-watch "Game of Thrones" in a day? Is there such a…
IELTS Speaking for Success🍂 Seasons (S03E07) + Transcript
Rory talks about the seasons in Scotland, the coldest and hottest places he's ever been to and Masha shares her experience travelling to Murmansk in winter in…
IELTS Speaking for Success🍌 Food (S03E06) + Trancript
Among the rest, they discuss eating bugs and butterflies as well as a philosophical question: "Eat to live or live to eat?". In addition to that Masha finds…
IELTS Speaking for Success🧔 Lost and Found - Stories with Rory #1 (+ Transcript)
These episodes focus on storytelling and the ability to talk about different topics at length. We know that it might be quite difficult to formulate a coherent…
IELTS Speaking for Success🌵 Plants (S03E05) + Trancript
We find out that Rory has chlorophyll on his hands, talk about what plant symbolizes his relationship with his colleagues as well as how to impress Maria with…
IELTS Speaking for Success🌍 Crowded places (S03E04) + Transcript
In this episode, Rory and Maria talk about "Crowded places, " discuss topic-related vocabulary, and compare Moscow and Rory's hometown Dundee - a city with a…
IELTS Speaking for Success🧘♂️ Morning routine (S03E03) + Transcript
This one turned out to be really fun to record and we hope you'll enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it. Lots of useful words phrases and…
IELTS Speaking for Success🍰 Cake (S03E02) + Transcript
Tune in to hear Rory's sweet answers, find out about the most popular dessert (or desert?) in Scotland and whether Rory is a good cook (or cooker?). Tune in…
IELTS Speaking for Success💭 Dreams (S03E01) + Transcript
What are some of the words that can be used to describe a dream? Do dreams help us solving problems and what has this got to do with Rory's shower? What are…
IELTS Speaking for Success🤪 Season 2 Bloopers
As a little treat, we've put together a short episode of us being silly, jokes. gags and which had been previously cut out of the season 2 episodes during the…
IELTS Speaking for Success🧬 Science (Season 2 Finale 🏁) + Transcript
Why do planets go around the sun? Do all sciences end with "_ology"? And of course the question of all questions: "Is a tomato a fruit, a vegetable, a cherry…
IELTS Speaking for Success😫 Boredom (S02E09) + Transcript
It is something that the majority of people all over the globe are facing now in this new world on quarantine. So, if you have ever wanted to know 10 ways to…
IELTS Speaking for Success🧸 Toys (S02E08) + Transcript
In this episode Masha and Rory discuss toys! What words should you use when describing something like a toy? What do toys teach children? Do modern parents…
IELTS Speaking for Success☕ Coffee (S02E07) + Transcript
Yes, in this episode we are finally talking about Coffee - the second most traded commodity in the world (right after crude oil of course) and a drink loved…
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📚 Books (S02E06) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In this episode (our longest episode so far) Maria and Rory discuss books. Page-turners and…
IELTS Speaking for Success🎨 Art (S02E05) + Transcript
Listen to the episode to find out whether Rory has a painting of Maria in his bedroom or not, as well as what it takes him to be cultured and sophisticated…
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🖊️ Pens (S02E04) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale We are back with weekly episodes! This week Maria and Rory talk about "Pens" as it is of the new topics…
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🤝 Teamwork (S02E03) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale We’re back with a new episode. This time Maria and Rory discuss “Teamwork” - a topic that might come up…
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👃 Perfume (S02E02) + Transcript
Tune in to find out the difference between aftershave and body spray, perfume and cologne, fragrance and scent, as well as what vocabulary one can use to…
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👱♀️ Hairstyle (S02E01) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale Maria and Rory discuss bad haircuts, fringes and of course, ridiculous decisions that Rory made when he…
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🏁 Season Finale (S01E10) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In the final episode of season 1 Rory takes a full IELTS Speaking test. Tune in and have a great day! -…
IELTS Speaking for Success🙌 Sharing (S01E09) + Transcript
In this episode, Maria and Rory talk about sharing and discuss lots of useful vocabulary related to the topic! Thank you for sticking with us, guys! Have a…
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🐒 Animals (S01E08) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In the 8th episode of our podcast, Maria and Rory talk about animals - allergenic and hypoallergenic…
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😌 Patience (S01E07) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale Let's see how big your patience reservoir is and whether you can sit through the whole episode without…
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👖 Jeans (S01E06) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale From our experience, we can tell that lots of people struggle to talk about such narrow topics because we…
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🚰 Water (S01E05) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In the fifth episode Maria and Rory discuss water. Lot's of useful words, grammar and jokes to satisfy…
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🏠 Accommodation (S01E04) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale This episode Maria and Joe (who kindly agreed to help us out while Rory is on vacation pondering his age)…
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📆 Age (S01E03) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In the third episode of IELTS Speaking for Success podcast Maria and Rory discuss "Age" - a topic that…
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🤔 Names (S01E02) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In this episode, Rory and Maria discuss "Names" - another very common topic that comes up during IELTS…
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🤖 Robots (S01E01) + Transcript
2026 New Year Sale: https://successwithielts.com/sale In the first ever episode, Maria and Rory discuss robots, a topic that sometimes comes up during speaking…