Speaking · Speaking Interview
Restaurants and Eating Out Interview
Speaking · Interview
Instructions
This task measures your ability to respond to a range of general and academic questions by producing a coherent, clear spoken response with natural pace, expressive intonation, and varied, accurate language.
You will answer 4 interviewer questions. You will have 45 seconds to answer each question. Initial questions focus on factual information and personal experience, whereas later questions ask you to express and support your opinions.
- Allow microphone access when prompted.
- Use headphones and find a quiet space.
- You will hear the scenario, then each interviewer question. Recording starts automatically when the question audio ends.
- Take a deep breath — and let's go.
Restaurants and Eating Out Interview
Answer each interview question aloud
Scenario
You have agreed to take part in a research study about eating out and restaurant culture. You will have a short online interview with a researcher. The researcher will ask you some questions.
Question 1
Thanks for joining me. I'm looking at how often people eat away from home and why. How often do you eat in a restaurant or cafe?
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Probably twice a month for a proper meal out, plus a coffee and something small a few times a week. The meals out are usually with friends rather than family. I cook most evenings, partly to save money and partly because I enjoy it. Eating out feels more like an event when it doesn't happen constantly.
Question 2
What makes a restaurant experience good or bad for you, apart from the food?
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Noise level, more than anything. If I have to shout across the table, the evening is spoiled however good the food is. Unhurried service matters too; I dislike feeling that the table is needed. And I notice when staff seem to be treated well, because it changes the atmosphere of the whole room.
Question 3
Has the way people eat out changed in your country in recent years?
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Quite a lot. There is far more variety than there was, and small independent places have become popular again. Delivery has grown enormously, which means some restaurants now cook mostly for people who never come in. Prices have risen sharply as well, so people I know eat out less often but choose more carefully when they do.
Question 4
Some people say cooking at home is a skill that is being lost. Do you agree?
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Partly. Fewer people learn to cook from a parent than used to, and convenience food is very good now. But there is also more cooking information freely available than at any time in history. My honest view is that the skill is not disappearing so much as moving, from families to screens. What is genuinely lost is the habit of cooking without a recipe.
What a high-scoring response does
- Answers the question that was asked in the first sentence
- Supports it with a reason and a concrete example
- Keeps talking fluently for most of the 45 seconds
- Sounds natural: clear pronunciation, few long pauses
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