Why exam preparation matters

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I've said it before and I'll say it

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again the number one reason that

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students fail their Cambridge English

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exam or probably any English exam for

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that matter is lack of preparation now

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that may be because the student is

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overconfident you know they have a high

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level and they think well I can

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understand films in English I listen to

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podcasts in English maybe they even

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speak in English on a daily basis at

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work or with their friends and they feel

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that they don't need to prepare it may

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be just a simple lack of time maybe they

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live very busy lives with their families

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and work and other commitments and they

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can't find time to prepare for the exam

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or maybe it's simply procrastination so

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that's delaying or postponing something

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that needs to be done so this is true of

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the whole exam in general whether it's

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the B2 first C1 Advanced or C2

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proficiency but it's particularly true

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of the writing paper now I've seen

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hundreds of results papers from from

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students who have taken the exam and I

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would say that in around 880 or 90% of

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those