Balance enjoyment and exam practice

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to my students who

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are not preparing for

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exams just to enjoy the process as much

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as possible listen to things that they

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find interesting and fun

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to to motivate themselves but in the

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listening paper of the cambridge exams

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you will have quite long audio extract

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about subjects which you may not find

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particularly interesting

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and it's very important to stay focused

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all through

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the the this part of the exam

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so if your preparation only involves

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listening to things you like

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things you find entertaining then when

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it comes to the exam you're not going to

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be prepared you may

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switch off or get distracted for example

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if you like gardening

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then you can listen to a podcast on

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gardening and you'll be motivated

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to pay attention throughout the podcast

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but but i would recommend that you

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listen to podcasts on

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architecture if you find architecture

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boring or engineering

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or i don't know particular areas of

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medicine

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it's the best way to practice being

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focused for long periods of time

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listening to something you're not really

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interested in because

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as i said if you if you don't do that

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when it's time to sit down in the exam

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and listen

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to these audios you may be surprised and

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find it difficult to concentrate

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so yeah as i said when you finish the

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exams listen to things you enjoy

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just