Why interaction matters

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hello to the pointers thank you for

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joining me again and welcome to any

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new viewers um now in the speaking paper

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of the cambridge english exams

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so the b2 first the c1 advanced and the

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c2 proficiency

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you're going to need to converse with a

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partner in the collaborative tasks

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and the discussions now this will

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inevitably

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involve agreeing and disagreeing

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so it's a good idea to go into the exam

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with

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a few options in order to avoid

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repetition

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so in this video i'm going to give you

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five expressions

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for agreeing and five expressions for

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disagreeing

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with your partner now the first thing i

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should say

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and it may seem obvious but agree and

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disagree

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are verbs in english so we can say

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something like

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i agree with you or i disagree with you

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but we cannot say and we must not say i

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am agree with you or i am disagree with

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you

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now as i said that may seem obvious but

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i promise it's a very common mistake

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that my students make

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at all levels really and if you make

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this mistake in the exam

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the examiner will just fail you

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immediately