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first of all we'd like to know a little

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about you

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so where are you from england

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where are you from i'm from england

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and well i was born in london but when i

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was seven

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years old was i six

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no i think i was seven maybe i was six i

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don't remember i have to ask my parents

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but when i was young we moved to a small

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town or a big village

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maybe it's a small town it was a typical

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english town

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have you been to england have you been

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to england

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where are you from well i'm from england

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i was born in london but when i was six

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years old

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we moved with my family to the english

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countryside

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to a typical quaint english village in

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cambridge here

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and that's where i grew up

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welcome to the sixth video in my ongoing

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series

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on how to get the best score possible in

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the cambridge

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exams where i give tips and advice based

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on my

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experience of helping many students over

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the years pass the exams

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and today we're looking at speaking part

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one

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now this video is valid for the b2 first

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c1 advanced

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and c2 proficiency because really it's

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the same advice

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the thing that differentiates you in

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levels is how you answer the questions

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so the vocabulary you the grammar you

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use but

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the advice is is basically the same

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so i have some good news the speaking

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part one

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is possibly even probably the

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easiest part of the whole exam

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but that doesn't mean you can relax no

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and there's two reasons you can't relax

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first of all

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this is the first opportunity you have

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to speak directly to

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the examiners and first impressions

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count

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so you have to make sure you make a good

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first impression

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secondly you have to see this as an

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opportunity to demonstrate

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your level of english the bad news is

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you will be

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nervous okay that's inevitable unless

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you're one of those

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few lucky people who just don't get

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nervous in these situations

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you will be nervous but you have to see

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that this is an opportunity

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it's it's an opportunity to demonstrate

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your fantastic level

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okay so see it in a positive way

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so what is speaking part one well it's a

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short conversation between the examiner

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and each candidate individually and the

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focus is on general social and

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interactional language

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so the examiners will usually ask one or

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two questions

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about the the candidate themselves and

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then they will ask more general

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questions about other subjects for

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example

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their leisure time their studies their

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future plans

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travel holiday experiences and their

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daily routines

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so how should you answer those questions

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well

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as you can see in the example at the

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beginning of this video

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the first attempt of the the candidate

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was

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too short england is not enough of an

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answer when somebody asks you where are

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you from

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you need to elaborate a little more the

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second answer was bad because it was

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sort of rambling it wasn't focused or

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concise

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the candidate did not take advantage of

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the opportunity

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trying to remember if he was six or

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seven when he moved and if it was a

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village or a town where he lived

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it's not important and in the end he

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didn't say much at all

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the second thing he asked questions to

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the examiner and to his partner

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which you don't do but the third answer

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was perfect

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it was answering the question and then

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elaborating a little bit more but not

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too much it was concise

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and it used good vocabulary like quaint

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grow up moved so that's a perfect

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length of answers not too short it's not

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too long

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that's what you need to be aiming for so

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let's look at some more

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good examples of answers to other

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questions now

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so these these are only good examples no

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bad examples this time

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what free time activity do you enjoy

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most

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well to be honest nowadays i prefer to

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spend my free time at home

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binge watching on films and series

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although i do meet up with my mates

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occasionally

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just to catch up do you like using the

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internet to keep in touch with people

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yes and no i think the internet is a

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good option

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for small talk and non-important

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conversation

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but if i want to have a deeper more

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profound conversation

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and put the world to write i'd rather

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meet in person

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how important is it for you to spend

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time with your family

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very important despite the fact that i

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live in a different country to my family

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i cherish the time that we spend

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together and i often get homesick and i

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miss them terribly

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so there you can see the perfect answers

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for those questions

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not too short not too long fluent

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no hesitations and no um

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and using good vocabulary now don't

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worry some of that vocabulary is

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proficient vocabulary so if you're

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studying for the first don't

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panic and think you have to use that

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type of vocabulary

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but you should try to include as much

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impressive vocabulary as possible into

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your answers

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it's an opportunity remember as i said

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you will be nervous

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that's okay the nervousness will help

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you focus

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but this speaking part one is a good

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opportunity to start to relax to get

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used to the environment you're in

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speaking to the examiner

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and just calm down for the next parts of

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the speaking

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which are more difficult and speaking of

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the next parts of the speaking

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my next videos will be focused

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specifically on each level so i will do

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one video for the first

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certificate the b2 first another video

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for the c1 advanced and another video

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for the

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c2 proficiency for each part of the exam

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so i recommend you subscribe so you

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don't miss them and other future videos

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i'll be making

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coming soon okay thank you for joining

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me i hope this helped

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let me know in the comments if you have

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any other tips or questions and i'll see

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you soon for another video

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bye