Why speaking exams can feel unfair

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the speaking papers of the cambridge

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english exams are unfair

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hello my name is ben this is to the

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point english thank you for joining me

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again and welcome to any new viewers

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yes i believe that the speaking papers

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of the cambridge english exams are

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unfair

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in fact the speaking papers of all

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english exams are probably unfair but in

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this channel i focus on the b2 first c1

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advanced and c2 proficiency cambridge

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english exams

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and the speaking papers of all of those

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exams contain a task which the

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candidates must do

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in a limited period of time

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and that period of time is often very

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short

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for example in the c1 advanced there is

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a part where the candidates must speak

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about

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two photographs they must compare the

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photographs and answer two questions in

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just one minute

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and similarly in the c2 proficiency the

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long term the long term

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is just two minutes so the students need

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to

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demonstrate their fluency their high

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level all the vocabulary

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in just two minutes

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so this format clearly benefits people

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who can formulate their thoughts and

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speak quickly

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now there's a big percentage of the

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population