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Replace hesitation sounds

need a few seconds to formulate an answer and they will fill that silence with er um and that doesn't really demonstrate a confident and fluent level of english so if you can le...

Course: Confidence in Cambridge speakingSection: Vocabulary for Cambridge speakingSubtitles: en

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english they will

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need a few seconds to

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formulate an answer and they will fill

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that silence with

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er um

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and that doesn't really demonstrate a

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confident

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and fluent level of english so if you

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can learn some expressions

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to fill that silence with words not with

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sounds it will really really benefit you

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so for example you can say okay let me

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see

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or right so

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or that's a good question

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or simply well so

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it may just be very short but it's

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better than uh

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and uh you understand what i mean

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another option is just to repeat the

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question so if the examiner says why are

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you studying english you say

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why am i studying english now let me see

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so yeah just to give yourself a little

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bit more time to think

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okay i hope you found this video useful

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hit the subscribe button if you did

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because

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i'm going to continue making videos on

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the cambridge exams

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and i'll see you very soon for another

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video bye

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