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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...
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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...
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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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