Pronunciation expectations

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don't know the subject you're going to

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be speaking about in the exam

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so you just need to prepare in general

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okay now let's look at the pronunciation

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obviously this is referring to the

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speaking part of the exam it's quite

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often a misconception about the

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pronunciation

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in the cambridge exams in general but

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the proficiency

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and advanced in particular it's okay to

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have

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an accent okay everybody has an accent i

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have an accent

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you have your own local accent

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this is an english exam it's a cambridge

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exam but if you speak english with

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more of an american accent or an

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australian accent

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that's fine you will not be penalized

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for that it's completely accepted

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and even if you have a strong french

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accent if you're french or italian or

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german or chinese if you speak

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with a strong accent that's absolutely

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fine you don't have to worry about your

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accent

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as long as you speak clearly enough to

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be

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understood okay that's the key there's a

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difference between pronunciation and

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accent

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the the examiner needs to be able to

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understand you

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if your accent is so strong that it's

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difficult to follow what you're saying

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then you have a problem

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but at an advanced or proficiency level

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that shouldn't be a problem

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so there's not a big difference there

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between advanced