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hello everyone thank you for joining me

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again and welcome to any new viewers

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this is to the point english with ben

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i'm ben

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and in this video i'm going to answer

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one of the most common questions that

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students have when they decide to sign

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up for a cambridge english exam

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and that question is do i need a teacher

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or is it possible to prepare for and

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pass

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the exam

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only with self-study now of course the

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answer to that question depends on many

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factors

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but for those of you who just want a

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short answer i would say yes it is

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possible to prepare for and pass the

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cambridge english exams whether it's the

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b21st c1 advanced or c2 proficiency

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without a teacher and with only

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self-study

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however i wouldn't recommend it

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now you may think of course you would

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say that you are an english teacher who

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specializes in preparing people for the

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cambridge english exams

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but i'm going to explain why first of

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all i think it is possible

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to prepare for and pass the cambridge

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english exams without a teacher and then

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later i'm going to explain why perhaps

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it's a good idea to have a teacher now

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if you've seen any of my previous videos

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on the cambridge english exams you'll

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know that two of the biggest tips i give

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on how to prepare for the exams are get

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to know the exam as well as possible

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really get to know the exam so you know

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every paper every part of each paper and

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even how to approach each question

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almost

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and also to do lots of sample papers so

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those two things you can really do on

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your own can't you you don't necessarily

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need a teacher to get to know the exam

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and to do sample papers especially if

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you have a book with answers you can you

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can check your results how you're

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progressing

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on your own

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so that's one reason why

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perhaps it's possible to prepare for and

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pass the cambridge english exams without

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a teacher

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another reason is that there has never

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been a better time to prepare for the

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cambridge exams than now because of all

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the resources you have available to you

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of course you have my my youtube channel

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many other fantastic youtube channels

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specifically on the cambridge english

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exams

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you have lots of websites even apps to

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help you

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there are really no excuses now you have

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so much material and so many resources

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out there to help you so

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of course you can do a lot of it by

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yourself

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also another big tip i give is to find a

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study buddy now it's quite simple

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you have my free telegram group where

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you can meet other students who are

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preparing for the exams you can find a

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study buddy there but also facebook

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groups

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instagram accounts

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all kinds of options

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so a lot of the barriers that we had in

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the past

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don't exist now you have a lot of

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options um in order to to do self study

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and of course you would need to to get

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the materials to get some books although

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there are a lot of resources on the

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internet specific books um are really

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the best way to prepare on your own

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so yeah it is possible to prepare for

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and pass the cambridge english exams

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without a teacher but as i said i would

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highly recommend that you find a teacher

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to help you and why do i say that well

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primarily because two of the papers of

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the cambridge english exams whether it's

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the b21st c1 advanced or c2 proficiency

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benefit a lot from feedback and it's

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very difficult to get feedback from

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somebody who is not a professional

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experienced teacher the writing and

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speaking papers in particular so you can

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do lots of writing tasks lots of sample

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papers

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but if you're not getting any feedback

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on on your compositions it's very

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difficult to know if you're doing it

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well or if you're going in the right way

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if you're progressing as you should be

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and the same with speaking

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perhaps you can find a study buddy to

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practice your speaking with but if you

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don't get that feedback it's

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it's not impossible as i said you can

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progress and and you can pass the exam

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without

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without professional feedback but you're

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going to find it a lot more difficult

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now of course your best option is to

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take a preparation course a complete

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preparation course which i offer by the

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way and in those whether they're mine or

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in other with other teachers or in other

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academies you'll get the strategy the

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tips and the approach for every part of

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the exam and you should have lots of

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opportunities to practice your speaking

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and get feedback on your writing but

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there are other options too because for

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example my ttp exam academy so you don't

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necessarily need a complete course as i

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said at the beginning it really depends

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on many factors and one of those factors

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is your level your your starting level

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if you have a an advanced level then

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perhaps you don't need as much help as

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somebody who has an intermediate or

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upper intermediate level who is trying

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to prepare for the cambridge advance and

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also it depends on your experience with

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the cambridge english exams if you have

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taken cambridge english exams before

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then you'll know the format you'll know

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the structure and you'll know how to

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approach many of the parts

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so

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you have to take all of those things

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into consideration before you take the

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the decision of whether you need a

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professional experienced teacher or not

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okay i hope that answers the question of

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whether you need a teacher to prepare

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for and pass the cambridge english exam

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but let me know what you think in the

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comments i'm sure a lot of you are

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trying to prepare for the exams only

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with self-study so let me know how

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you're doing that

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okay thank you for joining me again and

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i'll see you soon for another video take

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care bye