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from here starts the speaking test this
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is the speaking mock test of the
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international English language testing
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system taking place at Rod zelts Academy
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the candidate is akr aif candidate
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number
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0141
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3278 The Examiner is Alex examiner
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number 443
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533 good afternoon my name is Alex would
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you please tell me your full name my my
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name is akam aif you can call me akam
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okay let's start with part one I'm going
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to ask you some personal questions first
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question I will ask let's talk about
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your free time how do you usually spend
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your free time well it depends on my
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mood sometimes I like to relax with a
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book or movie and the other times I go
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for a walk or catch up with friends in
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fact I try to keep a balance between
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rest and being active Okay do you prefer
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spending free time alone or with
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friends actually both I enjoy hanging
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out with friends for fun activities but
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I also need a long time to recharge you
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know it really depends on how I'm
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playing okay has your way of spending
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free time changed over the years
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definitely when I was younger I spent a
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lot of time playing games or going out
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but now I prefer more productive
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activities like reading or learning new
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skills or something like that okay now
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let's talk about
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shopping how often do you go shopping
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not very often I usually shop once or
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twice a month unless I need something
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urgent you know I prefer to buy
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everything in one go
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okay do you prefer shopping online or
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would you rather in store online for
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sure because it's more convenient and I
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can compare prices easily but for
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something like clothes I prefer in store
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shopping to try them
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on is shopping an enjoyable activity for
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you or just a necessity uh mostly a
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necessity I like buying things I need
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but I don't enjoy spending hours
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browsing so
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I prefer to shop efficiently now let's
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talk about traveling do you like
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traveling absolutely I love exploring
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new cultures meeting people and trying
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different foods you know traveling is
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always a refreshing experience for me
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what is the most interesting place that
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you have ever visited it was tum one of
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the interesting cities of Mexico the
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mixture of ancient temples and Modern
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Life was fascinating and the food was
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amazing
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do you prefer to travel alone or do you
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like traveling with others it depends I
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enjoy group trips for fun but I also
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like solo travel because it gives me
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more freedom to
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explore okay that concludes part one to
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the exam we're going to move to part
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two now I'm going to give you a topic
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and I'd like you to talk about it for
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about two minutes before you talk you'll
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have one minute to prepare your what
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you're going to say I'll give you a pen
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and paper so you can make some
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notes okay here's a pen and
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paper
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and so you can just make some notes do
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you understand okay so the question is
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describe a time when you had to make a
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difficult decision go ahead I'll start
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the
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timer for
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okay that was a minute for Preparation
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you can now begin
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speaking all right I'd like to talk
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about a really tough decision I had to
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make a few years ago uh it happened when
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I was offered a job in vanare at the
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time I had a stable job in London my
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hometown I really liked my colleagues
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and my family was nearby which was a
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huge
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plus uh but what about new job it was an
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amazing opportunity better pay career
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growth and the chance to work on Project
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I was actually passionate about so yeah
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it was really tempting for me uh I
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basically had two options stay where I
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was in my comfort zone or take a risk
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and move somewhere completely new where
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I didn't know anymore and uh honestly it
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was a real dilemma for me the offer
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sounded great but I was scared of
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leaving everything behind after a lot of
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thinking and talking friends and family
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I decided to go for it it it wasn't easy
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at first I had to leave my family and
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friends behind uh find a new place to
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leave and adjust a new
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environment that time I felt lonely and
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overwhelmed but honestly looking back I
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know I made the right choice if anything
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this experience taught me that stepping
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out of your uh comfort zone really
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pushes you to grow so it was one of the
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hardest decisions I've ever made
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but uh I have zero regrets okay that
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concludes that part of the test I'll
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take back that paper from you now we
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move on to part three I did a good job
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we've been talking about a time when you
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had to make a difficult decision and i'
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now like to ask you some questions more
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onto that so first question I'd like to
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ask you is why is it sometimes hard for
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people to make decisions that's a great
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question honestly I think it's because
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people are afraid of making the wrong
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choice like if it's something small no
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big deal but when it comes to major life
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decisions like selecting a job moving to
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another country or getting married
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there's so much pressure and let's be
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real nowadays we have too many options
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it's like uh the more choices we have
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the harder it gets to actually pick one
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okay do you think people today have more
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decisions to make than people in the
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past oh 100% life used to be much
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simpler right people had fewer career
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paths fewer University options and even
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fewer brands of cereal to choose from
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but now we have this overload of choices
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in literally everything like even
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picking a phone takes hours because
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there are a million different
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models plus with technology we
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constantly making decisions what to read
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what to believe or how to manage your
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time so it's
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exhausting okay how important is advice
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from others when making a big
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decision well I think it's super
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important but only if you ask the right
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people like getting advice from someone
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who's been through a similar
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experience that's really helpful but if
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you ask too many people it just gets
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confusing because everyone has a
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different opinion so advice is great but
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at the end of the day you know you have
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to trust yourself
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too okay do you think young people and
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older people make decisions differently
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that's actually a pretty good question
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young people tend to to be more
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impulsive you know they more likely to
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take risks like uh quitting a job on the
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spot or uh moving abroad without
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thinking too much Elder people on the
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other hand usually weigh their options
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more carefully because they have more
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life experience but I guess uh it also
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depends on their personality you know
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some Elder people are super adventurous
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and some young people are really
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cautious okay how can people become
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better at decision
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making um I would say just making more
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decisions helps like the more you
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practice the better you get at it also
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knowing your priority is a big one if
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you know what really matter to you it's
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easier to decide and another thing don't
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make decisions when you are super
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emotional I mean we've all made choices
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we regret just because we were stressed
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or upset so also taking a step back and
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thinking things through always
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helps okay thank you very much this is
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the end of the speaking test do you want
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us okay that was a lot of talking do you
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have any questions thank no thank you
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very much I really appreciate that you
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give me this feedback because I know
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this will help me this is exactly what I
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need although my job is hard I enjoy
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doing it
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last the exam day you should make sure
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okay this is the last time I'm going to
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talk
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about
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generation know were
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talking
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or I I have to say congratulations you
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did an awesome job I didn't expect you
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to do as good as you did you did a very
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good job you were natural fluent
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coherent and relevant in terms of
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fluency and coherence you were
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absolutely coherent by giving
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explanation examples to support your
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ideas you were to the point you used so
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many amazing linking words and fillers
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you had some hesitations but those
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weren't content related and not language
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related in terms of vocabulary you did
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also a great job by using qualifcations
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and idioms such as catch up with friends
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convenient mostly a necessity a
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refreshing experience a solo travel
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stepping out of comfort zone those were
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great so many other vocabulary great job
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great job your grammar was Flawless not
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even one single mistake you simple and
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complex structures naturally without any
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difficulty in terms of pronunciation
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you had some minor mispronunciation but
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your main issue is the intonation your
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speech was very flat and this is why I
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gave you an eight in uh just this
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criteria but overall you got three nines
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one8 which makes you an overall of a
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band nine I want to say congratulations
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great job
