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Excalibur™ Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
GCE "O" Level Oral Exam.
My "O" level English Exam is coming in a few weeks time and i'm pretty worried about my the way i'm speaking. The Exam consist of 2 parts- 1. Passage reading, 2. Topics discussion. I was thinking if it is advisable to speak to the examiners in English with British accent in it... i felt pretty wierd about it because i had never really tried that before but... is it good if i do that? Anyone have any tips or advices in taking Oral exam?
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I'd strongly advise against trying to put on a fake accent. They don't care what accent you speak with (do you think Americans taking this exam would try to fake a British accent) as they are just checking that you speak clearly and with good grammar/vocabulary.
- I'd strongly advise against trying to put on a fake accent.
- They don't care what accent you speak with (do you think Americans taking this exam would try to fake a British accent) as they are just checking that you speak clearly and with good grammar/vocabulary.
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I'd strongly advise against trying to put on a fake accent. They don't care what accent you speak with (do you think Americans taking this exam would try to fake a British accent) as they are just checking that you speak clearly and with good grammar/vocabulary.
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You forgot the 'picture discussion ' component...
And actually they are testing you for your ability to think (not so much whether you sound like a Brit or not), and how well you can get across the ideas that you are thinking.
For example, in picture discussion, they are testing your ability to analyse. That means saying 'The bo
And actually they are testing you for your ability to think (not so much whether you sound like a Brit or not), and how well you can get across the ideas that you are thinking.
For example, in picture discussion, they are testing your ability to analyse. That means saying 'The bo
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Dear Excalibur,
1. Just be yourself and speak naturally and clearly.
2. Visit my blog at ( put it in your profile only) search: How to access my other blogs / get to my Oral English related blogs and perhaps you may find something useful there.
3. Good luck to you.
Kuronekosan Shingapooru
St. Hilda's Secondary School 2011
Hai Sing Catholi
1. Just be yourself and speak naturally and clearly.
2. Visit my blog at ( put it in your profile only) search: How to access my other blogs / get to my Oral English related blogs and perhaps you may find something useful there.
3. Good luck to you.
Kuronekosan Shingapooru
St. Hilda's Secondary School 2011
Hai Sing Catholi
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i am an olevel student and im gonna appear in may 2012
i got 2 A in my islamiat and pakistan studies.
my skills in sciences are quite good.and i am working hard for A grades in them
i also have to appear in gce english language 1123
my english is good ie i dont have too much grammer mistakes or other faults but my teacher thinks that my writing skills are not capable of scoring A g
i got 2 A in my islamiat and pakistan studies.
my skills in sciences are quite good.and i am working hard for A grades in them
i also have to appear in gce english language 1123
my english is good ie i dont have too much grammer mistakes or other faults but my teacher thinks that my writing skills are not capable of scoring A g
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Hi,
A very brief and quick comment after looking at your text above.
If yoou want to get an A in writing, you need to use capital letters and punctuation correctly.
A very brief and quick comment after looking at your text above.
If yoou want to get an A in writing, you need to use capital letters and punctuation correctly.
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dear clive i got wat u said.from my post u must be able to observe that my punctuation is not correct.
Well observed, but in case when i am writing on a paperi donot do much of these mistakes
firstly i lose mark wen i miss punctuations and all that stuff
But see i need help in how to improve my piece of writing........why my teacher always comments that my expression is too weak .i re
Well observed, but in case when i am writing on a paperi donot do much of these mistakes
firstly i lose mark wen i miss punctuations and all that stuff
But see i need help in how to improve my piece of writing........why my teacher always comments that my expression is too weak .i re
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Hi,
Would you like to post a paragraph or two of your writng, for us to comment on?
Clive
Would you like to post a paragraph or two of your writng, for us to comment on?
Clive
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why not.
ok so the topic is '' when i was left behind ,i was distressed''
SO I AM GOING TO WRITE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH I WROTE''
One month long Europe tour was ahead.It was pre-planned four months back by my dad and his brother to make a holiday in Europe during the winter breaks.Beside my dad brothers family ,many of my cousins and their parents were in too.A total of 23 people wer
ok so the topic is '' when i was left behind ,i was distressed''
SO I AM GOING TO WRITE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH I WROTE''
One month long Europe tour was ahead.It was pre-planned four months back by my dad and his brother to make a holiday in Europe during the winter breaks.Beside my dad brothers family ,many of my cousins and their parents were in too.A total of 23 people wer
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Hi,
As a general comment, you need to introduce your topic in your introductory paragraph, and make your reader interested in it. But you have not mentioned your topic at all.
Now I'm just going to look at your English. I don't know how the marking standards are, but seeing your e
As a general comment, you need to introduce your topic in your introductory paragraph, and make your reader interested in it. But you have not mentioned your topic at all.
Now I'm just going to look at your English. I don't know how the marking standards are, but seeing your e
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