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It's been five years since I sat my university finals, and I still have nightmares about turning over a test paper and not knowing the answers.
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It was the most stressful experience of my life.
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After that, I promised I'd never do an exam again.
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And I haven't.
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I'll admit that passing those exams helped me land a decent job, but I have never needed to use any of the information I learned while working here.
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Employers seem to think
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that by hiring someone with a high level qualification they are getting a better worker but that's not strictly true either.
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Some people at my workplace have amazing grades in their postgraduate qualifications
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but they are no better at their job than anyone else.
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Actually some of them are awful to work with.
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People can be trained to do most jobs and the skills you need like having good people skills
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of being creative and being able to respond effectively to different situations just can't be tested in exams.
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When I was in school, I was always at the top of the class and aced my exams.
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My teachers loved me and my classmates' parents wished their kids were more like me.
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My classmates hated me, of course, but that didn't bother me, to be honest.
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Doing well in exams gave me confidence and a sense of pride, although I confess I also felt I was better than everyone else, which I now realize is not true.
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I simply have a better aptitude for that way of learning, I suppose.
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Now I work with people whose grades aren't even close to mine, and they do better than me in the office.
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You would think that would make me upset, but that's not true.
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Although I haven't seen any real financial benefit from taking exams, they have made me a disciplined person who values knowledge,
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and I still take them now for the hobbies I do in my spare time.
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I think they are a valuable way to reflect on my progress and how well I'm doing.
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Many people think that exams don't test anything except your ability to take exams, you know, how well you can memorise and recall information.
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They think that students would learn better by doing projects based on their own interests, where what they learn isn't limited by an exam syllabus.
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Well, that method might work for a few people.
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But in my view, most people don't have enough motivation whereas an exam serves as a clear objective for students.
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Plus, I personally think exams test all sorts of skills besides just your ability to remember stuff like your thought processes,
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analytical ability, logic, intelligence and your application of knowledge.
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Honestly, I wouldn't want anyone in a powerful position of responsibility who hadn't proved they had those skills.
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So in that sense, exams are essential.
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Of course, the design of the paper is critical.
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A multiple choice paper isn't going to test those sorts of things.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Are exams necessary? – B1 English Listening Test”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: exam, skills, test, ability, paper. Questo video contiene 32 frasi e 500 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:04. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 163 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| examination sostantivo | /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | esame, visita |
| classmate sostantivo | /ˈklæs.meɪt/ | compagno di classe, compagna di classe |
| qualification sostantivo | /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ | certificazione |
| aptitude sostantivo | /ˈæptɪˌtud/ | attitudine |
| memorize verbo | /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ | memorizzare, imparare a memoria |
| syllabus sostantivo | /ˈsɪləbəs/ | programma |
| confess verbo | /kənˈfɛs/ | confessare |
| stressful aggettivo | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | stressante, logorante |
| hobby sostantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | hobby, passatempo |
| workplace sostantivo | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | luogo di lavoro |
| ace sostantivo | /ˈeɪ̯s/ | asso |
| strictly avverbio | /ˈstɹɪktli/ | strettamente, severamente |
| nightmare sostantivo | /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ | incubo, brutto sogno |
| motivation sostantivo | /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/ | motivazione |
| employer sostantivo | /ɪmˈplɔɪə/ | datore di lavoro, datrice di lavoro |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| turn over verbo | ribaltare, capovolgere |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | It's been · have never needed · haven't seen |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | can be trained · can't be tested |
| Comparativi -er than / more … than — confrontare due cose | better than |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | are getting · I'm doing |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 14 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, haven't, isn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, postgraduate /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/, analytical /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: classmate /ˈklæs.meɪt/, aptitude /ˈæptɪˌtud/, memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, postgraduate /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/, syllabus /ˈsɪləbəs/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: exam /ɪɡˈzæm/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, classmate /ˈklæs.meɪt/, aptitude /ˈæptɪˌtud/, postgraduate /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come examination, classmate, qualification.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.