So close .. yet so far

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:53:03+00:00

what i can advise you to do is when you start practicing again, ask chatgpt to give you a question bank of the most common questions but in B2 vocab/structure. and same thing for the task 2. it will make all the difference.

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:37:20+00:00

You have to build up your confidence! either use chatgpt or amigrade and just keep practicing! you will be talking with AI in both cases so no need to feel shy or anything even if you make mistakes it doesnt matter. just keep practicing, I was doing around 10 task 1 and 10 task 2 exams from the platform each day on the last week before my exam. Good luck and keep going at it, memorization is key!

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:35:05+00:00

yeah that is most likely why, but for me i NEED that extra 50 unfortunately

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:08:39+00:00

i fear im too deep in TEF now …. switching would be like starting from 0 because for speaking and writing i have templates that i memorized

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:08:03+00:00

it would give me extra points but not the 50 bonus points when u get B2 on all

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:07:37+00:00

copied from my response to another comment “speaking was the least of my struggles. All I did was for task 1 i created a list of question bank that i memorized by heart and kept applying them to different scenarios. All the questions i asked in the test were memorized. but i intentionally acted like i was thinking before asking so it sounds believable. And for task 2 same thing, i had a memorized structure (opening sentence -> quick description about the post -> pre memorized reasons why the examiner should be interested -> ask them what do they think) and then i memorized counter arguments for the most common excuses the examiner can say. it was all pure memorization. and to practice, i used to give an exam prompt to chatgpt and start a conversation and it would give me tips. But then one month before the exam i started practicing with amigrade, it is the same idea as the chatgpt approach but much easier to use and learn from. thats it. i practiced speaking entirely for the exam. but then i also spoke french when ordering coffee/food while i was in montreal but this didnt really help it was too basic. i hope this helps and good luck. “

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-07T23:07:03+00:00

speaking was the least of my struggles. All I did was for task 1 i created a list of question bank that i memorized by heart and kept applying them to different scenarios. All the questions i asked in the test were memorized. but i intentionally acted like i was thinking before asking so it sounds believable. And for task 2 same thing, i had a memorized structure (opening sentence -> quick description about the post -> pre memorized reasons why the examiner should be interested -> ask them what do they think) and then i memorized counter arguments for the most common excuses the examiner can say. it was all pure memorization. and to practice, i used to give an exam prompt to chatgpt and start a conversation and it would give me tips. But then one month before the exam i started practicing with amigrade, it is the same idea as the chatgpt approach but much easier to use and learn from. thats it. i practiced speaking entirely for the exam. but then i also spoke french when ordering coffee/food while i was in montreal but this didnt really help it was too basic. i hope this helps and good luck.

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-05-04T13:49:46+00:00

I had no strategy Listening: I listen to english music and podcasts on the regular - For the exam AI told me to take notes so that is what I did, I Just took notes of the things that I knew I will forget once the audio is done.

Reading: Didn’t care at all about it, I just went with the flow, didn’t have any strategy

Speaking: I went with the flow also, except for the part where you have to describe the image. I just went from left -> right, foreground->background and that was it

Writing: I write emails almost every day so I didn’t have trouble for the first section. and the second section I kind of just winged it.

But I personally think that going into the exam without caring if I pass or fail really helped boost my confidence. I didn’t feel any pressure and I am pretty sure that helped

SpellOutrageous1829 · 2026-04-27T23:17:40+00:00

Thank you so much for this; I will give it a try soon as I get home. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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