Practising the oral
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Why isn't silent reading enough?
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It builds no spoken fluency, timing or control.
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How should you rehearse?
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Out loud, from notes, with a timer, several times.
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Should you rehearse the discussion?
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Yes — have someone ask likely follow-up questions.
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Why time every run?
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To land near ten minutes with a conclusion.
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What happens with each rehearsal run?
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It gets tighter, smoother, and more fluent.
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Notes or a memorised script for rehearsal?
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Notes — a word-for-word script is flat and fragile.
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Which criteria does rehearsal improve?
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All four — structure (C), language (D), and confident analysis (A, B).
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Why is the IO especially worth rehearsing?
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It's the one assessment you can fully practise in advance.
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The commonest weak preparation?
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Reading notes silently instead of rehearsing aloud.
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Rehearsing the IO in one line?
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Aloud, from notes, to time, repeated — plus discussion practice.
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