Hello everyone! This video is about the Duolingo English test video interview and writing sample.
I will be sharing some tips examples and sample questions and answers so let's start.First
i'll discuss a little bit about why the Duolingo English test includes an ungraded writing and
speaking sample so let's read what they say about the ungraded tasks in the official guide
of the Duolingo English test. According to the guide, the institutions will be able to
read your extended writing sample and watch your speaking sample.
Please note that the speaking sample is sent as a video recording so they will be able to
see you. Institutions use these ungraded sections as a way to get to know you better and learn more
information about your English skills. While these two sections don't affect your overall score,
they are important components of your test that show off your unique personality and skills as an
admission candidate. Make sure to choose topics you are interested in or passionate about.
Do your very best to show off your skills to an admission committee.
So make sure you answer these questions as best as you can also if you don't answer them your
test will not be validated and you will not get your scores. So let's move on to the next slide.
This is a little bit about how it looks like in the exam.So it's
as the official guide says you will get a 10 minutes time to complete these questions.
You will be shown two questions and given 30 seconds to choose which one to answer and here
I'll let you know that if you don't choose your option the system will choose it for you. For
both speaking and writing tasks, you will need to choose one out of two questions. For the video
speaking sample you will get one to three minutes response time and for writing samples you will get
three to five minutes response time. In the next few slides I will be discussing some sample
questions and their answers so let's see what sample questions we are covering in this video
here is the list of the topics for the language interview samples
that we'll be covering in this video as you can see there is a variety of topics for the Duolingo
English test writing and speaking tasks. For this task, you have one to three minutes to speak
let's see what kind of questions do we get in the interview sample.The first question in the list is
people often feel stressed before an exam.What do you do to make yourself feel relaxed
in this question you are required to describe your own experience of exams and how you manage stress
in exams .Question number two, What should you check before submitting your work to your teacher?
why do you think it is important to check your work? Apparently it's a very simple question
but you need to come up with some points and explain a few things that you should be checking
your work for before you submit it you to your teacher. In the second part of the question you
need to explain why it is important to check your work so you need to mention some more reasons why
you think it's important to check your work. Question number three ,How do most students
learn about money how can students improve what they know about finances and how will
that help them in life? To answer this type of question, you can come up with your own thoughts
and suggestions and whatever you think are the ways to improve your knowledge of money and
finances. Here you can share your own observations about what students' behavior is towards money
how they spend money ;whether they save money or not do they ever think about investing money and
things like that. and you can provide your suggestions about how a student can improve
his approach towards earning money or spending money so that it helps him in the future.Now
let's take a look at question number four. What do you think are the bad aspects of being an adult?
In what ways are children more privileged than the adults? In the first part of the question,
you will think about the bad aspects of being an adult. You can also think about
yourself being an adult and what kind of issues you have being an adult or what kind of privileges
you had when you were a kid. So you will answer the first part of the question and then the second
part of the question and then make a comparison in a sentence or two. Question number five is...
What kind of news people like to read mostly? Do you think the choice of topics reflects someone's
personality? This type of question calls for your general observations about people and what kind
of news items they like to read. The second part of the question seems a little bit difficult to
answer but you can use your imagination and some assumptions as well so before looking
at the sample answers I'll just take a quick look at the tips on answering these questions.
So here are some tips for the video interview
because in this video we are mostly discussing the video interview questions and answers
so the tips for the video interview are: Speak as much as you can with natural pauses
you can speak for one to three minutes so the main thing is that you need to speak naturally
and speak for more than one minute at least. Try to maintain a good natural pace so that you
can cover most of the time allowed for answering. Another important thing is don't be over-conscious
about yourself being recorded because when you see yourself being recorded on a camera,
you might feel nervous or you might panic but don't do it just relax and answer
as naturally as you can. The third tip is... Stay focused on the screen and the written prompt in
front of you. So you shouldn't look away from the screen throughout the test and same is true
for your video interview. This was a little bit about the tips for the video interview.
Now we can discuss questions and answers so let's see how we can answer the first question
As i'm going to read the first question and its answer please note the language used in
this answer. Notice the vocabulary, sentence structures, sentence starters and variation in the
sentence styles. Also take note of the connectors like; first of all, secondly, lastly, etc.
People often feel stressed before an exam what do you do to make yourself feel relaxed so one of the
answers can be I would say that most of the time people feel stressed before their exams which also
affects their performance. As for myself I have some tips and techniques to overcome exam phobia
first of all I make sure that i am well prepared for the exam because if i'm not
I will perform poorly. The lack of preparation can cause anyone a lot of mental pressure.So
to avoid this pressure, I always study well not just before the exam.Secondly
I get a good diet and make sure that I sleep well before the exam. For my diet I do not take
anything that i have not tried before especially junk food because you know I cannot afford to get
sick on my exam days also I try to revise my syllabus and test materials as much as I can
before the exam days come closer if i'm half prepared already then I don't have to cram
stuff in a rush which saves me from a lot of trouble in addition to that it is a great
initiative to learn relaxation techniques and many people would agree that it works for them too
here I would like to mention that sometimes i also perform small meditation exercises which shift my
mind into a positive and relaxed state one last tip that I would like to share is that i always
remind myself during the stressful days that this would soon be over and i would get rewarded for
my hard work this kind of self suggestion helps me overcome my test anxiety so these were my tips and
they work really well for me so did you take note of the sentence starters and connecting phrases
some of them are I would say that as for myself secondly for my diet here i would like to mention
one last tip that I would like to share etc so this kind of connecting phrases or the
sentence from starters make your speech look more natural so make sure you add these to your answer
when you get this type of questions now let's move on to question number two
Question number two... What should you check before submitting your work to your teacher?
Why do you think it's important to always check your work?
So it looks like you need to provide some examples of things that you need to check before handing
in your assignments so let's take a look at the answer well the first thing before submitting your
work is to make sure it is according to the specifications or rules set by the
teacher for example if the teacher requires you to submit your written assignments in
APA format you should abide by that rule. Another important thing is the deadline.
One should give one's work enough time to get it completed well before deadlines.
Adding to that, in higher grades, usually the teachers gives you marking criteria or
marking rubrics. It contains information on how each part of the answer is graded
in my opinion it becomes easy for the students if they follow the guidelines in the rubric.
To answer the second part of the question, I would say that checking your work is mandatory because
for one reason it shows your competence and dedication to the rules, for another,
it highlights our academic performance.I also believe that we might waste our hard work if
we don't showcase it well. Beside all that, one final thing that I would like to add is
that creating good assignments according to the teacher's expectations ensures good final results
or grades. That's why it should never be taken for granted. This was one example of how we can
answer this type of question. You can of course create another answer and you can
also add more details or more examples in this answer. Now let's move on to the next question.
Question number three... How do most students learn about money? How can students improve what
they know about finances and how will that help them in life? Once again, notice the vocabulary,
sentence structure and sentence starters. So one answer can be... According to my observation,
student learn about money from their parents and their teachers. They might learn about
the value of money or the use of money by studying mathematics in their school.As
they grow up, they understand the financial situation of their family. they can see if
their family is doing financially well or not.They know that if they have more money, they can enjoy
a better lifestyle.But having money alone is not enough. Here we can talk about the second part of
the question as to how they can improve their knowledge about money to get the best out of
it.For that they should know that the way they use the money properly is more important.
Likewise I believe earning good money and saving it for future use is also something they need to
learn. Some people also suggest a student should get professional advice since their teenage so
that they know how to manage their money once they start earning it. For example, one good
practice can be saving money for their university education instead of spending their money on
outings shopping and hanging out with friends. I'm sure that it will be real help for them if they
use their money instead of getting a loan from the government and later worrying about returning it.
Finally I would say that it's necessary to give students good advice on earning
and investing money for future use. Since the financial well-being of an individual
or society keeps it going and ensures a secure lifestyle, knowledge about money
should be a necessary part of a student's education.So this was one sample answer.
Make sure that you use phrases like according to my observations, I am sure.., I believe....
,I would say that...,etc. If you repeat such phrases at regular intervals that would make
the listener feel your presence in your speech. Now let's take a look at question number four.
Question number four... What do you think are the bad aspects of being an adult?
In what ways are children more privileged than the adults? Here you can think about the upside and
downside of being an adult or a kid and then you can record your own observations or experiences.
Now take a look at the answers... To me being an adult means being mature and responsible.
Although adulthood offers a lot of freedom and independence, it does have some limitations
and negative aspects. The bad thing of being an adult is that you have a lot of responsibilities.
You cannot enjoy free time as much as you used to do as a kid. Moreover, you have to take financial
responsibility for yourself and your family. In my opinion, most adults worry about making a career
earning a better living or buying a house. If they have already achieved these things in their lives,
they are worried about maintaining their position. As an adult, one has to deal with
his problems with minimal support. This means that a person has to grow mentally and emotionally too
as he grows physically. But if we talk about kids, kids are privileged in many ways than adults
although they're more dependent on their parents or adults. They have no responsibilities their
needs and problems are taken care of by their elders. Even if they make a mistake, mostly no
one takes it seriously. He thinks that they are still in the learning process or learning stages
therefore as we all know childhood is the most relaxed time of life as the children get plenty
of time to play and enjoy themselves without having to fulfill any duties. That way they
are more privileged than the adults. In the end, I would say that adulthood might have an
upside in terms of independence but childhood is still the best time of life. So the answer
here might look like a small speech but you can still incorporate the main points of this answer
in your own response while answering this kind of question. It is advisable to write your answers
and practice speaking them before your test. Now let's move on to question number five. Question
number five... What kind of news people like to read mostly? Do you think the choice of topics
reflects someone's personality? Here you need to recall your observations and your imagination
as always. Now I have answered this question this way.Let's take a look... In my opinion it depends
on the age and individual interests of the people as to what kind of news they like to read.It
might always depend on geographical facts.For example, people living in urban areas might read
news about entertainment sports and travel. It is also common practice for people living
in cold regions to check weather forecasts frequently. Some people in some societies also
read political news and discuss them in their social circles. Similarly, younger people often
read sports and entertainment news. They can be too much into celebrity lifestyle sometimes.
Some people are more interested in fashion and lifestyle overall I believe it all depends on
someone's interests if you talk about weather the choice of topics reflect someone's personality
I would say yes it is true that we all read all kinds of news most of the time but focusing on one
particular topic does tell about your personality for example people with a negative mindset might
focus on the negative news items featuring crime or sickness. A person who doesn't want to ruin
his or her day by reading bad news will turn the page without reading it. Likewise, usually kids
never take a look at the newspaper since they don't find anything interesting or entertaining
that matches their personality. So this is how i look at this and I do believe that
yes... the choice of news topics reflects people's personality. So that was one sample answer for
question number five. If you have more ideas about answering these questions, you can share
them with me practice writing your answers and speak them as you would speak in a real test
so as to give you a good practice of speaking. Don't forget to use good vocabulary, sentence
styles and sentence connectors. Good luck for your exams and see you in another video. Bye now!
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