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German Oral

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  • 20-03-2008 9:11pm
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    alan4cult
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    Hi, I had a mock oral today and it has left be slightly confused over the general conversation section of the oral exam. I was always told be teachers that when your asked a question e.g. Wo wohnen Sie? you should talk about where you live until the examiner tells you to stop. This is what i did but the examiner today gave me some advice and said that you shouldn't do this but wait for the examiner to ask you the questions. Is this right? I am looking for high marks in German and I would like to know if anybody(hopefully people who took the oral last year or before) could outline a proper approach to this? Should you stop if your veering off the point? Do you control the converstation? I have my "real" oral in three weeks and would like to be confident about my answers. Thanks.


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    europerson
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    I agree with your teacher. It's important that you control the flow of conversation until the examiner's had enough and moves onto something else.


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    1huge1
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    Maybe you misunderstood what your examiner said because they basically want you never to shut up, thats how you get top marks in any oral


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    Jayeire
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    I did my LC last year and have to agree. Say as much as you can, you cannot be penalized for speaking excessively :D


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    Mark200
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    I think what the examiner was trying to say was that they only asked you where you lived.
    You're supposed to answer the question really, so say for example Dublin
    Ich wohne in Dublin
    Then they ask you what it's like, and then you can go on and on.


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