Overall I think I failed
1. Reading time is way too short and so I had to rush several sections
2. Listening felt impossible. They would play a CD recording from start to finish. Never repeat the conversation. I found myself zoning out mid question from overall fatigue.
I guess the results will show where I can improve for the exam next year. I wanted to treat this more as a test to see where I stand.
At this point I hope scaling scoring and the fact you need 19/60 for each section pulls me through
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>1. Reading time is way too short and so I had to rush several sections
It’s pretty well balanced. Of you are barely passing level, it’s not expected that you are supposed to be able to read everything. If that was the case, it would be too easy. If you are easily finishing the test with a lot of time to spare, you are taking to low level.
>1. Listening felt impossible. They would play a CD recording from start to finish. Never repeat the conversation. I found myself zoning out mid question from overall fatigue.
Yes, it’s a very long test, and endurance is a part of the test. It sucks that it’s so long. But the fact that they don’t repeat the question is part of the test, since it is listening comprehension. Some misses are expected.
>this point I hope scaling scoring and the fact you need 19/60 for each section pulls me through
Keep in mind that the points for each question are weighted. So easy questions (many answered correctly) will be worth less points than the hard questions. So it might be good to focus more time on the last questions or taking it backwards, because many won’t even get there, and just guess.