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C2 Proficiency · Speaking Discussion · Cambridge Ready original exercise

Discuss some broader questions on the same theme with your partner and the examiner for about four minutes, giving and developing your opinions.

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What do you think?

Do you agree?

How about you?

Why do you think some societies celebrate individual achievement more than group achievement?

To what extent should schools teach students how to cope with disappointment?

Is ambition always a positive quality? (Why? / Why not?)

How has social media changed the way people measure their own success?

Some people say luck plays a bigger part in success than we like to admit. How far do you agree?

Answer this Speaking task out loud and an AI examiner marks it on the official Cambridge Speaking criteria, with what you did well and what to fix next.

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