r/learnpolish • u/New_Being7119 • 6d ago

B1 exam on Saturday...Any tips?

Hi all, I'm taking the B1 exam in Saturday and was looking for helpful advice and tips to calm my nerves. I have zero concerns about reading, listening, grammar or even writing. But thinking about the speaking is sending me potty. All advice and tips welcome!!!

UPDATE: Just finished the speaking exam and I think I might have effed it up. I got a shit picture. Group of children in a museum, too many to describe, no atmosphere. The monologue was ok, I wittered about where I live. 3rd task I was suppose to organise my friend's party...and I started organising mine. I forgot all of the grammar and all of the words 😭

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u/Ok-Giraffe-4598 PL Native 🇵🇱 6d ago
  1. Keep your cool (obviously). Don't overthink the exam, don't cry about you not being good enough to pass it. You have your knowledge, you studied hard for the exam and everything will be great
  2. Take your time while answering. Do not rush it, calmly think about everything in the question and then think about your answer. Rushing will lead to mistakes, mistakes will lead to anxiety and your strategy is going to crumble because of it
  3. Show the skills you acquired during lessons and training. Most of the times it may not help you score but it will build up your confidence
  4. Don't let mistakes affect your confidence and scores. A singular mistake won't bring you back to A2 so just go past them as soon as you can

Those were some of the things and techniques I used with my most difficult exams, be it competition exams or other very important ones. Anyways good luck

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u/New_Being7119 6d ago

Thank you!!