Should I pause an IELTS mock to look up a word?
Decide what you are practicing. For an uninterrupted rehearsal, save the lookup for the review. If understanding the question requires help, stop and make it a learning exercise, then record that change in your notes. Both activities can be useful; describe the conditions accurately when comparing recordings rather than hiding the extra help.
Decide what you are practicing. For an uninterrupted rehearsal, save the lookup for the review. If understanding the question requires help, stop and make it a learning exercise, then record that change in your notes. Both activities can be useful; describe the conditions accurately when comparing recordings rather than hiding the extra help.
If you need to stop to understand a question or learn a word, you can switch to a focused learning exercise. Note where that happened rather than describing the edited result as an uninterrupted mock. A solo recording can show what you said, but it cannot reproduce every choice a real examiner would make in an interview.
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