I might’ve just ruined my chances of getting 8+ in speaking

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Sorry I just need to let this out.As we all know, in most speaking tips videos they always mention to not memorize or list your answers and apparently one of the most obvious ways examiners detect memorized answers is when the examinee starts mentioning historical facts or a famous person from their country etc etc. yeah well I did that..In my speaking test☹️ I didn’t memorise any answers I swear, everything I said during the exam came from the bottom of my heart! I mentioned Lee Chong wei while talking about sports in my country (he’s a great Malaysian badminton player) it just came out naturally!! Now I’m worried if that might get some marks off😭 another one is when I kinda went off topic unknowingly when the examiner asked what I find the hardest about my course. I answered “well like I mentioned before, I’m still a fresh high school graduate, I just finished my national exams and plan to apply to college sooner or later. But if I had to answer, the hardest would probably be biochemistry or medicine out of the subjects I have in mind so I’m mostly leaning towards nursing more” (I genuinely have no idea why I said that dawggg my mouth just kept talking without my brain thinking first) I think I went off topic more than once actually but I don’t rmemeber the second time.The listing part applies to when the examiner first started asking questions in p1; what subject I’m studying and I answered “I just finished my national exams actually so I’m not studying anything as of now, but I’m planning to apply for biochemistry, medicine, or nursing for college later” another when I got asked about sports in my country and I listed like 3-4 sports (basketball/cricket/handball/badminton….but I evaluated on badminton like I said at the beginning) guys will my scores get lower☹️☹️ Im really trying to not get anything lower than band 8.5 or atleast an 8 😞 im like already 90% sure my writing is gonna play a hand in that

Posted Oct 3, 2025, 5:16 PM UTC

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