Nonverbis
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Let it be a preparation for IELTS (reading, listening). But the question is relevant to any test.
There are cases of choosing one variant or of multiple choice.
In a real exam if you have no idea of what to write as an answer, you write just anything. Because with certain probability you may be right.
I underline that this is the case when you absolutly don't know what to write. So, you have left a gap blank, finished the task and when you have a minute's pause after the task, you understand that you head is absolutely empty as for this particular gap / question / task.
When you prepare yourself for the exam, writing a random answer is not useful in my mind. It may give you wrong sense of self assurance, whereas in reality it was just luck. And it will not allow you to work on this mistake.
So, cold you help me with the question: what do you recommend to do if a learner in a learning task doesn't know what to write as an answer?
There are cases of choosing one variant or of multiple choice.
In a real exam if you have no idea of what to write as an answer, you write just anything. Because with certain probability you may be right.
I underline that this is the case when you absolutly don't know what to write. So, you have left a gap blank, finished the task and when you have a minute's pause after the task, you understand that you head is absolutely empty as for this particular gap / question / task.
When you prepare yourself for the exam, writing a random answer is not useful in my mind. It may give you wrong sense of self assurance, whereas in reality it was just luck. And it will not allow you to work on this mistake.
So, cold you help me with the question: what do you recommend to do if a learner in a learning task doesn't know what to write as an answer?
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