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Quote Denis DNT  Have you ever met a student with very good TOEFL, IELTS, BEC, etc scores who can't stand a simple dialogue in English? Or the opposite, a student who can speak English really well but won't make a good score in these official exams? It's one of those things that baffles me especially here in China.
Is it the preparation for these exams that is too mechanical leading to the acquiring of good scores without no real improvement in language skills or the standards of the exams that have fallen?  |
No, I haven't. I think those, as you put them, are extreme cases and indicate that there's something wrong either with the student or with the exam. From my experience those people who do well at CPE know English quite well.