Band 7+: Do deadlines help students work better, or do they create too much stress?

Your pronunciation is very good. Aim to refine subtleties and intonation to further improve.

The answer directly addresses the question and provides a clear position. The response is well-developed, offering a logical explanation of how deadlines contribute to better academic preparation and exam readiness. To reach a higher level of development, the candidate could briefly acknowledge the second part of the question (the stress aspect) to provide a more balanced or nuanced perspective, even if they ultimately disagree with it.

The answer is coherent and follows a logical progression. You successfully link the idea of deadlines to exam preparation. However, there is a slight issue with sentence structure in the raw transcript where you started a sentence with 'Because', which creates a fragment. To reach a higher band, ensure you use cohesive devices to link clauses within a single sentence rather than starting new sentences with subordinating conjunctions.

You used appropriate academic vocabulary such as 'academic performance', 'assignments', and 'revise'. To improve, try to use more varied synonyms for 'work better' (e.g., 'enhance productivity' or 'optimize efficiency') and 'doing' (e.g., 'completing' or 'executing'). The phrase 'on their times' was a slight lexical error; the correct collocation is 'on time'.

The grammar is generally understandable, but there are several inaccuracies in the raw version. Specifically, 'on their times' is incorrect, and the use of 'you' (second person) shifts the perspective mid-answer from 'students' (third person). For a higher score, maintain consistent person (stick to 'students/they') and ensure complex sentences are grammatically complete rather than fragments.