Do films influence the way people behave?
A strong Part 3 answer takes a position in the first clause, supports it with one reason and one concrete case, and then names where it stops being true. Around a minute.
The question, as the examiner gives it
Do films influence the way people behave?
no preparation, about 1 minute to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 127 words at a natural pace — roughly what 60 seconds holds.
Answer it yourself first
Record your own answer first. A model you have read three times comes out with a flattened rhythm, and examiners are trained to hear exactly that. Read it afterwards for the vocabulary and the shape, not to memorise the sentences.Not in the direct way the argument is usually made. I am sceptical that watching something violent produces violence, and the evidence for that has always struck me as weak. Where I think the influence is real is in expectations. Films establish what a relationship is supposed to look like, what a career is supposed to feel like, and people measure their own lives against that without ever noticing they are doing it. That seems to me a much larger effect than imitation of behaviour. There is also a quieter influence on what feels normal. If a particular group is either absent from films or only ever appears in one role, that shapes assumptions in the audience, and it does so below the level anybody would report.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- sceptical
British spelling, with a hard first consonant
- evidence
three syllables with the stress on the first
- expectations
four syllables with the stress on the third
- establish
three syllables with the stress on the second
- imitation
four syllables with the stress on the third
- absent
the adjective, stressed on the first syllable
- assumptions
three syllables with the stress on the second
How a strong answer is built
- 1Reject the usual version of the claim.
- 2Say where the real influence lies.
- 3Explain the mechanism.
- 4Add a second, quieter effect.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Do films influence the way people behave?” be?
About 60 seconds. Long enough for the answer plus a reason or an example, short enough that the examiner can get through the rest of the set.
Should I memorise the model answer?
No. Record your own version first, then read the model for the shape and the vocabulary. A memorised answer changes rhythm and pace noticeably, and examiners are trained to hear it — it usually costs more than the better wording gains.
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