Is teamwork always better than working alone?
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
Is teamwork always better than working alone?
no preparation, about 1 minute to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 119 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.No, and I think the assumption that it is has become quite expensive. Teams are good at anything requiring different expertise or a decision that people have to accept afterwards. They are consistently bad at producing original work, because the first reasonable idea anchors everybody and the disagreement gets smoothed out, usually by whoever is most senior. The pattern I have seen work is alternating. People think separately, in writing, and then meet to attack what has been written, which keeps the variety and still gets the benefit of several minds. What organisations actually do is meet first, which is the worst possible order, because by the time anybody has thought properly the conclusion is already in the room.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- assumption
three syllables with the stress on the second
- expertise
three syllables with the stress on the third
- consistently
four syllables with the stress on the second
- anchors
used figuratively about the first idea
- smoothed
the precise verb for disagreement disappearing
- alternating
four syllables with the stress on the first
- variety
four syllables with the stress on the second
How a strong answer is built
- 1Answer no and say why the assumption is costly.
- 2Say what teams do well and badly.
- 3Describe the pattern that works.
- 4Contrast with what is usually done.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Is teamwork always better than working alone?” 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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