Is technology making people less patient?
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 technology making people less patient?
no preparation, about 1 minute to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 128 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.Less tolerant of waiting, which is slightly different from less patient. When almost everything arrives immediately, the occasions that genuinely take time start to feel like malfunctions rather than like normal life, and people respond to them with a kind of irritation that is really a category error. I notice it in myself with anything that loads slowly, and the amount of annoyance is completely disproportionate to four seconds. Where I would push back is on the idea that this is a change in character. People still spend years on things they care about, raising children, learning instruments, recovering from illness. What has gone is patience for small delays, which was never a virtue anyway, so I am not sure the loss is as serious as it sounds.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- tolerant
three syllables with the stress on the first
- immediately
five syllables with the stress on the second
- malfunctions
three syllables with the stress on the second
- irritation
four syllables with the stress on the third
- disproportionate
a five-syllable adjective used precisely
- character
three syllables with the stress on the first
- virtue
the noun the closing judgement turns on
How a strong answer is built
- 1Refine the claim in the first sentence.
- 2Explain the mechanism.
- 3Give a personal example.
- 4Push back and reassess how serious it is.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Is technology making people less patient?” 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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