Yo, what up? Welcome back to another episode. Well, it's Halloween the day dentists all across the nation fear and I think the clear winner of the unofficial unannounced grain gang Halloween costume contest is this legend for recreating my Instagram photo your friends and family were Probably confused as shit as to who you were supposed to be but hey keep doing what you do. You're going places kid So today we're going to be pushing Ilford Delta 3200 down the stairs and denying all responsibility for insurance purposes Wait, no today. We're going to be pushing Ilford Delta 3200 two stops and seeing if it doesn't look like complete grainy static Hell this could even be our grainiest episode yet spoiler alert though the results like Halloween are very scary Let's get into it. Ilford Delta 3200 is a black-and-white 3200 ISO speed film Though in the research that I did for this process a lot of people seem to suggest that this film is actually a 1,000 speed film disguised as a 3200 speed film like three kids stacked on top of each other disguised in a trench coat Trying to buy beer. I don't shoot a lot of Delta 3200 because I've never really felt the need for it Generally whenever I shoot at night I usually bring a tripod but I did catch myself wondering the other day if I could indeed shoot hand-held at night By pushing the film since we're going to be pushing our film two stops I am going to rate it at 12,800 ISO but just to have all my bases covered from a technical perspective 12,800 ISO is actually a tiny bit over two stops according to the logarithmic scale of the ISO system Which actually rounds the number to 12,500 ISO However, because I'm not a nerd and I don't want to calculate 364ths of a stop and find a way to apply it to my camera settings as well as the fact that my light meter doesn't even support 12,500 ISO for this experiment. We'll be shooting at 12,800 ISO now 12,800 ISO is pretty far up there for film and even by digital standards. It's pushing it You might think since the ISO we're pushing to is so high that this film will be able to literally see in the dark like SEAL Team 6 commandos rating an Abitabad compound. Truth is that's not really how it works My understanding of pushing film in the development is that it does not increase the overall brightness But instead amplifies the information that's already captured on the negative That means highlights and mid-tones go up while shadows and darks pretty much stay in the same place So it's important to note that by pushing your film You're not going to magically reveal any details in the shadows that weren't originally captured by the negative Additionally, this process naturally adds more contrast and more grain. Anyway, I grabbed my sexiest camera the Pentax 6x7 And we hit a nearby neighborhood that was getting ready for the purge Since our ISO would be sky-high it kind of made sense to do some night photography We brought along our chupacabra backster for protection Here's a pro tip. Don't forget your lens hood at night I chose to shoot medium format for this because of the quality and because the shutter sound on the Pentax is loud enough to Easily establish dominance over any photographers in a 15 mile radius But yeah, also Delta 3200 is already somewhat grainy and could use the increased resolution Especially since we were going to nuke the film and development So I thought it might be an interesting comparison to expose one of my shots at 3200 and still have it be pushed two stops Theoretically this shot should be far far brighter. Perhaps even an aggressively blown out hot mess like my senior prom To my surprise this shot actually came out quite well except for the motion blur Maybe shooting a camera with a giant mirror that literally slaps the out of the body every time the shutter goes off Was not the best idea for handheld low-light photography So perhaps exposing at 3200 and pushing two stops is not a bad way to go in the future Just remember to bring a tripod So I think it's worth mentioning once again that if you decide to push your film You have to push the entire roll or not at all Additionally be prepared for extra charges from your lab and for the roll to be processed a little slower than usual So the results were actually a lot better than I expected lots of grain for sure So I wouldn't really recommend trying this on 35 millimeter though I don't know.  Yeah Maybe I can see this technique being useful if you're strapped for light and need to get some shots out I don't really know what situation that might be other than like a tastefully nude photo shoot under moonlight in a graveyard, which is also conveniently next week's episode


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Hello, everybody, and welcome to today's live stream. We are going to be talking about some English proficiency tests today. And specifically, we're going to look at the difference between IELTS, TOEFL, and Duolingo. So during today's lesson, we'll be doing some test comparisons. And we'll spend most of today looking at some frequently asked questions, where you can give your opinion and we can have a little bit of chat through the live chat function. And at the end of today, I am going to be giving you my opinion on the three tests. So before we go any further, we've got quite a lot of people in the chat. So I'm just quickly going to go through and say hello to some of you. Hi, Kavinu and hi, Layla. Great to see you here. We've got fitness goals. Good to see you. And Rizal Sleepwalker is here. Palavi, hi to you as well. And Salma is here. Mayfong also. Akash and Harry is here. Mohammed as well. So welcome all of you to the live stream today. We'll hopefully get to some of your comments a little bit later. But we're going to go on with the lesson today. So when it comes to the frequently asked questions section later, we're going to be looking at some of these questions. Why do you want to take some of these tests? Which test do you think is the easiest? How long does it take to prepare? Should I study for the test if I'm not planning on going to an English speaking country? Do I take all parts of the IELTS test on the same day? Why should I take the test? Which test is the best to take? How much should I study to prepare for a test? How long does each test take? And can I get a scholarship for any of these tests? So these are going to be some of the questions that I'm going to get your opinions on during today's live stream. And also, if you have any other questions about these three tests, you can write them in the chat and I'll do my best to answer as many questions as I can during today's live stream. 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So the exam fees for IELTS can be anywhere between 140 to 310 US dollars. This is dependent on the country that you are taking the test in. Some countries are cheaper, some are a lot more expensive. Usually if you're taking the IELTS test in a European country, it will be more expensive than some other places. The TOEFL test, the range is from $180 to $325. So again, this depends on the location that you are taking the test in. And the dual lingo test is a flat rate of $49. So you may look at this and go, wow, why is that so much cheaper than the other tests? Well, we'll come to that a little bit later in the comparison between these tests. The duration of the tests, IELTS is around 2 hours 45 minutes for all four parts. The TOEFL test is three hours and 15 minutes for all of the four parts. And the dual lingo test really only has two parts to it and you do them together within 60 minutes. So that's maybe one reason that it is a little bit cheaper. It's a much, much shorter test. We will get our results from IELTS within three to 13 days. TOEFL test is usually between six and 10 days. And the dual lingo test, you'll get your results within 48 hours. Usually this is all done online. The only problem you may have is with the dual lingo test, if they have some sort of doubt over your performance in the test. So a lot quicker for the dual lingo. Accepting organizations. Now, I'll just bring up this question because Ume has just sent this question. Is dual lingo test applicable everywhere? And the simple answer to that is no. Because if we look at the accepting organizations, IELTS is accepted by 11,000 organizations. TOEFL by 11,500. And these are mostly universities and government agencies and employers. The dual lingo test is accepted in much fewer places. Only 3,500. And most of these places are in North America, especially the United States, some places in Canada. But the majority of places that accept dual lingo are in the USA. Yeah, IELTS and TOEFL are much more widely respected around the world and trusted. So more organizations accept these tests. As far as the accents that are used in the test, IELTS uses accents from all around the world. Predominantly English speaking countries, so the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland. But they do also use other accents as well, as long as they're native accents. TOEFL test is very similar. Now, the TOEFL test used to only use North American accents, but this changed around 10 or 12 years ago, and they started using a variety of different accents. The dual lingo test uses American accents only. So there's a little bit of difference there. The IELTS test you will have to do over two days usually. Because the speaking test is face-to-face, you have to arrange a separate day for the speaking test and the other three parts of the test, the listening, reading and writing. So those three parts will be done on one day, and the speaking test will be done on a different day. Usually within one week of each other. The TOEFL test is all done on one day, and the dual lingo test is done on one day as well. When we think about where these tests are based, for IELTS and TOEFL, you have to go to a test centre. So somewhere that is certified to give these tests by professional people. They also offer two choices. You can do a paper-based test or an internet. This has become much more common these days. Most people use the internet TOEFL and IELTS tests, but it is still possible to do a paper-based test. The dual lingo test is very different. It is done at home or anywhere that you have an internet connection and only offered through the internet. There are no other options for dual lingo. So a lot of this comes down to reliability. We talked about accepting organisations. So IELTS and TOEFL are accepted by many organisations. It is because these tests have been around for a long time. They are trusted. People think they are reliable. They are high quality. And they test the essential parts of English that students must know if they are going to study at an academic level, universities or colleges. So the IELTS and TOEFL tests are much more reliable and trusted than the dual lingo test. The dual lingo test is a newer test. That is not to say it is not going to be more trusted in the future, but at the moment some people have their reservations about the reliability, can people cheat on the test and those kinds of things. So reliability, certainly IELTS and TOEFL are very much trusted. And again this is shown by how many countries around the world accept these tests. IELTS and TOEFL are accepted in 140 countries and 160 countries around the world. So most major countries in the world will accept these tests. If you are planning to study abroad and you have an IELTS or TOEFL test score, you've got a great chance of being accepted into a university. Dual lingo, not so many countries accept that at the moment, so you would be less likely to be accepted in some countries. So this is quite a good comparison. It tells you a lot of things we need to know about the test. One other thing we should know as well is the IELTS test and the TOEFL test are split into clear sections. You have listening, reading, writing, speaking. Four clear sections. They go into a lot of detail for each of those four sections. With the dual lingo test there's only really two sections. The first section is the adaptive test and you get all types of questions. Reading, some listening, some speaking, some writing, some about punctuation. And then you have a very short part at the end where you practice a little bit of speaking and writing. So really when we look at the IELTS and TOEFL tests there are much better gauge of your true English ability. They're so much more detailed than the dual lingo test. Now that's not to say that the dual lingo test won't improve in the future but at the moment I certainly think these two tests are much more trusted, accepted worldwide by many organizations. So let's have a quick look through some of your comments just now and see what you've all been saying about these. So Kavino is saying, James I have some kind of important questions for you about the mock IELTS exam. Well Kavino if you have any comments please write them and I'll try to answer those questions as it goes along. Layla is saying what an important live stream we'll have today. Great, thank you Layla. Oh Palavi is saying I'm happy to see you today. So did you try the dual lingo app? So that's a good question Sleepwalker maybe for everyone. Has anyone tried the dual lingo app? Has anyone tried the IELTS test or the TOEFL test? Tell us about your experience. What did you think about it? Oh Layla is answering, she enjoyed the app here. Let's see do we have any other questions related to these tests? We're getting a lot of hellos here which is great. Okay we've got one here. Good evening teacher how are you today? I'm very very good thank you very much for asking. And Layla has said I noticed that dual lingo test is cheapest among the three of them. Yep Layla there's a few reasons for this. First of all there's no test centre so they don't have to employ any staff to administer the tests. It's much shorter as well. It's not as detailed as the IELTS test and TOEFL test. And also because it's a new test as well they need to try and get as many people taking it as possible. So maybe it's a sort of promotion thing as well but it definitely is the cheapest. I answered the question here earlier. So saving money, saving time and saving your energy dual lingo is the best ha ha from Harry 300. Well for some people that might be the test for them. It really depends what you are looking for out of your test. If you're looking to improve academically and go to a university maybe in an English speaking country. This might not be the best test for you but it could be suitable for others. James do you teach the dual lingo test? I've had some experience teaching with dual lingo Layla but not as much experience as I've had with IELTS or TOEFL. So I've taught those tests for a long long time. My first TOEFL student was over 10 years ago. I've taught IELTS students throughout that time as well. So I have some experience but not as much as I do with the other tests. Which English application is better? Well Starlight Moon it really depends what you want to use the application for. Is it just vocabulary or grammar or just some general practice? So it really depends. So why other countries do accept the dual lingo test? It's really up to the country. If they look at the test and they trust it they will accept it. But unfortunately at the moment for the dual lingo test company a lot of countries are looking at it and thinking we don't really think this is the correct way to go. They've already got IELTS or TOEFL. They think that these tests are more reliable. So yeah. The problem as I said the reliability is a problem. The way the test is administered as well. Some people don't think that it goes deep enough. It doesn't give a true test of your English ability. Those are some of the comments I've been reading about it. Okay IELTS Insider. Yes out of these three tests IELTS is the most commonly taken test around the world. The latest figures show there were around three and a half to four million people taking it in one year. So it's the most commonly taken test at the moment. TOEFL is around two million people, I think one and a half million per year and dual lingo is much much lower there. I think the most negative thing is you need a strong internet. That's a great point Leila. If you don't have, if your internet drops out during your test you're going to be in trouble. So yeah that could be a problem. Okay why we're at this please remember to like the video and subscribe to the channels if you're enjoying this. So a little bit here we're going to look at as well which is about the scoring systems. So each of these three tests has kind of different scoring system and first of all when you look at these scores you're thinking what does this mean? But I suppose the best way to think about it is what is the minimum and what is the maximum score?  When we start to get around the score of 5 in IELTS that is where we start to get accepted for things maybe for work visas in some countries some companies would accept the score but when we move up a little bit more to a score of maybe 6.5 or 7 this is where we can be accepted to some higher quality universities in the US, the UK and around the world. Anything above 7 is excellent on the IELTS test. I think for the top universities like Harvard, MIT, Oxford you would need a 7.5 but most universities will accept 6.5 to 7. Similar with TOEFL again a zero scores a non-user 120 is an expert user of English and again most universities will accept scores in this range of 90 and above. Again when we're down here these are the scores that can start getting you somewhere with this test.  So although the numbers are all very very different we could kind of think about it and a 7 in IELTS is kind of similar to maybe 95 to 100 in TOEFL 115 to 120 in Duolingo. There's no kind of exact comparison but roughly these scores would equate with each other. So I suppose you shouldn't really worry too much about the exact scoring system until you've taken the test or until you've started studying and learning about the test then you can get an idea of where you are on the band level or on the scoring system. So what we're going to do next is we're going to look at some commonly asked questions about IELTS, TOEFL and Duolingo. Sorry, sleepwalkers giving a question here. The highest score in Duolingo 160, TOEFL is 120 and IELTS is 9. Okay great to hear Leila you have liked the live stream and I hope other students do the same. Yes Leila, I hope so as well. Akash this is a really good question which one is most difficult in all three tests? They're all difficult in their own way. I think certainly IELTS and TOEFL I would say because of the amount of time and the amount of detail you have to go into they would be viewed as being more difficult. Duolingo is a lot shorter and doesn't go into as much detail maybe people would think this is a little bit easier but easier is not better Akash so that is why these tests are probably more trusted I think. IELTS reading is very complicated yet it can be tough it takes a lot of practice Nahid. Siddiqueur is saying I have Duolingo score of 70 very well done if you have a Duolingo score of 70 that's great. What is the score we need to get work or to study abroad in general? Great question Salma and a lot of this depends on where you're going to study. I've had students that have gone to art school in London with a score of around five and a half to six that was enough for this. If you want a permanent visa for the UK or Canada and Australia you need a score of six on IELTS six and a half for New Zealand so it really depends on the country if you're going to work and it depends on the university if you're going to study. The University of Manchester for example is seven some lower universities might accept six Harvard, MIT were 7.5 and that will be the same corresponding score with TOEFL as well. Great question Salma. This is a great question Nahid if I go for immigration again this depends on the country if you're immigrating to the UK you would need an IELTS test Duolingo is not accepted in the UK most European countries will accept IELTS and in the US as well TOEFL is also widely accepted for immigration you have to check on the country that you're going to but again look at the countries accepted IELTS and TOEFL are accepted in most countries around the world which one is easy to crack in all these three tests? I think it really depends you have to kind of look at what you need from the test what score do you require they're all difficult in their own way a cash okay so from my experience I saw IELTS is not to show ability to talk just commercial but Duolingo far more best okay so IELTS the speaking part in IELTS is actually the most detailed out of all three tests the speaking part in IELTS is a one-to-one conversation with an examiner so it is a lot more detailed than the other two tests when it comes to speaking okay Osman I'm going to take IELTS great we're going to have some frequently asked questions coming up in a minute Osman so that might help you here but in Duolingo we lose the chance of speaking skill yeah so the speaking and writing part of Duolingo is only 10 minutes at the end of the test it's not really detailed you're going to speak for between one and three minutes the writing is a five-minute writing so it's really nowhere near as detailed as the other two tests oh Zalik is saying how many idioms do I need to know and use while speaking so I would recommend going to the IELTS Insider channel having a look at some of those there's not a set amount of numbers for how many you need but try to put them into conversation when you can so yeah just using idioms really helps you sound more natural in English Deis is saying what's the best score to get an IELTS and TOEFL well the highest score is a nine on IELTS 120 on TOEFL but it really depends what you would need that for so as I said before sometimes a sixth score is enough for your purposes it really depends what you need that score for okay welcome welcome what else do we have here according to your in my experience again it really depends Leila on so I've taught students that has got a score of 5.5 in IELTS and they were so happy because they got accepted it was enough to get accepted to an art college I also had a student who ended up scoring 108 for TOEFL she was delighted she got accepted to a very good university so I've had students that have been disappointed with some of their scores but most of them have been happy with their scores because they've known what they should be aiming for and that's so important with these tests it's not about getting the best score we shouldn't be aiming for nine or 120 aim for the scores that we need be realistic so if you need a seven, aim for that seven we look at some of these questions that are coming up like this one we're going to talk about a little bit later okay have you prepared more students for IELTS or TOEFL probably about the same I think maybe slightly more with IELTS sleepwalker but yeah probably around about the same amount and a lot of the parts of the tests are quite similar so a lot of the preparation is similar for these two tests obviously the big difference between the two of them is the speaking part it's a completely different format for each of the tests but yeah probably about the same amount for both of these maybe a few more for IELTS okay we're going to move on and oh hi Nishan we're going to look at some questions now I want to get your answers to these questions so these are some commonly asked questions about these types of tests so our first one why would you want to take an English proficiency test like IELTS TOEFL duolingo so would that be to go to a university in an English speaking country to immigrate to an English speaking country to get a job in an English speaking country or just to check my level so what do you think right in the chat what would be your reason why would you want to take an English proficiency test I'll look at some of your answers and hopefully we can get some discussion based on your answers so type into the chat sorry type into the chat why would you want to take an English proficiency test okay sleepwalker saying go to a university get a job and just to check your level okay three reasons Abhishek is saying to go to a university Layla is saying just to check my level absolutely to go to university in an English speaking country Deis to go to a university go to university go to university now we'll come to this later get a scholarship now not always possible but we'll come to that later get a great job get a sleepwalker saying job and check your level want to be a teacher so this is a great way to prepare for that as well there's a different one to get a job check my level for Mayfong go to university go to university so we can see here this is the by far the most common answer go to a university in an English speaking country so this is a great reason to take IELTS or TOEFL those are the tests that are accepted worldwide by the largest amount of institutions from Harvard to Oxford to the University of California, UCLA, whatever these are the tests if you are looking to go to a university in an English speaking country these are the tests you need to take not only do they get you into the universities they will prepare you for attending that university you will be able to understand written texts you will be able to understand lectures you will be able to speak in a fluent way and communicate effectively with your professors and fellow students so if your answer is one definitely the IELTS or TOEFL tests are the way to go for you some people were saying just to check my level that's a great reason it's always good to challenge yourself and see what your ability is okay great answers here let's go on to our second frequently asked question which test do you think is the easiest so we've got IELTS, TOEFL or Duolingo which of these tests do you think would be the easiest so again let's just write your answers in the chat and see which people which test people choose so we've got a Duolingo Duolingo, Sleepwalker probably Duolingo but who knows Duolingo Ozeus is saying IELTS and Mohammed IELTS is the easiest Deis is saying Duolingo so we're getting a lot of people going for this third answer here Hi sir Good Masouma so if you are translating I think you're looking for a more academic test I think here so I think most of you were choosing Duolingo and I think that's quite a common answer a lot of people do believe Duolingo is easier than others and that might be one of the reasons why it isn't accepted by so many organisations or it's not accepted in as many countries around the world so yeah Duolingo okay but you're satisfied Mimo with Duolingo that's great a lot of this comes down to your personal preference what you want Sleepwalker I've had students before who have taken two of the tests taken IELTS and TOEFL I've never had a student that has taken all three of the tests the students I know that did the IELTS and the TOEFL they said they didn't feel there was a much difficulty in between the two of them actually one of them said that they felt the testing was a little bit more difficult because of the time constraints so yeah but I think they thought they were kind of similar levels Akash oh well difficult for me okay great okay we've got some students from Manila just to check my level I'm too old to immigrate okay Leila it's still a great reason to take it as well what do you think about it James Leila I will be giving my opinions at the end of today's lesson so stick around for that yeah I will be repeating some of the things from earlier sinned also you'll be able to watch the live stream again okay we're going to go on to another question how long does it take to prepare for these tests so we've got some answers one month three months six months one year two years what do you think how long does it take to prepare for these tests mimo is saying it's a very difficult time in the IELTS test some people have a lot of difficulty with these tests and also we're saying toughest is TOEFL I think so let's see some of the other answers sleepwalker is saying one or two years great answer Zakaria it depends Salma one year is there an age limit to go to university I don't think so I went to university with people who were in their 60s so I'm not aware of any age limit to go to university Leila so I think we need at least one year okay no sinned I come from the UK I come from Scotland Mayfong six months and six months and Paul is saying it depends on six months for TOEFL logic tube it depends on a lot of factors we've got one year three to six months six months it depends so we're getting a lot of different answers here depends this is what I was going to bring up depends on the level of the student so a lot of you use that answer it depends and it does on a lot of things first of all what level are you when you start if you're starting from the very beginning you're looking maybe at two years or maybe more if you're starting at quite a high level then maybe you need six months to a year but it also depends on what score you need so if you're at a good level and you need a score of six point five maybe it's six months to get that score especially in TOEFL or IELTS but let's say you are kind of lower level and you need to get a six point five that might take you one or two years so a lot of it depends on what level you are to start with and what score you require for this test that you take a lot of people coming in Dubai I'm a beginner that's great we all need to start somewhere Dubai and if we're studying for tests as a beginner always be prepared that you're going to have to study that little bit longer than people who are more advanced than you are okay let's look at another question should I study for the test if I'm not planning on going to an English speaking country what do you think yes or no should I study for one of these tests if you're never planning to go to an English speaking country what do you think here so days is saying one year I'm a beginner I think one year as a beginner you're going to have to really study a lot there days we're probably looking at a little bit more time here so for this question Layla is saying yes yes yes yes we're getting a lot of yeses for this we've got a no and Uppama is saying no and I need to test my level and no because the certificate expires okay yes of course and yes yes so most of us are saying yes to this question and I think yes it is so there are a few reasons for this first of all especially with the IELTS and TOEFL tests they're going to prepare you for most things you would encounter using English they will improve your reading ability listening ability speaking ability your vocabulary your grammar everything will improve so just because they are a proficiency test it doesn't mean that what you learn in them is not useful for everyday English but also it can be useful in your country to get jobs as well to get promotion in your company if you can show that you have proficiency so yeah we've got a lot of more I think everybody's going yes yes yes the score can always confirm your level of English yes we've got a few noes coming in as well but most people are agreeing here yes so I think if your only goal is to either immigrate to another country or study in another country then maybe it's not worthwhile studying for any other reason but within these tests you're going to learn so much about English that it doesn't matter about the test your general ability is going to improve so much by learning these disciplines in the test okay Sindhu Singh studying English is the best for the best very good okay let's go on to question five this one's about the IELTS test and this is one of these commonly asked questions many people talk about do I take all parts of the IELTS test on the same day now if you were listening earlier you should know the answer I talked about this when we were doing the test comparison so do I take all parts of the IELTS test on the same day what do you think yes or no sleepwalker saying no mayfong no Harry no no no Layla is saying I think yes we've got no and a nope and sleepwalker saying two days I love this answer Zakaria maybe maybe Mimo no and Hadi no Layla yes why not okay what does that mean IELTS IELTS is the name of the test Dubai it means international English language testing system so it's just a type of English language test and Harry yeah here we go Harry no especially the speaking part very good so the speaking part of the test is done face to face with an examiner so the other three parts are done together listening reading and writing the speaking part is done separately so I think it's just so difficult for them to schedule the two hours 30 minutes for the main part of the test and then 15 minutes for your speaking test on the same day so mostly I think I've never heard of any students doing both on the same day it may be possible but I've never heard of this happening so yeah the speaking part is usually on a different day and it will be within one week of the other parts of the test so yeah our answer to this is no international English language testing system so the T is test yeah the speaking is a different day very good okay so let's go on to another question here why should I take the test to prove your English skills immigration get into university get a job all of the above so what do you think why should you take the test is it one of these four reasons or is it all of these four reasons what do you think about this while I'm waiting for this Leila is saying do they really expire I think IELTS and TOEFL expire after two years I'm not entirely sure yeah definitely IELTS is after two years TOEFL I think is the same the Geolingo test I'm not sure how long that one lasts but yeah TOEFL and IELTS two years Harry number five number five all of the above none of the above just enjoy the language lovely answers Akaria one and four improve your English get a job great Akash number five number five Mimo is just focusing on getting into a university and Keening is focusing on improving English skills improve my English skills get a job all of the above for three boots 511 all of the above DACE is 134 so improve get into university get a job all of the above all of the above be a job get a job sleepwalker get a job improve your English skills Dubai Leila okay yeah okay so Leila is a little bit behind on that part okay so we can see again I think a lot of people have very very different reasons for taking the test but the purpose of this question here is really to show there are so many advantages you can get from taking these types of tests like IELTS you will improve your English skills especially your ability to read and understand and speak in an academic way which is essential for going to university not only getting into university but understanding the content when you get there very useful for immigration if you plan to go and work in a foreign country IELTS and TOEFL they can get you into most countries around the world and it's also very useful to get a job in your own country as well by showing that you have English ability and showing that you have a score from a very trusted test it can really help with your when you're applying for jobs so yeah lots of great reasons Leila is saying I have a very slow interconnection you read my answers from the previous questions Leila I just noticed that when I was doing it that this must have been from a previous time so yeah I'll keep that in mind and Bufares is saying for immigration so again we can see lots of different reasons that people have for taking these tests and there are a lot of reasons there's so many benefits of taking especially one of the more trusted English proficiency tests IELTS or TOEFL okay which test is the best to take what do we mean by this question which test is going to give you the most advantages do you think and maybe you could say why as well why do you think IELTS is the best or why do you think TOEFL is the best why do you think Duolingo is the best so let's write your answers in the chat and let's see what you think which test is the best for you to take and why Leila is saying I don't know great answer I don't know a lot of people don't know but maybe IELTS yeah I think if you're unsure IELTS is a great one to go for Leila it's going to prepare you for everything that you need writing listening or reading in English 511 is saying Manacanta oh sorry 511 Manacanta saying IELTS Zacharia IELTS is the most versatile so that's kind of the point I was making with Leila there yeah it prepares you for every kind of thing you would need in English Thiboud IELTS Sleepwalker IELTS and TOEFL Mohammed saying IELTS Keening IELTS IELTS or TOEFL I can't choose between them Salma is saying yeah Dubai is saying I will take Duolingo because I use it yeah so as long as it you've got a purpose for doing that test you can use it that's the right one for you Dubai Chiang is saying IELTS because IELTS is the most common and most trusted okay good good Akash is saying IELTS and TOEFL Hadi IELTS Bufares IELTS okay so a lot of you kind of think about this maybe because it is accepted in so many countries around the world it is held to a very high standard it has a long history the test has been running since 1980 a lot of people respect and trust that test so yeah maybe that's why so Mimo is saying frankly it's very useful IELTS test if you don't study previous English language you should study a new language okay Harry IELTS and TOEFL not TOEFL ITP though okay so yeah we were looking at the IBT TOEFL maybe then going to try IELTS good Dubai IELTS from Hanane good and Duolingo Sanjay is saying that was the most useful for him Leila is also saying IELTS so I think again the best test to take obviously is for you what are you looking for from this if it is to go to a university or to immigrate to another country probably IELTS and TOEFL are the ones that you are looking towards Daisy is saying please sir what a TOEFL what about TOEIC it is always available yes TOEIC is always available days but again it's one of those tests it's just not trusted these days it will not get you into universities it will not be accepted for immigration it can be useful for getting some jobs and showing that you have English listening and some sort of reading or grammar ability but it's not as widely respected as IELTS or TOEFL especially for immigration purposes and for university entrance okay so we've got another question here how many days sorry how many hours a day should I study for a test what do you think one hour two hours four hours six hours it depends so what do you think about this question write your answers in the chat and we will look at them in a minute so what have we got here let me see it depends when you're going to take the test that's a very very good point here it depends it depends it depends yeah Leila is saying maybe four hours okay I think one hour a day Keening is saying Hasnain is saying four Leila it depends it depends Dionysio it depends yeah it depends I think Mayfong as well so yeah I think this comment from sleepwalkers quite important here it depends when you're going to take the test for a start if you have booked your test and it is one month away and you haven't prepared looking at six hours but if you've maybe made a plan over a year and you've got a set schedule and maybe you've planned out two hours a day or four hours a day or whatever you think you need to reach that level well that would be what you would study so again it depends on a few things when you're going to take the test that maybe when you need the test by that's another important factor so yeah it depends let's see Zakaria it depends on how much time you have that's another important thing how soon you will take the test and the difference between your level and the level you are aiming for Zakaria I think you have summed up exactly what I was going to say that's a fantastic answer during the test you will think I had to study six hours a day I haven't studied enough maybe very good so that's the important thing what is the most suitable for you like Zakaria said here how soon you will take the test so institutional test so this is about the TOEFL test so yeah the TOEFL IBT is the internet based test so yeah they are slightly different if I've got time I will come back to them in the end the more the better what Zakaria is saying here yes Mohammed my name is James just hold a second I'll put it up on the screen here so that's how we spell it James so yeah that is my name okay we've got two more questions and then I'm going to give my opinions how long does each test take if you are listening at the beginning you should be able to know this so how long does duolingo take how long does IELTS take how long does the TOEFL test take so write your answers in the chat what do you think how long does each test take any tips on true false not given reading I'm not sure what you mean by this Abyshek maybe try to clarify that question yeah I think we were all listening at the beginning duolingo is one hour very good IELTS is about two hours forty three hours which one is three hours five one one IELTS is just IELTS and TOEFL are around three hours duolingo around one hour so yeah yeah round about two hours it depends if you're an intelligent person well I think the test time won't change because you will need to use all of the time yeah round about this so IELTS two thirty plus the speaking brings it up to two forty five TOEFL between three fifteen three thirty it depends on the listening that they've used and the readings usually three fifteen three thirty at the most there we go two forty five three fifteen one I showed that at the beginning very good okay ah okay so last question we'll look at can I get a scholarship for any of these tests so if you're going to a university can you get a scholarship with one of these tests so choose an answer yes you can get a scholarship no you can't get a scholarship or no but it could help what do you think can I get a scholarship with any of these three tests so let's check out some of these um answers what have we got here sleepwalker is saying no logic tube is saying yes and no but it could help leila is saying no but it could help no but it could help hasnain is saying yes it's possible yes I can I got one because of them and mimo is saying no but it could help number three is the most suitable answer no but it could help okay so harry could you explain a little bit further here now did you get the scholarship only because of your IELTS score or because of your TOEFL score or did you get it because of other things as well I would be interested to know your answer to that question harry if you got it only because of the TOEFL or IELTS score um no but it could help no but it could help um it depends it's a condition for some this is important days it's a condition for some scholarships yeah so in in my experience students will not get the scholarship only based on their TOEFL or IELTS score it will be based on some other things as well but it could help a lot towards so days has made a point here so for some scholarships they will say you need a minimum of this score to be able to apply for the scholarship you might not still get the scholarship but that will be the minimum that you need to apply so you will not get a scholarship directly as a result of your TOEFL or IELTS scores but it can help a lot with some scholarships but it usually will depend on other things as well and in my experience as well the scholarship score for your IELTS will generally be higher than the score that you would use to be accepted so yeah yeah james it's not the only it's not only the English score but it helped a lot so yeah so it's not only the English score if you get a really good IELTS or TOEFL score it doesn't mean you'll definitely get a scholarship but it will help a lot towards that scholarship you yeah harry's saying there are many things that make that up and by the way harry congratulations on getting a scholarship that's excellent to hear and that you are able to do that so yeah we cannot get a scholarship just with these tests but they can help a lot when you go to the panel meeting to see if you're accepted they will look at your IELTS or TOEFL score if your score is higher than you needed to be accepted for that course that will be a positive for you when it comes to this so you will not get a scholarship only based on the IELTS or TOEFL score but it will help you okay so we went through a lot of these questions here let's go on to kind of finish off here with some of my opinions and my opinions generally about these tests are that IELTS academic is a more complete test of the skills students need in higher education it's going to prepare you much more than for example the duolingo or something like the TOEIC test as well so if we take this test and then we get accepted to a university when we go to that university we will understand what's going on we will be able to read the articles we will be able to understand the professors that are speaking to us so it's a real complete test I think you're reading, writing, listening and so on also the materials used in IELTS are more academically oriented so what it means oriented means they are aimed towards people studying for university so the lectures will be on academic topics, the reading will be on academic topics so they will be going to prepare you for that IELTS academic is more transparently aligned to the CEFR which is the kind of European standard for testing and transparently aligned means it is linked and it's very obvious for everybody to see that so they're not hiding anything from you in any sort of way it's a very trusted, honest test and linked to the CEFR should you take the DET so the Duolingo English Test well if you're looking for academically oriented lessons and tests it's probably not the best one for you the tasks are not going to prepare you to go into a university lecture room like the IELTS or TOEFL exams would it's heavily weighted towards vocabulary and grammar there are some speaking and writing and listening but there's not a huge amount in this test so yeah it is so if you're more weighted towards just a grammar and vocabulary test I don't think that would fully prepare you for academic life in a foreign country it can be useful though especially if we're looking to make some sort of general judgment on people's ability it can give you a kind of rough distinction what is somebody's level I think it could be good for that showing what level you are at in English and it has limitations it can't do everything that's what we mean by limitations it cannot do everything especially when it comes to predicting academic success as I said before it's not academically oriented so I don't think by getting duolingo you're going to be properly prepared to succeed when you do go to a foreign university should I take IELTS? well obviously I teach on an IELTS channel I'm going to encourage you to come to my channel and learn about that but that's not the only reason it covers vocabulary and grammar it also includes in-depth assessment very detailed grading of communication skills the ability to use and understand language in an academic context so in a university or college life so yeah it's much more detailed it's really going to prepare you for studying abroad as well it reflects the ability for the language required in the real world so if you're getting a score of seven in the IELTS test I think you can handle any English situation real world English would not be a problem for you even with a score of five to five and a half you're going to be able to deal with most everyday things in English so yeah it really prepares you to use English in the real world so yeah I think the IELTS test has a lot of advantages so after talking about the IELTS test I can direct you to the channel my channel is IELTS Insider we offer live classes some mock tests speaking practice all of the links for that channel are below so please check the video description also while you're down there why don't you like the video subscribe to the channel and come and join our and look at our other social media as well so I think this is a good time to wrap up today's live stream I would like to thank everybody for their comments and their input during the live stream today certainly some interesting opinions were given and a lot of differing opinions but I think that's what's important about these tests not everybody is doing them for the same reason they've got their own reasons for taking these tests so let's just look at a few more questions did we have any more okay yeah I think at the moment the IELTS test covers the most for academic life but also to prepare you for everyday life in English there'll be no more surprises sleepwalker we have learned a lot about these tests thank you for such a detailed explanation you're very welcome and thank you for reading our comments four streams is not easy yep it was quite difficult to keep up with all of the chat today yes it really helps develop our general English we're going to improve our reading, writing, listening, speaking our grammar, punctuation all of these things will improve with IELTS you're very welcome Mimo by Mayfong you are welcome and Zacaria thank you and Leila you're welcome Akash great I'm glad you found it useful so we're going to wrap up there thanks for joining and I hope to see you all again in another live stream bye for now everyone


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Good morning, my beautiful, lovely internet friends. Welcome back to my channel. Normally, I sit back there in film, but I cannot spend one more day in this house, so we're going to take this video on an adventure and start with going for a drive, getting some errands done, and answering your questions when it comes to mental health. So recently over on Instagram, uh, linked somewhere here, I never know where to point on the screen. I've been doing this for like three years now. You'd think I would have figured it out. I asked you guys what kind of mental health topics you'd like me to cover. Mental health is something I'm very passionate about, and also something that I am intimately familiar with from the mental illness perspective. I've dealt with depression and life-ending thoughts and anxiety and panic attacks and PTSD for a number of years now, and talking about it is something that's been very healing to me. But first, as I often say in many situations, coffee. So the audio here is censored because of YouTube copyright issues, but I'm rocking out to the weekend save your tears. But what if they're both very, very long? Now that we have made it to the ridiculously long Dutch Brothers coffee line, we have a minute to chat. So I'm going to be going through and answering these questions starting today with one about PTSD and the stigmas associated with it. But this video is really kind of just a teaser of what's to come. In the next few videos that you see on my channel, I'm going to be doing a whole series about mental health and mental illness and my experience with that as it is deeply played into who I am as a person, what I'm passionate about, and what I like to talk about. The first thing we are going to talk about today is PTSD, which is post-traumatic stress disorder and these stigmas or assumptions that are associated with it. So back in 2012, I was diagnosed with PTSD and that diagnosis came as both a huge relief because I finally could feel like I wasn't a crazy person but also came with a lot of fear because of what that meant. I was worried that it was going to be forever, that it was going to be the rest of my life, that it was kind of like a mental death sentence, which it's not. Post-traumatic stress disorder is something that is caused by some kind of trauma and also gets better as time goes on and as you work on things, as you figure out what your triggers are, as you work through your trauma that has definitely been the case for me. I'm eight years, almost nine years past that and I still occasionally deal with things but it's exponentially better than it was. I found that another one of the big stigmas associated with it is that it's only soldiers coming home from war who have PTSD. Now this stigma kind of makes sense considering the fact that PTSD was first studied and diagnosed from my understanding on Vietnam veterans coming back because people realized there's something going on here, there's something deeper than people just having a hard time adjusting but here's the thing guys, as you probably know, mental illness does not discriminate. Anyone can get PTSD. I did. I have it from a very traumatic relationship and being sexually assaulted. By the way, it's really weird to be holding up a camera and talking to myself in a very long drive-through line where people can see me. People can see you son! Parks and Rec? Anybody? Another stigma with PTSD that I hear pretty often is that it makes you a violent person. PTSD in and of itself does not make you violent. There are some situations in which it affects a person's mental health or the trauma that they experience and the flashback that PTSD causes can result in violent action but that is by no means a common thing with PTSD. It does not make you a violent person if this is an illness that you suffer from. So I'm looking over all of your questions on Instagram. The most commonly asked question was about anxiety and how to cope with it, how to deal with it. I feel like that deserves its own video so please know I have heard your questions and I will be addressing them in the future. Guys, we're getting so close. It's right there. It's kind of funny. I have an amputation. I deal with PTSD. I live in a very military town. We have five military bases, count them five, in the immediate area and so whenever I say I have PTSD or someone sees my amputation commonly the reaction will be where you win the war, where you win the military and I have to be like nope fell off a horse and just suffered other kinds of trauma. Lots of military friends but not personally military. This next question is one of my favorites. How to ask for help from friends when you feel like you'd be bugging them or making their problems worse or burdening them. This is something I felt a lot and I think most of us have felt. So what do we do about it? Hello, well thank you. Appreciate it. And after an agonizing 30-minute wait, we have it guys. So I said I was going to get coffee but once I got to the drive-through line I realized what I actually needed today was an ocean water soda. I don't even like soda. Onika the amputee introduced me to these things and they are ruining my life. Actually they're just super delicious. So you're dealing with something, you're having a hard time, maybe you're struggling with some kind of mental health issue or mental illness but your friends having a hard time too. They're dealing with their own stuff so you don't want to talk to them about it because it's only going to make it worse, right? I've had that narrative go on in my head countless times over the years since led to me feeling really isolated which is understandable, right? I feel like I can't talk to people around me. I've had so many conversations with my counselor where I'm like, everybody else's lives are falling apart too so I'm just going to be there to support them but I don't know what to do because I don't know where to find support but it took me a little while to recognize the fact that as human beings we long for connection, we want to know we're not alone and that goes for your friends as well. Here's the thing when my friend is struggling or going through a hard time, my reaction is not to be like, you're burdening me, you're making my life more difficult, please stop. It makes me feel trusted. I want to help, I want to be there, I want to do what I can do even if I'm dealing with my own stuff but I so desperately want to listen to and help my friends who are dealing with something as well and it's taken me a long time to realize that they feel the same way, right? As humans we want connection, we actually appreciate vulnerability. It's a dangerous thing to do but it's so important.  Obviously it comes down to every individual friendship, relationship, is that person a safe person to tell this about but I would encourage you in the direction of the idea that maybe your friends wouldn't feel burdened if you shared something with them, maybe they would also feel less alone, maybe they would feel trusted and like they could be helpful and feeling useful and like we can support our friends helps us too. It's a mutually beneficial thing. The problem with these drinks is that you drink them way, way too quickly. Oh it's so good. So while we are on the topic of mental health let's go on a little adventure and pick up my antidepressant for the next 30 days because that's important. This is something I've done multiple videos about. I have been on a prescription antidepressant for a few years. I got off of it for a couple months. It did not do well being out of my system. My brain didn't do well without it and so I'm back on it. Medication is something that can be so helpful to a lot of people. It's definitely not the solution for everybody. It's not something I want to be on the rest of my life but it is a very healthy and beneficial tool right now so let's go do that as we tackle our next question which is what can we do when we feel like our physical health challenges are pushing back our mental health issues? Okay so that adventure failed. It was filled a different location for the fourth time in a row. Something's going on with their system. Let's go to the other location, maybe get lunch on the way. Lunchtime and we have success. When our physical health comes in the way of and starts impacting our mental health journey what do we do with that? As you guys know I faced my fair share of physical challenges be it you know ankle surgeries or migraines or other related illnesses. So when your physical health starts facing challenges issues your mental health is absolutely impacted and what I've personally found is that so often I will be like focusing on my mental health because I want to get my brain in a better place. I'm trying to develop good coping strategies. I'm trying to practice those, trying to have healthy activities and do all the right things and then I'll have to have another surgery and then I'm like how can I focus on my mental health? How can I get my brain to a better place as I'm dealing with this overwhelming surgery or this overwhelming diagnosis or whatever it is? And for me I've learned two things. Number one there are different seasons to focus on different things. So there have been times when my physical health and my physical body needed to take precedence over focusing on healing and you know dealing with my mental health. And sometimes that's been really hard to face because I'm like I'm finally making progress in therapy or I'm finally getting to a better place with depression and now I feel like I'm just going to be taking steps backwards because I have to focus on this physical crap. Ah you know it's frustrating. But the second thing that I would encourage someone in that kind of situation is that it doesn't have to be either or. Like I've said physical health impacts mental health so when you are facing a challenge in either area you're going to feel effects in the other. So if you are dealing with something physical that is taking a lot of your energy even though maybe you aren't taking leaps and bounds forward with your mental health at least investing a few minutes a day to checking in with yourself to practicing healthy coping strategies. Maybe you aren't working through things maybe it's more of a management thing for a short period of time and just sort of straddling that that balancing act between taking care of your body and taking care of your mind because it's important that they both be paid attention to. But there is only so much energy and there are only so many hours in the day. So there are times where I've had to prioritize one over the other. Now that I have some food in me I think it's time to go for a short walk outside and enjoy some of the sunshine before it is gone. The next big question how do you deal when you feel like you've overcome your depression and then it comes back those feelings of a failure. Let's talk about that. I think I waited just a minute too long folks. Check it out we've got the gray rainy skies as far as the eye can see. Also it's cold so I'm going to go back to my car now. And we've made it safely home where I have a very heavy puppy. She's very excited we don't know why. I'm going to make myself some coffee. What do we think pink month today? Mmm perfect. So you've dealt with depression before you beat it you're feeling good and all of a sudden some of the symptoms start to come back or maybe it's something related to PTSD or trauma or triggers. So oftentimes when we kind of relapse with mental health like this there can be these feelings of guilt or shame or self-blame or anger towards ourselves because we were past this. How do we get back to this place you know? This is definitely something that I have faced many times with specifically depression and PTSD triggers where I've beat it I've done it I'm good and then all of a sudden I sink back really low out of nowhere and it feels like it's all my fault but here's the thing it's not mental health is a moving target and we learn new coping strategies we learn how to deal we get through difficult moments and then sometimes things get hard again and that's okay. Here's the thing though if you're having symptoms of something there's a reason for that perhaps it's a biological reason perhaps it's a chemical reason perhaps it's a situational reason maybe there was something that brought things back up for you and even if you don't know what that reason is what you're experiencing is okay there's no reason to blame yourself or to hate yourself for it for struggling though those things are kind of woven into the fabric of how we think about mental health. So to the question what do we do when we find ourselves in these situations we take care of ourselves we seek the help that we need we talk to people we employ coping strategies that we know work we try new ones if the old ones aren't working and that's okay mental health is not some static thing it's not like once you check the box of like I got better from that thing it's never going to be an issue again because sometimes things come and go and perhaps they get better slowly but surely over time but it can kind of feel like a roller coaster so there's no reason to feel bad if you find yourself in another dip but there is a lot of reason to care for yourself and to find the help that you need to get through that. It's a little too hot to drink so aggressively so talking about mental health is something I've been really passionate about for a long time I have a whole channel dedicated to it called Traumatoc if you don't know I've linked it down below but I wanted to start speaking a little bit more openly about mental health things here on this channel sharing stories sharing personal experiences because I get questions about this all the time and for a long time I almost felt like like if I was talking about mental health and not just amputation like it wasn't something people wanted to hear about here but I've realized that's not true I've realized that I can speak more freely here and I'm really grateful for that and so like I said at the top of this video there will be more mental health topics coming your way soon things like mental health and chronic pain and chronic illness because oh boy are those things related things like how I have personally experienced PTSD and what caused that tips and experiences around anxiety and around depression if you have a video topic you would specifically like me to cover please feel free to send it to me over Instagram or via email whatever worked for you and I really appreciate you guys listening and also running errands with me today it is now like full for snowing outside man Colorado is weird I was wearing shorts I'm like a light hoodie this morning and now I'm bundled up inside I live in a very unpredictable state thank you so much to my incredible patrons over on Patreon for supporting these videos for sincerely making them possible you guys are the reason I am financially able to do all this and I am truly in debt to you forever with gratitude thank you if you're interested in what Patreon is here's a link on screen also down below but most importantly to you watching this video right now I hope you're hanging in there today I hope you're taking care of yourself and valuing who you are because you are fabulous just the way you are thank you for spending a few minutes out of your day here with me today chatting with me listening to me you could be anywhere else in the world doing anything else and you chose to hang out with me for a few minutes and that means a lot to me thank you I love you guys I'm thinking about you and I will see you in the next video bye guys it's not even like the taste of coffee I mean it is the taste of coffee but it's like the whole experience of coffee that's just so calming and lovely to me and I'm so grateful for coffee in my life coffee has legitimately helped my mental health I can say that without a shout of a doubt so thank you coffee