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🇬🇧 English · C2

How to talk about academic pace without sounding defensive in English

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Teacher

Student

1. 

   Teacher

   Do you feel the course pace is stretching you, or merely keeping you honest?
2. 

   Student

   The course pace is stretching me, though it is also keeping me honest.
3. 

   Student

   Would it help if I flagged sticking points earlier rather than catching up late?
4. 

   Teacher

   Yes, it would help if you flagged sticking points earlier rather than catching up late.
5. 

   Teacher

   Are you protecting depth, or are you quietly avoiding the harder readings?
6. 

   Student

   I am protecting depth, though I have been quietly avoiding one harder reading.
7. 

   Student

   Could we trade one breadth task for a deeper rewrite?
8. 

   Teacher

   Yes, we could trade one breadth task for a deeper rewrite.
9. 

   Teacher

   Shall we treat this as calibration, not as a confession of weakness?
10. 

    Student

    Yes, let's treat this as calibration, not as a confession of weakness.