Why you freeze when the question is unexpected
You had the answer. You needed four more seconds to find the words, and the conversation did not wait.
The question is not on the agenda and not in your notes. You know the answer immediately, in your own language.
You search for the right word in English. Someone else fills the silence. The moment is gone, and so is your contribution to that decision.
This dimension measures how long the gap is between thinking and speaking, under pressure.
This dimension measures how long the gap is between thinking and speaking, under pressure. Working in a second language uses extra mental capacity. Under pressure that load is what breaks first, and a native speaker in the same room does not pay the same cost.
The person searches for the perfect word and the moment closes. On a fast call the point is never made at all, so it never enters the record of the meeting.
The gap is short enough to hold the turn. Approximate words are used on purpose, because the point matters more than the wording.
The bill arrives somewhere else
This is the dimension that silently removes your best people from fast decisions. They are present, they are competent, and they do not speak in the ninety seconds that mattered.
"I have the thoughts but can't precisely translate immediately."
The first language question
In your first language, would you have answered that question straight away?
When the answer is yes, the gap is a processing cost under load, not a vocabulary gap. That is measurable, and it is scored separately from the other four.
Scored, not described
Thinking and responding quickly, scored on the same 100 point scale
Thinking and responding quickly is scored on the same 100 point scale as the other four, in every session, using the same bands. This sample sits at the top of the Foundation band.
SampleOne dimension is never the whole picture
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