Reading Passage
Give yourself no more than 45 seconds to read the text below.
OCD is an anxiety disorder that causes a person to experience obsessive thoughts and to react to these with compulsive behavior or rituals. The obsessions are typically described by OCD sufferers as persistent thoughts or impulses that cause a great amount of stress. These differ from those stressors that the average person suffers from in daily life, such as work or financial problems, in that they are a product of the imagination. While most OCD sufferers admit to knowing that their concerns are not real, they cannot control the thoughts from recurring, and they compensate by performing certain repetitive actions. In addition to these symptoms and responses, a true OCD sufferer spends a large part of the day battling this disease. The debate continues over whether the disease should be classified as a psychological or biological disorder.
Listen
Now listen to a talk on the same academic subject.
Take notes while you listen. You can use your notes to record your answer after listening to the conversation.
Speak
You will need to answer in a time limit. Record your answer and upload it onto the platform. Here’s the question:
Explain how the professor's description of OCD expands upon the reading.
Your time limits:
Prepare: 30 seconds
Speak: 60 seconds
CHECKLIST
Listen for your response to be clear.
Re-record your response if necessary.
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