I’m a big fan of lists. Shopping lists, to do lists, meal plan lists, hopes and dreams lists, and even lists about lists. When teaching or learning English, lists aren’t the type of fun communicative task that modern language teaching thrives on, but lists get the job done. That’s why I spent time developing this […]
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Want to make sure your Christmas speaking activities have value for your students? By using an exam style activity, you can add some festive spirit to your lesson AND your students can practice their exam skills. The following Christmas speaking activities have been designed to look like Cambridge First (FCE) and Advanced (CAE) Speaking Parts
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IELTS Speaking is an informal conversation with the examiner. It’s the same for both the Academic and General Training versions of the exam. There are 3 parts of the speaking test. For part 1, you’ll discuss a series of IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions with the examiner. About IELTS Speaking Part 1 IELTS Speaking Part
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Writing Part 1 of IELTS: Academic features writing a 150 word description of a graph or a process. To succeed in this writing task, you have to give precise and clear details about the graph that you are provided. This is very specific language, but once you’ve done it a few times, you can rinse
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If you are taking the Cambridge Advanced exam soon or you are preparing a class of students to take the exam, you are probably wondering about the best books for Cambridge Advanced preparation. There are so many books out there: big ones, tall ones, short ones, long ones, ones written by well-known authors, ones written
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Radio 4 in Four is a fantastic resource for language learners, especially for those who are taking an exam, because it’s ideal for listening practice and reading practice. Often with exam courses, teachers focus so much on the content of the exam that we forget about language. At the same time, we often focus on
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Key word transformations are probably the most identifiable task type in Cambridge exams, appearing in Use of English Part 4. You’ll find them at B2 First, C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency levels. With each level, the questions get longer and more challenging. When it comes to CAE key word transformations, you’ll need to know your
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Advanced exam preparation course books almost always include CAE writing examples at the back of the book. These pages are often the jewel of the book, packed with questions, model answers and tips for writing in different styles. Our writing course, Advanced Writing Plus, includes detailed activities and models for all parts of the C1
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Are you looking for something to do with your classes before the Christmas break? Whether it’s an exam class or just a normal one, you can never go wrong with a lively Christmas songs listening activity. These have been designed to look the same as a Cambridge exam listening, but the content all comes from
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There are words like overwhelming which spring to mind when thinking of word formation up, down, over and under. In reality, these words aren’t the most high-frequency things you’ll ever come across, but you’d better know them for the Advanced exam. There’s a decent chance these prefixes will pop up in a word formation exercise
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