Share The Proficiency Speaking Exam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zh_rPNaqU In this post we take a look at a sample Cambridge Proficiency Speaking test from the YouTube CambridgeEnglishTV channel and add our own Proficiency speaking review. Go to the times listed to see a particular part of the speaking exam. The candidates are Rodrigo from Argentina and Ollin from Switzerland. Part 1 0:00 Part […]
Share The Cambridge First writing exam can help candidates get very good scores in the overall exam and these are our top 6 tips for doing a good exam. Tip #1 Answer the question in the right format While this is extremely obvious, the stress of exams can often make people forget very simple things. The essay is one clear
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Share Example Full Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tqeI9t4x9E In this post we will look at a Cambridge First Speaking test review from the YouTube CambridgeEnglishTV channel and add our own thoughts & comments for each part. Go to the times listed to see a particular part of the speaking exam. The candidates are Florine from The Netherlands and Maria
Share In this post we’d like to introduce you to our Cambridge First speaking test practice book. Especially designed for students who are ready to take their Cambridge First exam this book of six speaking practice tests contains a lot of opportunities to practise and also key details about the speaking exam itself. Let’s take
In this post we’ve assembled a collection of what we think are the best tips for doing the Cambridge First (FCE) writing exam. #1 Answer the question While this is a very obvious point sometimes in an exam people write an answer that does not match the question. The simplest thing to do here is
Share We talk about Cambridge English exams on English Too. From time to time people ask questions about the IELTS exam, so in this post we’ll talk about comparing IELTS scores to the different Cambridge exams. What is IELTS? IELTS or the International English Language Testing System is the most popular English test for higher
Share The Cambridge Advanced Writing Marking scheme covers fours areas and here we will take a look at how each one reflects what people have written. Each element is 5 marks, with a total of 20 marks for each writing task. The four areas are as follows. What is each component about? Content This
Share The Cambridge Advanced or CAE speaking exam is evaluated under a number of categories. Here we’ll take a look at what these C1 speaking scores are and how each of the categories is used to arrive at these scores. Speaking Scoring Categories The first thing to point out about all of the Cambridge exams
The Cambridge exams are a test of what you know, what you can write and what you can say. Here we’ll take a “fun” look at a few ways candidates can often try to show that knowledge. Some are great – some maybe not so much!
Share Emphasising Ideas As we’ve said in other posts on this theme we always need to provide justifications for our ideas. Here we will look at the effect of using expressions that emphasize information. We consider the use of emphasis expressions in a number of ways– To clarify an opinion that we have – To assert