Study for oral exam (speaking test) of Cambridge FCE exam

INTRODUCTION This page describes the oral (speaking) exam for the Cambridge FCE (First Certificate in English) exam. You usually take the speaking exam together with one other student. The exam lasts about 14 minutes and has four parts: (1) Interview (3 minutes) Each of you will be asked basic questions about your home town, family, work or study, leisure and future plans. (2) Individual tasks (4 minutes) Each of you will be asked to compare two colour photographs and explain your personal feelings about them (you will be asked to speak for 1 minute, without any interruption). (3) Joint task (3 minutes) You will be shown some pictures. (4) Three-way discussion (4 minutes) You will be asked to discuss (together with the other student and the examiner) some ideas that are connected with the joint task. Some general advice about Keep it simple Try to avoid complicated explanations or grammar if you are not sure about them. Use full sentences Avoid answers which are single words or lists Leisure

FCE tips: use of English part 1: multiple choice cloze By Alexander Case Aims to help students practise vocabulary, commonly confused words and fixed expressions. Example question Many people think a dolphin is the same _____ a porpoise. A: than B: as C: like D: with Tip 1The students will have to read a text and answer 12 questions like the one above. Tip 2This part of the paper is a test of vocabulary rather than grammar. Tip 3A nice activity for dependent prepositions or make/ do is SNAP. Tip 4If students have a feeling that one ‘sounds right’, they should go for it. Tip 5If students really have no idea which is the correct answer, they should start by deleting the ones that they are sure are not correct. Tip 6You can lead students into the part 1 task gently by giving them an exam task with the right answers already selected and ask them why the other ones are wrong.

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