FCE exercises
From January 2015, the FCE reading and use of English exams will be combined to make a single exam. Parts 1-4 are very similar to the old Use of English paper, and parts 5-7 are reading texts, again very similar to the previous reading exam (see the Cambridge FCE website for details and some official practice). As before, one of the best things you can do to prepare is lots and lots of reading - books, magazines, blogs - anything to give you a 'feel' for the language. What's involved in the different parts of the exam?
Australia Network - Learning English - Learning Programs
Learning Levels Explained Better Than Beginner I can say enough to manage a simple conversation. I can read signs and basic instructions. I can understand when people speak slowly and clearly. I can write simple sentences. Recommended Programs: Living English
Cambridge English: Key (KET) - Listening section
The Cambridge English: Key Listening paper has five parts. For each part you have to listen to a recorded text or texts and answer some questions. You hear each recording twice.
Preliminary (PET)
Look at practice tests so you know all the task types. Do lots of general reading practice in class and at home, especially the kinds of texts used in the Cambridge English: Preliminary test. Keep a vocabulary notebook to write down new words and make notes about how to use each word. Read all the instructions carefully and look at any examples.
How to Write a Problem Solution Essay: Step-by-Step Instructions
Picking a Topic These sorts of essays are something you will write in your work and in life. Start by thinking about things that bother you or problems that you find irritating. If you've thought, "I know how this could be done better!" you have a great idea for this essay.
English Grammar Tests for ESL Students - English Grammar Practice Quizzes
(B) = Beginner; (I) = Intermediate; (A) = Advanced VERB TENSES (Tests/Quizzes): Commands (Imperative) 1 (A)Commands (Imperative) 2 (A)Simple Past/Past Continuous? 1 (A)Simple Past/Past Continuous?
Without Janitors, Students Are In Charge Of Keeping School Shipshape : NPR Ed
Back in 2011, Newt Gingrich was running for president, and he proposed a radical idea to help schools cut costs: Fire the janitors and pay students to do the cleaning. Needless to say, the idea to turn students into moonlighting janitors had about as much support as Gingrich's presidential campaign. But ask Kim De Costa and she'll say there isn't anything radical about asking students to clean up after themselves.
23 facts about the Shard
A worker looks up at the Shard. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP • The Shard is 309.6 metres (1,016ft) high. • The building reached its top height on 19 June. • It has 11,000 glass panels.
Teaching kids philosophy makes them smarter in math and English — Quartz
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross,” goes the aphorism commonly attributed (perhaps mistakenly) to Sinclair Lewis. The election of soon-to-be president Donald Trump suggests the prediction may turn out to have been only half-true. As Trump opponents nervously await his inauguration, many are wondering about how to discern the potential signposts of American fascism in the making. What legislative markers should we look for as the government trundles toward authoritarianism, dragging the world’s foremost attempt at democracy into at least four years of retrograde policy and pronouncement? With 2016 drawing mercifully to a close, it’s worth looking towards eastern Europe for a sense of what Washington, and those who would unravel liberal (as opposed to illiberal) democracy in America, may have in store. But Russia’s post-Soviet model of autocracy seems to appeal to the president-elect.
