Exam tips: the Cambridge English Advanced and IELTS interview
Upper intermediate to advanced levels (B2-C1)
You only have a short time to show how good your English is in the Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or IELTS interview. How can you do it? Continue reading
New English requirements for working in the UK
Foreign doctors working in the UK already need to have English at IELTS level 7.5. Today, a Government minister has just announced that people who work with the public in the state sector will need to have fluent English. This includes NHS and state school staff. Continue reading
Cambridge First (FCE) writing tips
Upper intermediate level (B2)
Many people will be taking the Cambridge First exam this summer. To get ready you will probably need to write a lot of essays. An important tip is to keep a list of your most common FCE writing mistakes and check this list before you write. Continue reading
Updated FCE and CAE for 2015
Intermediate to advanced level (B1-C1)
Cambridge English have made some changes to their First and Advanced exams. The biggest change is that now there will only be 4 papers instead of 5 because the Reading and Use of English are being put together in the same paper. Continue reading
Exam tips: the FCE and CAE interview
Upper intermediate to advanced levels (B2-C1)
The start of your FCE or CAE interview gives you a great opportunity to show how good your English is. Continue reading
FCE Use of English tip: options in Part 1
Intermediate to advanced level (B1-C1)
If you are planning to take Cambridge FCE in December, you are probably doing lots of practice. You can make the most of your practice by thinking about how you could use the wrong answers! Continue reading
From January 2015, there will be an update to the Cambridge English First (FCE) exam. The new exam will have 4 papers instead of 5 and it will be 30 minutes shorter. Continue reading
Building your vocabulary (FCE/CAE/CPE): Word families
Intermediate to advanced (B1-C2)
Why learn one word when you can learn more? Building your vocabulary is essential for many English exams e.g. Cambridge First, Advanced and Proficiency and helps you make more sense of English. Continue reading
Reading: book level test (graded readers)
All levels
Reading is very important if you want to improve your English quickly. It shows you hundreds of examples of good grammar. It also teaches you a lot of vocabulary and expressions. Seeing the same words again and again will help you remember the words you learnt in the past. However, you need to find reading of the right level for you. Continue reading
Vocabulary: education
Intermediate to advanced level (B1-C1)
A good exercise (especially for Cambridge FCE) is to think about your own education and how you could describe it. Here is someone’s story:
The Cambridge First (FCE) interview lasts about 14 minutes and is usually done in pairs (2 candidates). Continue reading
Here are some useful websites if you are looking for a dictionary. There is also a really useful website for seeing how words are used in a sentence and an interesting website which helps you understand phrases. There are also websites about English exams, business articles in English and a link to a reading level test. Continue reading