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20 Apr 2023

How to write an article for B1 Preliminary

In this post, I’m going to share some tips on how to write an article for B1 Preliminary. You may find my checklists for B1 Preliminary Writing useful too. Let’s look at the B1 Preliminary for Schools sample writing task,...

19 Mar 2023

Webinar recording: How to make classes accessible to everyone

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Back in October 2022, I gave a webinar ‘How to make classes accessible to everyone’ as part of the Cambridge Live event. I drew on my own experience of teaching online to sometimes hundreds of students, joining the classes using...

10 Mar 2023

One-word and two-word sentences

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, A2 Flyers, A2 Key for Schools, B2, B2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1, C1 Advanced, Reading and Writing, Tips, writing

I’ve just finished giving a webinar where I mentioned the importance of one-word and two-word sentences (as well as sentences of other length of course)! A good piece of writing should sound like music. I use the text below a...

20 Feb 2023

Pre-A1 to C2 Question Challenge Day 3

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, A2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary, B2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, Pre A1 Starters

In today’s post, on Question Challenge Day 3, the question is: Where do you live? Again, I’ve chosen a question that candidates are highly likely to be asked in both a speaking test and in real life. Our answer, of...

31 Jan 2023

Comparing B2 Speaking photos with venn diagrams

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, speaking

Today I had fun preparing this post which shares how to use venn diagrams to practise comparing two photos for Part 2 of the B2 First Speaking Test. I decided to analyse two photographs from the B2 First Sample Paper...

24 Jan 2023

Playing a game with photos for B1 Speaking

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, fun, games, photos, speaking

Today, I’m going to share some ideas for playing a game when describing a photo like the ones used in Part 2 of the B1 Preliminary Speaking Test. This follows on from my previous post, where I shared tips for...

9 Jan 2023

How to do well in B1 Preliminary Speaking Part 2

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, engaging with exam tasks, speaking, Tips

In this post, I’m going to examine the task in B1 Preliminary Speaking Part 2. In this Part, each candidate is given a photo and asked to talk about it for one minute. Let’s look at one of the photos...

28 Nov 2022

Practising for A2 Flyers Speaking Test Part 4

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, questions, speaking

In the final part (Part 4) of the A2 Flyers Speaking Test, candidates are asked to answer questions on a topic. The topic This part starts with the examiner saying: Now, let’s talk about ... . For example: Now, let’s...

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