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14 Sep 2021

Approaching a new (exam) task

TagsB1 Preliminary, engaging with exam tasks, reading, speaking

When you’re preparing students for an exam, there will be tasks which will be new to them and may seem unrelated to real life. You don’t normally read a news story or article and answer multiple choice questions about it!...

26 Aug 2021

Beginning a new school year

Posted ByAnne Robinson

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Today, I’m speaking for Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment English at a conference for Ukraine, the Back to School conference. To start off my first session, I’m going to show teachers a letter and give them time to read...

16 May 2021

About A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 4 and how to do well

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, Reading and Writing, Tips

In this post, I’ll look at Part 4 of the A1 Movers Reading and Writing Test. Let’s look at a sample part 4 task, taken from Sample Papers 1, available here. In this part of the Test, learners have to...

3 May 2021

Taking a B1 Listening Part 1 question A LOT further

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, listening, writing

In this post, I’m going to share some activities I created around a B1 Listening Part 1 monologue. The question I developed into a whole lesson (or more!) comes from the B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening Part 1. You can...

29 Apr 2021

Engaging with B1 Preliminary Listening Part 1

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, Cambridge English, listening, resources, Tips

In this post, I’ll share some ideas for engaging with B1 Preliminary Listening Part 1. Activities for integrating the topic, getting students to use the language in situations that should be meaningful for them. And also, to take them ‘behind...

28 Apr 2021

About B1 Preliminary Listening Part 1

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, listening, Tips

Today, I’m going to examine B1 Preliminary Listening Part 1. The Sample Paper I am going to use for my examples is taken from the B1 Preliminary for Schools Sample Paper and is available on the Cambridge Assessment website. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/preliminary-for-schools/preparation/...

5 Apr 2021

About A2 Flyers Part 4

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, grammar, Reading and Writing, Tips

In this post I’m going to focus on A2 Flyers Reading and Writing Part 4. Many young learners find this part of the test quite challenging. What’s in this part? A factual text (about 150 words)...

2 Mar 2021

About A2 Key Listening Part 4

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Key, A2 Key for Schools

Today, I’m going to focus on A2 Key (and A2 Key for Schools) Listening Part 4. This part was introduced to the A2 Key Listening Paper when the exam was revised in 2020. What’s in this Part? There are five...

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