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18 Jan 2021

About A2 Key (for Schools) Listening Part 1

TagsA2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, listening

In this post, I’m going to analyse A2 Key (and A2 Key for Schools) Listening Part 1. You can find the A2 Key for Schools Exam Preparation Digital Poster, with so many useful links here: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/supporting-teachers/ Let’s start with the...

4 Dec 2020

Take an awe walk!

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, A2 Key for Schools, Mindfulness

As it’s Friday, I thought it would be a good day to publish this post and encourage your A2 students to go for an awe walk! I’m going to share a couple of sheets that I’ve prepared for use outside....

20 Nov 2020

How to do well in Part 3 of the Pre-A1 Starters Speaking Test

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsPre A1 Starters, speaking, Tips

This post is to share ideas to give learners confidence and do well in Part 3 of the Pre-A1 Starters speaking test. It follows on from my previous post on Parts 1 and 2 of the Pre-A1 Starters speaking test....

19 Nov 2020

How to do well in Parts 1 and 2 of the Pre-A1 Starters Speaking Test

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsPre A1 Starters, speaking, Tips

Today, I’m going to share some tips to help learners do well in Parts 1 and 2 of the Pre-A1 Starters speaking test. Practice materials You can download sample materials (Sample Paper Volume 1 and Sample Paper Volume 2) in...

13 Nov 2020

Fun, Cool Adjectives

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, A2 Flyers, adjectives, Pre A1 Starters, vo

Today, I’m going to share some fun, cool activities to practise adjectives. Adjectives are such a useful kind of word, and many of our students just don’t use enough of them, don’t you think? So, in this post, I thought...

26 Oct 2020

Webinar recording and post on the World of Better Learning

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsCambridge ELT blog, Cambridge Live Experience, recording, webinar

The post I wrote for the World of Better Learning and the recording of the webinar I gave in September as part of the Cambridge Live Experience are now available. I announced this webinar on this blog and shared the...

20 Oct 2020

Wording of questions in Cambridge Speaking Tests Part 1

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, A2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, A2 Key Speaking, B1 Preliminary, B2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, speaking

In this post, I’m going to look at two areas related to the questions that typically appear in Part 1 of the Cambridge speaking tests: Question types and The wording of the questions. I’m also going to share a worksheet I’ve created...

19 Oct 2020

Personal questions in A2 Key, B1 Preliminary, B2 First speaking tests : Say three things

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, A2 Key for Schools, A2 Key Speaking, B1 Preliminary, B2 First, B2 First for Schools, speaking

Very often in Part 1 of the A2 Key, B1 Preliminary and B2 First speaking tests, candidates answer personal questions with very short answers. Let’s look at the breakdown of this part of the speaking test, taken from the B1...

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