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6 Sep 2023

B2 First Review Analysis and Checklist

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, Reviews, Tips

In today’s post, I’m going to analyse the review task which could appear in Part 2 of the B2 First and B2 First for Schools writing paper. As I said in my previous post, many students, including our teenage students,...

3 Sep 2023

Cambridge English: First Review Writing using tools from English Profile

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, Cambridge English, English Profile, grammar, resources, Reviews, vocabulary, writing

In this post, I share some activities and tips, based on English Profile. Writing a review In the past, this might not have been a ‘real-life’ skill for many of our students, but nowadays, with sites like Tripadvisor or Booking.com,...

28 Aug 2023

Writing different sentence types for A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 6

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, fun, Tips, writing, young learners

In Part 6 of the A1 Movers Reading and Writing test, students are asked to write two sentences of their own. Before this, (in questions 1-4), they are asked to compete two sentences and answer two questions (questions 3-4). For...

24 Aug 2023

About A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 6

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, writing, young learners

In Part 6 of the A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 6, learners have to do three different things. They are given a big, colour picture where there are usually lots of things and some people. Let’s look at the...

20 Apr 2023

How to write an article for B1 Preliminary

Posted ByAnne Robinson

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...

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