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10 Mar 2023

One-word and two-word sentences

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...

8 Nov 2022

Pre-A1 to C2 Question Challenge day 2

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary, B2 First, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, vocabulary

I was astonished to see how long it was since I posted my first Question Challenge! Apologies for this – I do have several posts in the pipeline and will aim to share them more regularly! Today’s question is: Would...

10 Oct 2022

Making learning accessible to everyone: #expectations

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsTips, webinar, young learners

In this second post after the webinar Making Learning Accessible to Everyone, I’m going to be writing about setting goals and expectations with students. You can watch the recording of the Cambridge Live webinar here. Sharing goals and expectations How...

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