Article on the Cambridge University Press and Assessment Spain Blog
Posted on05 Jul 2022
I was delighted to be asked to write an article for the Cambridge University Press and Assessment Spain Blog. As I think... Read More
Pre-A1 to C2 Question challenge day 1
Posted on21 Apr 2022
Today I am launching a challenge. I will take a question that could be asked in a Cambridge speaking test, as well... Read More
Approaching a new (exam) task
Posted on14 Sep 2021
When you’re preparing students for an exam, there will be tasks which will be new to them and may seem unrelated to... Read More
Take an awe walk!
Posted on04 Dec 2020
As it’s Friday, I thought it would be a good day to publish this post and encourage your A2 students to go... Read More
How to do well in Part 3 of the Pre-A1 Starters Speaking Test
Posted on20 Nov 2020
This post is to share ideas to give learners confidence and do well in Part 3 of the Pre-A1 Starters speaking test. ... Read More
How to do well in Parts 1 and 2 of the Pre-A1 Starters Speaking Test
Posted on19 Nov 2020
Today, I’m going to share some tips to help learners do well in Parts 1 and 2 of the Pre-A1 Starters speaking... Read More
Wording of questions in Cambridge Speaking Tests Part 1
In this post, I’m going to look at two areas related to the questions that typically appear in Part 1 of the... Read More
Personal questions in A2 Key, B1 Preliminary, B2 First speaking tests : Say three things
Very often in Part 1 of the A2 Key, B1 Preliminary and B2 First speaking tests, candidates answer personal questions with very... Read More
Interacting with Cambridge A2 Key Speaking Part 2
Posted on16 Oct 2020
In today’s post, I’m going to share ideas for getting students interacting with the task in Cambridge A2 Key Speaking Part 2.... Read More
Making language real
Posted on08 Oct 2020
This post about making language real follows on from my previous post, about Making grammar real. Let’s look at a vocabulary exercise... Read More