Here is the official teacher's guide for the First Certificate Exam. It includes several examples of exams for you to do, so please take the time to read through them now.
As we agreed in class you are going to write one essay of 150-180 words per week. Please use the technique we talked about in class to organise your ideas.
If you want to find out more have a look in the links section of this Wiki.
Remember to focus on:
a clear structure: introduction, body , conclusion.
making it interesting and enjoyable for you and your reader!
Remember to :
Use at least two new words from Cobuild and tell us what you have learnt at the end of the essay
Use at least two new grammar points and explain to your colleagues what you have learnt at the end of the essay. You can use print screen to copy the page ,Impr Pa key on the top right of your keyboard, and then paste it at the bottom of your essay.
Comment on at least two things about your colleagues essays!
And here are some more tests to try: http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/tsindex.htm
As we agreed in class you are going to write one essay of 150-180 words per week. Please use the technique we talked about in class to organise your ideas.
If you want to find out more have a look in the links section of this Wiki.
Remember to focus on:
- a clear structure: introduction, body , conclusion.
- connecting words.
- variety of language: use the online Cobuild Thesuarus http://www.collinslanguage.com/results.aspx.
- a variety of grammatical structures.
- making it interesting and enjoyable for you and your reader!
Remember to :- Use at least two new words from Cobuild and tell us what you have learnt at the end of the essay
- Use at least two new grammar points and explain to your colleagues what you have learnt at the end of the essay. You can use print screen to copy the page ,Impr Pa key on the top right of your keyboard, and then paste it at the bottom of your essay.
- Comment on at least two things about your colleagues essays!
And here is a vocabulary trainer for FCEhttp://cdextras.cambridge.org/VocabTrainer/objectivefce/index.htm
and a dictionary which lets you check your pronunciation
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
And finally here is a web page to help you prepare for the exam http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/digitalAssets/121063_fce_infoforcand_dec08_E.pdf http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/OMFIRST/presentacion1.htm http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate/contenidotematico.htm http://esl.about.com/od/toeflieltscambridge/bb/bytaketest.htm http://www.itests.com/web/main/Home.html http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/
CAE
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/index.htm