Tips for FCE Reading and Writing_11011501

Tips for FCE Reading and Writing

Bob Obee

Sibiu and Bucharest

2012

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Format of Paper 1 (Reading) Part 1

a text followed by 8 multiple choice questions

Part 2

gapped text task with 7 sentences removed from a base text



























FCE

Reading

Part 1 One text with multiple-choice questions

(gist, attitude, opinion, detail, main idea, text organisation features etc.) Part 2 Gapped text with sentences removed (text structure, cohesion and coherence) Part 3 Multiple matching



























Multiple-choice elimination I shifted uncomfortably inside my best suit and eased a finger inside the tight white collar. It was hot in the little bus and I had taken a seat on the wrong side where the summer sun beat on the windows. It was a strange outfit for the weather, but a few miles ahead my future employer might be waiting for me and I had to make a good impression. There was a lot depending on this interview. Many friends who had qualified with me were unemployed or working in shops or as labourers in the shipyards. So many that I had almost given up hope of any future for myself as a veterinary surgeon.



























Part 1: testing focus /question spread

1

detail

5

opinion

2

purpose

6

detail (inference)

3

main point

7

lexical meaning





























Reading Part 2





























Question 9: option D Mrs Hart was one of four of four theatre theatre lovers





























Question 11: option G Being a judge was hard work , though. In





























Question 13: option B In this situation, there is surely a danger





























Built-in check

As a boy, Chris Peters collected hundreds of vintage cameras, mostlyfrom jumble sales and dustbins. Later,when Later,when the time came to buy his first house, he had to sell his valuable collection in order to put down a deposit. A few years after, he took up the interest again and now has over a thousand cameras, the earliest dating

Which person • had to re-start re-start their collection? • received an unexpected gift?































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Authentic v Genuine 1 You only get depressed because you worry.

0 1 2 3

If you _______ not get so depressed NOT 2 You’re always blaming me for things that go wrong. 0 1 2 3 Whenever _____________ me

ANYTHING

3 I didn’t phone because I didn’t know you were back I _____________ I’d known you were back. IF

0 1 2 3



























Where are the other bits ? 1 There’s no need for you to bring a present as well 2 There’s no law that requires drivers to wear seat-belts. 3 I suppose it’s possible that her phone isn’t working 4 It’s not possible for someone to lose so much weight so quickly.





















































Listening



























Listening

-

Prediction

SUMMER CAMPS Helen says that people taking part in the summer camp usually sleep in a 9 ______ The summer camp is a chance for teenagers to meet people and learn 10 ______





























Listening – Listening – Prediction Part of Speech





























Listening – Listening – Prediction

Paraphrases you’ll hear





























Using tapescripts Interviewer: I see. And what did you do when you left school?





























Speaking





























Format of FCE Speaking Par Format t 1 Social

Interaction pattern 3-way between

KEY Strategies

Language































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Multiple choice : Main points CAE December 2004 ‘The singer and the song’ In modern pop music, the harmony is surrendered to a process of distortion, involving much mixing and editing. Sometimes serious doubts arise as to whether the performers made more than a minimal contribution contribution to the recording, which owes its trademark to the subsequent sound engineering, designed precisely to make it unrepeatable. Hence, pop fans find themselves deprived of one of the most



























Summary points This could be summarised in one or all three of these points: The technology is more important than the singer's voice these days. It is hard to copy pop singers because of technology.



























Writing



























In Writing in L2 students even Advanced ones need handholding and guidance with every step of the process

- Data collection - Selecting - Planning - Drafting - Crafting



























Writing Assignment Cycle 1 Set the task 5 Feedback Envisioning improvement

Allow time for data collection/selection

2 Exposure 4 Composing Help with drafting

Focus on register organisation …..





























Read the extract from your friend’s letter and from your diary below. Then, using the information appropriately, appropriately, write a letter to your friend saying whether or not you would recommend the job to your friend and giving your reasons.

Do you think I’d like the job? Most of all I want to hear plenty of music. I’d like to make enough money for a holiday too. If I could use my English and get useful work experience, that would be great! Cheers,

























































RANGE

























































ORGANISATION and COHESION































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Exam Practice CAE Tidal Energy Based in Sheffield [UK] Pulse Tidal is a company that has developed an 1 ______ machine that

AFFORD

generates electrical power from the ocean tides; providing electricity that is clean and 2 ______

VISION



























One day : One focus [or maybe 2] poss comprehenssustainbiodegradvalusuitexhaust-

accessaffordflexfashionresponsprofitvis-

un – un – im – im – ir – – nonin-



























Word-building Meaning What is the specific meaning of the missing word? Is the positive or negative form of the word required?

Form What part of speech is required in the gap? Is it a derivative or compound of the given word?



























Match them up Aerial photography Photography was still in its (29) …..... when, in 1858, French artist Felix Tournachon took the first aerial photograph from a hot-air balloon. From these crude (30) …..... , aerial photographs have been taken from (31) …..... higher vantage points and



























imagine imagination (n) imaginings (n) imaginary (adj) [un] imaginative [ly] (adj)(adv) [un] imaginable (adj)





























Transformation Familiarisation 44 Do you think you could help me to fill in this application form? WONDERING +





























Transformation Answer Awareness 44 was wondering if/_____ ][ if/_____ ][ you





























Improvise a bit Discuss with another student what you about possibilit about possibilities, ies, procedures, procedures, fees fees and





























Firm it up admissions requirement





























Where’s the grammar must may can should

might































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































On the floor …practice … What makes you say that ? I’m not so sure ….

This is obviously connected with ….

This would be my first ….

I see what you mean…

..and another reason for …..



























Part 4 Encourage simple ‘across turn’ strategies

Across turn …And

Skills and strategies

….But

….That’s





















































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