CAE-FCE Introduction 2012

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FCE / CAE

Assess the 4 skills Reading, Writing, Listening,Speaking, plus Use of English

A communicative approach to assessment

Real life language skills are tested in a practical context

Paper 1: ReadingPaper 2: Writing

Paper 3: Use of English

Paper 4: Listening

Paper 5: Speaking

Papers Time - FCE

1h

1h 20

45 min

40 min

14 min

Time - CAE

1h 15

1h 30

1h

40 min

15 min


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VantageB2

Effective ProficiencyC1

B1 Threshold

MasteryC2

A2 Way stage

CAE

FCE

PET

CPE

KET

60 - 72

40 - 58

105 -120

83 - 94

5.5 - 6.0

4.5 - 5.0

8.0 - 9.0

6.5 - 7.5

Council of Europe Levels

CEFR Cambridge ESOL TOEFLibtIELTS

evels

CEFRCommon European Framework for References


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Results Each Paper20%

3 Pass Rates

Results - 3 weeks

Certificates8 weeks after exam

A 80% - 100%

B 75% - 79%

C 60% - 74%

D 55% - 59%

E 54% and below

Pass

Fail


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Cambridge Exam Preparation

Course at EF London Length:8 weeks (Paper Based)

CAE 10thMarch

FCE 17thMarch

You have:

FCE/CAE SPIN classes


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Paper 1 Reading

Paper Length:

1h 30 questions

FCE CAE Paper Length:

1h 15 min 34 questions


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Reading

Part 1

One text with multiple-choicequestions (gist, attitude, opinion,detail, main idea, text organisation

features etc.)

Part 2

Gapped text with sentencesremoved(text structure, cohesionand coherence)

Part 3

Multiple matching(specificinformation, detail opinion andattitude)

FCEPart 1

One text with multiple-choicequestions (gist, attitude, opinion,detail, main idea, text organisationfeatures etc.)

Part 2

Gapped text with sentencesremoved(text structure, cohesionand coherence)

Part 3

Multiple matching(exemplification,comparison reference)

Part 4

Multiple matching (specific information,detail, opinion and attitude)

CAE


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Paper 2 WritingFCE

1 hr 20 mins

Two writing

tasks

CAE

1 hr 30 mins

Two writing

tasks


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Writing

Part 1:Compulsory letter oremail (120-150 words)

Part 2:Optional task: article,letter, report, essay, story,review.

Set text questions: two books,with one question on each:article, essay, report, review,letter. (120-180 words)

FCEPart 1:Compulsory article,report, proposal, or letter (180-220 words)

Part 2:Optional task: article,competition entry, a contribution,an essay, information sheet, aletter, a proposal, a report, or areview

Set text questions: two books,with one question on each:article, essay, report, review,letter. (220-260 words)

CAE


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Includes a rationalisation of the set text

question

William Golding P.D James

Lord of the Flies The Lighthouse


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Paper 3 - Use of English

Length 45 min

Paper Length: 42

questions

FCE CAE

Length 1h

Paper Length: 50

questions
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/dictionaries/cald.htm


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FCEPart 1 Multiple-choice cloze

(lexical/ lexico-grammatical)

Part 2 Open cloze

(grammatical/lexico grammatical)

Part 3 Word formation

(lexical, lexico - grammatical)

Part 4 Key word transformations

(lexical and grammatical)

Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze

(lexical/ lexico-grammatical)

Part 2 Open cloze

(grammatical/lexico grammatical)

Part 3 Word formation

(lexical, lexico - grammatical)

Part 4 Gapped sentences

(lexical)

Part 5 Key word transformations

(lexical and grammatical)

Use of English

CAE
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/dictionaries/cald.htm


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Listening

Only one task is available

in each section

All Listening sections

repeated twice

40 Minutes

FCE CAE

Only one task is available

in each section

All Listening sections

repeated twice

1 Hour


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Listening

Part 1 Short Situations: MultipleChoice

Part 2 Sentence completion withmonologue or conversation(detail, specific information,stated opinion)

Part 3 Identify the speaker

Part 4 Multiple-choice questionswith monologue or conversation(opinion, attitude, gist, main idea,specific information)

Part 1 Short Situations: MultipleChoice

Part 2 Sentence completion withmonologue or conversation(detail, specific information,stated opinion)

Part 3 Multiple Choice (Attitudeand opinion)

Part 4 Multiple-choice questionswith monologue or conversation(opinion, attitude, gist, main idea,specific information)

FCE CAE


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FCE, CAE, CPE Sample Tests:

http://www.englishspeaker.com

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk

http://www.english-online.org.uk/exam.htm

Cambridge information on FCE/CAE:

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams

Good Luck!
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