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PROGRAMME AND COURSE CONTENTS
COURSE:
ENGLISH – CAMBRIDGE EXAM PREPARATION
Level
Entry Requirements
FCE
- Student has passed and certified Level B2.1 or PRE-FCE at CSIM or has an official document
grading them as having completed B2.1
- Student has tested at Level B2.2 in a recent placement test at CSIM
Type
Hours
Credits
Certificate
Summer
20 per week
2 ECTS
Level B2.2 CSIM
Coordinador:
Richard Griffiths
Amy Wallace
Caroline Bunce
csim@rect.ucm.es
Course Outline:
FCE is a 60-hr intensive summer course with 20 hours of tasks to be done outside class, in which the 5 main
language skills are consolidated and practised:
(1) Oral expression (speaking)
(2) Oral interaction (conversation)
(3) Listening comprehension
(4) Reading comprehension
(5) Writing
Grammar review and vocabulary acquisition are also an important part of the course. Regular attendance and the
active participation for the full duration of the course are necessary to achieve full competence at this level.
Objectives:
This course is aimed at people thinking of taking the FCE exam in the autumn 2016 window. To that end, students
are prepared not only in the linguistic elements required to pass the exam but also in ‘exam technique’. Students
will be prepared for all papers of the exam and have the opportunity to practise the speaking part of the exam.
Advice will also be given on how to manage your time in all papers.
Course Contents:
The course will include the following
Preparing the written exam
Formal vs. Informal language
Linking expressions
Descriptive adjectives
Purpose links
Contrast links
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Recommending and Suggesting
Concluding
Preparing the speaking exam
Giving opinions
Comparing and contrasting
Turn-taking
Speculating
Suggesting
Asking for + justifying opinions
Agreeing / Disagreeing
Reaching a conclusion
Lexical Areas
Suffixes / prefixes
Dependent prepositions
Word-building
Frequently confused words
Collocations
Grammar areas
Review of tenses
Review of modal verbs
Adverbs of degree
Verbs followed by gerund and infinitive
Relative and non-relative clauses
Passive forms
Reporting and reported speech
Causative have / get
Comparison of adjectives /adverbs
Assessment:
Final mark = 60% continuous evaluation + 40% final exam (compulsory)
60% Continuous Evaluation
10% - participation
50% - assessed tasks and homework
Materials:
The teacher will give details of the book, materials and class blog in the first day of class
Other information:
CSIM does not operate as an exam centre in the September to December Windows. Students are free to do the
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exam with the centre of their choice and we will help you with the necessary information in order for you to be
able to take the exam on the most convenient date, and at the most convenient venue, for each student.
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