And now, for my last humongous post! The Michigan Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) is put out by the University of Michigan English Language Institute (UM-ELI), the oldest and most respectable organization of its

ok, thanks. I'm looking forward to it. All right, Raf, here we go. Key Word Transformations (those seven question on the U of E portion of the test that you're worried about here, which I will hereafter refer to as KWTs) are one of the

other part that I find rather difficult that one which we have to rewrite a sentence using the word given, and we're supposed to write among 3 and 8 words... Concerning other examinations, I hold the FCE and I'll probably apply to CPE next

Like I said...what do you need to know about? I've spent the last five years exclusively preparing students in something of your situations for the CPE and other examinations.

I'm curious about another point that you raised. Here in Greece, candidates have the (titular) right to choose to be ... the day the other four papers are administered, this is never a problem. Does the same situation exist in Britain? I

You will be able to do the Reading, Writing, and English in Use papers. The online Handbook does not, when ... will, of course, not be able to do the Speaking test without a partner and at least a single examiner. As an oral examiner for the

As promised, let's move on to the next part mentioned. Use of English, Part 3, is a new concept in language testing. There are only 6 items, so it is just 12 marks out of the 75 available. DO NOT LET THIS PART OVERWHELM YOU. There's a bit

Thanks a million!! I'm looking forward to seeing the next part of your teaching... Gapped Text, Part 2 - HOW TO DO IT! So now that we know what to look for to link paragraphs together, we have our strategy for gapped text. Before we get into

We'll take this in order, Gapped Text, and then Gapped Sentences. This will be a rather long post. We'll do this in parts, because if I write the whole thing in one night, I'll get bored, toss it, and you'll never see it. Here

I've been studying for CPE (Cambridge Proficiency) for an year and a half in a row, I don't think I'm prepare, I've done lots of mocks and just got Cs and Ds... I was wondering if you could give some tips... On the other hand, is