Hi Barb, Here's my two cents. You know I'm not a teacher, but I've taken the FCE (and the CAE and the CPE), so I think I know enough about those tests' requirements. The FCE writing task consists of two pieces of writing, one of

I think CPE generally offers a well-tried method for testing your command of English, but it's still only a random indication of your skills. I've become quite aware of that. The number of mistakes I usually make in the listening part

Hi Philip, I followed your comment and it was very useful. I would like to concentrate in some cases i could not figure out. Please read this passage as first case.(Delta, page 165, "Moarines"): "The term moraine refers

So am I the only one who a) noticed that the quiz had a ton of grammatical and spelling mistakes, and b) recognized the irony of that? I'm amazed that everyone seems to have missed these howlers: - "organasing" -

RConard thank you for checking that. It's just a piece from CPE Test, that's why I'm concerning about words nearby slashes and the choice I have made about them which contradicts with their answers. Thank you anyway. You have a few

...is that these numbers are probably pretty close to accurate: If you had purchased $1,000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49.00 left. With Merrill ... year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the

I posted my first screenplay on Triggerstreet today. I promise ... lot lurking, chasing down the links folks have provided, etc. Congratulations and good luck! I'm not a member of Triggerstreet because I didn't like their sign-on

Hi, I'm looking for opinions about the relation between 'upper-intermediate'-level English (as established by e.g. the main Oxford and Longman ... after an upper-intermediate coursebook. However, another source here seems to think that

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

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