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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Cambridge' matching tag 'Cambridge'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aCambridge</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Cambridge' matching tag 'Cambridge'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3614.32638)</generator><item><title>Re: The history of packaging (CPE, Selective cloze)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheHistoryPackagingSelectiveCloze/lwdlr/post.htm#997310</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:997310</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi again,   How about the &amp;quot;check your answers&amp;quot; -function? A different colour is needed for the correct words, right?   They both come in free with the test.   Just joking; you needn&amp;#39;t do anything. Both the &amp;quot;check your answers&amp;quot; button and the red&amp;amp;blue colours are added by the software (or by the gremlins... whatever... I&amp;#39;m not that techie, haha).   Looking forward to your tests.</description></item><item><title>Re: The history of packaging (CPE, Selective cloze)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheHistoryPackagingSelectiveCloze/lwdlr/post.htm#996051</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:996051</guid><dc:creator>successor</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
  
 thanks for the advice. How about the &amp;quot;check your answers&amp;quot; -function? A different colour is needed for the correct words, right? I will try to make up a test soon, so your help is really useful.</description></item><item><title>Re: The history of packaging (CPE, Selective cloze)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheHistoryPackagingSelectiveCloze/lwdlr/post.htm#996021</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:58:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:996021</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>How do you compose these gaps, do you use a special program?     Hi. I tried to find the post where Hitchhiker explained how to post tests, but I didn&amp;#39;t make it. However, the code is quite simple.   Enclose the text within the tags    and    (without the spaces. I put them to prevent the sytem from converting the whole post into a test!) Also, enclose the given choices within inverted commas/speechmarks ( &amp;quot; ), put the correct one first and separate them by means of this symbol  |  (no spaces).  For instance:        The is  &amp;quot; an article  |  a verb  |  a noun  |  an adj</description></item><item><title>Re: The history of packaging (CPE, Selective cloze)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheHistoryPackagingSelectiveCloze/lwdlr/post.htm#996000</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:39:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:996000</guid><dc:creator>successor</dc:creator><description>WOW... This was a tough test. However, I scored 6/6. How do you compose these gaps, do you use a special program?</description></item><item><title>Re: Bose speakers -- Selective cloze for the CPE</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BoseSpeakersSelectiveCloze-Cpe/lwdkd/post.htm#994940</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:51:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:994940</guid><dc:creator>dokterjokkebrok</dc:creator><description>I think CPE generally offers a well-tried method for testing your command of English, but it&amp;#39;s still only a random indication of your skills. I&amp;#39;ve become quite aware of that. The number of mistakes I usually make in the listening part varies between 4-7 mistakes, and each test gives a different outcome. Plus, at my university, we use these headphones which become really hot on your ears after a while and they&amp;#39;re a genuine nuisance every time I take the test. Perhaps they could invent some kind of ear-cooling device, or some other ingenious contraption to make my ears feel comfortable throughout the test...haha.  It might be a potential gap in the market, who knows.  Thanks for the test by the way.</description></item><item><title>Re: Bose speakers -- Selective cloze for the CPE</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BoseSpeakersSelectiveCloze-Cpe/lwdkd/post.htm#961934</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:38:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:961934</guid><dc:creator>kooyeen</dc:creator><description>Aaargh, one mistake as well. I didn&amp;#39;t know that verb at all. But my English is not this advanced yet, so CPE stuff still sounds very challenging to me.</description></item><item><title>The history of packaging (CPE, Selective cloze)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheHistoryPackagingSelectiveCloze/lwdlr/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:54:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959089</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some directions and suggestions given in the CPE handbook for this task:  Students
should be aware of the different aspects of vocabulary tested in this
part of the paper. They should read through each text carefully, not
forgetting the title, to get a general idea of the text type and
meaning before looking at the options. They could also be encouraged to
think about the possible forms and meanings of the gapped words at this
stage. They should be aware that the missing word(s) may form part...</description></item><item><title>Bose speakers -- Selective cloze for the CPE</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BoseSpeakersSelectiveCloze-Cpe/lwdkd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:42:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:959075</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some directions and suggestions given in the CPE handbook for this task:  Students
should be aware of the different aspects of vocabulary tested in this
part of the paper. They should read through each text carefully, not
forgetting the title, to get a general idea of the text type and
meaning before looking at the options. They could also be encouraged to
think about the possible forms and meanings of the gapped words at this
stage. They should be aware that the missing word(s) may form part...</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE, Quiz, Bureaucracy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeQuizBureaucracy/2/gqnkk/Post.htm#950529</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:26:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:950529</guid><dc:creator>kaity</dc:creator><description>i didn&amp;#39;t got a nice score T.T</description></item><item><title>Grammar</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Grammar/lvqkc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:41:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:943179</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Please, I&amp;#39;d like an explanation for when to use &amp;quot;have&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;get&amp;quot;, for example: 
 - If you don&amp;#39;t leave immediately, I&amp;#39;ll HAVE you arrested 
 -Whatever you do, don&amp;#39;t GET them telling you jokes. 
 -I opened the door to find we HAD/HAD GOT mice nesting in the wig collection. (in this case, what&amp;#39;s the difference between had and had got?) 
 Thanks a lot - I&amp;#39;m taking CPE this year!!! 
 Enzel</description></item><item><title>Introducing 'nhocxinh2501_d2'.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IntroducingNhocxinh2501D2/ldbgc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:06:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:933863</guid><dc:creator>nhocxinh2501_d2</dc:creator><description>Hello. I'm a student of English Department at the University of Education Vietnam, HCMC I join englishforum.com to make friends and share English learning experience with all of you. Firstly, please visit my faculty's website :   I think it's a great place for you to find more interesting things so that we can discuss and share together. In this website:  Lots of ebooks of many fields such as international tests:
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others, I hope Vietnamese students from...</description></item><item><title>Re: Past papers CPE listening exam.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPapersListeningExam/lbplq/post.htm#931681</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:29:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:931681</guid><dc:creator>dokterjokkebrok</dc:creator><description>Hi Doesn&amp;#39;t have to do with being qualified or not in my opinion.  Your advice can be just as valuable, if not, even more valuable than that of a qualified teacher.  I agree with you on part 4 being the more difficult part. I always find it very hard to come up with a good strategy. It&amp;#39;s very difficult to bear in mind what their thoughts are on every single issue, if they&amp;#39;re opinions are divided, or not. And, for me, it&amp;#39;s this part where I seem to trip up and repeatedly make most of my errors. Last time, I had a total of only 2 mistakes in part 1,2,3 combined, but unfortunately, in part 4, I made 3 more,  which brought it to 5. Still not bad of course, as it&amp;#39;s still a pass. But it&amp;#39;s a bit disappointing because I...</description></item><item><title>Re: Past papers CPE listening exam.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPapersListeningExam/lbplq/post.htm#930974</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:58:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:930974</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi,
   
I don&amp;#39;t think I&amp;#39;m qualified to answer your second question. I&amp;#39;ve taken (and passed with flying colours ) the test, but I am a learner myself ... Your written English and understanding of grammar is far better than mine, so what could I suggest to you (practising aside)?   How long have you been preparing for the test? Are you studying on your own or attending a class? Is there a part you find more difficult than the others?   To me, the easiest one was part 2, the one where you have to complete the sentences, and the hardest was the part 4, the one where you have to decide whether certain opinions are expressed by only one of the speakers or they agree. How about you?</description></item><item><title>Re: Past papers CPE listening exam.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPapersListeningExam/lbplq/post.htm#930518</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:05:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:930518</guid><dc:creator>dokterjokkebrok</dc:creator><description>Hi Tanit Okay. So they come with the listening part as well. You see, I didn&amp;#39;t know that.   Thank you very much for that one!  A second question for you: could you please provide me with some tips on how to prepare sufficiently for a CPE test? That is, I&amp;#39;ve done several CPE tests now (practice exams), and in most instances I got a pass. But could you perhaps give me some specific advice for the listening part, and in particular strategies to increase efficiency during the test?  Thanks again.  Kind regards</description></item><item><title>Re: Past papers CPE listening exam.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPapersListeningExam/lbplq/post.htm#929496</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:19:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:929496</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi,   Have you tried searching on Amazon?   Cambridge Uni has released a series titled &amp;quot; Cambridge Certificate
of Proficiency in English Student&amp;#39;s Book with Answers: Examination
Papers from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations &amp;quot;. Each book contains four or five complete papers (so, it&amp;#39;s not only the listening paper) and comes with a CD.   To the best of my knowledge, the fifth is the most recent one, but the others might come in handy, too.</description></item><item><title>Past papers CPE listening exam.</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPapersListeningExam/lbplq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:50:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:928182</guid><dc:creator>dokterjokkebrok</dc:creator><description>Hello Does anyone know where I can find past papers of CPE listening parts? I am willing to pay for them, but so far, I haven&amp;#39;t been able to find what I was looking for. PS I&amp;#39;m aware that there&amp;#39;s a complete CPE exam available on the CPE website, but I want to have more than one so that I can practise.   Thank you in advance.  Dokterjokkebrok</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE, Quiz, Bureaucracy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeQuizBureaucracy/2/gqnkk/Post.htm#914496</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:06:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:914496</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I got 6 out of 6! thanks! SaRaH</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE, Quiz, Bureaucracy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeQuizBureaucracy/2/gqnkk/Post.htm#909009</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:07:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:909009</guid><dc:creator>hotrungthang</dc:creator><description>3 out of 6, not quite good fr me :(</description></item><item><title>Re: Complicated Sentences</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ComplicatedSentences/khlvk/post.htm#878700</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:16:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:878700</guid><dc:creator>sedhosen</dc:creator><description>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, &amp;quot;Moarines&amp;quot;): 
  
 &amp;quot;The term moraine refers to the rock debris carried or deposited by glacier. The term applies to the debris moved along with the glacier or on its surface, the debris left behind after the glacier melt, and landforms made up of these debris deposits.&amp;quot; 
  
 The total passage contains 3 paragraphs and the writer continues using unfamiliar words with long sentences. Althought it is not a complex gramatical text, but is hard to understand, specially when the tester is asked to comprehand it completely. 
  
 What...</description></item><item><title>Re: What's the difference between FCE and TOEFL</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsDifferenceBetweenToefl/kzhcv/post.htm#862222</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:34:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:862222</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi!   1. The FCE is part of -- let&amp;#39;s say -- a &amp;quot;series&amp;quot; of graded tests (KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE). It should be taken by candidates whose level in English is approximately upper-intermediate (in Europe, level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference). The TOEFL has no such &amp;quot;grades&amp;quot;, so a candidate can sit for the exam irrespective of his/her level.   2. The FCE has a &amp;quot;pass mark&amp;quot; (around 60-65% of the total marks), while in the TOEFL a minimum pass mark doesn&amp;#39;t exist. This means that weak candidates are not failed; they simply get low marks.   3. One can pass the FCE with A (approx. 80-100% of the total marks), B (approx. 75-79%) or C (approx. 60-74%). Those who take the TOEFL receive a score...</description></item><item><title>I have a report  and i don't no about gramer if it is correct?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/IReportAboutGramerCorrect/jqljn/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:33:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:833642</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>The causes of drug abuse:  
  A. Reasons that belong to the individual:  
  There are several important reasons behind the abuse of the individual taking the drug and can be divided as follows:  
  1 - weak religious morals abuse to the individual:  There is no doubt that the lack of adherence to some young people, particularly those who are in their teens may not fully committed to abiding by the teachings of the Islamic religion in terms of following the orders are taken lightly and to avoid, and forget the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger may Allah bless him and grant him salvation, and the outcome of that for get them themselves to God through the right to the path of goodness and corruption and misguided.  2 -...</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE, Quiz, Bureaucracy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeQuizBureaucracy/2/gqnkk/Post.htm#816377</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:39:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:816377</guid><dc:creator>seham</dc:creator><description>I think it&amp;#39;s good   Session data &amp;gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE, Quiz, Bureaucracy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeQuizBureaucracy/2/gqnkk/Post.htm#812482</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:34:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:812482</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>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&amp;#39;m amazed that everyone seems to have missed these howlers:  - &amp;quot;organasing&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;nineteeth&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;bureaucracy greatly extended to the breadth and depth of intelligence&amp;quot; (misplaced &amp;quot;to&amp;quot;) - &amp;quot;saw bureaucracy as both most efficient possible system&amp;quot; (missing &amp;quot;the&amp;quot;) - &amp;quot;efficient possible system, and a threat to the basic liberties&amp;quot; (misplaced comma) - &amp;quot;thus foreshadowing the sentiments which bureaucracy frequently evokes today&amp;quot; (should be &amp;quot;that&amp;quot;, not &amp;quot;which&amp;quot;)  So, I got 6/6 in the quiz and then 6/6 again. :D</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE, Quiz, Bureaucracy</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeQuizBureaucracy/2/gqnkk/Post.htm#803361</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:55:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:803361</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>no mistakes! i guess this was luck</description></item><item><title>Test - Passive voice</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TestPassiveVoice/jzwhp/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:23:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:778700</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Choose the verb which best completes each sentence. Enjoy.    ___________________________________     1 She was anxious &amp;quot;to be selected|to select|to have selected|to be selecting&amp;quot; for the post of the Personal Assistant to the Director in the recently affiliated Jacob Sussard Company.   2 - ‘Why are the Newtons asking for loan repayment modifications?&amp;#39; - ‘Because their house &amp;quot;was damaged|damaged|had damaged|was being damaged&amp;quot; in the flood.&amp;#39;   3 - ‘How&amp;#39;s the new town planning going?&amp;#39; - ‘Oh, there&amp;#39;s still a lot &amp;quot;to be done|having done|has been done|have done&amp;quot;.&amp;#39;   4 - ‘How did his speech go?&amp;#39; - ‘With all the noise outside, he couldn&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;make|be making|be made|have made&amp;quot;...</description></item><item><title>Re: Teach</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/Teach/jvxkc/post.htm#775776</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:57:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:775776</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hello,   You could start by registering as an ordinary member.    If you are a qualified English teacher, this excerpt from our  Frequently Asked Questions  might be of interest to you:     Teachers - Users in this role are DELTA, CELTA, TESOL, CELTAYL, TEYL or TEFL
qualified teachers. To become a member of this group you must send a
private message with a scan of your qualification to an administrator.</description></item><item><title>Re: CPE Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeWriting/jvgdl/post.htm#774557</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:32:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:774557</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hello,   I ´m considering sitting for CPE exam last year.  Maybe next year?    Does your course only focus on the writing paper? If it does, it is surely quite a lot of preparation for one part only!  Did the teacher cover all of the   six types of tasks (article, essay, proposal, report, formal letter, review) that can appear in the CPE writing paper? Did the course deal with issues such as accuracy, relevancy, format and layout, register, effect on the target reader?  Have you learnt how to organise the input materials given for the compulsory piece of writing (paper 2, part 1) and how to plan your composition so as not to run out of time?   For some useful and quick information about the CPE writing, you might want to have a look at ...</description></item><item><title>CPE Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CpeWriting/jvgdl/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:56:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:773137</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I ´m considering sitting for CPE exam last year. Because of that I am attending a course four hours a month every two Saturdays. 
 We mainly do exercises and see some tips about writing, but, is this all? Shouldn´t the teacher give as a well-prepared class as any other English one? 
 I´m also finding problems in my writings, mainly grammar, how can I improve it? 
 I`m from Argentina, 
 Thanks a lot!</description></item><item><title>Re: Where to find a grammar book covering grammar at all Cambridge ESOL exams level???</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhereGrammarBookCoveringGrammar-CambridgeEsolExamsLevel/jdwlp/post.htm#769065</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:09:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:769065</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>interemdiate level (FCE) passing through post-intermediate level (CAE) up to the advanced level (CPE).    If you want to take any of those exams, unfortunately grammar is not enough. You also have to focus on reading (comprehension skills, cohesion, coherence, inference, reasoning ... ), writing (format depending on the type of task, style, register, effect on the target reader ...), listening (again, not only comprehension but also inference), and speaking skills (already mentioned by Kooyeen). On top of that, you also need to get accustomed to the format of the exam. Each of the three exams you mentioned has its specific format. Although they are similar, each of them has its own type of tasks (for instance, an informal letter may...</description></item><item><title>Where to find a grammar book covering grammar at all Cambridge ESOL exams level???</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhereGrammarBookCoveringGrammar-CambridgeEsolExamsLevel/jdwlp/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:19:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:768942</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hi,  i know it&amp;#39;s a hard question to find the answer, but i&amp;#39;m looking for a grammar book starting from the interemdiate level (FCE) passing through post-intermediate level (CAE) up to the advanced level (CPE).  I need because i have to begin a self-study course to get to the highest level possible...   Thank you :)   Giorgio.</description></item><item><title>Radio code?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RadioCode/jczgd/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:24:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:763065</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>A: zip ref(?) to follow   B: Roger, over   A: Charlie, satisfactory, Delta, Stopped at base camp, Echo, continue tracking    This is a part of the radio talk(?). I&amp;#39;ve heard that charlie, delta thing is just a military alphabet,  then, is A just listing things alphabetically,  or is this C, D, E some kind of a location mark(zip reference)?   Anyone with any idea?</description></item><item><title>Re: Special Handling...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpecialHandling/wxxxn/post.htm#741282</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 18:41:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:741282</guid><dc:creator>delmobile</dc:creator><description>Special Handling - I didn&amp;#39;t know there was a Canadian prison by this name. I&amp;#39;m thinking it&amp;#39;s just some elite group of airport security.   Carrier - the airline. Delta, Lufthansa, etc.   Got in - yes, the plane.   Papering him - I&amp;#39;ve never heard it expressed this way but I assume yes, ask for ID, ticket, passport and so on.   Processes - not traditions - this must mean the security procedures of the country where the flight originated. Maybe he got on the plane in some slacker country where they just let anybody walk up and board a plane without confiscating their shampoo and making them take their shoes off first.</description></item><item><title>Re: Different types of composition</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentTypesComposition/zpzbq/post.htm#731012</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:33:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:731012</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
  
 here&amp;#39;s some useful information about the different types of compositions that may appear in the CPE writing paper: University of Cambridge website - ESOL examinations . 
 Effect on the target reader, purpose for writing, appropriate format and register are assessed, so a CPE candidate should pay attention to all of them, not just to grammar and vocabulary.</description></item><item><title>Re:   please check my sentence and see if i write it right. thanks</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCheckSentenceWriteRight-Thanks/dmcdh/post.htm#727309</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:33:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:727309</guid><dc:creator>mister micawber</dc:creator><description>. 
 This is to inform you that our six FTD standby flatbeds are parked in the marshalling yard in the  first row near the Delta 6/7 check post.   
 As requested by  (?)  Mr Johan (Maintenance),  during the third shift , Abdul Hakim has moved all the flatbeds to near the bus parking area . Some work is going on that area in the first row.   .</description></item><item><title>Re:  please check my sentence and see if i write it right. thanks</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCheckSentenceWriteRight-Thanks/dmcdh/post.htm#727302</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 21:48:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:727302</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>This is to inform you that our 06 FTD Standby flatbeds which are in Marshalling yard, had parked 1st row near Delta 6/7 check post. 
 As requested of Mr Johan(Maintenances ) in third shift Mr. Abdul Hakim has moved all the flatbeds near to the bus parking area  
 some work is going on that area in 1st row.</description></item><item><title>Re:   plural form of complex</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralFormOfComplex/2/cxhbq/Post.htm#716612</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:06:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:716612</guid><dc:creator>adrenochrome</dc:creator><description>Maths is a science and often uses different rules to mainstream English. There are also differences between American and British English on this matter. British English tends to stick more closely to the Latin roots of the language, American English less so. 
  
 In American English, it is most common to add -es to the x at the end of the word, appendixes. 
  
 In British English, it is more common to change the ending from -ex to -ices, appendices. 
  
 In scientific/technology Ancient Greek influences can create a different result (terms such as alpha and beta are often used, delta for differentiation, sigma meaning the sum of, omega being the largest or final component part, etc). Here, you are best guided by your text books...</description></item><item><title>New entrant - Need inputs on the preparation</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NewEntrantInputsPreparation/wghxw/post.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:02:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:699915</guid><dc:creator>clock09</dc:creator><description>Hi all, I am a new subscriber in this group. I am a graduate and my medium of instruction was English. To brighten up my career, I am planning to take CPE exam this year end. I would like to have your great inputs on the best preparation method a new candidate should follow.  Please recommend the structured way of preparation a new entrant can start to tackle the exam. Also, I did a search on the preparatory materials for the exam in web and found Cambridge&amp;#39;s CPE (books 1 -5). I dont know if they are the suitable books to start with. Do you have any books in mind that a new starter could take advantage of?   Your suggestions would be very helpful. I am not sure if this is the right area to post such query. If this is not the one,...</description></item><item><title>Please review my motivation letter</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseReviewMotivationLetter/wclbc/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:01:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681192</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hello,  I am a student from Romania and I want to apply for a  Masters Degree in Computer Science  at one of the Universities in  Denmark. I understand that the motivation letter 
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Link: http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/29542/9acce7271e13362c62e1a07cb380b513.htm Or: http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6412/bbbeky.jpg -- What are &amp;quot;warning blots&amp;quot;? Or it is a typo for &amp;quot;bolts&amp;quot;? How does it look like?  Regards</description></item><item><title>Re:   The speed at which</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSpeedAtWhich/wcbkm/post.htm#678518</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:49:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:678518</guid><dc:creator>successor</dc:creator><description>In a previous CPE-exam there was a Key Word Transformation -question: Nobody could have predicted how quickly the rumour would spread. SPEED The .. could not have been predicted. The right answer was: The speed at which the rumour spread could not have been predicted.  At least in this case we cannot talk about &amp;quot;the speed of the rumour&amp;quot;, I suppose. Rather: &amp;quot;the speed of the rumour&amp;#39;s spreading&amp;quot;.</description></item><item><title>Re: Word formation - think</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordFormationThink/wbgwm/post.htm#674998</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:30:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:674998</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Thanks, Gordon!  Philosophical differences would be too suble to be tested in this type of test (the CPE), so I&amp;#39;ll buy your explanation about thoughtlessness being more natural.</description></item><item><title>Re: DeItoid entrainment...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DeitoidEntrainment/wrxzq/post.htm#672352</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:46:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:672352</guid><dc:creator>clive</dc:creator><description>Hi, Doctor: The EEG, it&amp;#39;s showing deItoid entrainment .( Delta wave synchronization? ) I searched Google for this phrase, and found it only in this post.   They&amp;#39;re in phase .  Synchronized?  Probably. Clive</description></item><item><title>DeItoid entrainment...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DeitoidEntrainment/wrxzq/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:49:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:672315</guid><dc:creator>madhulk</dc:creator><description>Lionel: What is it? What&amp;#39;s happening? Doctor: The EEG, it&amp;#39;s showing deItoid entrainment .( Delta wave synchronization? ) They&amp;#39;re in phase .  Synchronized?  Lionel: You&amp;#39;re nervous. Why? Doctor: Subject is in deep. We&amp;#39;ve never been abIe to get anyone back from this point. Lionel: AII right. AII right, aII right. Terminate the procedure. PuII CIark out, now. Doctor: I aIready tried. He&amp;#39;s trapped, Mr. Luthor. As Iong as their brain waves are synchronized, I can&amp;#39;t separate them. Now it&amp;#39;s up to CIark to exit on his own.</description></item><item><title>Re: Anti Cambridge CAE and CPE Exams</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntiCambridgeExams/hnwrd/post.htm#663045</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:43:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:663045</guid><dc:creator>fandorin</dc:creator><description>I agree with Tanit. The ability to grasp cohesion and coherence is not so easy to be estimated. I&amp;#39;m Russian and if in my language some kind of that exams take place, sometimes it&amp;#39;s not possible to distinguish unambigously in words why the only word should be used. In English the same way occurs. Language is very complicated structure which can flow in its own way, changing and updating. You should work hard, but it&amp;#39;s not only the way to come off.   Well, to be able to measure the candidate&amp;#39;s ability to understand cohesion you need to define it first.  Can you strictly define for example the way a writer narrate? In CAE and CPE you should feel the text and of course it can be accomplished after spending much time on...</description></item><item><title>Re: Anti Cambridge CAE and CPE Exams</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntiCambridgeExams/hnwrd/post.htm#663028</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:19:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:663028</guid><dc:creator>sroda</dc:creator><description>Regardless of whether these exams asses knowledge of English, I wouldn&amp;#39;t mind passing CPE..one day ;) In my country, that is Poland, mainly Cambridge exams are respected and recoginized by employers.</description></item><item><title>Re: Deception Point-Dan Brown</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DeceptionPointDanBrown/2/vpkzb/Post.htm#655246</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:56:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:655246</guid><dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator><description>I read the book, it was ok.  Keeps you interested and all, good entertainment but full of factual errors.  (check the wikipedia section)  I&amp;#39;m Canadian so the whole Nasa has a secret base in my country infuriated me through the entire novel.  also, I read up on special forces(Delta) and I&amp;#39;m pretty sure the boss of the NRO wouldn&amp;#39;t be given control over a team of operators.  Overall, it&amp;#39;s fun to read but you&amp;#39;ll need to ignore the pretty big errors in it to properly enjoy it.</description></item><item><title>Re: Anti Cambridge CAE and CPE Exams</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntiCambridgeExams/hnwrd/post.htm#652091</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:03:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:652091</guid><dc:creator>magixo</dc:creator><description>I don&amp;#39;t share your opinion, as I don&amp;#39;t think you can find questions unrelated that have &amp;quot;little to do with the language knowledge&amp;quot;, as you put it.    Well, everybody is entitled to have his/her own oppinion. I appreciate that.   Let&amp;#39;s take the exercise you mention, for instance. Its purpose is to measure the candidate&amp;#39;s ability to understand cohesion and coherence in a text,..   Well, to be able to measure the candidate&amp;#39;s ability to understand cohesion you need to define it first. But what is eaven more important, you need to tell the student or the participant in the test why a certain paragraph can fit only a certain gap, but not the other ones. I have seen many keys to the exercises like the gapped text,...</description></item><item><title>Re: Anti Cambridge CAE and CPE Exams</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntiCambridgeExams/hnwrd/post.htm#651788</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:03:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:651788</guid><dc:creator>tanit</dc:creator><description>Hi, That&amp;#39;s a thought-provoking post!  I don&amp;#39;t share your opinion, as I don&amp;#39;t think you can find questions unrelated that have &amp;quot;little to do with the language knowledge&amp;quot;, as you put it. Let&amp;#39;s take the exercise you mention, for instance. Its purpose is to measure the candidate&amp;#39;s ability to understand cohesion and coherence in a text, not his or her knowledge of grammar or vocabulary, True, whoever is going to do this kind of exercise (native or not) needs to be trained, to learn what to look for ( clues , such as temporal adverbs, or pronouns and their referents), and so on. I am positive that any adult native speaker with an average level of education and IQ would pass this type of test! As for tests being...</description></item><item><title>Re: Regardless/in spite of/despite of</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RegardlessSpiteDespiteOf/hkzbh/post.htm#635290</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:11:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:635290</guid><dc:creator>fandorin</dc:creator><description>RConard thank you for checking that. It&amp;#39;s just a piece from CPE Test, that&amp;#39;s why I&amp;#39;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 grammatical errors in your sentence I wouldn&amp;#39;t define them as grammatical but as spelling ones.</description></item><item><title>Re: A Request from the Music Lover in the Group</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestMusicLoverGroup/kjnwv/post.htm#883995</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:05:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:883995</guid><dc:creator>mysti berry</dc:creator><description>So I&amp;#39;m writing this comic book script I was invited to pen by the publisher of a horror anthology charmingly ... with the first note. Any suggestions, my dear comrades at the keyboard? I know jack *** about jazz. Cheers, B It&amp;#39;s not really what you asked for, but the soundtrack to Brother Can You Spare a Dime always makes me want to weep. 30s Jazz bounced (at least my stuff does). Got Bucked Blues by L. Armstrong is actually from the 20s...oh wait! Robert Johnson! He died in &amp;#39;38, but his stuff is everywhere. Or any &amp;quot;delta blues&amp;quot; I think. but for me, 30s folk music pins my head to the ground faster than jazz. Blues, that&amp;#39;s another story :) Mysti</description></item></channel></rss>