Preparation for the Cambridge Preliminary Business English Exam
The countdown to the exam is on...
Good morning everyone!
I ask you to do a 1 minute speaking and send it to me on WhatsApp. Use the 1-minute speaking in the BEC preparation book and if you do not have the book at home you can ask a classmate to send you a photo.
TO DO:
1) Open the link and read the text about 'Innovation in Business.' Complete the exercises.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1/innovation-in-business
2) Open the link and read the email. Complete the exercises.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1/an-email-request-for-help
3) Listen to the podcast on public relations. Complete the exercises.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/podcasts-for-professionals/public-relations
4) On the same site choose another listening and complete the activity.
5) Go on the site and choose a verb tense or two which you would like to review. Read through the explanation and do the exercises.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/verbs
6) A little comfort food...delicious pancakes. For the self-rising flour (one cup of flour plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda). Enjoy with good Canadian maple sirop.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/video-zone/how-to-make-perfect-pancakes
Watch for ideas about the speaking exam.
BEC EXAM PRACTICE
Click on the site: look around each part of the reading exam and click on the section you would like to practice. The answers are also there. Work on the parts which you find challenging. You can also work on the writing and the listening. All of the options are on this site. Please work on what you need to improve.
https://www.becexamguide.com/reading-parts-1-2/preliminary
First Certificate students:
Here is a link which gives you some advice to prepare for the First Certificate exam.
https://learntalk.org/en/blog/fast-and-easy-steps-to-prepare-for-the-cambridge-fce-exam
An example of the speaking exam. Think about how you would answer the questions asked.
The link takes you to the official exam site. Check out the sample exams. Try one and self correct. It will give you a good idea about what to expect on the exam.
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/first/preparation/
OTHERS
Go to the link. Look around the site. Choose some activities to do and videos to watch.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/
Homework ( May 12th)
1) You can begin today by doing the on-line quiz. Take your time and reflect. It can be tricky at times. It is a blog where a teacher has picked up o the most common mistakes in writing by intermediate students. Scroll down in the blog and do the quiz. Let me know how you do. This is what is looks like:
Now click on the link to do the quiz.
https://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=7819
2) Download the worksheet on choosing between the present perfect and the past simple. Try to always justify your choice of verb tense.
3) Download the first work sheet and choose between make and do. The correction is on the second page of the document. The next download is a gap fill and you need to choose between have-make-get-do.
4) The last download is opposites. You need to be careful of the form you choose.
5) Your last activity is opening the link below and reading through the information on the BEC exam. For those doing the First please go on-line to the Cambridge site and check out the information. I would like those doing the BEC to do the COMPUTER based listening. You need to click on the link and scroll down the open 'Exam and test practice.' Do the listening and let me know your score out of 30 when you self-correct. This is where you can find it.
