Listening Sample

PET Laboratory Class

As I told you yesterday, today we are going to work on practicing for PET exam in this  LAB session.

INSTRUCTIONS

• In the links below you will find plenty online resources for you to practice. 
• You have to start doing the free sample  Cambridge online practice test for PET  and take notes of your results that will appear when you finish each tasks.

         Online Practice Test For PET

• Then you  have to choose one of the following links and start working on the different parts of the exam.
• http://www.english-online.org.uk/petfolder/pethome.php?name=Practice%20for%20the%20Preliminary%20English%20Test
• http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/index.htm
• http://campus.belgrano.ort.edu.ar/ingles/articulos/189117/categoria/21696/

• Take notes about the parts that are more difficult for you
• At the end of the class you have to hand in an report  including :
• The score you got  in the Online Practice test for writing,reading and listening task parts and 
• The PET exam parts that are most difficult for you

Speaking Part 1

Speaking part in the PET exam  has a duration of 10-12 minutes, and consist of 4 types of exercises.
In this time we will look at part 1 and watch an example of the official exam.

Part 1 - Personal Information
In this part, you have a general conversation with your partner during which you ask and answer personal questions. You will also be asked to spell some words and to give numbers, e.g: your candidate number

Exam tips for Part 1

• Use as much language as you can by giving full answers, not just one word answers.
• Keep the conversation going by making sure you take turn to ask questions
• Useful questions: Where do you come from? , How do you spell your last name?,  Do you have any brothers or sisters?, What is your hometown like?

In the  following video you will check how the exam is in this part.

Friday's Homework

Due to we won't have classes this Friday, I want you to send me your writings by e-mail during the week.

PLEASE... Write your homework on a WORDPAD , NOT IN A WORD DOCUMENT because I want to check your grammar mistakes also.

Thank you very much and see you on Tuesday.

For people who don't have the book. Below it is the link you can download the pages

• Page 1
• Page 2
• Page 3

How your folder has to look like

Remember that at the end of the workshop you will be evaluated for your class participation and your folder. Regarding to the last point I considered as a good idea to show you what I will evaluate in your folder:

• Class material: every document gave it in class
• Homework: your writings and readings gave it as a homework
• Mock test: The official practice test that will be carried out in class.
• Vocabulary Log  (your vocabulary builder): The selection of words you don't know from the handouts done in class. This vocabulary log consist of 5 parts:  the word and its meaning,  synonyms and antonyms and a brief sentence using the word.

In the following link vocabulary log you can download a simple template in which you can work on or if you prefer you can do it by yourself.

                   

Calendar Planner

This is our calendar planner... Remember when you finish global tests you will start having two preparation classes per  week.

Pay attention to the assessment because this workshop will be graded at the end of the process, in terms of:

• Participation 30%
• Folder 70% (handouts done in class,homeworks and vocabulary builder)

Don't forget to bring your folders every class 

Essencial reference book "Top Tips For Pet"... Download it here :D

Top Tips For Pet

Girls here it is a very useful book, I consider it as an essential reference book for PET exam Preparation. Each of the five main chapters (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening and Speaking) follows the structure of the test and is based on a series of pieces of advice (the "tips") which examiners have collected from many years' experience of setting and marking PET papers. If you want to download it,click on the following link (Top Tips For PET), it will leads you to my dropbox folder.
If you have any difficulty downloading the book or any questions please write it down in the blog comments.

The importance of taking the PET exam

This is a video in which it is explained why it is important to take the PET and the level(B1) you are going to obtain when you pass the exam. The video is in Spanish,sorry about that, but I think It will useful to let things "crystal clear" about the exam.

Welcome!!

Welcome dear students to this edublog, an additional preparation area for the Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET). Here you'll find information about the exam, practice tests, vocabulary exercises and PET activities to help you succeed in your exam preparation. This blog page was designed to be a forum of ideas and communications,hope you take advantage of this opportunity to keep in touch regularly solving doubts and sharing knowledge. Please feel free to write your comments, questions, and suggestions, I will be glad to reply you. Come back regularly as I'll be adding more materials every week!