jueves, 25 de octubre de 2012

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.

  • 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




miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2012

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.