Good luck!

Good luck to our students who are going to do their Key exam on Friday and Saturday!

All the best.

A listening challenge?

We mentioned "acupuncture" in a recent lesson.

Here is a listening activity from LearnEnglish/British Council about this practice.

You might parts of it to be challenging. Good!

If you have any questions, we can talk about them in class.

More practice formulating questions

We have done a lot of work in class recently on ASIC and QuASIC.
Here is a lower intermediate practice activity from BBC Learning English that will help you practise how we formulate questions in English.

You can listen to the conversation and then complete the activity.

If you have any questions, we can talk about them in class.

Preparing for Speaking practice

Please look at the quizlets for the vocabulary from your topic lists.

I would like you to choose ten different items from the lists. Think about how you can describe these items to another person, without using the word (like playing Taboo).

In class on Thursday, I will ask you to give me your lists of words, and then you will mime the words for the other members of the class.
If you all have very similar lists of vocabulary, I may decide to suggest some items.

See you in class.

Some useful advice

Cambridge English: Key - What's in the exam?

{Cambridge English: Key - exam format}

Here is an overview of the format of the Cambridge English: Key exam.

(Source: Cambridge English: Key Handbook for Teachers (c) Cambridge English Language Assessment)

On Monday 20 April, we will do Paper 1 and Paper 2.

On Thursday 23 April, we will do Paper 3 - Speaking and then we will look at the results of the tests.

Cambridge English: Key - Speaking

{Cambridge English: Key - Speaking}

Here is a sample Cambridge English: Key video that demonstrates what happens in the Key Speaking test.

Think about the different parts of the test.

(Remember, this is a simulation, so it is possible that the less proficient candidate deliberately demonstrates poor preparation.)

In my opinion, you are already well-prepared to perform appropriately in the Speaking test.

If you are interested, you can read the examiner's remarks about the two candidates here.