Certificate in Advanced English with Answers

							4TH LEVEL 2009-2010

New English File Upper
Intermediate (Oxford University
Press)
Textbook +Workbook + CD rom
REFERENCE GRAMMAR
BOOKS
 YULE, George. Oxford Practice Grammar (with
   answers and with Practice-Plus CD-Rom). Oxford
   University Press, 2006.

 VINCE, Michael. First Certificate Language Practice
   (with key). McMillan.

 HEWINGS, Martin, Advanced       Grammar     in     Use.
   C.U.P., 1999.
SWAN, Michael, Practical English Usage. O.U.P.

McCARTHY, Michael. English Vocabulary in Use.
C.U.P.
DICTIONARIES
 Monolingual:

       -Dictionary of Contemporary English
   (New edition). Longman.

         -Collins Cobuild Dictionary (full text).
   Collins Birmingham University.

        -Oxford       Advanced       Learner's
   Dictionary of Current English (New edition).
DICTIONARIES
 BILINGUAL:

  -Larousse     Concise    español-inglés /
  English-Spanish.

  -Diccionario Oxford     español-inglés   /
  English-Spanish.

   -Oxford Study (+ CD Rom).
READING COMPREHENSION:
  Four interesting short stories will be selected and
  worked on in class by means of different kinds of
  activities ranging from questionnaires to discussions.

   We’ll be working on them in October, December,
   February and April.

   We are open to any kind of suggestions!
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
AND ORAL EXPRESSION:
   Some interesting video documents will be selected and worked
   on in class by means of different kinds of activities.

   Once a month students will get in pairs (there might be a group
   of three students) and will work on what is called an “oral
   pack”, which is an activity that combines both reading and
   speaking practice.

   Students might also be expected to make a presentation about
   any updated topics which they might find interesting (during the
   first term).
WRITTEN EXPRESSION:
   Students will be asked to write three compositions at
   home: in November, in January and in March. They
   will   be handed in or uploaded in the virtual
   classroom. (Follow your teacher’s instructions!).

   They will be narrative, discursive and the last one
   will be a formal letter.
TESTING
                PERCENTAGES:

          Reading Comprehension (20%)

          Listening Comprehension (20%)

                 Grammar (20%)

              Oral Expression (20%)

             Written Expression (20%)
Final exam or assesment during
the academic year?
     Reading comp.        Grammar
     Listening comp.      Written
     Oral expresion       expression




     Three tests during   FINAL
     the academic year    EXAM
     or a final exam in
     June. Both skills
     will be tested
     together, in the
     same class
     session.
What if you want to be tested
during the year…?
 The tests will take place in December, in February and in
   April.
 You have to take both skills or neither.
 Both tests will be done in the same class session.
 The tests can only be done within the timetable every
   student has. No changes will be allowed.
 The final mark will be the average of all the marks
   obtained in the different tests.
 Those students who do not take the three different tests
   will have to take the final exam in June.
There will also be a MOCK EXAM at the end
of February or beginning of March.

If you want to get some practice from past
exams, you can visit the library. Some copies
are available there.

The webpage of the school will also include
some exam practice.
How to pass the course!!!

 After considering all the different skills ...

 65 points and over :            A PASS!!!!!

 Under 65 points:                A FAIL!!!!!
And that’s the end!!!
(so far !!!)