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FCE   What you need to know in order to have a positive   experience
BEFORE THE EXAM
Find out what you need to know and how much time you need to prepare or revise.
It is important that you do a couple of practice papers.
You need a good dictionary, a good grammar book and a course book.
Focus on all aspects of the language, but vary the activities.
Don’t revise before you go to bed. You’d better go for a walk, have a bath, watch a movie or listen to music.
It’s is important that you are fit and healthy when you take the tests, so eat sensibly and get enough sleep.
Attend a course or revise with a friend to practice talking and help with the more difficult questions.
DURING THE EXAM
Guidelines on examination etiquette
Do’s
  • Provide a valid national identity card and your Statement of Entry for each paper you take.
  • Switch off all electronic devices and put them and any other learning materials where the supervisor will tell you.
  • Only keep pens, pencils an eraser on the desk.
  • Make sure you are on time. If you arrive late and are admitted, not all of your work may be accepted.
  • Listen to the supervisor and read the instructions carefully.
  • If you have the wrong exam papers or it is incomplete or poorly printed, tell the invigilator.
  • Use a pencil to write your answers on the answer sheet.
  • Make a clear pencil mark inside the box (A, B, C, D) Don’t put a circle or a cross because the machine can’t read it! If you want to change the answers, rub out the wrong one first. Don’t use correction fluid!
Don’ts
·         Don’t make any attempt to cheat, copy or use a dictionary.
·         Don’t talk during the examination or disturb the other examinees during the paper.
·         Don’t smoke or eat. Candidates are allowed to drink plain water from a plastic bottle with a secure lid.
·         Don’t ask for explanations.
·         Don’t leave the room without permission.
TASK TYPES
Candidates are required to solve a wide variety of tasks to prove their language abilities:
-          to use general interactional and social lamguage
-          to listen for specific information, to focus on detail and state opinion.
-          to listen for and state purpose, opinion, relationship, agreement etc.
-          to give advice, be able to compare, describe, explain, justify and recommend
-          to respond grammatically correct, using the appropriate degree of formality according to the situation
-          to exemplify, structure ideas in a coherent text, follow the development of a long text
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Different written and listening materials are provided to the examinees to use or produce: advertisements, excerpts from letters and emails, articles, essays, reports, reviews, stories.
TASKS:
CLOZE
COLLABORATIVE TASK
GAPPED TEXT
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION
LONG TURN
MULTIPLE CHOICE
MULTIPLE MATCHING
SENTENCE COMPLETION
WORD FORMATION

For resources go to:

READING
WRITING
USE of ENGLISH
LISTENING
SPEAKING

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