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  • Expert Guidance On The New Proficiency Exam: Longman Exams Dictionary. Through The Vocabulary Development and Language

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    The new format for the english Proficiency due to be introduced in march. Existing task types have either been modified slightly or changed. Some task types the Use of English have gone altogether. Others which might seem to be new Writing Part are largely building on skills the students would already have been practising for the old exam.

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    The new format for the english Proficiency due to be introduced in march. Existing task types have either been modified slightly or changed. Some task types the Use of English have gone altogether. Others which might seem to be new Writing Part are largely building on skills the students would already have been practising for the old exam.

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    Expert Guidance On The New Proficiency Exam: Longman Exams Dictionary. Through The Vocabulary Development and Language

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    The new format for the english Proficiency due to be introduced in march. Existing task types have either been modified slightly or changed. Some task types the Use of English have gone altogether. Others which might seem to be new Writing Part are largely building on skills the students would already have been practising for the old exam.

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    ExpertguidanceonthenewProficiencyExam

    ThenewformatfortheCambridgeEnglishProficiencyduetobeintroducedinMarch2013should notpresentanyunforeseenproblemsfortheteacherorstudent.Existingtasktypeshaveeither beenmodifiedslightlyorchangedtobringtheminlinewiththeFCEand/ortheCAEexaminations (egtheReadingandListeningmultiplematchingtasks).Sometasktypes(egtheUseofEnglish gappedsentences)havegonealtogetherandotherswhichmightseemtobenew(egWritingPart1) arelargelybuildingonskillsthestudentswouldalreadyhavebeenpractisingfortheoldexam format,iesummarising.Finally,theexamisshorteroverallwhichwillmakeitmoreaccessibleforthe students. However,thefactremainsthattheCertificateofProficiencyinEnglish(CPE)isahighlevel examinationandrequirescertainskillsandfairlyintensivepreparation.Toteacherspreparing studentsforthenewexamtherefore,Iwouldsuggestthefollowingguidelines: ReadingandUseofEnglish.Thisisacombinedpaperwith7partstobecompletedin1 hours.Examtimewillneedtobeusedcorrectlyandconstructively.Studentsshould thereforebetrainedinexamstrategiesandskillsthatwillenablethemtoapproachthetasks inthemosteffectiveway.ExpertProficiencycontainsabankofimportantstrategiesand examskillsthatwillhelpthestudentstomakethemostoftheirexamtime.UseofEnglish tasksatthislevelfocusontheabilitytounderstandandmanipulatechunksoflanguageso emphasisshouldbeputongettingthestudentstolearnitemsofvocabularywithina contextualisedphraseorcollocation.Aprogrammeofreadingoutsidetheclassroomshould beencouragedtogetherwiththeuseofasuitableEnglishEnglishdictionary,suchasthe LongmanExamsDictionary.ThroughtheVocabularyDevelopmentandLanguage DevelopmentsectionsinExpertProficiency,studentswillbepresentedwithawiderangeof collocationalandidiomaticphrases.Theywillalsobeabletousethebankoffurtherphrases andexpressionsatthebackofthecoursebookasaresource. Writing.ThewritingtasktypesinPart2ofthispaperwillbefamiliartothestudents(article, letter,report,review,essay).ExpertProficiencydevotestwoWritingsectionstoeachof thesetasktypes,withextrasupportandmodelanswersatthebackofthecoursebook.The writingtaskinPart1drawsonstudentsexistingknowledgeandskillsinrelationtoeffective useofsummarising.Togetherwiththat,studentsareaskedtoevaluatetheopinions expressedinthetwoshorttextsthataregivenhere,addingtheirownopinions.Inother words,teachersshouldfocusontrainingtheirstudentstoexpressideasintheirownwords andtousesophisticatedlanguageattheleveltoencapsulatetheirownideasonthesubject underdiscussion.ExpertProficiencydevotestenWritingsections(in5modules)tothe developmentofadvancedsummarisingandevaluationskills. Listening.Studentsatthislevelneedtobefamiliarwithidiomaticlanguageasusedbynative speakersandtobeabletograspandunderstandasophisticatedleveloflanguageuse. Studentsshouldthereforebeencouragedtotakeasmuchresponsibilityaspossiblefortheir progressinthisarea,bywatchingfilmsinEnglish,listeningtotheradioinEnglishorby watchingdiscussionprogrammesontheInternet:thereisnoshortageofmaterialavailable! ExpertProficiencyprovidesskillsbasedexamtraininginthisareatogetherwithanextra focusonidiomaticlanguagearisingfromtheexamtasks.

    Speaking.Fluencyinspeakingismadeupofseveralcomponents:1exposureovertimeto theuseofnativespeakertypelanguage,2agraspofessentialvocabularysothatideascan beexpressedsuccessfullyandclearly,and3,afamiliaritywiththegrammaticalstructureof thelanguagesothatutterancescanbeorganisedinagrammaticallyaccuratewaytoensure mutualcomprehension.Itwouldbeagoodideaforteacherstoorganiseclassroomdebates ontopicsrelatedtothosethatnormallyoccurintheexamination.Thiswillgivestudents bothpracticeinexpressingtheirideasandtheopportunitytoincreasetheirfluency.The SpeakingsectionsinExpertProficiencyfocusnotonlyonexampractice(althoughthatisa significantelementofeachsection)butalsoontheprovisionoftopicrelatedideasand vocabulary,togetherwithinputintheformofnativespeakerdialogues.

    IhopethattheaboveadvicewillproveusefulduringtheforthcomingacademicyearandIwishall teacherseverysuccessinthepreparationoftheirstudents!

    MeganRoderick,Autumn2012 Abouttheauthor MeganRoderickfirsttaughtEFLintheUKandhassincespent25years


    teachingandwritinginGreece,whereherwideexperienceofteaching studentsofallagesandabilitiesbothatherownlanguageschooland elsewherehasinformedherwritingofEnglishLanguagematerials.Sheisa qualifiedsecondaryschoolteacherwithanMEdinTEFL. Meganisthecoauthor(togetherwithCarolNuttallandNickKenny)ofthe brandnewPearsoncourseExpertProficiency.Herpreviouspublicationsinclude secondarygrammarcourses,MichiganECCEandECPEExamPracticebooks,Primarymaterials(Our DiscoveryIsland)andExamscourses(CosmicB1,ActivateB1+).Herparticularinterestsaretheuseof grammarasavehicleformeaning,theprocessofconveyinghumourthroughthemanipulationof language,andbringingthelanguagealivethroughdialogueandstory.

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