FCE – ONLINE PLANNING
What is the FCE? What’s the structure? What’s expected of me?
Speaking part (Introduction)
Content
Coherence
Conjunctions or connectors
Writing part (Introduction)
Talking about yourself, your home and your family.
Giving extended answers
Comparing photos of free-time activities.
Using discourse markers to structure the answer
An essay: Teenagers and young people should share housework equally with their parents.
Do you agree?
Expressing opinions
Using although, however, on the other hand and whereas
An article. A leisure-time activity you really enjoy
Writing compound and complex sentences
Talking about your studies
Giving reasons, offering several possible ideas
Discussing the benefits of different kinds of trip
Phrases to involve partners in discussion
Strategies for dealing with
Comparing photos of different kinds of work
Describing similarities and differences when comparing
Discussing diet, food and health
Supporting opinions with reasons and examples
An essay: All young people who have the opportunity should study in a foreign school or college for a year. Do you agree?
Writing opening paragraphs
Using linking words and phrases
A report: A one-day excursion
A review: A local restaurant, café or snack bar
A letter or email: Describe the jobs students do in your country
Commonly misspelled words
Discussing ways of encouraging people to do more Sport
Suggesting ideas, asking opinion, agreeing and disagreeing
Discussing different aspects of media and celebrity
Giving balanced, general answers
Expressing agreement/disagreement
An article: A great way to keep fit
An essay: There are both advantages and disadvantages to a career as a musician or an actor, Writing a balanced essay
Comparing photos of different kinds of feeling and emotion
Speculating about photos using look, seem and appear
Talking about how you spend your money
Strategies for answering Part 1 questions
A report: The benefits of improving classrooms and students' social activities
Making suggestions and recommendations
LESSON 26
A letter or email: Advice to a visitor to your country
Giving advice
A review: A place where people have a good time
Words/Phrases to build up more complex sentences
Comparing photos of situations related to health Strategies for dealing with difficulties: finding the right word
Comparing photos of people in different locations Discussing different topics related to festivals and celebrations
Discussing topics related to animals
Commenting on the question
Expressing other people's opinions
Expressing agreement/disagreeement
An article: My ideal home
An essay: Modern lifestyles can seriously endanger our health. Do you agree?
Writing concluding paragraphs
An essay: Young people generally don't pay enough attention to their health and fitness. Do you agree?
An essay: Is it better to watch films at the cinema or at home? it, this, that and they for reference
Introduction to the FCE
For further information you can click on https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/first/
What is the FCE?
What’s the structure?
What’s expected of me?
First Certificate in English (FCE), it is an international English language examination developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment.
It is targeted at Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and can be used for study, work and immigration purposes.
A Cambridge English: First qualification shows that you can:
Communicate effectively face-to-face, expressing opinions and presenting arguments
Follow the news and other native speaker listening and reading every day activities
Write clear, detailed English, expressing opinions and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of different points of view
Write letters, reports, stories and lots of other types of text.
It consists of 4 parts…
1. Reading and Use of English (7 parts with 52 questions, 1 hour 15 minutes)
2. Writing (2 parts, 1 hour 20 minutes)
3. Listening (4 parts with 30 questions, 40 minutes)
4. Speaking (4 parts, 15 minutes)
You are expected to show your level of English by demonstrating a high performance in all four skills You will be evaluated on a scale that consists on giving you:
A score on the Cambridge English Scale for each skill (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) and for Use of English
A score on the Cambridge English Scale for the overall exam
A grade for the overall exam
A CEFR level for the overall exam
