FCE: teaching tips

In this subsection

• FCE tips: reading part 2: gapped text

  Aims to help students to interpret linking and referencing devices in context.

• FCE tips: speaking part 1: speaking about yourself

  Aims to help students give information about themselves.

• FCE tips: speaking part 2: describing pictures

  Aims to help students compare and contrast different pictures.

• FCE tips: speaking part 3: working together

  Aims to help students to work co-operatively through speaking games.

• FCE tips: speaking part 4: three-way conversation

  Aims to help students with turn taking and giving opinions.

• FCE tips: speaking review

  Aims to help students understand common topics found in the exam.

• FCE tips: use of English part 1: multiple choice cloze

  Aims to help students practise vocabulary, commonly confused words and fixed expressions.

• FCE tips: use of English part 3: word formation

  Aims to help students develop their instincts for identifying and creating different parts of speech.

• FCE tips: use of English part 4: key word transformations

  Aims to help students memorize common grammar structures from the exam.