Preparation for CAE
' Preparation course for CAE '''
What will I learn in this course? How will the course be taught?
- You will speak only in English
- The course is taught by a native speaker.
- You will learn all about the structure of the test and the registration process
- You will try the tests from previous years
- Teaching focuses on all of the tests (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening, Speaking)
- You will practice all the basic language skills (speaking, reading, writing, listening)
Books a study materials
- CAE Result; Grammar and Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced and Proficiency
- Tests from previous years
Detailed course syllabus
| Week 1 | - Introduction, welcoming students, getting to know their strengths and weaknesses in English, motivation
- Introducing textbook structure
- Introducing exam structure
- Explaining importance of self-study (having a notebook for vocabulary, phrases, etc.)
- TEST 1 – Reading and Use of English part 1 – p 10-11
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| Week 2 | - Reading and Use of English part 1 – p 12-13
- Reading and Use of English part 2 – p 14-15
- Writing part 1 – p 42-43
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 2 - 16
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| Week 3 | - Listening part 1 – p 51
- Writing part 1 – p 44
- Speaking part 1 – p 62
- Homework – writing part 1 – p 45
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| Week 4 | - Speaking part 2 – p 63
- Reading and Use of English part 3 – p 17-19
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 3 – p 20
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| Week 5 | - Listening part 1 – p 52-53
- Reading and Use of English part 4 – p 21-22
- Speaking part 2 – p 64
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 4 – p 23
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| Week 6 | - Speaking part 3 – p 65
- Writing part 2 – p 46-49
- Homework – Writing part 2 – p 50
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| Week 7 | - Listening part 2 – p 54-55
- Reading and Use of English part 5 – p 24-25
- Speaking part 3 – 66
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 5 – 26-28
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| Week 8 | - Reading and Use of English part 6 – p 29-30
- Listening part 3 – p 56-58
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 6 – p 31-32
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| Week 9 | - Speaking part 4 – p 67-68
- Listening part 4 – p 59-60
- Reading and Use of English part 7 – p 33-34
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 7 – p 35-37
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| Week 10 | - Reading and Use of English part 8 -p 38-39
- PRACTICE TEST 3
- Listening part 1 – p 126-127
- Speaking part 1 – p 131
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 8- p 40-41
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| Week 11 | - Speaking part 2 – p 132
- Reading and Use of English part 1 – p 112
- Reading and Use of English part 2 – p 113
- Reading and Use of English part 3 – p 114
- Listening part 2 – p 128
- Homework – Reading and Use of English part 5 – p 116-117
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| Week 12 | - Reading and Use of English part 4 – p 115
- Reading and Use of English part 6 – p 118-119
- Listening part 3 – 129
- Speaking part 3&4 – p 133
- Homework – Writing part 1 – p 124
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| Week 13 | - Reading and Use of English part 7 – p 120-121
- Listening part 4 – p 130
- PRACTICE TEST 4
- Speaking part 1 – p 153
- Speaking part 2 – p 154
- Homework – Writing part 2 – p 125
- Homework Reading and Use of English part 8 – p 122-123
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| Week 14 | - Listening part 1 – p 148-149
- Reading and Use of English part 1 – p 134-135
- Reading and Use of English part 7 – p 142-143
- Homework Writing part 1 + part 2 – p 146-147
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| Week 15 | - Reading and Use of English part 5 – p 138-139
- Speaking part 3&4 – p 155
- Reading and Use of English part 6 – p 140-141
- Listening part 2 + part 3 – 150-151
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| Week 16 | - Reading and Use of English part 3 + part 4 – p 136-137
- Reading and Use of English part 8 – p 144-145
- Listening part 4 – p 152
- Feedback, review – look back on the semester, what have we achieved
- Goodbye!
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Classroom
NÁM. MÍRU - nám. Míru 15, nám. Míru 15, Praha 2
- Doprava MHD: Metro trasa A, Nám. Míru (1 min. pěšky od zastávky)
- Doprava autem: Parkování v modré zóně na parkovacích hodinách.
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Who is the instructor?
Bethany Porter
Lektorka Bethany Porter pochází z USA. Na Chapman University v Kalifornii vystudovala tvůrčí psaní. Během studia pracovala jako asistentka učitele a doučovala studenty, poté pracovala jako korektorka. V Praze Bethany absolvovala intezivní kurz TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) a nyní vyučuje angličtinu zejména jednotlivce a děti.
Course textbooks
Cambridge Advanced Trainer 2
Required - Main coursebook used in course
750 CZK