NEEDS ANALYSIS CAE

NAME__________________
__________________

DATE

1) Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you are taking the CAE exam?

2) When are you going to take this exam? Please mark a letter.
a) Done it already
b) December 2012?
c) Later date?

3) Have you taken an English language exam before e.g. PET, FCE, EOI? If so, what
grade did you get for that/those exam(s)? Please be specific about the individual
parts of that test e.g. I took FCE in 2008, marks: Reading= borderline,
Writing= good , Speaking= good Listening= weak, overall score 61%.
PLEASE GIVE EXACT RESULTS HERE IF YOU HAVE TAKEN A CAMBRIDGE
EXAM BEFORE. THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP US TO PLAN YOUR COURSE.

4) The CAE Exam has five parts; Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening &
Speaking. Which of these parts will be hardest for you and why? Please give each
part a number from 1-5; one being the easiest and five the hardest and then give
your reasons next to this number.
PLEASE BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH PARTICULAR AREAS ARE DIFFICULT FOR
YOU. WE WILL USE THIS INFORMATION TO HELP PLAN YOUR COURSE.
EXAMPLE: Reading (4). I find the part where you have to place the jumbled
paragraphs into a gapped text the hardest.
Reading (
Writing (

)
)

Use of English (
Listening (
Speaking (

)
)

5) Have you done or have you been doing any other English course at The Four
Corners or at any other language school? Please give details.

6) What will you do outside the classroom to help prepare yourself for this exam?
Please list at least three realistic things, e.g. to practise my oral English once a week
with my intercambio partner.

7) Please write any other comments, information or special requests that you would
like the teacher to know.
REMEMBER THAT YOUR TEACHER WILL USE THIS INFORMATION TO PLAN
YOUR COUSRE. SO THE MORE DETAILS HE HAS AT THIS STAGE THE BETTER
HE CAN PREPARE.