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Examen Formato Fce
Examen Formato Fce
Examen Formato Fce
Time allowed: Number of parts: Number of questions: Marks: Lengths of texts: Texts may be from:
1 hour 3 30 20% of total 550700 words per text: about 2,000 words to read in total newspaper and magazine articles, reports, fiction, advertisements, letters, messages, informational material (e.g. brochures, guides, manuals, etc.)
What's in Part 1?
What's in Part 2?
A text with some empty spaces (gaps). After the text there are some sentences taken from the text. You have to choose the correct sentence for each gap. How to understand the structure and follow the development of a text.
What's in Part 2?
A series of questions and a long text or several short texts to read. For each question, you have to decide which text or part of the text mentions some specific information. How to find specific information in a text or texts. 15
1 hour 20 minutes
2 Part 1: one compulsory question Part 2: one question from a choice of five 20% of total article, email, essay, letter, report, review, story
1.AN ARTICLE PART 1 One compulsory task 2. AN ESSAY WRITING 4. A REPORT PART 2 One task to be selected from a choice of five
5. A REVIEW
6. A STORY
What's in Part 1?
Writing a letter or email. You may have to apologise, compare, describe, explain, express opinions, justify, persuade, recommend, and/or suggest something. One compulsory question. 120150 words
Number of parts:
Number of questions:
42
Marks:
20% of total
How many quest ions are there ? How many mark s are there ?
What's in Part 2?
A text in which there are some missing words (gaps). You have to find the correct word for each gap. Grammar and vocabulary. 12
What do I have to practise? How many questions are there? How many marks are there?
What's in Part 3?
A text containing ten gaps. Each gap represents a word. At the end of the line is a prompt word which you have to change in some way to make the correct missing word and complete the sentence correctly. Vocabulary word building: the different words which you can make from a base word, e.g. compete becomes competition, competitor, competitive, competitively or uncompetitive.
10
What's in Part 4?
A sentence followed by a key word and a second sentence which has a gap in it. You have to use the key word to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Grammar and vocabulary rewriting sentences with different words so that they mean the same thing. 8
How many questions are there? How many marks are there?
PAPER 4: LISTENING
PAPER 4: LISTENING. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Time allowed:
about 40 minutes
30
Marks:
20% of total
PAPER 4: LISTENING
PART 1: LISTENING. MULTIPLE CHOICE FOR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
Eight questions to test candidates ability to listen for gist in a series of unrelated texts. The testing focusis spelled out in each question
PAPER 4: LISTENING
PART 2: LISTENING. SENTENCE COMPLETION
This part tests candidates ability to listen for specific words or phrases focusing on detail and specific information. The test is presented in the form of 10 questions. Candidates need to listen and complete the questions.
PAPER 4: LISTENING
PART 3: LISTENING. MULTIPLE MATCHING This part focus is on the skill of listening for general gist, detail, purpose, attitude, opinion, etc. Candidates listen to five short texts with different speakers, which are related in some way (E.g.: travel, a journey, vehicles, etc)
PAPER 4: LISTENING
PART 4: LISTENING. MULTIPLE CHOICE
In this part, the predominant focus is on testing the candidates ability to listen for opinion, main idea, gist and specific info, and based on one long test.
PAPER 5: SPEAKING
Time allowed: 14 minutes per pair of candidates 4
HI!
Number of parts:
Marks:
20% of total
PAPER 5: SPEAKING
SPEAKING PART 1: SOCIAL AND PERSONAL CONVERSATION
PAPER 5: SPEAKING
SPEAKING PART 2: TALKING ABOUT PICTURES CANDIDATES AND EXAMINER INTERACT EACH CANDIDATE TALKS FOR 1 MINUTE ABOUT ONE PAIR OF RELATED PICTURES AND ANSWERS A QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER PAIR OF RELATED PICTURES.
PAPER 5: SPEAKING
SPEAKING PARTS 3 AND 4: DISCUSSION
PART 3: CANDIDATES INTERACT DISCUSSION BETWEEN CANDIDATES BASED ON A SITUATION PRESENTED IN PICTURES AND WORDS CANDIDAES MAKE A DECISION TOGETHER PART 4: CANDIDATES AND EXAMINER INTERACT DISCUSSION BETWEEN CANDIDATES AND EXAMINER ON TOPICS RELATED TO PART 3 TASK.