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Preface
This handbook is for anyone who is preparing candidates for the Cambridge ESOL Key EnglishTest (KET). The introduction gives ... examinations in
English for speakers of other languages since 1913. Cambridge
ESOL offers an extensive range of examinations, certi cates
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Assessment
■ There are 5 marks for Part 9. Candidates at this level are
not expected to produce faultless English, but to achieve...
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CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: KEY GLOSSARY
Cambridge English: Key
Glossary
Answer Sheet the form on which candidates record their responses.
Assessor the Speaking test ... the Cambridge Key EnglishTest Listening Sample Paper. There are
five parts to the test. Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five.
We will now stop for a moment before we start the test. Please ask ... authority for external qualifications in England and its
counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland; for more information,
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Cambridge English PreliminaryGlossary
Preface
This handbook is forteachers who are preparing candidates for Cambridge English: Preliminary, also known as Preliminary EnglishTest (PET). ... pauses.
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Performance below Band 1.
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Structure and tasks
PART 1
TASK TYPE
AND FORMAT
Multiple choice (discrete).
Short neutral or informal ... normally be lost for the occasional request for
repetition.
PAPER 3: SPEAKING
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INTRODUCTION TO CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: PRELIMINARY...
... the test may be valid for some
purposes, but not for others. For example, if the purpose of a test is to test ability to
communicate in a foreign language, then it is valid if it actually tests ... If
the test is full of questions of grammar, then the test cannot be considered valid. Moreover, if a
test is to test reading ability, but it also tests writing, for example, then the test fails ... and test purpose.”
(Mc Namara, 2000: 5). For example, in terms of method, there are paper-and-pencil language
tests, performance tests, ect. And in terms of purpose, there are achievement tests,...
... term.
First, test format should not be introduced to the students long before any test as this
leads to the test- oriented learning. Instead, the teachers should present the test format just at ... Time of testing:
- Test- retest Method
c. Examiner bias
- Inter-rater Reliability
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Solution 3: Test Administration
Test administration involves a series of complicated procedures, thus forceful ... good and appropriate and the testing is not, we are then likely to suffer from
harmful backwash. Test result will give information for both teachers and learners for their
future action, such...
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familiarity with the test format and content, test supervision, clarity of test instruction, and
time allowance.
- Factors affecting students’ test performance involve test characteristics, testee
characteristics ...
that the MCQs test 1 does not yeild a reliable result. The unreliability of the test resulted
from the performance of both test- takers and test- designers. As fortest designers, they
test score ... stated that test writers should draw out a test specification
before writing a test. Test specification is resulted from the process of designing test
content and test method. Test specification...
... policies for including and accommodating students with
disabilities; Lynne Sacks and Laura Golden provided similar information
about states’ policies for English- language learners.
Policies for Students ... testing in English and in-
clude adjustments such as repeating, simplifying, or clarifying test direc-
tions in English; the use of English- language glossaries; linguistic
simplification of test items; ... states’ policies for English- language learners. One study, de-
signed to collect information on policies for 2000-2001, is currently under
way. Another study, examining policies for 1998-1999,...
... through the night. ~
->Only by staying up through the night, you can finish all this work
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TESTFORENGLISH 01
PAPER 1: READING AND WRITING ( 90 minutes)
Part 1:
Choose the best answer to complete ... Britain consumes the most tea in the world
3. The top shelf was too high for the child to reach it.
> The top shelf was too high for the child to reach
4. Everybody thinks that he came to the party ... in__________are perfect for making different kinds of paper.
A. cotton B. important trees C. softwoods D. new paper
3. The word “recycled” in paragraph 1 means_____________.
A. forgotten B. reused...
... from the box to fill each
blank.
use are computers cannot only organizations who
to be links for must It They through
The Internet is a system that connects computer networks. The Internet ... (1)…links………
millions of computers all over the world. (2)………It…………allows your computer to get
information stored on other computers far away. Some networks have (3)………only… a
few computers. Some ... computers on an
intranet (7)………must… hooked up to the Internet. But only people (8)…who…………
work for
the organization that owns the intranet can (9)……use………… it. Other people on the
Internet (10)………...
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PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH
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SAMPLE PAPER
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CONTENTS
Preface
This handbook is forteachers who are preparing candidates for Cambridge English: First, also known as First Certificate in English ... Kingdom
Handbook for Teachers
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PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH
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CANDIDATE ANSWER SHEET
EXAM | LEVEL | PAPER SAMPLE PAPER PAPER 3 | USE OF ENGLISH
Candidate...
... to learn in order to communicate in
English.
Why do I need to know grammar?
For teachers of ESL/EFL learners, a knowledge of how English works is essen-
tial. Teachers need to be able to talk about ... generally accompany specific form classes.
For example, determiners, or articles, such as the or a/an typically occur before a
noun such as dog, bed, battle.
A. DeCapua, Grammar for Teachers, 21
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Springer ... verbs.
Andrea DeCapua
Grammar for Teachers
A Guide to American Englishfor Native
and Non-Native Speakers
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Written test iII: English
Allowed time: 45 minutes
Full name: ; Class: 8
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I. Choose the word ... (travel) around the town by bike. .
3. Would you mind (do) the washing up for me tonight?
4. She has a lot of novels (write) in English
5. I can see the boy (ride) a buffalo
IV. Fill in each with ... then answer the questions.2.0)
William Shakespear is the world's famous English playwright. He was born at
Stratford-on-Avon in 1564. He married Anne Hathaway when he was eighteen and had
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Information for Candidates
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Part 8 (Questions 51–55)
In this part we test both reading ... at:
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Why take the Key EnglishTest (KET)?
Do you have basic English skills? Can you understand simple texts? Can you
communicate ... Street.
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■ Paper 3 Speaking
Time: 8–10 minutes per pair of candidates
For the Speaking test there are two oral examiners and you take the test in a pair with
another...