Cambridge English: Advanced – Paper 2, Writing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdGudT4Wu0

An explanation of the format of the writing paper in the Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam from the University of Cambridge.

Essay Writing: Writing a thesis statement

A look at how to write a thesis statement in the opening paragraph of an essay.

Splendid Speaking podcast – ‘Reaching agreement’

Here is a recording from www.splendidspeaking.com which illustrates how to reach agreement in collaborative tasks:

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/learn/podcasts/int8.html

100th Post

This is my 100th post on this blog, and I feel this is a good occasion to thank all the people who have visited this site and shown interest in what I have published here. I hope you have found it useful.

thank you for your attention

How to write a good essay

This is a video which explains how to write an essay one step at a time. Very useful for our students.

Speaking tasks for advanced learners of English. Use our ‘Get Speaking’ task sheet to practise presentations, discussions and topic vocabulary.

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/products/tasksheet.html

Dominic Cole’s IELTS and Beyond | A blog to help self-access language learners

A very complete site, packed with information. Well worth a visit.

http://www.dcielts.com/

Practise Your English Speaking Skills: Help with BEC, BULATS, CAE, CPE, IELTS and other English exams

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/

Useful Speaking Activities for Advanced Students

Splendid Speaking gives the reader a wealth of speaking activities designed for the more advanced student.

For an example, click on the following link:

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/products/wotd/index.html