Although anxiety is considered to be a natural process so that humans are able to function effectively, it can become detrimental when it becomes excessive and uncontrollable leading to distress and interfering with everyday activities such as learning, studying or evaluation situations as in the case of our learners.
Anxiety is the anticipation of a...
The content of the Reading component is different for the Academic and General Training testing options but the total amount of time for the completion of this component in both is 60 minutes. Candidates are presented with three passages pertaining to a wide array of subjects of general interest, drawing from work and academic contexts. In this article...
How often have we been cornered by an irate parent wanting to know why his child failed the writing part of the exam even though they did very well during the year in the compositions they wrote? The student in question may have passed the exam overall, but the dreaded word ‘fail’ will be the focus of the parent’s concern.
So, how do the examiners...
Fear of listening
Listening appears to be the most feared component of language exams: learners invariably complain that “the listening was difficult,” teachers seem to worry about the listening subtest more than anything else, examination bodies are often asked to explain themselves and justify the format and level of their listening tests...
I am often asked by teachers given the proximity of exam day what the right balance between exam practice and general language and skills development work should be. What I suspect lies behind this question is that teachers know that learners will keenly set about anything in this period given an exam practice label – keen as they are to see how close...
Σύντομα περίπου ένας στους δύο στην χώρα μας θα βρίσκεται σε συνθήκες εξετάσεων. Παραδοσιακά είναι η δυσκολότερη περίοδος της χρονιάς για όλους μας. Ή μήπως, απλώς, δεν έχουμε σκεφτεί ότι δεν θα πρέπει να είναι έτσι;
Στο σύντομο άρθρο που ακολουθεί θα εξηγήσω γιατί κατά την γνώμη μου (και πολλών άλλων μάλιστα) δεν θα πρέπει να μας στρεσάρουν οι...
There is a wide range of official free and paid for Cambridge English support materials from Cambridge English Language Assessment and Cambridge University Press, including the coursebook and practice tests and other types of materials in both print and digital formats, such as the teacher handbook and the speaking test preparation pack.
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