- Anglicisms
- CPE Writing Part 2
- Brainstorming, organising ideas to cover content points, turning notes into a plan, applying marking criteria.
- Sample exam questions taken from Proficiency Test Builder (2013, 4th edition)
- For today's task you needed to talk about a favourite TV channel or Radio station. If you have trouble thinking of one to write about, cast your mind back to some of the resources we have used in class e.g. Inside Europe (DW.com), Law in Action (BBC Radio 4), NPR.org, The Moth.org, Kermode & Mayo's Film Review (BBC Radio Live)
Homework
Use your notes on question 3 to write your review. Don't spend more than 45 minutes on writing and checking your work. Assess your effort according to the marking criteria (content, communicative achievement, organisation, language) and then email your answer to me.
Notes
- When searching for exam practice online, use the term CPE Writing rather than "proficiency writing" as the latter will lead you to another test used in U.S. universities.
- The set texts (Part 2, Question 5) for 2016 - 2017 are: Family Album by Penelope Lively and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If you choose The Great Gatsby you can base your answer either on the novel or the 2013 film version directed by Baz Luhrmann. If you are considering doing the exam next year, reading one of these books might be a good way of maintaining your level until lessons resume in January.
Going further:
Films in English currently screening in Rome.
I, Daniel Blake
This moving film by Ken Loach won this year's top award at the Cannes film festival. The film is interesting for your language learning as it features strong Newcastle and London accents and criticises the use of business and free market vocabulary in a social welfare context.
The Girl On The Train
The big screen adaptation of this best selling thriller relocates the story to the U.S. but keeps the main character British offering an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast British and American accents.
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