Do you want to take the Cambridge First Certificate this year? Here you are some useful links for you to get ready:
FIRST STEP: Here you are the General Information from the Cambridge website.
SECOND STEP: Check these useful materials to prepare and practise for the exam.
| Sandy Millin | Blog with a list of useful websites to help students preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate exam. |
| Cambridgeenglish.org | Lots of free online activities to help teenagers and adults practise their English. Choose the skill you want to practise and the level that’s right for you. |
| FCE Exam Tips | This is an extraordinary website where you can find useful tips for all the parts in the exam. Have a look at it! |
WRITING PAPER: Check out the different types of tasks and the assessment scales.
Assessment scales for the Writing Test.
Examiners mark tasks using assessment scales that were developed with explicit reference to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The scales, which are used across the spectrum of Cambridge English General and Business English Writing tests, consist of four subscales: Content, Communicative Achievement, Organisation, and Language:
- Content focuses on how well the candidate has ful lled the task, in other words if they have done what they were asked to do.
- Communicative Achievement focuses on how appropriate the writing is for the task and whether the candidate has used the appropriate register.
- Organisation focuses on the way the candidate puts together the piece of writing, in other words if it is logical and ordered.
- Language focuses on vocabulary and grammar. This includes the range of language as well as how accurate it is.Responses are marked on each subscale from 0 to 5.
SOURCE: Cambridge English for Schools Handbook 2015
