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Reading: two short texts, 4 items (a,b,c,d) 4 points
One long text, 6 items (a,b,c,d) 14 points

Use of language, accuracy, style and vocabulary:
Gap fill- short text, 5 items, 5 points

Gap fill- short text, 5 items ( a,b,c,d), 5 points

Gapped sentences- one word fits in 3 sentences, 6 points

Word formation- short text- 5 items, 5 points

Sentence transformation- 3 items, 6 points

Writing: article, essay, letter or book review, chose one of two, 15 points

[MelMel]

Good knowledge of phrasal verbs and idioms is very helpful...especially for the part "rewriting sentences".

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Kind of exercises:

1.) Reading texts and multiple-choice answers:

-Read the text and make sure that you understand the content and not every word.
-Try to answer the questions before you start reading the given answers (multiple-choices).
-Look into the text and mark some keywords which are necessary for answering the questions.
-Choose the most appropriate answer and re-read the whole question with the answers given.
-Probably you ought to make a clear decision why the other answers offered might not be right.

2.) Matching missing parts of a text to one whole text:

-Read the whole text and understand the content.
-Read the beginnings and the ends of each paragraph.
-Check the content (What is each paragraph about?) of each paragraph and mark certain key words which could be repeated in the texts, which have to be put into the gaps.
-Mark also the places and people mentioned.
-Highlight the tenses, thus the time development of the text might become clear.
-Filling in the gaps with the missing parts of the text.
-Re-read the whole text and check, whether this chronology makes sense or has to be revised.

3.) Rewriting sentences:

-Reading sentences.
-All information in the first sentence has to appear in the second sentence.
-Keywords are not to be changed.
-Sometimes, word have to be changed into another form or tense (verb->noun; active-> passive).
-Synonyms can be used for having the same information in the second sentence as in the first one.
-To the second sentence not more than 8 and not less than 2 words should be added.
-In the end, the spelling has to be checked.

4.) Gap texts without examples (one word has to fit in three sentences):

-Reading all sentences of one exercise.
-One word has to fit in three sentences without changing the form or tense.
-The meaning of the missed word could probably have slightly another meaning but the spelling has to be the same.
-Have a look on the words before and after the missing word such as prepositions etc.
-Fill in the gap the missing word.
-Re-read the sentences and your answers.

5.) Gap texts with given examples:

-Read the text carefully.
-Try to find a solution before reading the words given (Often 4 offers).
-Exclude the words which cannot fit due to wrong prepositions or meaning in the context.
-Fill in the gap.
-Re-read the text and ask yourself, whether this solution makes sense or has to be changed.
-In the end, re-read the whole text with all its solutions chosen by you.

6.) Writing:

General questions:
-What are you gonna write? (Essay, article...)
-Who are you target readers?
-Which writing style should I choose? (informal, formal, semi-formal)
-How long should it be?
-Which content should I right or what is the topic or the question?
-Which part of the 3-type-part should be in focus? (introduction, body, conclusion)

Specific questions:
-Essay ("Try")= Pointing out main points (topic), organising and structuring paragraphs, more formal style, 3-type-parts (introduction, body, conclusion), body includes the main arguments, in the end a summary of the results is necessary and probably the personal opinion.

-Article= should refer to your own experience or of others, main arguments should be underlined with good examples, different instruments can be used such as narration or description.

-Review= has a semi-formal style, a very short introduction, tells the reader about other´s impressions of something, points of special events, own point of view can be included.

-Report= formal style, has a good structure with a focus on the introduction, includes a selections of the main points in each paragraph, personal experiences can be mentioned, various instruments can be used such as analysis, speculation or conclusion.

-Proposal: has a formal style, each proposal or argument has one paragraph and is well-argumented, recommendation depends on the target reader.

-Letter: has an impersonal opening or direct to the target reader, it is more often written in an impartial tone, needs a goods closing in the same way like the salutation.

The accuracy of the written English language is the most important issue.

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