ITP CPE Year 2 Lesson 1

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• WO
• Studiejaar 3,4

ITP CPE Language Skills 

Today’s programme:

• Welcome
• Introduction to the course
• CPE exam information
• Use of English sample questions
• Homework

Introduce yourself :)

What made you choose the international teaching programme?

Introduction to the Course

Cambridge Proficiency Exam - Level C2

P1: reading and Use of English: exam: 60% seen and 40% unseen 

P2: reading and Use of English: exam: 40% seen and 60 % unseen

P3: listening

P4: writing

Year 3, P1: speaking

Taking the official CPE Exam

Next year

Master’s degree = A or B grade

Exams

Period 1: Reading & Use of English and Vocab 

Period 3: Listening and Vocab 4

Period 4: Writing

Year 3 Period 2: Speaking

Required Reading

Recommended Reading

Use of English sample questions:
Part 1: Multiple choice cloze

1

1. commanding
2. capturing
3. carrying
4. conquering

2

1. originated
2. emerged
3. established
4. inaugarated

3

1. disregarded
2. deplored
3. disaproved
4. dismissed

4

1. resorting
2. applying
3. resigning
4. adopting

Use of English sample questions:

Part 2: Open cloze

Although sophisticated ... (1)... to assemble cars and assist during complex surgery, modern robots are dumb animatons, ...(2).... of striking up relationships with their human operators.

However, change is (...) the horizon.

Engineers argue that, as robots begin to make (...) a bigger part of society, they will need a way to interact with humans.

Engineers argue that, as robots begin to make (...) a bigger part of society, they will need to interact with humans.

Part 3: Word Formation

In the Northern hemisphere migration is promoted by the (SCARCE) of food.

Migrants are also (GENE) programmed to respond to the changing length of the day as autumn approaches.

Nevertheless, in the tropics, where there is little variation in the amount of daylight, migration is still a surprisingly common (OCCUR).

Many birds will display considerable restlessness before beginning their journeys. Their (SENSE) to the earth's magnetic field helps them navigate.

Key word transformations

The driver instructed passengers to move down the bus. (way)
Passengers ...... down the bus by the driver.

Mira tried to stay out of the argument between her two colleagues. (sides)
Mira tried ........................ between her two colleagues.

A lack of support is threatening the success of the carnival.
(under)
The carnival's ...... support.

The manager refused to discuss his decision further.
(open)
The manager stated that his decision ..... discussion.

Part 5: Reading Multiple Choice

1. Read the text (include titles and headers).

2. Read the question carefully, checking exactly what it’s asking you to do. 

2. Find and underline where you think the answer is in the text.

3. Review the mutiple choice  options A, B, C and D one by one, eliminating the wrong ones until you are confident you’ve found the one which fits the best.

4. Read the paragraph again to understand it in a wider context and check you’re right. If you have time, you can read the text again as a whole.

5. Finally, you don’t lose marks for an incorrect answer, so don’t leave any question unanswered!

Part 6: Gapped Text

1. Read the text (including title and headers) 

2. Read the sentence before and after the gap 

3. Read the paragraphs 

3. Choose the paragraph that you think fits in the gap (even if you used it earlier, you may have made a mistake)

4. Reread the article after filling the gaps and review your answers

Part 7: Multiple Matching

Scan the texts for the particular information required 

Homework

Complete the sample reading assignments

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