FCE - IMPORTANT EXAM INFORMATION

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

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WHEN REQUIRED

DATE	TIME	PAPER	ROOM
21/04/22	9:00-10:15	Reading and UoE
21/04/22	10:45-12:05	Writing
21/04/22	12:35-13.15	Listening
22/04/22	Check your CoE	Speaking

The 168-173 corridor

126-corridor, along with room 139 as preparation room.

Thursday 21 april 2022 written examen

Read this carefully

BE ON TIME: REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8:30 SO BE THERE BY THAT TIME AT THE VERY LATEST

 bring the following things with you on Thursday:

- A valid form of identification (ID-card or passport)

- Your confirmation of entry

- A pen that writes in black, pencil, pencil sharpener and eraser

- A transparent water bottle with no writing on it

   

• WHAT NOT TO BRING!

• Je moet aan het begin van de dag je telefoon inleveren bij de examinator. Die krijg je pas aan het einde van de dag weer terug. Je mag de hele dag geen gebruik maken van elektronische hulpmiddelen, ook niet tijdens de pauzes.
• Je mag geen eten en drinken meenemen in het examen lokaal met uitzondering van een doorzichtig flesje waarop GEEN Engelse teksten mogen staan.

• Er mogen geen tassen in het examenlokaal. 

• Geen teksten op je kleding.

Friday 22 april 2022 Speaking exam

On Friday, please bring with you:

- A valid form of identification (ID-card or passport)

- Your confirmation of entry

. Voor de juiste tijd van je mondeling moet je dus kijken op je CoE!!

Lees de volgende aanwijzingen aandachtig door:

 Zorg dat je 15 minuten voor de tijd van je examen naar lokaal 139  komt. Daar krijg je te

horen wanneer je precies in welk lokaal moet zijn. Er wordt ook een foto genomen.

• Wat neem je mee?

- een geldig id-bewijs(paspoort of id-kaart).

- je Confirmation of Entry

• Neem je telefoon niet mee naar het examenlokaal, dat is verboden!

• Je mag voor en na je mondeling met niemand spreken over de inhoud van het mondeling

examen. Als je dit wel doet dan kun je worden uitgesloten van het examen en ben je dus gezakt!

Voor en na je mondeling ga je deze dag gewoon naar de lessen die in het rooster staan.

Gooi je Confirmation of Entry na je examen niet weg. Deze heb je nodig om de uitslag te bekijken!

Geen formulier, geen uitslag. Dus goed bewaren!!!! (Een foto maken en die goed bewaren kan natuurlijk ook.)

Links onderaan op je Confirmation of Entry vind je een code waarmee je jezelf kunt registreren. 

Dat kun je al meteen doen.

Tips for Listening

There are built in pauzes between the tasks

You get time to look at the questions

Each piece is heard twice

You are clearly told in writing and in the audio file exactly what you are going to listen to. 

You are given five minutes to write the answers from the QUESTION SHEET to the ANSWER SHEET

Tips for Reading and UoE

 Don't forget that there are two exams in one

You get two results in Reading & Use of English and some parts of the exam are part of the reading portion while other parts belong to Use of English.

Reading: parts 1, 5, 6 and 7

Use of English: parts 2, 3 and 4

From my experience, more students have problems with Use of English or parts 2, 3 and 4. This can help you when you decide which exercises to start with.

Choice of strategy!

1. Go through 1-7 and don’t worry about anything else

Yes, this is an option, but this might be dangerous. You might get stuck in one part and miss out on a lot of marks in others. I don’t recommend this (non-)strategy because I think it is not very efficient, but some students just want to do it that way. After all, it is your own choice.

2. Do Use of English first, then Reading

Many teachers  recommend this sequence: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1. As you can see, the parts of Use of English are done first and then the Reading section. 

It might be a good idea to start with the harder part. (UoE)

A lot of students struggle with the Use of English portion and, therefore, it might be a good idea to start with the harder part.

In the exam there are some tasks in the multiple choice format and some where you need to write your own answers (parts 2, 3 and 4). Because it takes longer to write a full phrase you might want to start with those parts and leave the multiple choice ones for later. If you run out of time, it is definitely easier to choose A, B or C instead of a whole phrase without options.

3. Get your marks in first

Another very popular strategy is to focus on the parts with 2 marks for a correct answer first before moving on to the rest: 4, 5, 6, 2, 3, 1, 7. 

If you get most of the answers in parts 4, 5 and 6 right you are already on a very good way towards passing this exam paper. For example, parts 5 and 6 are worth 24 marks if you answer everything correctly. 24 marks is already a pass for the reading paper so you can leave parts 1 and 7 until the end and focus on Use of English.

If you start with part 4, which is probably one of the more difficult ones, you are still fresh. Get your marks, move to parts 5 and 6 and then to part 2 which is also a very difficult one. This strategy makes sure that you are focussed on the harder parts and the ones with a lot of marks.