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		<title>MOCK EXAMS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s Hallowe&#8217;en in a few days&#8217; time and, as everybody knows, after Hallowe&#8217;en comes something even scarier&#8230;.. mock exams!!!! Not true of course, the mock exams give you the students the chance to see what Cambridge exams are really &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=118">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s Hallowe&#8217;en in a few days&#8217; time and, as everybody knows, after Hallowe&#8217;en comes something even scarier&#8230;.. mock exams!!!!</p>
<p>Not true of course, the mock exams give you the students the chance to see what Cambridge exams are really like, and they also give us the chance to see how well you&#8217;re doing, how much progress you&#8217;ve made since last year, and when you&#8217;ll be ready to take the proper exams.</p>
<p>The exams will be held on the following dates:</p>
<p><strong>Saturday 5th November: PET (Eszter and Melissa&#8217;s groups); Pre-First; CAE; Adult CAE; Adult FCE<br />
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<p><strong>Saturday 19th November: PET (Leonor and Adrienne&#8217;s groups); FCE; Adult PET<br />
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<p>All exams kick off at 10:00 am, PET lasts around two hours, and FCE and CAE around four hours.</p>
<p>See you then and good luck!</p>
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		<title>My experience as an invigilator of PET exam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday PET and KET exams took place in the University of Jaen and I was asked to be an invigilator.  the thing that struck me the most was the number of classrooms used, a total of 13, most of &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=71">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Organizing an event like this is hard work. Invigilators help distribute the exam papers, help people find their seats in the room, make sure that everybody&#8217;s got pencils and rubbers, solve the possible doubts that come up and collect exams once the parts are over. I enjoyed the experience a lot, it was worth it.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the final countdown!!</title>
		<link>http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=65</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aarrggghhhh!! Don´t panic if you are one of the candidates to PET,FCE, CAE or CPE. We´re sure you&#8217;ll do well or at least you&#8217;ll do your best! Follow your teachers&#8217; advice and instructions and you&#8217;ll be fine. Good luck for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=65">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Aarrggghhhh!! Don´t panic if you are one of the candidates to PET,FCE, CAE or CPE. We´re sure you&#8217;ll do well or at least you&#8217;ll do your best! Follow your teachers&#8217; advice and instructions and you&#8217;ll be fine. Good luck for the speaking this weekend! and be on time.<a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Europe-The-Final-Countdown.avi">Europe &#8211; The Final Countdown</a></p>
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		<title>GOING IN THE BEST DIRECTION</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 16:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just last friday 13th of May, I went to a one day course on Marketing organised by ACEIA in Seville and to my satisfaction it was not all about exposure, creativity or whatnot&#8230;.ICT is there as well! It is all &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=61">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just last friday 13th of May, I went to a one day course on Marketing organised by ACEIA in Seville and to my satisfaction it was not all about exposure, creativity or whatnot&#8230;.ICT is there as well! It is all about giving our students and clients what they really appreciate&#8230;VALUE FOR MONEY&#8230;I know what I have to do, and that is to equip all of our classrooms technically speaking&#8230;Do you know what you are doing??</p>
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		<title>Exam Tips&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=49</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>123admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Objectives: What is your goal when you do an exam? Well, first of all you want to pass and, more specifically, you would like to get as good a mark as possible. If you want to get as high a &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=49">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> What is your goal when you do an exam? Well, first of all you want to pass and, more specifically, you would like to get as good a mark as possible. If you want to get as high a mark as possible, you should probably do those parts of the exam that earn the most points first. For instance, in the <strong>FCE Reading</strong> paper, questions in parts one and two are allocated <strong>two points</strong> each, whereas questions in part three only get <strong>one point</strong>. Likewise, each question in part four of <strong>Use of English</strong> will be allocated <strong>two points</strong> if correct (one point is given if partly correct). Another thing to consider in all Cambridge exams is that incorrect answers are not given negative marks, so make sure you don&#8217;t leave any of the exam blank!</p>
<p><strong>Practice Makes Perfect: </strong>Make sure you do as many past papers as possible in the specified time in order to know what to expect on the big day, and also to find out which areas you are weakest in.</p>
<p><strong>Read the instructions! </strong>Telling a student to read the instructions might sound ridiculous, but it isn&#8217;t. Not doing so is one of the easiest way to make sure you fail!</p>
<p><strong>Plan your writing! </strong>Many students have a quick look at the question and go straight into writing their compositions as if they are going to get extra marks for being first to finish. You should read the topics carefully and take five minutes to plan what you&#8217;re going to write before putting pen to the answer sheet.</p>
<p><strong>Check! </strong>Always check your answers before handing in your answers sheet. Make sure what you have written makes sense and that you have done what you were supposed to do <strong>(i.e. did you read and follow the instructions?).</strong></p>
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		<title>Language Exchange with &#8220;Legend High School&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=38</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 15:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are very excited in &#8220;The Cultural English Centre&#8221; because we&#8217;ve just had our first Skype session with our American penpals. Most of our PET students and some LS had the opportunity to see and talk to Rose and Tina&#8217;s students &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=38">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/legend-high-school4.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-45 alignleft" title="legend high school" src="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/legend-high-school4.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="124" /></a>We are very excited in &#8220;The Cultural English Centre&#8221; because we&#8217;ve just had our first Skype session with our American penpals. Most of our PET students and some LS had the opportunity to see and talk to Rose and Tina&#8217;s students from Parker, Colorado. it happened to be very succesful, our students seemed to be quite happy so we&#8217;ll repeat that next year for sure.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/skype.bmp"><img class="size-full wp-image-55 alignright" title="skype" src="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/skype.bmp" alt="" width="137" height="60" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to thank all the staff in the Cultural for their help and support and also to Rose and Tina for organizing everything there so well.</p>
<p>By the way it was snowing in Parker today , can you believe it? it was 30º C in Linares .</p>
<p><a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/parker.bmp"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-52" title="parker" src="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/parker.bmp" alt="" width="214" height="133" /></a> <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/linares.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-53" title="linares" src="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/linares.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="165" /></a></p>
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		<title>Eight out of eight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our students who took the PET exam in Granada in March &#8211; eight students, eight passes, well done! Now for FCE!]]></description>
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<p>Congratulations to our students who took the PET exam in Granada in March &#8211; eight students, eight passes, well done! Now for FCE!</p>
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		<title>March FCE Exam</title>
		<link>http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=28</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our students who passed their FCE exam in March. Well done, and you&#8217;ll be missed! &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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<p>Congratulations to our students who passed their FCE exam in March. Well done, and you&#8217;ll be missed!</p>
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		<title>Easter trips</title>
		<link>http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=24</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big welcome back to our students who spent their Easter holidays in sunny England instead of staying here to watch Linares turn into a giant mudbath. One group went to Eastbourne to work on FCE skills, while the other &#8230; <a href="http://www.culturalenglishcentre.es/blog/?p=24">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A big welcome back to our students who spent their Easter holidays in sunny England instead of staying here to watch Linares turn into a giant mudbath. One group went to Eastbourne to work on FCE skills, while the other travelled to Bath. Everyone was on their best behaviour and a great time was had by all. Looking forward to seeing some photos&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>3rd Term Mock Exams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;ll soon be time for those wonderful Saturday morning mock exams&#8230;&#8230; 21st April for PET Teens, PET Adults and FCE teens.  5th May for Pre-First, FCE Adults, CAE . Exams start at 10:00 am &#8211; don&#8217;t be late!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;ll soon be time for those wonderful Saturday morning mock exams&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>21st April for PET Teens, PET Adults and FCE teens. </p>
<p>5th May for Pre-First, FCE Adults, CAE .</p>
<p>Exams start at 10:00 am &#8211; don&#8217;t be late!</p>
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