FCE/CAE Writing: Getting Started

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @fatibum
    @fatibum 4 года назад +8

    Hi Paul! I would like to share with you that I've passed my CAE exam! Got the results today!. Your videos were such a great help to me. Thanks ever so much! All the best! :) :)

  • @theaquarius602
    @theaquarius602 8 лет назад +53

    this is awesome!!! it's not common to find so much useful information in one video. you are one of my favorite english teachers on youtube

  • @valebarcenasruiz6441
    @valebarcenasruiz6441 7 лет назад +13

    Tomorrow is my exam, and when I saw your video I cried about the fact that you would be an amazing and helpful teacher. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!

  • @alicetheorange1157
    @alicetheorange1157 6 лет назад +3

    i'm taking the FCE tomorrow and I feel more confident about it since I've been watching your videos. Thanks :)

  • @kirill_englisher
    @kirill_englisher 8 лет назад +9

    Liked the video before I even started watching it. Welcome back, mate :)

  • @marthaestelaanaya971
    @marthaestelaanaya971 7 лет назад +1

    You have been so clear that you vanished most of my questions about the CAE writing paper. Thanks!

  • @德國龐塞
    @德國龐塞 8 лет назад +2

    since I discovered paul on youtube. I can't stop to learn in this way
    you are a genius!!
    I can understand every word that you say

  • @annamariadizazzo9812
    @annamariadizazzo9812 7 лет назад +2

    WONDERFUL LESSON!!! I have finally found a complete tutorial full of advices, clear explanations and so on! If I had known your lessons before, I would have passed the public competition as a cultural functionary at MAE..maybe!

  • @indu_amaranath
    @indu_amaranath 8 лет назад +4

    I have watched almost all of your videos Mr Paul, and I keep watching them to learn something new in English.all of them are very interesting and useful and easy to grab for non - native speakers like us because of the way of your pronunciation.Also I like your comical style of teaching at times which prevent the boredom of lessons.. if you could plz do a video for different pronunciation styles of different English speaking countries like in USA which difficult to understand. . so.. thank you very much and May you have all strength and courage to keep your good work up with many blessings..

    • @PracticeEnglishwithPaul
      @PracticeEnglishwithPaul  8 лет назад +3

      You're a star) Thank you for your kind words) In fact, you have given me inspiration)) I will film my colleagues at work so we can hear many different accents)

  • @yanisboutmedjet1777
    @yanisboutmedjet1777 6 лет назад +11

    Love the way when he said my mathematics is really good 1:55

  • @joebadger2409
    @joebadger2409 2 года назад

    You're one of the top teachers on RUclips believe me

  • @diegosandoval1315
    @diegosandoval1315 7 лет назад

    Dear Paul, your dedication is inspiring. I just found your videos yesterday 'cause I just started my preparation, and I can be totally sure that they're really useful. Thank you so much!

  • @marialarmer7091
    @marialarmer7091 7 лет назад +1

    Clear and inspirationally helpful to a budding FCE teacher! Many thanks.

  • @walexey1985
    @walexey1985 7 лет назад +8

    You were right!!! I wrote 230-240 in the writing part, but in spite of that i got the highest score (190) for that part! For those who wanna know, I am talking about FCE.

  • @beena724
    @beena724 3 года назад +1

    4:50 when you said "objective ugh" i felt that

  • @creciendoaprendiendo4349
    @creciendoaprendiendo4349 7 лет назад +9

    "I hit them really hard around their face!" Jajajajaja You´re the top. Thak you!

  • @lucaspamplonica
    @lucaspamplonica 7 лет назад +2

    Dear Paul, I am taking CAE tomorrow. Just wanted you to know that I feel like I have learnt more with your videos on how to prepare it than in a whole year in the academy. Thank you!

    • @PracticeEnglishwithPaul
      @PracticeEnglishwithPaul  7 лет назад +12

      lucaspamplonica thank you so much. I have a load of students doing it tomorrow too. Some quick tips: no more than 30 minutes on Use Of English. Do the reading in this order: part 8, 7, 5 then 6. For the writing plan plan plan and after 25 minutes you must stop planning even if not finished and start writing your essay. As for the listening, eyes on the text, listen carefully, pay attention to distractors and always eliminate the answers you are sure it's not even if you are not sure of the answers. Best of luck and let me know how you do)

  • @isabelladiasbrandao9473
    @isabelladiasbrandao9473 7 лет назад

    I finally found great video classes for FCE!! I'm from Brazil and my test is in two months. I really loved your advices, you're such a nice teacher. Thank you!

    • @guimranda
      @guimranda 7 лет назад

      Wow a Brazilian here! Hahahaha
      Vou fazer em janeiro, e voce?

    • @isabelladiasbrandao9473
      @isabelladiasbrandao9473 7 лет назад

      Também! Dia 28, e você?

    • @guimranda
      @guimranda 7 лет назад

      Último final de semana de janeiro, né? Se eu não me engano vou fazer no mesmo dia!

    • @guimranda
      @guimranda 7 лет назад

      Você é de onde?

    • @isabelladiasbrandao9473
      @isabelladiasbrandao9473 7 лет назад

      Isso mesmo! São Paulo, e vc?

  • @przemekt8692
    @przemekt8692 7 лет назад +1

    You are the men Paul. Big Thanks for all yours useful videos.

  • @israellopez390
    @israellopez390 6 лет назад

    Thank you man! I am seeing it over and over it's very useful ... you're an amazing teacher :)

  • @elisasosa9553
    @elisasosa9553 5 лет назад

    Thanks Paul for everything !!! you are a fantastic teacher.

  • @elcaminodeborisparaaprende5337
    @elcaminodeborisparaaprende5337 4 года назад

    Hi Paul, thank you very much for your videos, they helped me a lot:) keep up the good work you are doing, really appreciate it:)

  • @mediastarguest
    @mediastarguest 6 лет назад

    14:27 'discourse markers' - correct use of these words is essential. They are found repeatedly in the texts in each part of the RUOE, from part 1 to 7.

  • @alessandraparreira5673
    @alessandraparreira5673 5 лет назад

    Thanks for sharing your ideas . This video helped me to plan better my studies strategies

  • @merygardlen4218
    @merygardlen4218 8 лет назад +5

    Hello Paul, today is the first day I find you, and I love your advices and your style to explain things. So that, could you please do a tutorial of collocations and prhasal verbs, or could you send me some web-sites or a list of this. Thank you for all.

    • @PracticeEnglishwithPaul
      @PracticeEnglishwithPaul  8 лет назад

      mery gardlen hi)) i can do a video on phrasal verbs but there are millions of them)) start with two books 1) Phrasal Verb Organizer 2) Phrasal Verbs in Use. Those will be enough)

  • @damindaliyanage8967
    @damindaliyanage8967 4 года назад

    These are helpful sir, but really wish you could give us some sample writings ,specially ones that are capable of scoring a band 5.

  • @bhaktimayi
    @bhaktimayi 6 лет назад

    This was useful....let´s see the how to polan video now...... I have one day to prepare for CAe....... oh! I enjoyed your dimples, by the way! haha

  • @carolalbuquerque910
    @carolalbuquerque910 7 лет назад

    Paul you're a really good teacher! Greats from Brasil!

  • @Leozoologo
    @Leozoologo 7 лет назад +5

    besides Writing can you post an video about the Listening part in FCE?

  • @jiangao4804
    @jiangao4804 6 лет назад

    Your videos were of great help to me so thanks you very much! I got my result today with grade A in Fce for schools and I'm so happy I'm gonna get drunk tomorrow! lol

  • @lolakrivosic
    @lolakrivosic 6 лет назад

    Hello Paul,
    Thank you for this useful vieeo'
    Could you help me with something?
    I have been studying the writing part for a while now, but I still struggle with two things:
    1- Word count. It dosen't matter how much I plan, I still end up writing over the word limit. What could I do to improve?
    2- Time. I take about an hour to write an essay, and don't know how to go faster and still write correctly and answer the questions.
    Have a nice day.

  • @mirevip
    @mirevip 5 лет назад +1

    Does anybody preparing CAE by themselves???

  • @8Frostie
    @8Frostie 6 лет назад +1

    sooo usefull!! and you're really funny hahaha love it

  • @cristinasara3505
    @cristinasara3505 7 лет назад +1

    Do you happen to have a video with "structures by heart" for intruduction?

  • @hannas9525
    @hannas9525 6 лет назад

    The video is already on the new format of Cambridge cae, isn't it?

  • @giacomo807
    @giacomo807 3 года назад

    Hi Paul, you sound from Sunderland

  • @bolt8987
    @bolt8987 3 года назад

    Thanks a lot

  • @quafcx
    @quafcx 7 лет назад

    Hi Paul, this is V from Barcelona. I just want to start following you, but it's difficutl to me to find your first video in RUclips. Can you help me, please?

  • @rafaelamachado.4312
    @rafaelamachado.4312 7 лет назад +1

    Good types in your video!

  • @oliwialowe8471
    @oliwialowe8471 6 лет назад

    I am taking my exam soon and i started practising my writing skills and I have such an IMPORTANT TO me question, what kind of essay should I write (opinion essay ir for and against essay) I am asking you as I cannot find anywgere the asnwer to this question. The order of the task does not say it and I am confused

  • @Leozoologo
    @Leozoologo 7 лет назад

    good advices Paul

  • @tatianacunha
    @tatianacunha 8 лет назад

    You have great videos! We can learn a lot from them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Do you have online classes too?

    • @PracticeEnglishwithPaul
      @PracticeEnglishwithPaul  8 лет назад +2

      Tatiana Cunha: Thanks so much)) i am in the process of creating an online school)

    • @tatianacunha
      @tatianacunha 8 лет назад

      Great!!! I'm looking forward to that! 😄

  • @ntinakokkora4743
    @ntinakokkora4743 7 лет назад

    Paul could you please tell us where we can find these books which you shown or how they are called

  • @liubovk1719
    @liubovk1719 4 года назад

    Hello Paul, how to connect with you? I have written you in instagram, but there is no answer.

  • @jenith8476
    @jenith8476 6 лет назад

    i want to kmow about the word limit urgently cuz tommorrow is my exam

  • @sabinastrnadova6917
    @sabinastrnadova6917 6 лет назад +1

    How many words should I write in the essay? Is it strict or just more or less?

    • @PracticeEnglishwithPaul
      @PracticeEnglishwithPaul  6 лет назад

      Hi there) The word limit is stated on the exam paper for each essay. For example, CAE part 1 and 2 it's 260 words. You can get away with 300 but anymore and you could lose marks. A Cambridge examiner will read the entire essay but it could be that some of your input may be irrelevant. It all comes down to good planning.

  • @jessicagarrido9776
    @jessicagarrido9776 6 лет назад

    Is he a native English speaker?

  • @carolinamoyano961
    @carolinamoyano961 7 лет назад +3

    Dear Paul, I made a promise... if I passed the CAE I would kiss your feet!
    wash them and send me location!! hahaha
    thanks a lot for your advice and these great videos!
    xoxoxo

  • @alejourba3022
    @alejourba3022 5 лет назад +1

    Am I the only one who gets too much focused on the writing and forgets about the amount of words?

  • @walexey1985
    @walexey1985 8 лет назад +2

    Few days ago I did FCE, and I wrote around 230-240 words in both parts of the writing paper =/ Will I loose a lot of marks for that?

    • @PracticeEnglishwithPaul
      @PracticeEnglishwithPaul  8 лет назад +1

      walexey1985 it really depends. The examiners will read the whole essay but as long as you compensate yourself with good English, organized essay and you have answered and supported the task, you should be fine)

    • @walexey1985
      @walexey1985 8 лет назад +1

      Other aspects of my work weren't that bad... I hope
      Thank you for such a quick response! Your videos are great.

  • @sergiolecca3467
    @sergiolecca3467 6 лет назад

    hello paul, thank you for your video, it helps me a lot, what happens if I write more than 190 words? Many times I need more than 190 to be exhaustive.Can this attitude affect my final mark?

    • @EnglishToPass
      @EnglishToPass 6 лет назад

      Hi Sergio, the Cambridge examiners have said that doing less or more than the word count does not automatically give you less or more marks. If you do more than 190 words, they will check if all the content is relevant (and you haven't gone off topic) and you might lose some marks for communicative achievement. I hope this helps!

  • @gredet200
    @gredet200 6 лет назад

    Actualy that's sad, becase people luck at your video 5 min before the exam XD

  • @traciamarie9602
    @traciamarie9602 3 года назад

    🥳🥳🥳I finally passed my exam thanks to Mr Clark who helped me with tutoring.He has good tips and questions for everyone willing to join his group.I was recommended to him by a friend even though it took me time to trust in him but at the end I am happy for the good work.I want to take this opportunity to tell you all to join him and trust in him despite the process