Show Notes
This episode is the final part of our miniseries about the Cambridge exams – the Advanced and the First (also called the CAE and the FCE). This week is all about the writing and listening exams.
Joining me this week is Kevin, a teacher in Everest with lots of experience teaching the Cambridge exams. We give you some tips and advice about improving your writing and listening skills in general, and go through the exam in detail. Along the way you’ll learn lots of useful vocabulary and expressions you can use in the exam.
And don’t forget, if you miss anything, all the tips, vocabulary, grammar and other material is at everestlanguageschool.com/podcast
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