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Proposed timetable for Advanced One Exams. January 2011.

Do you study intensively before an exam? Do you know your strengths and weaknesses in English? Don't forget these tests are to help you in your learning process.

Monday 24^th January at 18:00 and Tuesday 25^th at 16:00:   

Written expression and interaction.  105 mins.

Task One: reply to an email. 150 words. See SB Page 17 to revise format.                                                         

Task Two: opinion essay. 250 words. See SB Page 49 for model.

Wednesday 26^th January at 18:00 and Thursday 27^th at 16:00:         

Reading comprehension.  90 minutes.

Task One: True / False / Doesn’t say.

Task Two: inserting a paragraph.

Task Three: inserting a word in a text.

Wednesday 26^th January at 19:40 and Thursday 27^th at 17:40:                                     

Oral exam for 2 candidates.

Task One:  monologue - 4 minutes.

Task Two: interaction - 6 minutes.

Friday 28^th January at 18:00 and Tuesday 1^st Feb at 16:00:                

Listening comprehension.  45 minutes.

Task One: matching activity.

Task Two: gap fill.

Task Three: choose correct option.

Friday 28^th January at 19:00 and Tuesday 1^st Feb at 17:00:                              

Oral exam for 6 candidates.

Task One:  monologue - 4 minutes.

Task Two: interaction - 6 minutes.

Monday 31^st Jan at 18:00 and Thursday 3^rd Feb at 16:00                   

Remaining oral exams.

Themes include: the future, personality, psychic power, health, stress, national stereotypes, clothes and fashion, air travel, travel in general, crime and punishment, weather, taking risks and the environment.