Información FCE - PAPER 5

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PAPER 5 - SPEAKING 

El quinto módulo del FCE (Expresión Oral) consta de 4 partes, en las que los examinados deberán responder a preguntas hechas por los examinadores ya sea solos o en pareja.

Resumen

Time allowed:   14 minutes per pair of candidates
Number of parts:  4
Marks:  20% of total
 
You have to talk:
with the examiner
with the other candidate
on your own

Part 1 (Interview)

What's in Part 1?
Conversation with the examiner. The examiner asks questions and you may have to give information about yourself, talk about past experiences, present circumstances and future plans.
 
What do I have to practise?
Giving information about yourself and expressing your opinion about various topics.
 
How long do we have to speak?
3 minutes.

Part 2 (Long turn)

What's in Part 2?
The examiner gives you a pair of photographs to talk about and you have to speak for 1 minute without interruption. The questions you have to answer about your photographs are written at the top of the page to remind you what you should talk about. When you have finished speaking, your partner then has to answer a short question from the examiner about your photographs.
 
What do I have to practise?
Talking on your own about something: comparing, describing, expressing opinions.
 
How long do we have to speak?
1 minute per candidate.

Part 3 (Collaborative task)

What's in Part 3?
Conversation with the other candidate. The examiner gives you some pictures and a decision-making task to do. You have to talk with the other candidate and make a decision.
 
What do I have to practise?
Exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing, suggesting, speculating, evaluating, reaching a decision through negotiation, etc.
 
How long do we have to speak?
3 minutes

Part 4 (Discussion)

What's in Part 4?
Further discussion with the other candidate about the same topic as the task in Part 3.
 
What do I have to practise?
Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreeing.
 
How long do we have to speak?
4 minutes
 
Fuente: http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/FCE/Papers?paper=Speaking&panel=parts#selectedtab

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Información FCE - PAPER 4

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PAPER 4 - LISTENING

El cuarto módulo del FCE (Comprensión auditiva) cuenta con 4 partes. En cada parte el examinado escuchará una pista de audio y tendrá que responder a las preguntas dadas por cada parte. La pista se reproducirá dos veces para cada parte del módulo.

Resumen

Time allowed:  about 40 minutes
Number of parts:  4
Number of questions:  30
Marks:  20% of total
 

Part 1 (Multiple choice)

What's in Part 1?
A series of short, unrelated recordings of approximately 30 seconds each. You have to listen to the recordings and answer one multiple-choice question per text. Each question has three options (A, B or C).
 
What do I have to practise?
Listening for general meaning (gist), detail, function, purpose, attitude, opinion, relationship, topic, place, situation, genre, agreement, etc.
 
How many questions are there?
8
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Part 2 (Sentence completion)

What's in Part 2?
A monologue or recording with two or more speakers lasting approximately 3 minutes. To answer the questions, you have to complete the sentences on the question paper with information you hear on the recording.
 
What do I have to practise?
Listening for detail, specific information, stated opinion.
 
How many questions are there?
10
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Part 3 (Multiple matching)

What's in Part 3?
A series of statements and short related monologues of approximately 30 seconds each. You listen to the recordings and choose which statement best matches what each speaker says.
 
What do I have to practise?
Listening for general gist, detail, function, purpose, attitude, opinion, relationship, topic, place, situation, genre, agreement, etc.
 
How many questions are there?
5
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Part 4 (Multiple choice)

What's in Part 4?
A monologue or recording with two or more speakers which lasts approximately 3 minutes. You have to listen to the recording and answer seven multiple-choice questions. Each question has three options (A, B or C).
 
What do I have to practise?
Listening for opinion, attitude, gist, main idea, specific information.
 
How many questions are there?
7
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Fuente: http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/FCE/Papers?paper=Listening&panel=parts#selectedtab
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Información FCE - PAPER 3

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PAPER 3 - USE OF ENGLISH

El tercer módulo del FCE (Uso del Inglés) cuenta con cuatro partes, cada una de las cuales presenta diferentes tipos de ejercicios para medir tanto la gramática como el vocabulario del examinado.

Resumen

Time allowed:  45 minutes
Number of parts:  4
Number of questions:  42
Marks:  20% of total
 

Part 1 (Multiple-choice cloze)

What's in Part 1?
A text in which there are some missing words or phrases (gaps). After the text there are four possible answers for each gap and you have to choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
 
What do I have to practise?
Vocabulary - words with similar meanings, collocations, linking phrases, phrasal verbs, etc.
 
How many questions are there?
12
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Part 2 (Open cloze)

What's in Part 2?
A text in which there are some missing words (gaps). You have to find the correct word for each gap.
 
What do I have to practise?
Grammar and vocabulary.
 
How many questions are there?
12
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Part 3 (Word formation)

What's in Part 3?
A text containing ten gaps. Each gap represents a word. At the end of the line is a ‘prompt’ word which you have to change in some way to make the correct missing word and complete the sentence correctly.
 
What do I have to practise?
Vocabulary – word building: the different words which you can make from a ‘base’ word, e.g. ‘compete’ becomes ‘competition’, ‘competitor’, ‘competitive’, competitively’ or ‘uncompetitive’.
 
How many questions are there?
10
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.

Part 4 (Key word transformations)

What's in Part 4?
A sentence followed by a key word and a second sentence which has a gap in it. You have to use the key word to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.
 
What do I have to practise?
Grammar and vocabulary - rewriting sentences with different words so that they mean the same thing.
 
How many questions are there?
8
 
How many marks do I get?
Two marks for each correct answer.
 
Fuente: http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/FCE/Papers?paper=Use%20of%20English&panel=parts#selectedtab
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Información FCE - PAPER 2

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PAPER 2 - WRITING

El segundo módulo del FCE (ESCRITURA) cuenta con dos partes: La primera es una tarea obligatoria, mientras que la segunda presenta opciones que quedan a decisión del examinado.

Resumen

Time allowed:   1 hour 20 minutes
Number of parts:  2
 
Number of questions:  
Part 1: one compulsory question
Part 2: one question from a choice of four
 
Marks:  20% of total
Types of task:  article, email, essay, letter, report, review, story

Paper 2 - Part 1

What's in Part 1?
Some material to read (up to 160 words). You have to write a letter or email using the information in this material.
 
What do I have to practise?
Writing a letter or email. You may have to apologise, compare, describe, explain, express opinions, justify, persuade, recommend, and/or suggest something.
 
How many questions are there?
One compulsory question
 
How much do I have to write?
120-150 words.

Paper 2 - Part 2

What's in Part 2?
A choice of four questions. The answer you have to write will one of the following: an article, an essay, a letter, a report, a review, a story.
 
What about Question 5?
If you read one of the set books and want to write about it, you may decide to try Question 5. You have a choice of two tasks 5 (a) or 5 (b) for this question.
 
What do I have to practise?
Writing different types of text: articles, essays, letters, reports, reviews. Depending on the question, you will have to advise, compare, describe, explain, express opinions, justify and/or recommend something.
 
How many questions are there?
One question from a choice of four.
 
How much do I have to write?
120-180 words
 
Fuente: http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/FCE/Papers?paper=Writing&panel=parts#selectedtab
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Información FCE - PAPER 1

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PAPER 1 - Reading

El primer módulo del FCE (Lectura) consta de tres partes, las cuales buscan medir la comprensión lectora de los examinados.

Resumen

Time allowed:  1 hour
Number of parts:  3
Number of questions: 30
Marks:  20% of the total exam.
Lengths of texts:  550-700 words per text (about 2,000 words to read in total).
Texts may be from:  newspapers and magazine articles, reports, fiction, advertisements, letters, messages, informational material (e.g. brochures, guides, manuals, etc.)
 

Paper 1 - Part 1 (Multiple Choice)

What's in Part 1?
A text with some multiple-choice questions. Each question has four options (A, B, C or D) and you have to decide which the correct answer is.
 
What do I have to practise?
How to understand the details of a text, including opinions and attitudes.
 
How many questions are there?
8
 
How many marks do I get?
Two marks for each correct answer.
 

Paper 1 - Part 2 (Gapped text)

What's in Part 2?
A text with some empty spaces (gaps). After the text there are some sentences or paragraphs. You have to choose the correct sentence or paragraph for each gap.
 
What do I have to practise?
How to understand the structure and follow the development of a text.
 
How many questions are there?
7
 
How many marks do I get?
Two marks for each correct answer.
 

Paper 1 - Part 3 (Multiple matching)

What's in Part 3?
A series of questions and a long text or several short texts to read. For each question, you have to decide which text or part of the text mentions this.
 
What do I have to practise?
How to find specific information in a text or texts.
 
How many questions are there?
15
 
How many marks do I get?
One mark for each correct answer.
 
 Fuente: http://www.candidates.cambridgeesol.org/cs/Help_with_exams/General_English/FCE/Papers?paper=Reading&panel=parts#selectedtab
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