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The Changing F A C E of Cambridge Exams

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Friday 10th October & Monday 13th October 2014

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student goals& expectations

parental goals& expectations

coursebookdesign & selection

school curriculum& syllabus

teachingpractice

lesson planning& content

teacher education

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studentprior

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JANUARY 2015


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Reading & Use of English

2008 Reading: (60 min)

Part 1 – 8 question multiple choicePart 2 – 7 question text insertionPart 3 – 15 question multiple matching

2008 Use of English:(45 mins)

Part 1 – 12 question multiple choice clozePart 2 – 12 question open clozePart 3 – 10 question word formationPart 4 – 8 question Key Word Transformations


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Part 1 – 8 question multiple choicePart 2 – 7 question text insertionPart 3 – 15 question multiple matching


Part 1 – 12 question multiple choice clozePart 2 – 12 question open clozePart 3 – 10 question word formationPart 4 – 8 question Key Word Transformations

2015 Reading & Use of English: (75 mins)

Part 1 – 8 question multiple choice clozePart 2 – 8 question open cloze

Part 3 – 8 question word formationPart 4 – 6 question Key Word TransformationsPart 5 – 6 question multiple choicePart 6 – 6 question text insertionPart 7 – 10 question multiple matching


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2015 Reading & Use of English (75 mins)

Part 1 – 8 question multiple choice cloze

Part 2 – 8 question open cloze

Part 3 – 8 question word formation

Part 4 – 6 question Key Word Transformations

Part 5 – 6 question multiple choice

Part 6 – 6 question text insertion

Part 7 – 10 question multiple matching


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2008 2015

Lexical / lexico-grammatical Part 1

Grammatical / lexico-grammatical Part 2

Lexical / lexico-grammatical Part 3

Lexical and grammatical Part 4Detail, opinion, gist, attitude, tone, purpose, main

idea, meaning from context, text organisation (exemplification, comparison, reference)

Part 5

Text structure, cohesion & coherence Part 6

Specific information, detail, opinion & attitude Part 7

CHANGING

FOCUS?


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2008 2015

Lexical / lexico-grammatical Part 1 Vocabulary: e.g. Idioms, collocations, fixed phrases, complementation, phrasal verbs, semantic precision

Grammatical / lexico-grammatical Part 2 Awareness and control of grammar with some focus on vocabulary

Lexical / lexico-grammatical Part 3Vocabulary, in particular the use of affixation, internal changes and compounding in word

formation

Lexical and grammatical Part 4 Grammar, vocabulary and collocation.

Detail, opinion, gist, attitude, tone, purpose, main idea, meaning from context, text organisation

(exemplification, comparison, reference)Part 5

Detail, opinion, attitude, tone, purpose, main idea, gist, meaning from context, implication, text

organisation (exemplification, reference)

Text structure, cohesion & coherence Part 6 Cohesion, coherence, text structure

Specific information, detail, opinion & attitude Part 7 Detail, opinion, specific information, implication


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Writing

2008 Part One 2015 Part One

Letter / email Essay

120-150 Words 140 – 190 words

3 or 4 content points2 content points & candidate’s

own idea

Approx. 160 words of input Shorter, question based input


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Writing

2008 Part Two 2015 Part Two

Five possible questions(including 2 “book” questions)

Three possible questions(no “book” questions)

article, essay, letter, report, review, story

article, email/letter, report, review

120 - 180 words 140 – 190 words


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Listening

IT’S BASICALLY THE SAME.


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Listening


In part three, the multiple matching, there are now 8 possible options to choose from,

as opposed to 6 previously.


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Speaking

2008 2015

Part 1 3 mins 2 mins

Part 2 4 mins(1 min answer / 20 second response)

4 mins(1 min answer / 30 second response)

Part 33 mins

visual based promptdiscuss & decide

2 min & 1 mintext based prompt

discuss (2 mins) & decide (1 min)

Part 4 4 mins4 mins

Now with added speculation...


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Part 1 – 3 texts with 2 multiple choice questions each


Part 3 – 1 text with 7 multiple choice questions






Part 4 – 5 question gapped sentences

Part 4 – 8 question key word transformations


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Part 6 – 4 texts with 4 cross text multiple matching questions




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Part 6 – 4 texts with 4 cross text multiple matching questions



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Writing

2008 Part One 2015 Part One

article / letter / report / proposal Essay

180-220 Words 220 – 260 words

3 or 4 content pointsChoose 2 content points from 3 options. “notes” also available

Up to 150 words of input Length not specified


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Writing

2008 Part Two 2015 Part Two

Five possible questions(including 2 “book” questions)

Three possible questions(no “book” questions)

article, competition entry, contribution, essay, information

sheet, letter, proposalreport, review, story

letter, proposalreport, review

220 - 260 words 220 – 260 words


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Listening



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Listening


In part four, the focus has been expanded from:“Gist, attitude, main points, interpreting context”

to also include:“opinion, purpose and speaker feeling”.


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Speaking

2008 2015

Part 1 3 mins 2 mins

Part 24 mins

(1 min answer / 20 second response)Choose 2 of the 3 pictures

4 mins(1 min answer / 30 second response)

Choose 2 of the 3 pictures

Part 33 mins

visual based promptdiscuss & decide

2 min & 1 mintext based prompt

discuss (2 mins) & decide (1 min)

Part 4 4 mins5 mins

Now with added speculation...


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IMPLICATIONS?


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IMPLICATIONS?meaningbehindwords

greater lexical

focus / range

essay writing skills

focuson

function

criticalthinking

skills

discoursepatterns & structures

discussion&

decision

deeper text evaluation


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student goals& expectations

parental goals& expectations

coursebookdesign & selection

school curriculum& syllabus

teachingpractice

lesson planning& content

teacher education

& development

studentprior

learning



David Petrie



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