CPE Writing

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I ´m considering sitting for CPE exam last year. Because of that I am attending a course four hours a month every two Saturdays.

We mainly do exercises and see some tips about writing, but, is this all? Shouldn´t the teacher give as a well-prepared class as any other English one?

I´m also finding problems in my writings, mainly grammar, how can I improve it?

I`m from Argentina,

Thanks a lot!

Tanit · Accepted Answer

Hello,

AnonymousI ´m considering sitting for CPE exam last year.

Maybe next year?

Does your course only focus on the writing paper? If it does, it is surely quite a lot of preparation for one part only!

Did the teacher cover all of the six types of tasks (article, essay, proposal, report, formal letter, review) that can appear in the CPE writing paper?
Did the course deal with issues such as accuracy, relevancy, format and layout, register, effect on the target reader?

Have you learnt how to organise the input materials given for the compulsory piece of writing (paper 2, part 1) and how to plan your composition so as not to run out of time?

For some useful and quick information about the CPE writing, you might want to have a look at http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teach/cpe/writing/index.htm. For a more detailed (and extremely clear) explanation of the writing paper and some advice on how to prepare this part, I think http://www.cambridgeesol.org/assets/pdf/resources/teacher/cpe_handbook.pdf is great (pages 18-22) (Warning: the link opens a pdf file of approximately 3.4Mb).

Best of luck with your preparation and (especially!) with your exam!

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