Avoiding Making Mistakes in Cambridge English: First Paper 2 Writing

Myself and the rest of the Presenter Team are busy busy right now.  For the next two Fridays, I'll be going to San Sebastian to give seminars, then I'll be popping across to Rome to talk at the International House Young Learners Conference at the beginning of March as well as giving a seminar here in Santander and in Miranda del Ebro and at Deusto University.  Phew!!!

Find out where we'll be by clicking here.

As always, when I'm preparing for these sessions, I come across some great material and ideas on the web.  I saved one of them and made a note to myself to share it with you here!

It's a pdf document from one of my favourite sites for materials to prepare students for First, Advanced and Proficiency:  flo-joe.

It's not new (dated 2005), but it contains some very useful advice for students when taking Paper 2 (Writing).

Get your students to read it (and read it through the day before the exam to remind themselves) and work on suggestions like planning and paraphrasing in class.  

Right, back to seminar preparation now .......