Revised Cambridge English: First and Advanced from 2015

I am busy preparing seminars for various sessions in Bilbao (at the British Council) 30th October, 13th and 20th November and in San Sebastian (Lacunza-ih), 15th November.


All of these seminars are related to Cambridge English: First and/or Cambridge English: Advanced, so I thought I'd better check out the revised formats of these two exams.   (The seminars I'm giving are not about the changes but I try and make sure I'm informed in case anyone asks!)

As from January 2015, both exams will change.   Very obvious changes are:

- Candidates will take 4 papers instead of 5.  (The Reading and Use of English papers have been combined into a single paper.)

- Both exams will be shorter in total - Cambridge English: First will take 30 minutes less and  Cambridge English: Advanced will be 45 minutes shorter.

You can access the Specifications and Sample Papers for both exams:

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-qualifications/first/exam-update-for-2015/

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-qualifications/advanced/exam-update-for-2015/

I am going to look at the Sample Papers and Audio Samples in more detail now.  ...

Bye!!!!!!