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Learning and exam skills

Questions answered

Choosing a dictionary
Which is the best English-English dictionary for you?
Exams 1: CAE exam writing
Roger Woodham gives detailed advice to help improve your writing in exams
Exams 2: CAE and CPE exams
What are the differences between the CAE and CPE exams?
Exams 3: the IELTS exam
Find out what IELTS is and who needs it
Exams 4: IELTS writing tasks
Kathey Zheng from China is worried about the writing exam and asks for advice
Exams 5: The IELTS speaking test
There are many ways to improve your performance in the speaking exam
Improve listening skills
Roger Woodham suggests a variety of listening practice activities to help improve your listening skills
Improving your accent
Marcos Alonso from Paraguay asks how he can improve his acccent for his FCE speaking exam
Learning new words
Is it better to learn lists of words or to learn words from reading texts?
Learning styles and preferences
Understanding how you like to learn will improve your learning skills
Reading 1: extending vocabulary
Roger Woodham explains how to improve your vocabulary through reading comprehension activities
Reading 2:choosing the best books
Choose stories that grip your attention, and ones with straighforward plots
Reading 3:improving comprehension
Tips on how to improve your understanding of texts and your answers to comprehension tasks
Writing 1: long essays
Brinda Raymahasay from India would like to know how to answer long, essay type questions
Writing 2: business letters
There are many conventions to follow when you write a business letter
Writing 3: types of error
Muhamed Maiwada from Nigeria wants to know about 'typos, mangled sentences and cliches.'
Writing 2: business letters
There are many conventions to follow when you write a business letter
Writing 4: netiquette
Should you open and close a formal emails in the same way as a formal letter?

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