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| Cheshire_Cat Triglot Newbie Germany Joined 5114 days ago 17 posts - 23 votes Speaks: German*, English, Russian Studies: Dari, Spanish, Arabic (Written), Norwegian, Mandarin, Mongolian, Estonian | Message 1 of 5 11 May 2010 at 4:50pm | IP Logged |
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I'm planning to do the CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English (Niveau C2) this year in November.
Now my problem is that I'm not sure how I should prepare for that without attending a (very expensive) course. Thus I'm looking for some good self-study material that really prepares me for the exam. Does anyone know some books or programmes that could help me? Or maybe someone knows other helpful methods (like, for example, reading certain books that require around C2 to understand them...)...? I'd be very grateful for any help! Edited by Cheshire_Cat on 11 May 2010 at 4:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Frieza Triglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5148 days ago 102 posts - 137 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 5 11 May 2010 at 5:44pm | IP Logged |
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Hi, there!
I took the exam about two years ago. At the time I attended a 30-hour course at the local British Council. It was a bit expensive (over € 300 as far as I remember) but I really enjoyed it. With the enrolment we also got a workbook essentially consisting of four complete exams with detailed solutions and explanations. We were suggested to use the book on our own and so I did. I also bought two advanced learner's dictionaries (Oxford and Longman) and read some of their explanation boxes, besides having done some of the exercises on the cd (the Longman one has specific exercises for the CPE). Firstly, I'd suggest you to take a look at the CPE's website and see how you manage with the sample papers: CPE Page Edited by Frieza on 13 May 2010 at 1:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Iwwersetzerin Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member Luxembourg Joined 5464 days ago 259 posts - 513 votes Speaks: French*, Luxembourgish*, GermanC2, EnglishC2, SpanishC2, DutchC1, ItalianC1 Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 3 of 5 11 May 2010 at 9:27pm | IP Logged |
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Hi,
I took the exam about a year and a half ago and I would definitely also recommend you have a look at the CPE website that was already mentioned and do the sample papers as the actual exam will be very similar and they give you a good idea on what to expect. The writing part contains a question on set texts. Each year, there are 2 or 3 different books as set texts (you can find out which ones on the CPE website). You don't necessarily have to read them, as you have various topics to choose from, but I think that it is a definite advantage to read all of the texts and have them fresh in your mind for the exam as it will give you a much broader choice as to which question to answer. I found the other topics to be totally uninspiring and I was glad I had read the books and could answer a question on a book I had actually greatly enjoyed. I got my best mark in this part of the exam and it earned me a grade A! I also found the following book to be helpful: Common mistakes at proficiency and how to avoid them Good luck! Edited by Iwwersetzerin on 13 May 2010 at 1:53pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Frieza Triglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5148 days ago 102 posts - 137 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German | Message 4 of 5 13 May 2010 at 1:04pm | IP Logged |
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The workbook I mentioned was this one by the way:
New Proficiency Testbuilder 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5829 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 5 of 5 13 May 2010 at 11:03pm | IP Logged |
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Try this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cambridge-Certificate-Proficiency-En glish-Students/dp/0521672759/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid= 1273784559&sr=8-1
Worked for me ^_^. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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