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    Success at Cambridge English: Advanced Writing
    Success at Cambridge English: Advanced Writing
    Success at Cambridge English: Advanced Writing
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    Success at Cambridge English: Advanced Writing

    By Anna Rowe

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    Are you preparing for the Cambridge English: Advanced exam? Do you need help to improve your writing? Then this self-study guide is for you!
    This handy guide is filled with useful tips, commonly asked questions and common mistakes (and how to avoid them). The five original practice tasks include help with target audience, features of the text type and language. The sample answers are annotated and give clear guidance on what students need to do in order to pass the exam. If you are hoping to excel at the CAE Writing test, this is the ONLY guide you'll need.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnna Rowe
    Release dateFeb 28, 2016
    ISBN9781524269197
    Success at Cambridge English: Advanced Writing

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      I enjoyed this short but clear and useful book to prepare the test. I recommend you read and re-read this book to get the most of it. I also learned a lot for my personal use.
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      Great help when preparing for the CAE Writing test. Clear and with useful comments.

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    Success at Cambridge English - Anna Rowe

    Tips for the Cambridge English: Advanced Writing test

    Format of the Writing test

    The Writing test is 1.5 hours long and will come after the Reading and Use of English test and before the Listening test. There’s usually a break between the tests and you might be able to get a coffee or have a few moments in the fresh air. Ask your exam centre about it. Psychologically, it’s always a good idea to know exactly how the day will run.

    Within the 1.5 hours you have to answer two questions. You can spend 45 minutes on each question or you might find that you can do one question in 30 minutes and need a whole hour for the other question. This is entirely up to you, but practise, so you don’t end up spending too much time on Part 1 and then run out of time in Part 2. Most students find they need roughly the same time for both questions. Both parts are worth the same number of marks.

    Part 1 is a compulsory essay question. That means you will definitely have to write an essay. We’ll look at essay writing in more detail in the Guided Practice section.

    In Part 2 you have a choice of three questions. You need to pick ONE of the options. The options that may come up are a letter or an email, a proposal, a report or a review. You won’t know in advance which of these options will come up, so it’s important that you practise all of them.

    Word count

    The word count is clearly stated on your test, so you don’t need to memorise it, but you will need it to practise. You are expected to write 220-260 words for each of the parts, so in total you will have to write 440-520 words in 1.5 hours. If you are taking the test on a computer there will be a word count on your screen, so you can easily see how much you’ve written.

    If you are writing the test on paper you’ll need to know how much space 220-260 words take up in your handwriting. You won’t have time to count words in your exam, so simply count a few of your practice essays and see how many pages you’ll have to write. The exam paper is lined A4 paper. Use similar paper for your practice and you’ll know exactly what you have to aim for.

    Many students get very worried about the word count, but

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