Useful vocabulary that you have to use in Advanced Level.

Personal Identification, Physical Aspect, Character, Personality
Home, Neighbourhood, City
Daily Life Activities, Work, Career
Leisure Time, Sports, Hobbies, Arts, Media
Travel & Transport
Relationships, Humans and Society
Health
Education
Shopping, Trade
Food
Law, Politics, Banks
Language, Information, Communication
Weather, Nature and Environment
IT (Information Technologies) and Science

Animal idioms and some more on different fields( business, time, money, body....and so on..)

Animal idioms

Some more popular idioms on different semantic fields

Great site to learn idioms, phrasal verbs, colloquial stuff used by native speakers  (I did recommend it to you a few months ago,.. just in case you can't find it.)

A Buzzword? You said what? Find out for yourself...

 

A buzzword is a word or phrase that becomes very popular for a period of time. It may be a technical term and may have little meaning, being simply used to impress others. Buzzwords often originate in jargon, acronyms, or neologisms. (Wikipedia)

BuzzWords

Sites to practise English online and language exchange meet-ups in pubs in Valencia

ORAL PRACTICE…

Oral test time is coming and I know many of you are getting nervous. So here are some ways to improve your speaking skills.

If you have the time and the energy to go to a real live Language Exchange meeting in Valencia –

CLICK HERE TO FIND A “TANDEM” (classified by day of the week)

If, on the other hand, you would rather chat online, then 

CLICK HERE TO SEE A LIST OF ONLINE CONVERSATION EXCHANGE WEBSITES

I HOPE THIS IS OF INTEREST TO YOU.  

CHEER UP – YOU ARE ALMOST THERE!!!

Some extra work on CLEFT SENTENCES (IT/WHAT CLAUSES)

   BBC Ask about English  (A more detailed explanation  of cleft sentences)
Exercise 1  Exercise 2 Exercise 3

DIALOGUE CARDS for practice

Hi everyone,
Here's some dialogue cards for you to start getting  some practice. Also you have some  TIPS to do well in the dialogue as well as  the CRITERIA used by examiners in Certificacion in Valencian Community last year.

Card 1A
Card 1B

Card 2A
Card 2B

Card 3A
Card 3B

Card 4A
Card 4B

Card 5A
Card 5B

Card 6A
Card 6B

Card 7A
Card 7B

Card 8A
Card 8B

Card 9A
Card 9B

Some ORAL EXAM FEEDBACK

Here is some advice on how to improve your performance during role plays:

1.-Read the rubric well and get into the character you are playing. Take a pen and make a note of keywords.If it says you and your partner this is a euphemism for a couple. So act as a member of a couple even if it is the first time in your life you see the person in front of you. Get into your role.

 
2.-Start the conversation by stating what the situation is, so that is clear you both understand what you are doing eg. As you know we have just had a medical check up and my results were terrible, so my doctor has recommended a change in lifestyle so I was thinking….

3.-Make sure you interact and ask questions eg What is your opinion on this point? or How do you feel about living in the outskirsts? etc, make comments Hummm quite an interesting idea! or Hum I hadn´t looked at it that way etc and of course take turns don´t take over the whole conversation and react to what the other person is saying: Do you really believe that? or Great I never thought about 
that! etc
4. Don´t talk about all your points at once, but state one and explain or justify your opinion. Illustrate with an example: I have been considering taking up dancing , I did salsa lessons once  and found it really therapeutic, exercising to music. You should try it.

5.-The points in the card are only a guidance you can think outside the box and add other arguments and suggestions.
 
6.- Don´t make the most terrible mistakes:

I am agree or the people is

or else…

Here you can see the criteria we followed last year when we marked your exam.
Take a look so you can see what examiners are looking for.