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Students of 2nd of Bat get the Certificate of Advanced English by Cambridge University

Entrevistes d'Albert Chacón, Andrea Gaviria i Anna Stapleton. Col·laboració de Cori Fernández. Fotografia d'Isabel Castro

A. The most difficult part for me was the use of English, and also the grammar.

 

Q. Do you think that having the Advance will help you in the future? How?

A. Yes, because I think the First Certificate is a standard level and now a days everybody has it, but Advanced is like the next level, and it is more related to professional people who wants to be an English teacher or something related with that.

 

Q. Were you nervous while you were doing the exam?

A. I wasn’t nervous on the first part of the exam, which was reading and use of English, but 5 or 10 minutes before the speaking exam I was quite nervous, because on FCE the topics are more related with schools, but in Advanced the topics are more difficult.

 

Q. Do you think you did the exam the best you could or you could have done it better?

A. I think that I could have managed the time better, because I used 1 hour in reading and 30 minutes of Use of English, but if I had known it before, I would have done the Use of English first, so then I could have done the reading better and with more time.

 

Q. Do you do English classes apart from the classes at school?

A. Yes, I started doing English classes apart of school when I was 10 but they were more for fun , and I started doing serious classes about four years ago.

 

Q.If you do, how often do you have English classes outside the school?

A. Once a week, but two months before the exam I used to go twice a week.

Adrián Rigal

QUESTION. Which Cambridge level have you done?

ANSWER. I’ve done the Advanced level

 

Q. How much time have you been preparing the exam?

A. I’ve been preparing it for about 1 year.

Q. Did you find the exam difficult?

A. I went there to do the exam because I felt ready, so it was easy.

Q. When did you take the FCE?

A. I took it when I was 16, so 1 year ago.

Q. Did you take the PET?

A. Yes, 2 years ago.

 

Q. How much did you pay for the exam?

A. I payed 189€ for the exam.

 

Q. Where did you do the exam?

A. I did it in Reus.

 

Q. How much time did the exam last for?

A. There were three parts, one was an hour and a half, the other one was 45 minutes, the other one was one hour and a half, and the speaking 20 minutes, so 4 hours.

 

Q. Which is the most difficult part of the exam?

A. The listening, because it was difficult to understand.

 

Q. Do you think that having the Advanced will help you in the future? How?

A. Yes, it will help me, because when you are looking for a job, they ask you to show your level, and with this you can prove it.

 

Q. Were you nervous while you were doing the exam?

A. Yes, I didn’t want to fail, because it’s expensive.

 

Q. Do you think you did the exam the best you could or you could have done it better?

A. I think I did the exam the best I could, but if I had known some things before, I would have done some things different.

 

Q. Do you do English classes apart from the classes at school?

A. Not anymore, but when I was preparing for the exam I did.

 

Q. If you do, how often do you have English classes outside the school?

A. Once a week, one hour and a half.

Víctor Cantera

QUESTION. Which Cambridge level have you done?

ANSWER. I’ve done the C1 level, also known as Advanced. (CAE Certificate in Advanced English)

Q. How much time have you been preparing the exam?

A. I’ve been preparing this exam for a year and a half, but I’ve been preparing for English Exams since I was twelve years old, so I’ve been studying English for 5 years now.

 

Q. Did you find the exam difficult?

A. Some parts yes, but it depends on each person, because I found some writing and speaking parts quite easy, but reading and use of English weren’t that easy.

 

Q.When did you take the FCE?

A. I took the FCE last year in February.

 

Q.Did you take the PET?

A. Yes I started with PET and now the Advance.

Q. How much did you pay for the exam?

A. I paid 200 euros for the C1, and also 200 euros for the FCE. The PET “only” cost 150 euros.

 

Q. Where did you do the exam?

A. I did it in Reus.

 

Q. How much time did the exam last for?

A. It began at 9 o’clock in the morning and it lasted until half past two, so they were 5 hours approximately.

Q. Which is  the most difficult part of the exam?

 

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