Learning and exam skills

Roger Woodham gives detailed advice to help improve your writing in exams

What are the differences between the CAE and CPE exams?

Find out what IELTS is and who needs it

Kathey Zheng from China is worried about the writing exam and asks for advice

There are many ways to improve your performance in the speaking exam

Roger Woodham suggests a variety of listening practice activities to help improve your listening skills

Marcos Alonso from Paraguay asks how he can improve his acccent for his FCE speaking exam

Amy Lightfoot answers a question from Margarida Dourado in Brazil about how to improve listening skills.

Is it better to learn lists of words or to learn words from reading texts?

Understanding how you like to learn will improve your learning skills

Roger Woodham explains how to improve your vocabulary through reading comprehension activities

Choose stories that grip your attention, and ones with straighforward plots

Tips on how to improve your understanding of texts and your answers to comprehension tasks

Brinda Raymahasay from India would like to know how to answer long, essay type questions

There are many conventions to follow when you write a business letter

Muhamed Maiwada from Nigeria wants to know about 'typos, mangled sentences and cliches.'

There are many conventions to follow when you write a business letter