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= Cambridge Advanced English Exam = Welcome to the page for the CAE Exam. On this page you can find the resources we use in class, the answers to homework assignments and links to helpful websites. This page is curr entlyunder development. More information will appear here soon.

toc =Exam Information and Useful Websites = Find below a series of useful links that will give you practical information about the exam: [|Cambridge Exams - CAE] [|Information about the exam] [|Teachers' Resources - Listening Files and Examiners' Reports]

= Useful Resources = There are many websites on the internet that you can use for exam practise. Find below just a few that I have found. If you have found more that are useful, let me know!

Help for all papers:
[|Exam English] [|Floejoe.co.uk] [|English-online.co.uk]

= CAE Course: Class Resources = Lesson 1 - Monday 21st March (Advertising) Videos: media type="youtube" key="Y-oh1PtLtVA" height="195" width="320" media type="youtube" key="KvfbzwNzaWs" height="273" width="288"

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__** Homework Assignment: (UPDATED 24/3/2011) **__ 1. Read the blog, found in the following link: [|A Designer's Ramblings] 2. Look up the meaning for the following useful expressions. Try to decide if these expressions are formal or informal.

Making a pact with the devil Gullible This seems all well and good Voiced strong concerns To go under It turned out To move the goal posts Bumpkins To blunder To be on its ear One can only shrug and sigh No go areas.

3. What is the writer's overall opinion?

Lesson 2 - Monday 31st March (The purpose of Art) 1. What is art?
 * Some examples from google:
 * The products of human creativity; works of art collectively
 * The creation of beautiful or significant things
 * A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
 * Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings.
 * Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature; The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic ...
 * [|What is art? What is an artist?]

2. Is this art?

3. So is there a limit to art? media type="custom" key="8824148"
 * What is Stephen Berkof's main argument? Take notes and try to follow his line of argument.

**__Homework Assignment:__** Imagine you are an art critic. You have been invited to offer your judgment on two art exhibitions. The first art exhibition is called 'The Renaissance in England', the second is called 'Art in the 20th Century'. Write a review comparing the two exhibitions. //Write between 220 and 260 words. Use CAE Pg 138-9 to help you.//

Lesson 3 - Monday 4th April 2011 (The future of Nuclear) 1. How aware are you? 2. What happened in Japan?
 * You hear two people talking about the environment and the natural world. Choose the best answer which fits best according to what you hear:
 * EXTRACT ONE: The man thinks that awareness of the natural world and environmental issues is:
 * A. Not very important
 * B. Nothing to do with him
 * C. Irrelevant because it's too late to do anything
 * EXTRACT TWO: The woman thinks that awareness of the natural world and environmental issues is:
 * A. Quite important
 * B. Something that she can help with
 * C. Something everyone should have
 * Watch the video and take notes on what you see. Try to be as detailed as possible:

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3. The future of nuclear power in the UK.
 * What does Simon Hughes think the future of nuclear power is? Simon Hughes on Nuclear Power
 * What are the arguments supporting nuclear power? [|Focus Earth - Nuclear Power]

**__Homework:__** 1. CAE Result Page 142 Exercise 2: MULTIPLE MATCHING 2. Write a discursive essay on the future of nuclear power. Remember that your argument should be BALANCED. CAE Result page 164 will help you. //Write between 220 and 260 words//.

Lesson 6 - Monday 2nd June (Festivals, Traditions and National Institutions) 1. Guess the festivals: Mystery festival one:

Mystery Festival two:

2. Reading: The Royals: an institution worth keeping? [|Paul Vallely: The Monarchy Moves in Mysterious Ways] Highlights of the Royal Wedding

Lesson 7 - Monday 9th May 2011 (Predicting the future) 1. Making Predictions __Speaking Exam: Part II__ Look at the pictures below. Explain how people might predict things. What are the consequences of this prediction?

2. What's the likelihood? ( Speaking Exam: Part IV) What is the likelihood of the following happening in our lifetime?
 * Oil reaches the same value as gold.
 * There is nuclear armageddon.
 * America loses its position as a superpower.

3. What does the future hold? (Listening Exam: Part III Following an argument) media type="youtube" key="TR-khvbRjmc" height="271" width="431"media type="youtube" key="1kyZ_jGYl50" height="271" width="297"
 * Decide if the videos are PESSIMISTIC/ OPTIMISTIC about the future.
 * What do they think the future will hold?

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__Reading Exam: Part I Themed Texts__ [|What does the future hold? BBC Article]

__**Homework: Due Mon 17th May**__ You are asked to write an article for young people about humanity's prospects for the future. Write between 220 and 260words.

Lesson 9: Monday 16th May 2011 (Animals and their Protection)

1. Vocabulary: Look at the pictures below. Label as many parts of the animal as you can:

2. What is the best way to protect endangered species? media type="custom" key="9414614" [|Protecting Endangered Species With Legislation] media type="custom" key="9414438" __ **Homework:Due 23/05/2011** __ You are a government advisor, working in the department for International Development. The department is currently reviewing its policy towards funding the protection of endangered species. Write a ** report ** on an investigation into the possibilities, concluding with a final recommendation. Write between 220 and 260 words.

Lesson: Monday 30th May (Wikileaks and the future of Information) 1. What information should be 'in the public domain'? 2. What information should we have the choice to publish? 3. What information should we never publish? Does this change on an (inter)national level?

Wikileaks - the ultimate expression of freedom of information? media type="custom" key="9602632"

= Miscellaneous Resources = The important thing to remember about the CAE Exam is that it is a test of to what extent you have immersed yourself in the English language. 