ECPE listening advice on YouTube

                 ECPE LISTENING-Part 1               


                 ECPE LISTENING- Part 2               


                 ECPE LISTENING-PART 3               

The Death Penalty: Read about the case we talked about

http://markaki-literature.blogspot.gr/2015/05/the-death-penalty.html

ECPE WRITING

All link collection:

http://markaki-students.blogspot.gr/2009/11/useful-ecpe-links.html

 

 

Specifically about writing:

 

Scoring system

http://www.cambridgemichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ECPE-Rating-Scale-Writing.pdf

 

Essays corrected by trained raters

http://www.cambridgemichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ECPE-Writing-Benchmarks.pdf

Sample texts and tips:

 

http://michiganecpeprep.blogspot.gr/2010/12/writing-outline-advantages-and.html

 

http://www.grivas.gr/assets/files/samples/ecpe_exams/WRITING_SKILLS_ECPE_St.pdf

 

http://www.cambridgemichigan.org/sites/default/files/resources/Enhanced2014/ECPE-Enhanced-Results-Writing-2014.pdf

 

http://www.learnenglish.gr/index.php/en/resources/ecpe-example-essays

 

http://www.grapsa.edu.gr/UserFiles/lessons_material/english/pr2%20let's%20keep%20writing%20(10-2013).doc

Useful Vocabulary :-)

• Notorious word lists, addling phrasal-verbs, vexing collocations and (last but not least) audacious idioms!! 

• An of course.....synonyms and antonyms!!!

Links

NPR: http://markaki-students.blogspot.gr/2014/09/listening-practice-at-home-with-npr.html

World hunger: http://markaki-students.blogspot.gr/2009/04/blog-post.html

Global warming: Links to explore before writing the essay

Videos: http://markaki-literature.blogspot.gr/2013/08/2-interesting-videos-on-global-warming.html

Reading: http://markaki-literature.blogspot.gr/2013/08/reading-global-warming.html

The Death Penalty

All links http://markaki-literature.blogspot.gr/search/label/Death%20Penalty 

The case we talked about can be found here.

Other controversial death row cases

Grammar practice: Tenses and stative verbs

Activities on stative verbs

Tenses quiz 1

Tenses quiz 2

Tenses quiz 3

Basic tenses activity

 

ECPE SPEAKING LINKS

http://markaki-students.blogspot.gr/2014/11/ecpe-speaking-links.html 

Grammar quiz

http://60secondquiz.cambridge.org/index.php?r=site/quiz

Test your knowledge!

More links on the death penalty

Missouri poised to execute sixth inmate in 2014 despite fresh doubts (Guardian article)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Death Penalty (HBO) (funny video)

Halloween links you can explore

The Visual History of Halloween

A short text with compehension questions

Video: In 1 minute 20 seconds you can turn the word bat into just that!

Photos of this celebration on The New York Times.

Test your knowledge with a quiz!

Online tests and other links

Here is a list of links aiming at helping present or future candidates as well as teachers in their exploration of online resources.

The main ECPE page (Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English)

Sample essays from the writing section: corrected by trained raters

Free grammar online quiz on examenglish.com

Free online reading, cloze, grammar and vocabulary tests on www.fullspate.net

More links here:

http://markaki-students.blogspot.gr/2009/11/useful-ecpe-links.html