C1 ADVANCED CAMBRIDGE SPEAKING TEST - FULL CLASS WITH TIPS FEEDBACK | CAE SPEAKING TEST | CAE TIPS

In this special video, you have the opportunity to observe two C1 Advanced students practicing the CAE speaking test with tips and feedback from both the teacher (me) and the students (Lina and Alex)
We practice all four parts of the speaking paper of the Cambridge C1 Advanced exam in order to help you develop a strategy, get used to the timing of each part and to understand how to interact with your partner in this tricky part of the CAE exam.
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Thanks again to Lina and Alex for agreeing to let me share their class with the millions in the KZbin universe!
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[@duongphuc3938]

Hi Ben, as an examiner for cambridge esol and a test-taker of C1 and C2 myself, it s great that you can cover all the prompts, but it is by no means a MUST!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thank you, Duong. Yes, I've learnt that recently. I was misinformed at the time of making the video. I still I think it's a good strategy to try not to spend too much time on one prompt but, as you say, it's not compulsory to cover all of them. I'm going to pin your comment, if that's ok with you.

[@elianafrancomarin]

More than an exam it sounded like a really pleasant conversation. Awesome example on how an oral exam should be. Thank you!🌷

[@Crisguay]

I'm impressed! Good acting from both girls... I just envy their confidence to give their opinions and use all these expressions, which I know perfectly well but don't come to my mind when I need them... 🥶 It's lack of practice, I also know perfectly ☺

[@chiaral6582]

It would be interesting if you answered the questions, because we could see an ideal version of the exam

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I do that in one of my other videos. I can't remember which one now... I'll get back to you 🙂

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ_HqZ2CiZJkoNU

[@chiaral6582]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. ok, thanks 😁

[@justateacher7527]

Good job, girls! Ben, it’s always a pleasure to see your classes, thank you too!

[@obserwatorrzeczywistosci1402]

You do it Ben with big passion, I admire you!

[@inglestaemtudo]

Thank you very much for posting this class! It's been very helpful!

[@olgadrozhenko6502]

Super! Thank you all a lot!

[@ewalewandowska8049]

I really enjoyed that video! Girls are amazing!! It's fantastic how great conversation partners they are! I wish to have one of them on my exam 😂 Thank you so much for sharing this ❤️ it helped a lot!! All the best and I'm so appreciated for all you do Ben!! ❤️

[@user-lx7zk8eh3t]

That was really enjoyable! Thanks for sharing!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you liked it!

[@fritznerjoseph8442]

have a crush on Alexandra's answers, pretty cool and awesome. thanks for shawring.

[@mapogo5048]

Magnificent Ben, you have done an exeedingly job with these two smart and beautiful girls. I really apreciate it.

[@antoniolupia9787]

Thank you, it was very useful.

[@hatsoffschool]

I recently discovered your channel and I can't look at anything else, I think what you're offering us is pure gold. Thank you for your valuable content that helps me to improve my speaking. You're amazing! Thank you, Ben! Alex from Romania

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks for your comment, Alex. I'm glad you like my videos 🙂

[@dariorobson]

I loved it!!

[@strella861]

Loved this! thank you very much for these videos. They're really helpful. It's also nice to see how much you encouraged them and were supportive of their answers

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you liked it, Alesia! 🙂

[@helloenglish6414]

I like the conversation

[@mohsul772]

I appreciate really useful for me and a ther students as well

[@alinetorrespsi]

The video was tremendously helpful as I've been training to take the CAE exam in December. Thank you very much. However, it was the dogs' appearance in the final part that I loved the most!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😃 Dogs always manage to steal the show!

[@MaryMarie666]

Thank you so much for doing this! It really helped me

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's great! I'm really glad I could help. Thanks for your comment 🙂

[@brunavidal561]

Did you pass? I’m taking it in a couple of days and don’t know what to think

[@MaryMarie666]

@@brunavidal561 Sadly, I won't know until August, 10th. You'll be fine, though. Try not to stress yourself to death over it, positive attitude helps so much (the interlocutor smiled a lot during my speaking exam and made the whole experience easier) ❤

[@mohsul772]

it's really really useful well done 👏 ✔️

[@ariannevaldez6120]

My exam is next week and the conversations helped me to relax and see more vocabulary, they were very good :) Thank you so much Ben for your videos, we learn a lot from your tips 😃

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Glad you found it useful 🙂

[@alexcristian1536]

How it went up

[@lara9635]

Quite helpful! Thank you very much

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Happy to help! 🙂

[@marceladumitrufilip]

Hi there! In Spanish we say, Yo me desplazó al trabajo todos los días en autobús. I commute to work every day by bus 😀 Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸

[@silviamongeroffarello126]

Hello, this is great, I'm a teacher and we'll use this vídeo tomorrow morning with two girls who are sitting for the CAE this month. Thanks!!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! I hope the find it useful!

[@momcilomrkaic2214]

I have my CAE exam tomorrow, this is of great help to relax me, continue the good work

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! Good with the exam tomorrow!

[@sofiansorin3632]

Hi, how was the exam? I have mine in about 3 days and I can't wait to be done with it.

[@momcilomrkaic2214]

@@sofiansorin3632 it went great, I finished reading in like 45min and use of english in 15 and then I had time to check everything. Writing I hope also went great I used inversions and 3. Conditional and present perfect continues. Listening was the last part I had and it was a little harder than usual because I did it after everything else and I had 0 concentration but I did listening fine as well. I was afraid of speaking the most, but you shouldn't be. You just go in there people who test you are very pleasent and just speak do not stop if you can't remember the word and it will be fine. Good luck!

[@darioxbrow9223]

Hey Ben, I think you should consider making a video about "a few alternatives to what do you think / I agree with you". Listening to them every single time someone speaks is very tedious, I make that mistake too, but it'd be very nice of you to make such video. Thanks in advance and have a good one :)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks. I'll look into making that video 👍

[@tanya7160]

Hi Ben! I'm wondering if you are going to post any similar videos the other day. They are extremely helpful!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes. I plan to make more of this type of video in the new year.

[@nepenthes1978]

How I would've described those pictures: Right off the bat, what strikes me most about those three images is that they all show some sort of military troops, or law inforcement officials, if you will. That's what they have in common. As for how they differ, I could almost rearrange them in a different order and it would make that pretty obvious. 1C woud be first, then 1A, followed by 1B. So like I said, they are military officials, but from different times. One from what looks like the middle age, one from the present, and one from (what people of the past assumed it would be like) the future. Naturally to us, those robots look more like walking cans of food and nothing like what we image they'll look like in the future. Thus, these are all action TV shows about the "fight" between good and evil, even though we know the line between these two opposing forces can be pretty thin and relative. In the one from our current times, for instance, I get a feeling the girl might have been wrongly arrested, for some reason.

[@arischilo8809]

Hi Ben, Tomorrow is my time...FCE I'm so scared :D I'm so envious of Alexandra, she said she's been learning English for more than 20 years... I started only 4 years ago... Please, wish me "good luck" :D Thanks a lot for this video

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You'll be fine... don't be scared, be prepared! 🙂🕺 (and, good luck!)

[@elenavizzi3364]

Thank you all for providing an opportunity to see how would be a speaking test.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@giovani9277]

Both candidates were perfect, at least for me.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

They both passed so, although not perfect, very good students. 🙂

[@jcr1138]

I suppose Alexandra should use other words than suppose. XD Great example of the speaking part and with feedback!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

We all have our crutch words 🙂

[@jcr1138]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. I know. In the test, the words we use more frequently, are the ones that will come out.

[@piedadlorenserrano196]

Teacher Ben, thanks a bunch. This video is useful for training my English skills. There were some words I couldn't understand. However, I got it. I need to do my international English in September. I have all this month for training. :) God bless you. :) Regards from Colombia. Could you write the word that doesn't have traduction in Spanish? You mentioned that at 17:00 minute

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

The word was "commute" which means to travel to and from work.

[@juanantoniomartinezsegarra598]

During a trip to another country I trully believe that is important to follow habits and customs people there have. In other words “where in Rome do as the Romans do”

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

10 ways to agree and disagree in English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5-knputo62FsNU

[@duongphuc3938]

Hope that it can help!

[@nepenthes1978]

Hey, Ben, if I might ask, how could I make a video like this with you? I'd love to see if I have a chance of passing this exam. They are pretty pricey over here and not making it the first time woud be a disaster for me. Thanks for posting this!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I'll keep you in mind if I decide to make another video like this 👍

[@user-rs1fc3ow3v]

Hey Ben) do you teach lessons in the zoom ?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Hi! Yes, I do. I offer various options. You can contact me via Telegram t.me/BenGillTTP or email [e-mail]

[@rossellaleonardi2908]

They could have done slightly better but I understand because it's easy to judge when you're not the one sitting the exam.

[@user-nj7og8lb3i]

Thanks a lot for sharing the video! I have 2 questions: 1. how did the girl perform at the exam? 2. part 3. what's better: to discuss 2-3 points carefully developing each other's ideas or cover all 5 but not that deep?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

1. They both passed! 2. The most importantly thing is that you don't repeat yourself or your partner and you give the examiner new content to mark. I recommend you discuss at least three of the prompts

[@user-nj7og8lb3i]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you very much for answering! :)

[@sofiansorin3632]

Hi Ben, I was wondering about part 2, since there are 3 pictures should i start with " I would like to chose the first and third picture"(for example) and then compare them? Or should I start with "both pictures.... "But not actually say which of them i chose I'm very confused about this and i would really appreciate the help! Thanks in advance

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Just start speaking about the pictures. It should be clear from what you say which pictures you're referring to.

[@darioxbrow9223]

Did they end up passing the exam?

[@marcomadru8343]

Thanks to all three of you! Did the girls pass the exam? I suppose they did. ;-)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes! They both passed with flying colours 🕺

[@_justapersoninthisworld_]

It's 11.20 right now and my exam starts at 12.50😢

[@amandacristina-wz2sp]

My CAE speaking test was yesterday and I was so nervous so now I am very scared to get a terrible grade :(

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Well, it probably wasn't as bad as you think. But, you can't do anything about it now so... forget about it until you get the results!

[@GabrielSantos-bc6bw]

In part 2. There is 3 pictures and i have to compare 2? Is that?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's right

[@billysansan5990]

commute in Spanish : desplazarse

[@dehondvandeburen7800]

Can you tell me if the level of Lina is the average c1 level or a bit higher than usually? Alexandra is just talking like a native imo..

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

They both passed the C1 exam with good scores and are now preparing for the C2.

[@dehondvandeburen7800]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. ots interesting to see the difference between speakers of c1 and c2... And the difference in a weak c1 and a strong c1... I use this videos to train for other foreign language exams and my English is horrible so dont mention my messages))

[@Achi567]

Those pretty people

[@queensenglish123]

If I close my eyes I hear Freddy Mercury speaking. Are you guys from the same part of England?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

More or less. The South East of England

[@helloenglish6414]

Why are say saying in both pictures, there are three pictures, actually. Or should we answer like that

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Because you must speak about two of the three photos

[@valeriyaesl3332]

How could I join your classes?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I was going to suggest that you join the Telegram group but you already have. 😁👍

[@nizgottherizz]

I suppose 😩

[@Pomy_Beats]

I don't wanna be harsh but these 2 ladies' level and knowledge is around B1 to be honest.

[@giovanbattistafichera8439]

Your stress on the word "interlocutor" is misplaced. It's interLOcutor, not interloCUtor.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

That's right. It was a slip

[@fritznerjoseph8442]

I suppose all the times sounds nothing pleasant as far as I can have a look at. More synonyms and advanced words are needed instead

[@andreschun2308]

Did Alex notice that she said " I suppose" countless times? I hope she didn't do it in the exam🤣

[@sil3418]

They say "I suppose' quite a lot

[@Maria-tl1lm]

In the first picture we can see a woman WHICH... Excuse me???? Really???? 🙄🙄 The Russian doesn't speak well, doesn't speak clearly and makes plenty of mistakes.

[@susanaelisaortega8937]

The blonde lady repeats " I suppose " a lot 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@lanaefremova3443]

As a deputy headmistress I might hire Alexandra, definitely not Lena. The latter sounds out of practice: I mean her accent and vocabulary. Yet, she's sweet.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Both students passed the exam with similar scores.

[@trailcamcr]

¿Prueba de "Hablación"? Maybe your English is la puta hostia, but your Spanish needs a doctor.....

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Are you referring to the automatically translated title? Nothing to do with me. I recommend you change your device settings.

[@trailcamcr]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. You are right, my apologies, my movile translated it in a very weird way.

[@donthate1529]

She’s an English teacher? Lmao what’s wrong with Russia.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

What's your point, "Dont Hate"?

[@donthate1529]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. just expressed my surprise, can’t imagine an anatomy tutor teaching wrong stuff to medical students. How deluded she is if she genuinely believes she can teach English. Like, I believe that kids in public or private schools deserve a proper education, but of course, with unqualified teachers that’s not what they’ll get. I’ve seen that even in developing countries, teachers are actually “teachers”. I can even give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she’s teaching kids in kindergarten, but, there is no such thing as people with proficiency level of b2 teaching those who have a1-a2 level, at least as far as I’m concerned. Anyway no hatred towards anyone, just found this situation a little bit amusing. Peace

[@lanaefremova3443]

Both of them are teachers

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[@100youmiro]

they are squandering your precious time, what a reckless approach