WRITING OVERVIEW - C1 ADVANCED CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAM PREPARATION. CAE EXAM TIPS.

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In this video, I give an overview of the Writing paper of the C1 Advanced Cambridge Engish exam including tips on Time Management, Preparation and information about marking criteria.
In order to pass the CAE exam it's necessary to be as prepared as possible for all the parts, not least the Writing paper.
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[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@Igukigu]

“If your preparation time is limited, less than two months” bro I’m taking the test tomorrow

[@sebazzz.salazar]

how did it goo

[@hanaz2445]

Same

[@tilda9068]

Me too whoops… did you all pass (since it’s been a while since you posted the comment)?

[@hy9082]

15 min

[@janmalinowski4934]

same

[@agapemoreno5627]

Who else has a whole day preparation the day before CAE?

[@agapemoreno5627]

I will be taking CAE tomorrow and I'm here watching this in the middle of the night🤫

[@kikehdezz1448]

Where u from?

[@pvbmla2232]

me 2

[@thunders7orm]

same ahah

[@julierichterova6082]

same here

[@sonyarusu6057]

same haha

[@doc6]

i wonder why everyone is watching these videos day before the exam

[@mateuszkotrla2575]

"I recommend you to prepare two of theese writing compositions. But that is only if your preparation time is limited, maybe 2 or less months till the exam" ME LOOKING AT HOW TO PASS CAE FEW HOURS BEFORE START :D :D

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

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[@Noor-vy4mz]

SAME this is horrible i still haven't prepared

[@MaryMarie666]

@@adcc19 My god, I hope we will all pass somehow ;D having the exam in a couple of hours and panicking, ah yes, my way of living ;D

[@pablozapatero9131]

@@MaryMarie666 hope you have, i have it tomorrow 😂

[@MaryMarie666]

​@@pablozapatero9131 Oh, good luck then!

[@nicolosalemi7344]

It's so nice that a professional like yourself thinks that 15 minutes are needed in order to prepare and structure you writing. I have always believed so, but everyone just kept telling me : that's way too much, even my teacher. If I plane for 15 minutes I then find myself having very clear ancd concise ideas, I find myself knowing what to write, what words (even high level and formal words) to use. I believe it's essential.However, Perhaps it's better to devote 15 minutes to planning, 25 minutes to writing and just 5 minutes to checking the text for any possible mistakes and going over it

[@fanniestguy1992]

I am still waiting for the specific parts of the writing (essay, report, etc.)! Pleaseeee, do not forget to make those videos. Thanks in advance, teacher.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

👍

[@MsHanna666]

me tooo :]

[@saupty]

He didn’t, right? ;(

[@waomawingu1972]

Thank you, sir! Have been waiting for this! Cheers! ^^

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😁 Great! You're welcome

[@Galina_Paveleva]

Thank you , teacher! You are great!

[@tatianah.3077]

It's a real pleasure to watch your videos on such a serious topic like passing the CAE. Love the "easy to follow" way you deliver the important information. Also, thank you for your tip on practising writing with store and improve website, will certainly follow your advice. Keep up with great videos!

[@crissilveira8638]

Great video. Tks for your tips! I've just started preparing for the test (I'll be binge-watching your videos ahha).

[@gonzaloeyzaguirre6997]

Man, this was great help. 2 weeks prep with this channel and I did it!! Thanks Ben

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great to hear!

[@bolt8987]

Thanks Ben, definitely your channel is helping me a lot. I really appreciate it.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! I'm happy to know I'm helping at least one person 🙂

[@marinamataas]

good luck to everyone taking their advanced exam!! you got this

[@gloomykoo]

JUNGKOOK

[@marinamataas]

@@gloomykoo OMG YOU TOO THE SEVEN CONCEPT PICTURE 😩💜💜💜

[@brunagabriela3999]

Amazing tips 👌🏼 I'm going to follow all of them throughout this year in order to take this exam 🙏🏼

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! I'm sure you'll pass 🙂

[@josegarcialopez6487]

Thanks Ben for this videos, they are really helpful ;)

[@TheLittlechicthings]

Without seeing but 3 seconds of the video, I already know it's going to be so helpful.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

😆 I hope you weren't disappointed!

[@99trulli]

Hey Ben! Tomorrow and the next day I have my advanced exam and I'm awfully nervous, as I haven't had too much time to prepare myself, but I hope I will be able to pass it using some of your tips. During this last week your videos have been a blessing for me and I really appreciate your love for teaching, so thank you very much! I will update you about how my exam goes, wish me luck!

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

All the best, Javier! Remember to stay calm and focused throughout the exam, especially during the listening paper. Let me know how it goes! 💪🕺

[@liob475]

Still waiting for the update

[@99trulli]

Oh I thought I had already replied! I got a 201 overall score! I think I was extremely lucky with the exam, because it felt easier than I expected! Ben’s videos definitely helped!

[@liob475]

@Javier Yárnoz thanks for replying, this does provide a little more hope

[@leoblack8497]

I've got 171 on writings 😢😂 yet i managed to pass

[@carla-lv8lf]

thanks! It has been useful :)

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome!

[@Clasesdeingles.]

Hello BEn, I´m an English teacher Spanish native and I have found such an amazing advices in your videos, you have such a nice ability to explain a subject. I really enjoy your videos. Keep going

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Great! Thanks 👍

[@user-qx6nm9ub1u]

Thanks a lot for the valuable information

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome!

[@MsHanna666]

I like your : LETS DO THIS :]

[@MoonMoon1]

well, I got my exam tomorrow... wish me luck

[@moxi2573]

Im watching this 2 days before my exam and I only learned 3 test exams but I was for half a year in New Zealand

[@chenlihelen]

Thank you Ben. I just came cross your channel and noticed that it is a video of 2021. I am wondering if you are still hosting the telegram groups. I would appreciate if you can let me into one of your students groups.

[@hilarion244]

thanks blessings

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You're welcome 🙂

[@viniciusdemoraes3495]

Taking the CAE in 43 minutes. Lesgoooooo

[@jacquelinelamb836]

Hi. I love these videos! My job is to help students to prepare for exams at different levels and I get so many valuable tips from you. Thank you! One question please on the Language section, you mentioned grammar, vocabulary and accuracy, but I was wondering how important punctuation is considered to be in the C1?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

It's relatively important. It's not specifically assessed but bad punctuation may affect the flow of the composition and also the organisation. I recommend you watch my interview with Frank Carrizo (part 2) in which discuss that very question

[@jacquelinelamb836]

Thank you

[@valeriadiaz3982]

its kinda funny when you said that 2 months its little time. Its monday and my exam its on friday, i found out last week that the writing has different types of compositions, I tought it was only essays. Thats why im here lol

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Better late than never!😊

[@unknownplayer2075]

Good luck to anyone whos writing it now!

[@marumakarchuk]

I'm 3 months away from the exam and I'm freaking out about the writing and speaking, I practice a lot but im not getting better at all. At this point I'm just relying on my reading and use of english strengths to rise my average

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

If you keep practising, you will get better. You have time so be patient! 🙂

[@kingaslaby6498]

Thank you Ben! Just to make sure-for FCE it's more or less the same regarding essay and 1 other choice of writing, isn't it? I think only the number of words required are different...

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

The FCE writing video is coming out later today!

[@kingaslaby6498]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. great 👍

[@fernandoperez9025]

Hi! Thanks for your videos. They are very informative. I have a question. Hope you could help me. I only saw in the Cambridge Advanced 1 book in the first exam that they give the options to write a letter, a report and again a letter. So basically, if I only learn to develop two tasks (letter and report) and they decided to repeat one of them (proposal) and the other one is a review, I will not be able to answer that part 😔 That only happens in one test on that book . That not happens in Cambridge Advanced 2, 3 and 4 books. Also in Advanced Trainers 1 and 2 books all the tasks are different. Do you know if that was a mistake on that book or I could expect to see two tasks or maybe three tasks repeated in Writing part 2? 😕

[@freethinker8686]

Thanks for the great tips ! I have one question though: since I have a terrible handwriting and my italics is little more than a scrubble, do you think examiners would take issue with me writing in capitals? would it penalize me ? Thank you in advance !

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, you can write in capital letters. Just make sure your handwriting is legible.

[@freethinker8686]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. That is soooo great to hear !Thank you :)

[@annakuznetsova4198]

Hello Ben! Could you tell me will it be penalized if I exceed the word limit? For example, if I write 360 words.

[@alisabebko6656]

I am taking the exam in two hours and I am watching it now

[@fatemehsohrabi5100]

How was it?🙂mine is in 3 hours

[@slaconi8432]

Mine is in seven hours lol

[@pia9928]

@@slaconi8432 how was it? mine is in 16 hours lol

[@lauradanieli3116]

When doing the exam paper-based, should we write a draft, or is it better to immediately start the final text?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

I recommend that you write a rough draft of what you want to include in each paragraph in order to structure the composition in an ordered and logical way. That should be part of the planning.

[@ciceroalvesjunior7069]

Do you still have the telegram group? I’m gonna prepare to CAE

[@kikiyui564]

Hi, Ben. I have a question. Report is the least favourite type. Can I skip practising writing a report as I can choose one out of three?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes. Really, you only need to practise two of the tasks to be certain that at least one will appear in the exam. However, I recommend you practise them all

[@kikiyui564]

Thank you so much for your advice!

[@MrRobot0]

I'm taking it in a little bit more than a month from here and I think I'm doing pretty well, what I'd like to know is if there's an specfic limit for the words you can exceed on your writings, for example, will my marks be negatively affected if I write 9 words more than the maximum of 260?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

You will not be penalised for writing more or fewer than the recommended words unless you include irrelevant content or you don't complete the task (ie. The target reader is not fully informed).

[@cgmll9199]

I just took the exam and forgot answering part 2. I was in a rush and it completly got out of my head so I only got the time to write a few sentences. Will it impact severly my score?

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Yes, I'm afraid it will. It doesn't mean you've failed though

[@tomsl7111]

Hi professor, I took my CAE last week. I need to ask you something only for peace of mind: 1.- It turns out that during my writing, looking back on it, I didn't use that many connectors, such as, nevertheless, on the one hand...on the other hand, to sum up, firstly, secondly, therefore...you name it. I employed an appropriate vocabulary required for the level along with the appropriate structure, though. 2.- The second issue is esthetical, unfortunately, due to your nerves that may play against you, I had certain pen-made blurs and the use of a corrector pen was not allowed. At least, my writing is perfectly readable. My question is: Am I going to be penalized for that? Hope not. Greetings and Thanks in advance.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

If you writing was legible, there won't be any problem. As for the use of connectors, it's difficult to say without seeing the writing.

[@tomsl7111]

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you very much once again for your reply. In February I'm having my results.

[@bene6419]

Did you pass? I will have it in 2 days...

[@ashar4121]

The only thing I have done for the preparation of my writing exam tmr is watching this video lol

[@lululs4014]

Teacher, it’s a random question but which one is correct? 1.There’s a lot factors that I involved or 2. There are many factors that I involved ???

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

The second is grammatically correct but it's a little strange to say "factors that I involved". It would be better in the passive voice

[@manushra]

I'm taking the test in literally 2hours 😂😢😅

[@sebastiangutierrezcartagen7699]

maybe you should use an essay example for next time to explain better... I watched this video because I though you were going to talk about, words we can use, how to do the intro, etc. but you spent all the time talking about... things that most of us know already

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Thanks for your feedback. As the title says, the video is an overview of the writing paper of the exam. It's not meant to be a detailed explanation (there are plenty of other videos on KZbin that do that). Also, I believe that many people don't know everything that I mention in the video.... it's great that you do, however, and I'm sorry you wasted your time.

[@TheLittlechicthings]

How serious are you in oblidging your students to write a plan? Most of mine never write one, and not because I haven't insisted.

[@tothepointenglishwithben.]

Very serious. It's so important in order to avoid problems with structure, organisation, content, word length, vocabulary, grammar... etc.

[@4708182]

Dear Ben, I was trying to contact you via Telegram, but with no success. I assume that's because of your personal security preferences, since I'm able to write to any other new contacts. Could you please allow me to contact you? @Balmashev

[@coneyislandqueen8609]

wtf

[@merrr24]

which is your telegram?