Exámenes de Certificación del Conocimiento de Inglés EXAVER EXAVER 3 GENERAL INFORMATION

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1 Exámenes de Certificación del Cncimient de Inglés 3 GENERAL INFORMATION The perfrmance expectatins f a candidate fr the Exaver Level Three exam crrespnd t ALTE 3 which, in turn, derives frm the Cuncil f Eurpe s B2 r upper intermediate level as expressed in dcuments such as The Cmmn Eurpean Framewrk f Reference fr Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (latest editin, September 2008) and Vantage (J.A. van Ek and J.L.M. Trim, published by the Cuncil f Eurpe & Cambridge University Press, 2001). At this level learners are able t cpe with transactinal situatins in everyday life, and are able t deal with these when they are prblematic r take an unexpected directin. They are thus able t ask fr repetitin, clarificatin and explanatin in these unpredictable transactins. They can als analyse peple s pinins and argue fr r against them, summarise discussins, express cnclusins and explain reasns fr maintaining r altering their wn arguments, n the basis f reading r discussin. THE EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR 3 There are three examinatin papers fr the Exaver Level Three exam. Paper One: Reading and Writing Cmprehensin Number f questins: 60 Time: 1 hur and 25 minutes Paper One cnsists f five parts. Candidates need t demnstrate cmprehensin f the main ideas and/r specific details f a variety f written texts, as well as their understanding f and use f vcabulary and grammatical structures within a text. Paper Tw: Listening Cmprehensin Number f questins: 25 Time: apprximately 30 minutes Paper Tw cnsists f fur parts. Candidates need t demnstrate cmprehensin f the main ideas and/r specific details f a variety f spken texts, as well as the md(s), pinin(s) and/r attitude(s) f the speaker(s) in a spken text. In sme instances they may als need t deduce the meaning f smething frm the specific cntext f a spken text. Paper Three: Speaking Cmprehensin Number f questins: variable Time: apprximately 15 minutes* Paper Three cnsists f three parts. Candidates take this part f the exam with anther candidate r, in sme instances, with tw candidates. Candidates need t demnstrate their ability t speak abut a range f tpics with the candidate(s) they are paired with, with an examiner and by themselves. *Nte: While, the actual Speaking Test takes apprximately 15 minutes per pair, candidates shuld nevertheless plan t wait up t 2 hurs t take the test, depending n the ttal number f candidates taking the Exaver 3 exam that day. Fr mre infrmatin abut the language purpses, structures and functins that candidates shuld expect t encunter in the Exaver Level Three exam, please see belw. Fr a mre cmplete list, please see Vantage and The Cmmn Eurpean Framewrk f Reference fr Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (specifically, the descriptrs fr level B2).

2 LANGUAGE PURPOSES FOR 3 Exámenes de Certificación del Cncimient de Inglés Tpics Persnal infrmatin Huse and hme Eclgy and envirnment Daily activities, including wrk and study Leisure activities Cinema and theatre Travel and hlidays Family, friends and ther relatinships Health Educatin Fd and Drink Clthing Shpping Giving directins t places Language Public and private services Weather Transactins Cntacts with fficials Arrangements fr accmmdatin Arrangements fr meals Shpping: buying cnsumer gds Using public transprt Using private transprt Using infrmatin services Visiting public places Using public services Educatinal services Finding the way Cmmunicating at wrk Private hspitality

3 Exámenes de Certificación del Cncimient de Inglés LANGUAGE STRUCTURES FOR 3 VERB FORMS (includes affirmative, negative and interrgative frms unless therwise stated) Lexical Verbs Present Tense Simple: fr states and habits Cntinuus: fr present actins and future plans Past Tense Simple: fr past events Cntinuus: fr interrupted actins, parallel past actins Simple Future: fr ffers, prmises, predictins Ging T (Idimatic Future): fr future plans / intentins Future Perfect and Future Cntinuus Present perfect: recent past, general experience, unfinished past Simple Cntinuus Past perfect: fr narrative, reprted speech Simple Cntinuus Auxiliary Verbs Nn-mdal (BE, DO, HAVE): all frms (includes tenses ) Mdal Verbs Other Verb Frms Passive vice structures: all tenses Reprted statements and questins using a full range f reprting verbs Cnditinal structures Gerunds and infinitives Wish/it s time/i d rather/as if/thugh Causative have Wrd rder adverbs and adjectives Adjectives/nuns/verbs/fllwed by prepsitins Prepsitins preceding nuns and adjectives Linkers Phrasal Verbs Summary: ALL USES OF TENSES LISTED PRONOUNS Subject prnuns Object prnuns Reflexive prnuns Pssessive prnuns Indefinite prnuns Relative prnuns Demnstrative prnuns Impersnal prnuns: there is / there are

4 Exámenes de Certificación del Cncimient de Inglés DETERMINERS Definite Indefinite Demnstrative Pssessive Relative Interrgative Quantitative Identifying Pre-determiners Pst-determiners PREPOSITIONS Time Place Distance Directin Origin Arrangement Duratin Manner Instrumentality Inclusin Similarity ADJECTIVES Clur, size, shape, quality, natinality Cardinal and rdinal numbers Pssessive adjectives Quantitative sme / any / many / much/ a few / a lt f / all Cmparative frms f adjectives Superlative frms f adjectives Participial ADVERBS Manner Frequency Time Degree Directin Sequence Cmparative and superlative frms LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS FOR 3 Candidates at this level are able t cnverse n a variety f tpics related t their wn lives and experiences, pinins, views, attitudes, emtins and wishes. They are als able t negtiate jint actin.

5 Exámenes de Certificación del Cncimient de Inglés General categries f interactin Giving and getting factual infrmatin (identifying, stating, crrecting, asking, answering) Expressing and finding ut attitudes (agreeing, disagreeing, expressing knwledge, expressing degrees f prbability & certainty, expressing and asking abut likes, dislikes, preferences and intentin, expressing and asking abut emtins: regret, sympathy, satisfactin, dissatisfactin, fear, surprise, disappintment, apprval, gratitude) Getting things dne (suggesting, advising, warning, instructing, asking fr help, inviting, accepting and declining invitatins) Scialising (greeting, addressing peple, intrducing, taking leave) Structuring and repairing cmmunicatin (asking fr clarificatin, intrducing a tpic, crrecting neself, summarising, exemplifying, asking fr help, paraphrasing, asking fr spelling, clsing a cnversatin) Sme specific examples f interactin Language learning Persnal life/activities Living cnditins and husehld activities Prfessins, trades and ccupatins Educatin Traveling Shpping & cnsumer prducts Eating ut Scial relatins

6 Exámenes de Certificación del Cncimient de Inglés Summary f Functins fr Level 3 Speaking Test