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Empezamos el 1 de octubre.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Últimas plazas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQmo7Lf9p9UYP7V0i2d6zU8hrSGpw_twVQ2566FR2qnXqsAOFed9GTbPZm7hWfyP53ha-Aoe3WtcJtDxL4qiL1rfj-aqjs942Hcb2FzYQ7hGLYZf4c4CpV2baDMsQut0iq3h98IZ67Pt3sSB8A81m9ADUEF83c-XSPMQg3Tkps88TZ-2Zr5u5bo3lStTS&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;720&quot; data-original-width=&quot;513&quot; height=&quot;594&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQmo7Lf9p9UYP7V0i2d6zU8hrSGpw_twVQ2566FR2qnXqsAOFed9GTbPZm7hWfyP53ha-Aoe3WtcJtDxL4qiL1rfj-aqjs942Hcb2FzYQ7hGLYZf4c4CpV2baDMsQut0iq3h98IZ67Pt3sSB8A81m9ADUEF83c-XSPMQg3Tkps88TZ-2Zr5u5bo3lStTS=w423-h594&quot; width=&quot;423&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/5201483420071041660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/5201483420071041660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2025/09/nuevo-curso-academico-202526.html' title=''/><author><name>Martin Marquez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03567222539406677868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpj--8HTo9BnACnON0UgTBRVkNBr_ilhmjz96hjHLckhKEOlDaLlfuQ5gbmnQOgeZHlngxvSbf-LmpLghczfAhCV8N93LIomshyqmXHsiS8kvq_hU0Xb_4ikNc_u7Jp_YSYEWMeuvkVXqyflDylshBeXwS4S7Cd5I8hYiDjI7S3dt/s220/341361496_985273845722325_702621823730836402_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQmo7Lf9p9UYP7V0i2d6zU8hrSGpw_twVQ2566FR2qnXqsAOFed9GTbPZm7hWfyP53ha-Aoe3WtcJtDxL4qiL1rfj-aqjs942Hcb2FzYQ7hGLYZf4c4CpV2baDMsQut0iq3h98IZ67Pt3sSB8A81m9ADUEF83c-XSPMQg3Tkps88TZ-2Zr5u5bo3lStTS=s72-w423-h594-c" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057318167105207523.post-2944580999302805841</id><published>2025-09-23T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2025-09-23T09:40:21.319-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 data-end=&quot;145&quot; data-start=&quot;90&quot;&gt;Las Ventajas de Tomar Clases Particulares de Inglés&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;429&quot; data-start=&quot;147&quot;&gt;Aprender inglés se ha convertido en una necesidad en el mundo actual: desde mejorar las oportunidades laborales hasta disfrutar de viajes con mayor confianza. Pero a la hora de elegir cómo estudiar, surge una gran pregunta: ¿es mejor hacerlo en grupo o con un profesor particular?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;584&quot; data-start=&quot;431&quot;&gt;En este artículo te contamos por qué las &lt;strong data-end=&quot;505&quot; data-start=&quot;472&quot;&gt;clases particulares de inglés&lt;/strong&gt; son una de las opciones más efectivas y rápidas para alcanzar tus objetivos.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr data-end=&quot;589&quot; data-start=&quot;586&quot; /&gt;
&lt;h2 data-end=&quot;629&quot; data-start=&quot;591&quot;&gt;1. Aprendizaje 100% personalizado&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;971&quot; data-start=&quot;630&quot;&gt;En una clase particular, el profesor se centra únicamente en ti. Esto significa que el plan de estudio se adapta a tu nivel, tus metas y tu ritmo. No importa si quieres perfeccionar la gramática, ganar fluidez en la conversación o prepararte para un examen internacional: el contenido estará diseñado específicamente para lo que necesitas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr data-end=&quot;976&quot; data-start=&quot;973&quot; /&gt;
&lt;h2 data-end=&quot;1005&quot; data-start=&quot;978&quot;&gt;2. Avances más rápidos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;1214&quot; data-start=&quot;1006&quot;&gt;Cuando no tienes que esperar al ritmo de un grupo, los progresos son mucho más evidentes. Cada minuto de clase se enfoca en tus dudas y en reforzar tus habilidades, lo que acelera el proceso de aprendizaje.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr data-end=&quot;1219&quot; data-start=&quot;1216&quot; /&gt;
&lt;h2 data-end=&quot;1248&quot; data-start=&quot;1221&quot;&gt;3. Mayor práctica oral&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;1562&quot; data-start=&quot;1249&quot;&gt;Uno de los mayores obstáculos al aprender inglés es la falta de práctica. En las clases grupales, el tiempo de conversación suele dividirse entre varios estudiantes. En cambio, en una clase particular puedes hablar mucho más y recibir correcciones inmediatas, lo que mejora tu fluidez y seguridad al expresarte.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr data-end=&quot;1567&quot; data-start=&quot;1564&quot; /&gt;
&lt;h2 data-end=&quot;1608&quot; data-start=&quot;1569&quot;&gt;4. Flexibilidad horaria y temática&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;1930&quot; data-start=&quot;1609&quot;&gt;Con un profesor particular, puedes organizar tus clases según tu disponibilidad, sin depender de los horarios fijos de una academia. Además, tienes la posibilidad de elegir los temas que más te interesen: inglés para negocios, entrevistas laborales, turismo o incluso para disfrutar series y libros en versión original.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr data-end=&quot;1935&quot; data-start=&quot;1932&quot; /&gt;
&lt;h2 data-end=&quot;1967&quot; data-start=&quot;1937&quot;&gt;5. Confianza y motivación&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;2272&quot; data-start=&quot;1968&quot;&gt;Estudiar de manera personalizada también fortalece la confianza del estudiante. El trato cercano con el profesor permite un ambiente de aprendizaje más cómodo, donde no hay miedo a equivocarse ni presión de compañeros. Esto aumenta la motivación y hace que aprender inglés sea una experiencia positiva.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr data-end=&quot;2277&quot; data-start=&quot;2274&quot; /&gt;
&lt;h3 data-end=&quot;2295&quot; data-start=&quot;2279&quot;&gt;Conclusión&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p data-end=&quot;2562&quot; data-start=&quot;2296&quot;&gt;Las clases particulares de inglés representan una inversión en tu desarrollo personal y profesional. 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margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Sin duda, una de las partes del examen del FCE que más preocupa a los estudiantes es el&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Use of English&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(UOE), la cual pone a prueba el conocimiento léxico y gramatical del candidato.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Esta parte consta de cuatro apartados y, junto con las tareas de&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Reading&lt;/em&gt;, la duración de la misma es de 1 hora y 15 minutos. El peso del&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Reading &amp;amp; Use of English&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;es de un 40% sobre el total del examen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;A continuación, vamos a ver con más detalle en qué consiste cada uno de los apartados que componen el&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Use of English&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;y algunos consejos para afrontarlos con éxito.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Las partes del examen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Parte #1: Multiple-choicecloze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Esta parte consiste en un pequeño texto con ocho huecos que deberás completar con una de las cuatro opciones dadas (A-D). El objetivo principal de esta prueba es que demuestres tu conocimiento de estructuras idiomáticas y gramaticales como&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;collocations&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;idioms&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;y&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;phrasal verbs&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Algunos consejos para esta parte:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;wp-block-list&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Lee el texto completo para intentar captar el sentido global antes de elegir las respuestas.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Intenta completar los huecos mentalmente en una segunda lectura. Luego, mira las posibles respuestas y comprueba si hay alguna que se aproxime a la que habías pensado.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Ten muy presente el contexto a la hora de descartar opciones. Fíjate, sobre todo, en la frase anterior y posterior a la oración que contiene el hueco antes de seleccionar tu respuesta.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Una vez hayas completado todos los huecos, vuelve a leer el texto -en voz alta, si es posible-, para comprobar que “suena bien” y tiene coherencia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Parte #2: Open cloze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;En este ejercicio también tendrás que rellenar ocho huecos, aunque en esta ocasión, no hay opciones entre las que elegir. Dependiendo del significado global del texto y del contexto, tendrás que completar los huecos con preposiciones, artículos, verbos auxiliares y pronombres. Recuerda que solo se acepta una palabra por hueco, por lo que debes tener cuidado con las palabras del tipo&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;don’t&lt;/em&gt;, pues se trata de dos palabras (DO + NOT) y no de una.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Nuestros consejos para esta parte:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;wp-block-list&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Haz una primera lectura comprensiva del texto sin pararte en los huecos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Vuelve a leer el texto y piensa en una posible palabra para cada espacio. Anota tus respuestas a lápiz de manera provisional.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Realiza una tercera lectura en voz alta para comprobar que “suena bien” y tiene coherencia.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Ten en cuenta el contexto y, sobre todo, las frases anteriores y posteriores a los huecos a la hora de escribir tus respuestas.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Parte #3: Word formation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Este apartado pone a prueba tu conocimiento léxico y tu habilidad para formar y transformar términos utilizando prefijos y sufijos. Para cada uno de los ocho huecos del ejercicio tendrás que modificar la palabra que se muestra en el margen derecho, dependiendo de las necesidades del texto. Es importante recordar que la palabra mostrada nunca puede ser la respuesta correcta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Nuestros consejos:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;wp-block-list&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Lee el texto sin detenerte en los huecos para hacerte una idea global del mismo.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Vuelve a leer el texto por segunda vez y piensa qué tipo de palabra puede ir en cada hueco: sustantivo, verbo, adverbio o adjetivo. Anota tus respuestas a lápiz de manera provisional.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Lee el texto en voz alta para comprobar que tenga coherencia.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Echa un vistazo a este enlace para ver cómo funciona la formación de palabras:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bedavaingilizce.com/advanced/wf/wfa.htm&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e02b20; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;http://www.bedavaingilizce.com/advanced/wf/wfa.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Imprime nuestra infografía con las reglas básicas de formación de palabras y ponla en la puerta de tu frigo para recordarla cada día ?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Parte #4: Key Word transformation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Una de las partes más “odiadas” del&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Use of English&lt;/em&gt;es la parte 4. A partir de una palabra clave dada y utilizando entre 2 y 5 palabras, deberás transformar la oración original en una nueva que signifique exactamente lo mismo y sin alterar en absoluto el sentido de la primera oración.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Algunas recomendaciones para esta parte:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;wp-block-list&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Lee las oraciones originales con detenimiento y piensa en posibles formas de decir lo mismo utilizando la palabra clave entre paréntesis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Repasa mentalmente los tipos de transformaciones más comunes para FCE –&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;condicionales, pasivas, conectores, phrasal verbs, comparativas, wish&amp;amp;ifonly, estilo directo/indirecto, verbos seguidos de to o ing, verbos con preposición…&lt;/em&gt;Piensa qué tipo puede ajustarse a la oración en cuestión.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Recuerda que debes utilizar la palabra clave entre paréntesis sin modificarla y no pasarte de cinco palabras.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Las palabras contraídas como&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;don’t&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;cuentan por dos (DO NOT).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Consejos generales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;wp-block-list&quot; style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Busca modelos de exámenes reales que vengan con las respuestas y practica cada día. Recuerda que es de suma importancia que realices la práctica del examen con un cronómetro delante para asegurarte de que eres capaz de realizar todas las partes en el tiempo estipulado.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Aprende una estructura gramatical y una palabra o expresión nueva al día. Utilízalas en ejemplos reales que tengan sentido para ti y pronúncialas en voz alta cada día hasta que hayas logrado memorizarlas. Si quieres, también puedes grabarte leyendo los ejemplos y escucharlos de vez en cuando para que “se te queden mejor”.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Busca un centro preparador de confianza y realiza algún tipo de curso intensivo en el que te proporcionen materiales, consejos y atención personalizada antes de aventurarte a realizar el examen oficial.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/8788405926262902097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/8788405926262902097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2024/10/trucos-y-consejos-para-afrontar-con.html' title='Trucos y consejos para afrontar con éxito el Use of English del FCE (B2) de Cambridge'/><author><name>Martin Marquez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03567222539406677868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpj--8HTo9BnACnON0UgTBRVkNBr_ilhmjz96hjHLckhKEOlDaLlfuQ5gbmnQOgeZHlngxvSbf-LmpLghczfAhCV8N93LIomshyqmXHsiS8kvq_hU0Xb_4ikNc_u7Jp_YSYEWMeuvkVXqyflDylshBeXwS4S7Cd5I8hYiDjI7S3dt/s220/341361496_985273845722325_702621823730836402_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPD0FAGszTvxx65yzCAmDghEO_Sds3Ko_ZK2QvG22xBc-U_J3ScoZuarvDfIrHQD-SV5MqXsLnUpUGUYnXr3maF_A8PmSLak6eE0lvA187nOy64GQ790cyGypfuD5pH1lAZaOmVcaU4ur1dL5aQaxWGkgmLwxSBNxnKH4ca-sbmvLrjKo_sEwBqDOlOiTD=s72-w392-h360-c" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057318167105207523.post-721178766306030951</id><published>2024-09-19T03:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2024-09-19T03:21:45.480-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuevo curso académico 24/25</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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id=&quot;0-description-of-fce-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;In this post, I am going to focus on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;FCE Speaking Part 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;, the second part of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://kseacademy.com/cambridge/b2-first-fce/speaking/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(254, 209, 20) 0px -0.4rem inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.5s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;B2 First (FCE) Speaking Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;, which is one of the most interesting parts of this B2-level exam. It’s one of the easiest to prepare but also one of the parts that makes candidates most nervous. So that’s why I’m here, to teach exactly what you have to do and how to do Part 2 of the B2 First Speaking. So keep on reading!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;0-description-of-fce-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Description of FCE Speaking Part 2&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;1-timing-of-the-b2-first-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;This part of the test comprises 2 tasks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;First&lt;/span&gt;, you or your partner will have to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;compare two pictures and answer one question&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the process.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Second&lt;/span&gt;, you or your partner will be asked a&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;follow-up question after the comparison&lt;/span&gt;. When you make&amp;nbsp;the comparison, your partner will answer the other question and vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;1-timing-of-the-b2-first-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Timing of the B2 First Speaking Part 2&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;9-special-case-advantages-vs-disadvantages&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;This part of the test is supposed to last 3 or 4 minutes, and the main elements that are timed are the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate A’s comparison + question:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 minute&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate B’s follow-up question:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;30 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate B’s comparison + question:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 minute&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate A’s follow-up question:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;30 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;2-instructions-and-possible-candidates-response&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;instructions-andpossible-candidates-response&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Instructions and&amp;nbsp;Possible Candidate’s Response&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;When sitting&amp;nbsp;any speaking exam, it is important to know what to expect, whether it be in terms of timing, tasks, instructions, content, etc. For this reason, I believe it is essential to be familiar&amp;nbsp;with the instructions you will receive during&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;FCE Speaking Part 2&lt;/span&gt;. Let’s go:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;3-examiners-initial-instructions&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.38889rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;examiners-initial-instructions&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 25px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Examiner’s initial instructions&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;wp-block-quote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(254, 209, 20); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5em 1em 1.5em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1.2em 1.2em 1px; position: relative; quotes: &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;quot;&amp;quot;; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In this part of the test, I’m going to give each of you two photographs. I’d like you to talk about your photographs on your own for about a minute, and also to answer a question about your partner’s photographs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(Candidate A), it’s your turn first. Here are your photographs. They show&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;people who are helping other people in different situations&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(place the following pictures in front of Candidate A)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;wp-block-image alignnone size-large shadow&quot; style=&quot;box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 4px 8px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19) 0px 6px 20px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;B2 First FCE Speaking Part 2 photographs&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; src=&quot;https://media.publit.io/file/B2FIRST/B2SPEAKING/Speaking-B2-First-FCE-Part-2-FOTOS-1.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;wp-block-quote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(254, 209, 20); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5em 1em 1.5em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1.2em 1.2em 1px; position: relative; quotes: &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;quot;&amp;quot;; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;I’d like you to compare the photographs, and say&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;how important it is to help people in these situations&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;4-candidate-as-response&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.38889rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;candidate-as-response&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 25px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Candidate A’s response&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;wp-block-quote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(254, 209, 20); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5em 1em 1.5em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1.2em 1.2em 1px; position: relative; quotes: &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;quot;&amp;quot;; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(introduction)&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Both of these pictures show&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;people getting some help;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;the first one shows&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;a football player who seems to be injured and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;the second one is&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;an Asian tourist getting help from a policeman.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(similarities + differences)&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Although both situations involve&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;someone&amp;nbsp;helping a person, they are very different.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In the first one&lt;/span&gt;, the football player needs help because he’s had an injury and, probably, he can’t walk properly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;On the other hand, in the second picture&lt;/span&gt;, the tourist is probably asking for directions because he might&amp;nbsp;be lost.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Also&lt;/span&gt;, the footballer is likely to be in pain,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;while&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the tourist may only be a little nervous.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(question)&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;As for&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;how important it is to help these people, I’d say it’s important in both situations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;However&lt;/span&gt;, I strongly believe that the footballer needs more help than the tourist, as his situation is obviously more serious.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;5-examiners-follow-up-question-for-candidate-b&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.38889rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;examinersfollow-up-question-forcandidate-b&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 25px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Examiner’s&amp;nbsp;follow-up question for&amp;nbsp;Candidate B&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;wp-block-quote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(254, 209, 20); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5em 1em 1.5em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1.2em 1.2em 1px; position: relative; quotes: &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;quot;&amp;quot;; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(Candidate B), do you find it easy to ask for help when you have a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h4 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;6-candidate-bs-response&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.38889rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;candidate-bs-response&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 25px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Candidate B’s response&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;wp-block-quote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(254, 209, 20); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5em 1em 1.5em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1.2em 1.2em 1px; position: relative; quotes: &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;quot;&amp;quot;; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Well, it depends on the problem, but normally I do. Whenever I have a serious problem I ask my mum or my dad for advice. It’s not easy, but I do it. With other problems, I always ask my friends first, because they normally know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;7-basic-observations-for-b2-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;basic-observations-for-b2-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Basic Observations for B2 Speaking Part 2&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;If you read the task above carefully, you will notice the following features:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate A is asked to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;compare two pictures&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;answer a question&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;about them.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The question the examiner includes in his explanation is also written above the pictures&lt;/span&gt;, so don’t worry about having to memorise it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate A will have to speak longer than Candidate B, that is,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;the person comparing speaks longer than the person answering the follow-up question&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate A has clearly&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;compared both pictures and answered the question&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The expressions&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;in bold&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;useful words or phrases&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;to use in any comparison.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Candidate A’s comparison follows a&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;clear order&lt;/span&gt;: introduction + similarities, differences, question. Although this&amp;nbsp;particular&amp;nbsp;order is not compulsory, it is recommendable.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;8-fce-speaking-part-2-useful-phrases-to-compare-pictures&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;fce-speaking-part-2-useful-phrases-to-compare-pictures&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;FCE Speaking Part 2: Useful Phrases to Compare Pictures&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In this section, we’ll see useful expressions that you can use in any comparison. However, as a basic tip, I’ll tell you that in order to compare, most of the connectors you’ll have to use are contrasting connectors. Let’s see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Starting your comparison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Both of these pictures show…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;These two pictures show…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The two situations in these pictures are…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Talking about similarities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;These two pictures/situations are similar because/in that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In both pictures, we can see…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;One similarity between these two pictures/situations is that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Another similarity might be that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;One thing that these two pictures/situations have in common is that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;One thing&amp;nbsp;that these two pictures share is that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The most obvious similarity is that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;These two pictures share the fact that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Both pictures (…) in the same way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Talking about differences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;One of the most obvious differences (between these two pictures) is that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Another difference is that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Something that makes these two pictures different is…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;What makes these two situations (so/completely) different is…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;While the first picture …, the second one…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The first picture…. However, the second one…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The first picture… whereas the second one…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Although the first picture…., the second one…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;On the one hand, the first picture shows…. On the other hand, the second one…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Introducing the answer to the question&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As for&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;+&amp;nbsp;paraphrased&amp;nbsp;question&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As to&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;+ paraphrased&amp;nbsp;question&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In relation to the question,…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In response to the question, I’d say that…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As regards the question,…&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Regarding the question of the task,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;With regard to&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;+ paraphrased question&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;9-special-case-advantages-vs-disadvantages&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Special Case: Advantages vs Disadvantages&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;12-top-10-tips-for-fce-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;I have decided to write this as a separate section because I find that&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;FCE speaking tasks involving&amp;nbsp;advantages and disadvantages are somewhat special&lt;/span&gt;. The issue with these tasks is that&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;they usually involve too many ideas&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;to follow the structure above (intro + similarities + differences + question). In this case, I always recommend my students to blend the question into the rest of the task, that is,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;answer the question at the same time as the comparison is being made&lt;/span&gt;. This can be done with any task, really, but in this case, I’d say is especially important. Let’s see a comparison of this particular case for the task below:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;figure class=&quot;wp-block-image alignnone size-large shadow&quot; style=&quot;box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 4px 8px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.19) 0px 6px 20px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;FCE Speaking Part 2 Advantages and Disadvantages&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; src=&quot;https://media.publit.io/file/B2FIRST/B2SPEAKING/FCE-Speaking-Part-2-advantages.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-radius: 0px; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;&quot; /&gt;&lt;figcaption style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; margin: 0.9em;&quot;&gt;This page belongs to the book&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;First Certificate in English 1. Official Examination Papers from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;div aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; class=&quot;wp-block-spacer&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h4 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;10-candidates-response&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.38889rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;candidates-response&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 25px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Candidate’s response&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;wp-block-quote&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(254, 209, 20); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5em 1em 1.5em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1.2em 1.2em 1px; position: relative; quotes: &amp;quot;&amp;quot; &amp;quot;&amp;quot;; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Both of these pictures show different places where people live;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;the first one&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a neighbourhood of detached houses,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;while the second one&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a coastal city with many skyscrapers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;(similarities + differences + question)&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;One advantage of&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;living in the first place&amp;nbsp;is that you can have your own garden&amp;nbsp;where you can relax with your family.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Also&lt;/span&gt;, it’s a very quiet place.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;On the other hand&lt;/span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;the obvious upside of&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;living on&amp;nbsp;the seaside is that the weather is usually mild and you can go swimming and sunbathing quite often.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As for the disadvantages&lt;/span&gt;, I believe that the neighbourhood in the first picture can be a little boring for young people as there isn’t much to do&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As you can see in the task above,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;the comparison is made around the question of the task&lt;/span&gt;, i.e. advantages and disadvantages. In this way, you’re&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;saving time to do the task properly without leaving anything out&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;11-fce-speaking-part-2-useful-phrases-for-the-follow-up-question&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;uag-toc__heading-anchor&quot; id=&quot;fce-speaking-part-2-useful-phrases-for-the-follow-up-question&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 30px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;FCE Speaking Part 2: Useful Phrases for the Follow-up Question&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Although this part of the task does not follow a particular structure, given that&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;it depends on the topic of the pictures&lt;/span&gt;, you are typically asked to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;draw on your own experience&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;in connection with the topic or to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;choose one of the pictures and justify your answer&lt;/span&gt;. For instance, in the task above, the question for Candidate B would be something like: «&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Where would you prefer to live?&lt;/em&gt;«&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;So let’s see some expressions to answer this question correctly:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;As far as I’m concerned,…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;The way I see it,…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;If I had to choose one of these two (…), I would (definitely) go for…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In my experience,…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;In my case,…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Well, it’s not an easy choice, but I think I’d prefer to…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;I would (…) no doubt.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;I would definitely prefer/choose…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;I believe that it’s more important to…&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;There is no specific formula to answer this follow-up question, given the broad spectrum we’re dealing with, but the expressions above will definitely help you answer more appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;12-top-10-tips-for-fce-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Top 10 Tips for FCE Speaking Part 2&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;13-bonus-tip&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Compare, don’t describe:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;it is common for candidates to spend the whole minute describing both pictures separately instead of comparing them. Remember, the examiner explicitly asks you to «compare these two pictures», so don’t forget to do it!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Don’t overuse «and»:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have noticed that my students tend to use the word «and» all the time in order to switch from picture 1 to picture 2. «And» is a connector to add ideas, not to express contrast. And, since you’re comparing, you should use other types of connectors. See both of the tasks in this article and notice the connecting phrases&amp;nbsp;in bold.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Don’t focus too much on one picture:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;one minute is not a long time, so you should make sure you fit into your speech the most important ideas about both pictures.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Allow enough&amp;nbsp;time to answer the question:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;some people spend so much time talking about the pictures that they forget to answer the question, and they get cut off by the interlocutor. While getting cut off is neither bad nor good, not answering the question will have a negative impact on your score.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Address&amp;nbsp;the interlocutor:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;in this task, you shouldn’t address your partner. This is an individual task, so simply concentrate on what you’re saying and address your comments to the interlocutor.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Finish your sentences:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;it is common for candidates to start a sentence and then regret and stop in midstream. Do not let your speech fade out in the middle of a sentence; finish expressing your ideas!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Focus the pictures and the question:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;while comparing both pictures, you should not talk about related things that happened to you. In this part, you are supposed to focus on the situations of the pictures, not on your own experiences.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Stick to the topic:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;when answering the follow-up question, make sure that you stick to the topic and answer exactly what the examiner asked.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Ask for repetition:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;it’s perfectly alright to ask the interlocutor&amp;nbsp;to repeat the instructions or the follow-up question if you didn’t get it the first time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Use related vocabulary:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;while this article has focused mainly on expressions to compare and give your opinion, you obviously need to prove that your vocabulary is at a&amp;nbsp;B2 level. So make sure you draw on what you have studied and drop some advanced terms&amp;nbsp;that might impress the examiners.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;13-bonus-tip&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66667rem; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Bonus Tip&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Smile:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;you’d be surprised by what human beings can achieve with a smile. A positive, cheerful attitude will make you make a better impression on the examiners, plus it makes you, to some extent, a better communicator.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;wp-block-heading&quot; id=&quot;14-video-of-a-real-fce-speaking-part-2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: &amp;quot;Source Sans Pro&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 1.94444rem; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Video of a Real FCE Speaking Part 2&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is always useful to see a real exam, so here´s a video of the second part of this speaking test. But remember, these candidates are not perfect, so try to learn from their mistakes rather than make them yours!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/UJitnz5R5X0?si=bJcpbzVt3PEGucyi&quot; style=&quot;background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UJitnz5R5X0/hqdefault.jpg);&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/5180194824461725568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/5180194824461725568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2024/05/how-to-succeed-in-b2-first-fce-speaking.html' title='How to Succeed in B2 First (FCE): Speaking Part 2'/><author><name>Martin Marquez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03567222539406677868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpj--8HTo9BnACnON0UgTBRVkNBr_ilhmjz96hjHLckhKEOlDaLlfuQ5gbmnQOgeZHlngxvSbf-LmpLghczfAhCV8N93LIomshyqmXHsiS8kvq_hU0Xb_4ikNc_u7Jp_YSYEWMeuvkVXqyflDylshBeXwS4S7Cd5I8hYiDjI7S3dt/s220/341361496_985273845722325_702621823730836402_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/UJitnz5R5X0/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057318167105207523.post-8709535798860447835</id><published>2024-02-28T02:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2024-02-28T02:38:43.562-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;BENEFICIOS DE APRENDER IDIOMAS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;La adquisición de otras lenguas desde niños proporciona múltiple ventajas cognitivas.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aprender un segundo idioma está lleno de virtudes. Además de poder entendernos con personas de otros países, existen otros beneficios que tienen que ver con el desarrollo personal. Cuando el proceso se inicia a una edad temprana, el potencial intelectual del individuo puede aumentar en aspectos como el rendimiento académico, el éxito laboral, la autoestima o la propia visión global del entorno, entre otros. Pero ¿ qué cambios se producen en nuestro organismo para que esto sea así? A continuación, te cuento los cambios positivos en nuestro cerebro que, según la ciencia, vienen motivados por el hecho de aprender un segundo idioma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Una mente más ágil y rápida.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Los axones son prolongaciones de neuronas que transmiten impulsos nerviosos. Están recubiertos de una sustancia que los protege: la mielina o materia blanca. La cantidad de esa capa protectora aumenta entre las personas que emplean habitualmente más de una lengua.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Un cerebro más preciso.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Los mencionados niveles de mielina traen consigo una mejora del funcionamiento cerebral. Algo muy útil en el aprendizaje de una lengua, que requiere de la interiorización de aspectos como la pronunciación, la ortografía o las distintas entonaciones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mayor capacidad de raciocinio.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;En este caso, no es la materia blanca sino la gris, la que tiene que ver con el raciocinio. Una capacidad que también aumentaría al aprender un segundo idioma, tal y como demostró un estudio de 2015, que observó el cerebro de angloparlantes, por un lado, y de hablantes de castellano e inglés, por otro. El volumen de materia gris era mayor en el caso de los bilingües.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mejor razonamiento moral.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Otra función cerebral que se considera muy ligada a la abundancia de materia gris es la madurez moral. Diversos estudios han probado que los individuos con mayor materia gris tienen más capacidad para resolver dilemas morales complejos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Retraso del deterioro cerebral.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Según investigadores de distintas universidades y centro médicos canadienses, el bilingüismo está relacionado con una demora en la aparición de los síntomas de Alzheimer y de otros patologías cognitivas de carácter más leve.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;¿Sabías qué...?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;El proceso para aprender idiomas en la infancia es diferente al de los adultos; es más natural e intuitivo. si queremos que nuestros hijos alcancen un nivel nativo, deben empezar a estudiar esa lengua antes de los 10 años. Numerosos estudios señalan que la etapa ideal para aprender idiomas es de los a los 6 años, ya que es en este periodo cuando tiene una capacidad innata para aprender cualquier lengua, lo cual debe ser aprovechado.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;BENEFITS OF LEARNING LANGUAGES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Acquiring other languages from childhood provides multiple cognitive advantages.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learning a second language is full of benefits. In addition to the opportunity to communicate with people from other countries, there are other benefits for personal development. Starting this process at an early age, the individual´s intellectual potential can increase in aspects such as academic performance, career success, self-esteem, or the overall global perspective of the environment, among others. But what changes occur in our bodies to make this so? Below, I´ll tell you about the positive changes in our brains that, according to science, are motivated by learning a second language.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more agile and faster mind.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Axons are extensions of neurons that transmit nerve impulses. They are coated with a substance that protects them: myelin or white matter. The amount of this protective layer increases among people who habitually use more than one language.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;A more precise brain.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These levels of myelin bring about an improvement in brain function. Something very useful in language learning, which requires internalization of aspects such as pronunciation, spelling, or different intonations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greater reasoning capacity.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it´s not white matter but gray matter that is associated with reasoning. A capacity that would also increase when learning a second language, as demonstrated by a 2015 study that observed the brains of English speakers on one hand, and speakers of Spanish and English on the other. The volume of gray matter was higher in the case of bilinguals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Better moral reasoning.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another brain function considered closely linked to the abundance of gray matter is moral maturity. Various studies have shown that individuals with more gray matter have a greater ability to solve complex dilemmas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Delay in brain deterioration.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to researchers from various Canadian universities and medical centers, bilingualism is associated with a delay in the onset of symptoms of Alzheimer´s and other milder cognitive pathologies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;¿Did you know...?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;The process of learning languages in childhood is different from that of adults it&#39;s more natural and intuitive. If we want our children to reach a native level, they should start studying that language before the age of 10. Numerous studies indicate that the ideal stage for learning languages is between 6 and 10 years old, as this is when they have an innate ability to learn any language, which should be taken advantage of.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/8709535798860447835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/8709535798860447835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2024/02/de-aprender-idiomas-la-adquisicion-de.html' title=''/><author><name>Martin Marquez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03567222539406677868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpj--8HTo9BnACnON0UgTBRVkNBr_ilhmjz96hjHLckhKEOlDaLlfuQ5gbmnQOgeZHlngxvSbf-LmpLghczfAhCV8N93LIomshyqmXHsiS8kvq_hU0Xb_4ikNc_u7Jp_YSYEWMeuvkVXqyflDylshBeXwS4S7Cd5I8hYiDjI7S3dt/s220/341361496_985273845722325_702621823730836402_n.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057318167105207523.post-3174497246293946364</id><published>2023-11-23T04:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2023-11-27T02:57:34.898-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/3URXjHMQsUA?si=tx5MZqfLweRSs0v2&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/3174497246293946364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/3174497246293946364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2023/11/thanksgiving.html' title='Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Martin Marquez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03567222539406677868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpj--8HTo9BnACnON0UgTBRVkNBr_ilhmjz96hjHLckhKEOlDaLlfuQ5gbmnQOgeZHlngxvSbf-LmpLghczfAhCV8N93LIomshyqmXHsiS8kvq_hU0Xb_4ikNc_u7Jp_YSYEWMeuvkVXqyflDylshBeXwS4S7Cd5I8hYiDjI7S3dt/s220/341361496_985273845722325_702621823730836402_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/3URXjHMQsUA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057318167105207523.post-4257766379964525447</id><published>2023-10-31T06:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2023-11-14T11:07:35.921-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween time. All About Halloween for Kids    History of Halloween </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/L_eAKG1paUk?si=aR3ZZ9-os_eJ_z6P&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/4257766379964525447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/4257766379964525447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2023/10/halloween-time.html' title='Halloween time. 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It occurs around June 21st each year when the tilt of the Earth&#39;s axis is most inclined towards the sun. 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box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.75rem; position: relative; width: calc(100% - 115px);&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3&quot; style=&quot;--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; gap: 0.75rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words&quot; style=&quot;--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-body); font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.75; max-width: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 493px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;On this day, the sun appears to be directly overhead at noon along the Tropic of Cancer, which is located at approximately 23.5 degrees north latitude. As a result, areas in the Northern Hemisphere experience their longest duration of sunlight, while those in the Southern Hemisphere have their shortest day, known as the winter solstice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;The summer solstice has been celebrated and observed by various cultures throughout history. 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style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;LDN Kono BDA&amp;quot;; font-size: 2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; max-width: 18.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;What is dyslexia?&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/11r7CFlK2sc&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;LDN Kono BDA&amp;quot;; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 37.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it also affects these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills. Dyslexia can also impact other areas such as organizational skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: &amp;quot;LDN Kono BDA&amp;quot;; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; max-width: 37.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. 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Te ayudaré a leer, escribir, hablar y vivir el inglés.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durante los últimos años, he perfeccionado la forma más rápida de aprender inglés en línea, aunque también dispongo de las últimas plazas para clases presenciales.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He combinado la simplicidad de las lecciones privadas, la capacidad de hablar con otros estudiantes y nuestras herramientas de aprendizaje de inglés interactivas avanzadas para ayudarte a aprender inglés&amp;nbsp; más rápido.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clases particulares &lt;/b&gt;donde me aseguraré de que te mantengas motivado, concentrado y logres resultados&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clases grupales &lt;/b&gt;con alumnos como tú para practicar más las conversaciones en inglés en escenarios de la vida real y aplicar todo lo que has aprendido.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Habla, interactúa y vive el idioma mientras mejoras tu inglés.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://youtube.com/embed/v6OH7SDPFl4&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/7840908530168409874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6057318167105207523/posts/default/7840908530168409874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinfmarquez.blogspot.com/2022/06/how-to-approach-linguaskill-speaking.html' title='How to approach the Linguaskill Speaking test'/><author><name>Martin Marquez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03567222539406677868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpj--8HTo9BnACnON0UgTBRVkNBr_ilhmjz96hjHLckhKEOlDaLlfuQ5gbmnQOgeZHlngxvSbf-LmpLghczfAhCV8N93LIomshyqmXHsiS8kvq_hU0Xb_4ikNc_u7Jp_YSYEWMeuvkVXqyflDylshBeXwS4S7Cd5I8hYiDjI7S3dt/s220/341361496_985273845722325_702621823730836402_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/v6OH7SDPFl4/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057318167105207523.post-2359962837591855279</id><published>2022-05-29T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2022-05-29T11:41:25.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Las clases de verano del English Way</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Rubik, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px; white-space: break-spaces;&quot;&gt;Las vacaciones de verano son para divertirse al máximo. Por ello, estimulamos y potenciamos al máximo la creatividad de los más pequeños y adolescentes. Así, aprenderán mientras se divierten y desarrollarán el hemisferio derecho de su cerebro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Rubik, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-size: 14px; white-space: break-spaces;&quot;&gt;
Reserva tus clase de &lt;b&gt;Julio y/o Agosto&lt;/b&gt;, sin matrícula antes de que se terminen las plazas.

Recuperaciones, repaso y apoyo escolar. Primaria, Secundaria y Bachiller.

Preparación de exámenes oficiales de Cambridge, Trinity, Aptis, Pearson, Toefl, IELTS.

Curso de Inglés de negocios, para empresas y profesionales.

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