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If you’re thinking of applying to study in the UK, it’s likely you’re asking yourself: Is my English good enough to study in an English-speaking country? Will I have to take an English exam for my student visa? Will my university ask me to prove my English skills? Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) …
A podcast is like a radio show that anyone can download and listen to. People make podcasts for lots of different things. Radio stations make podcasts from their programmes, universities and schools make podcasts from their lessons and lectures. Normal people make podcasts about things they are interested in or about things they know a …
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Whether you are preparing for an exam or learning for fun, your mobile phone is a great tool to help you improve your English. If you have a smartphone, you probably know about all the apps you can download, but you can also use your phone in lots of other interesting ways. 1. Change your …
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There are a lot of possibilites to learn a language faster – at home or while travelling to other countries. So it is your choice how to learn a foreign language. Here are the best tips to learn a foreign language faster: #1 Learn every day a few minutes. Maybe before breakfast? #2 Make mistakes. …
Plida, which is the short form of Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri, is another Italian language certificate and is issued by Dante Alighieri Society. With passing the exam you could prove your language skills of Italian as a foreign language. But PLIDA is not the only language certificate for Italian. We also wrote articles about …
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Have you ever thought about how many languages are good for you? Some people are happy to speak two languages fluently, others love to speak at least five languages on a high level. But what is the best way? One, two or many languages? This question is very difficult to answer because every person is …
In the most cases a language could help you a lot. You will explore countries in a different way, you could have friends all over the world and maybe you will get also the job you like. But to prove your language skills, you need one or more language certificates. These certificates can show your …
You have found the perfect language school, but now there is a second problem: How long should you visit a school in another country to improve your language skills? This is more difficult than finding the right language school because you know where your learning language is spoken and which countries you like. So for …
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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment is also known as CEFR, CEF or CEFRL (these are the abbreviations in English). It is an European guideline used to describe the different language levels of learners. The common reference levels The Common European Framework divides learners into six different levels: A1, A2, …
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DELF and DALF are French language exams for everyone who wants to have a certificate for the skills in the French language. The language certificate is adapted to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and available from the level A1 to the level C1. DELF and DALF in categories The language exam is …
