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How do I prepare for my STANAG 6001 level 3 exam?
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[NEW POST on the stanagexpert.com blog] Dear stan [NEW POST on the stanagexpert.com blog] Dear stanagexperts, I hope this message finds you all well. Some time ago, seems like a really loooong time, I promised to write more about how to prepare for STANAG exams on your own, especially the level 3 was mentioned as problematic in this respect. So, I have finally gathered in one place some advice on how to prepare for the exam on your own, at home. You asked about resources, materials, past papers, and … how to do it on your own, what to do when you can’t attend a specialised course or can't find a teacher who has experience with STANAG 6001 exams. I hope you know that you can always ask me a question. But specifically regarding this problem, you will find a lot of advice from me in the NEWEST POST on the blog. Ta-dah! [link in bio] I have been working on it for w while, as 2020 seems to be having its own plans for us all and the circumstances haven’t exactly been helpful. But here it is. The post contains my recommendations on how to go about your learning process based on my experience as a STANAG 6001 English teacher and author of the book, as well as some useful links to resources or other posts on my blog. I am sure you will find at least some of this advice useful. It is a result of my experience as a STANAG 6001 courses teacher, hundreds of writings checked and lots of feedback given regarding speaking. Use the advice to your benefit, but find your own way to organise your learning process, which will be adjusted to your particular level of proficiency, previous experience and needs. Good luck! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to leave a comment. Enjoy!
[ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION] When you ask someone f [ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION] When you ask someone for clarification, you are asking them to say something in a different way or provide more information so that you understand them better. You may want to ask for clarification in writing, usually in an e-mail or letter, by writing: *I’m afraid I don’t understand what you mean by .... Could you please provide more details? *Regarding the date, are you saying that we should postpone the event for a few weeks? Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. *I understand .... , but could you please clarify what you mean concerning ... ? *I am looking forward to receiving the updated information today. Thanks for your help. You may also want to ask for clarification in speaking. Here is how you may go about it. *I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you mean. *I’m afraid I didn’t quite catch that. *I’m sorry, could you repeat that, please? *So, if I understood you correctly, you would like to know whether... *Does that answer your question? More on functional language for STANAG 6001 exams on my blog: www.stanagexpert.com
[LETTERS AND E-MAILS REQUESTING INFORMATION] LEVEL [LETTERS AND E-MAILS REQUESTING INFORMATION] LEVEL 3 and 2 writing tasks, formal and semi-formal emails or letters, may require asking for information. For example: STANAG 6001 LEVEL 3 WRITING TASK 1 You have been tasked with organising the equipment display for the Minister of Defence. Write an e-mail to the Ministry 1) informing about the possible date, place and other details of the event, 2) asking for information concerning the number of delegation members and the requests they might have in connection with the event, and 3) informing about the security arrangements made. Write a minimum of 120 words. Here are some USEFUL PHRASES to be used when asking for information: *I am writing to enquire about... *I am writing in connection with... *Could you possibly send... *I would be grateful if you could... *Would it be possible for you to tell me... Would it be possible for you to send me... *I would appreciate some information about... *Could you also please send me... *Another matter I need information on is... *I would also like some information on... *I look forward to receiving... *I would appreciate it if you could inform me as soon as possible... More on letters and emails requesting information on my blog: https://www.stanagexpert.com/formal-letters-giving-and-req…/
[ARRANGING A MEETING – USEFUL PHRASES] Making an [ARRANGING A MEETING – USEFUL PHRASES] Making an appointment is another level 2 role-play situation in which you may need to ask for information. Here are some useful expressions. *Do you have any appointments on Monday? *Do you have any slots/openings in the evening? *Can you give me an appointment on Monday? *How about going to the cinema tomorrow? *Are you free at the weekend? *Why don't you join us next time? *Can we meet on the 3rd? *Can we meet next weekend? *Are you available tomorrow morning? *Are you free next week? *When can I talk to the manager? *Can I meet you tomorrow morning? *How about tomorrow afternoon? *Is next week convenient for you? *Do you have any time available this weekend? *When would be a good time to meet you? *Would today evening be all right? More on functions and STANAG 6001 exams on www.stanagexpert.com
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[ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS] This is one of the topics [ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS] This is one of the topics for a level 2 role-play. You are usually required to ask for directions to a specific place. Asking for directions is a form of asking for information. It can be asked in a direct form: *Excuse me, where is the post office? Or in an indirect way: *Could you please tell me where the post office is? For details concerning asking direct and indirect questions, see previous posts on this page (use search the page option). Here are some useful phrases when asking for directions: Excuse me, how can I get to the museum? Can you tell me the way to the nearest post office? Can you tell me where the bank is? How do I find the train station? How do I get to the old town? Is there a cash machine near here? How far is it on foot/by bus? More on STANAG 6001 exams on: www.stanagexpert.com
[TOPIC OF THE WEEK] ASKING FOR INFORMATION is a fu [TOPIC OF THE WEEK] ASKING FOR INFORMATION is a function useful in doing tasks at all levels of the STANAG 6001 exam in English. This week we will look at different instances and forms of asking for information during the exam. It is useful when asking for directions, making appointments, arranging meetings, shopping, or telephoning, at the bank, tourist information office, and in a lot of other situations. You can ask for information using direct and indirect questions. This ability will be useful for level 2 role-plays, as well as level 3 after-briefing questions and written tasks, such as letters/e-mails. More coming this week. On STANAG 6001 exams check out my blog: www.stanagexpert.com
[HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH] How to improve your [HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH] How to improve your English without learning? Improving your English can be fun! Here are 5 ways to do so. 1. Read in English. 2. Watch in English. 3. Listen to podcasts. 4. Listen to audiobooks. 5. Use English while travelling. The list comes from a blog article published on my website. Ready for more details? Check them out here: https://www.stanagexpert.com/5-ways-to-improve-your-english-on-holiday/
[CARE TO SHARE?] Have you ever taken any STANAG 60 [CARE TO SHARE?] Have you ever taken any STANAG 6001 exam? Are you a teacher, instructor or examiner? SHARE A TIP! What is the most important tip you would give to someone preparing for the exam? Polish or English - leave a comment! Help others prepare well. Let us use your experience!
[HOW TO EDIT YOUR WRITING] Let's start with expla [HOW TO EDIT YOUR WRITING] Let's start with explaining what editing is. It's basically a process which involves correcting mistakes and making other improvements in the organisation and logic of a text. The aim of this procedure is to come up with a piece of writing which is complete, accurate and consistent. How to do it? Step 1: PLAN Step 2: RESERVE TIME Step 3: ONE THING AT A TIME Step 4: KNOW YOURSELF What to focus on? *STRUCTURE *CONTENT *LOGIC *CORRECTNESS *STYLE The above are the fragments of a blog article published on my website. If you are interested in more details, go to: https://www.stanagexpert.com/how-to-edit-your-own-writing/
What is a language barrier? A dictionary will tel What is a language barrier? A dictionary will tell you that it is an inability to communicate because we don’t speak a common language. Why can’t we use the language we have been learning, sometimes for many years? Are we afraid of embarrassment, being misunderstood or making mistakes? Are we trying to avoid loosing face? Are we afraid of being judged or do we judge ourselves? Are we irritated because all these years of learning and money seem to have gone down the drain? Why? Because our knowledge is inactive, it’s a bag full of words and grammatical forms, but they cannot be used as they are only theoretical, unrelated to real life, unrelated to you and your experience, unrelated to each other. All these language elements seem like a puzzle whose elements don’t match. What to do? 1. Leave the comfort zone 2. Learn on your mistakes 3. Overcome chaos 4. Prepare 5. Try and test The above are fragments of the blog aricle, you can find on my website. If you are interested in more details, go to the article: https://www.stanagexpert.com/language-barrier-and-how-to-overcome-it/ 
[TOPIC OF THE WEEK - USEFUL TIPS] This week, I wo [TOPIC OF THE WEEK - USEFUL TIPS] This week, I would like to have another look at some useful tips that have appeared on the stanagexpert.com blog over time. The aim will be to remind some useful staff that is already there. Over the week, we will have a look at how to deal with a language barrier, how to improve your English on holiday or how to use authentic materials to learn effectivelly. See you and take care!
[ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS] LEVEL 3 BRIEFING QUE [ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS] LEVEL 3 BRIEFING QUESTIONS In Part B of Task 1 you have to ask questions or comment on the briefing of the second candidate. You have 1-2 minutes for this part. The aim of this part is to demonstrate the ability to: • ask for information • ask for explanation • give information/explanation • object to arguments • agree/disagree with opinion While your colleague is giving his or her briefing, it is not the time for you to revise yours. You should listen carefully and make notes, as after the briefing you are supposed to ask questions about it or offer a comment. TYPICAL QUESTIONS There are questions you might ask in different situations. Think of such factors as: cost/price/time/responsible person/consequences/examples/alternative solutions, etc. The DIRECT QUESTIONS you might want to ask are: 1. What is the price/cost of... ? 2. How long will it take to ...? 3. How many people will you need to ...? 4. Who will be responsible for ...? 5. What will be the consequences of ... ? 6. What kind of ... will you need to ...? If you want to sound more officially, you can ask INDIRECT QUESTIONS. Indirect questions are more formal and polite than asking directly. You ask an indirect question by introducing it with such sentences as: Could you tell me… I would like to know… Do you know… Do you happen to know… I need to know… MORE ON REACTING TO BRIEFINGS ON MY BLOG: https://www.stanagexpert.com/how-to-react-to-briefing/
[INDIRECT QUESTIONS] WORD ORDER IN DIRECT QUESTIO [INDIRECT QUESTIONS] WORD ORDER IN DIRECT QUESTIONS Word order in indirect questions is the same as in a statement, that is, SUBJECT goes before a VERB. Direct question Indirect question Yes/No question Can you help me? I wonder if/whether you can help me. Wh-question What do you do? I need to know what you do. Why do we use indirect questions? To be less direct obviously, which usually means being more polite. When you use indirect questions, you demonstrate a higher level of language command than when you can use only direct questions. INDIRECT QUESTIONS can follow a statement: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW where the museum is. I WONDER if you could tell me. PLEASE TELL ME how far the bus station is. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT whether she knows the truth. Or a question: COULD YOU TELL ME where the museum is? DO YOU NEED TO KNOW whether he is telling the truth? CAN I ASK YOU how far the city centre is? If you want to demonstrate a higher level of language command and be polite or more formal in English, get your indirect questions right! More on STANAG 6001 EXAMS on my website www.stanagexpert.com
[WH-QUESTIONS] WH-questions differ from yes/no qu [WH-QUESTIONS] WH-questions differ from yes/no questions in that they begin with a WH-question word (a word that contains letter W and H). The word order is basically the same you just add a WH-question word at the beginning of the question. WH-QUESTIONS WORD ORDER WH-QUESTION WORD + AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT (PERSON OR THING) + MAIN VERB (ACTIVITY) There are quite a few QUESTION WORDS in English, and they have different functions: WHAT – asking for information – What do you do? WHAT…FOR – asking about a reason –What will you use it for? WHEN – asking about time – When is she leaving? WHERE – asking about a place – Where can we park? WHICH – asking about choice – Which size do you need? WHO – asking about people – Who knows the truth?* WHY – asking for a reason – Why did they move? WHY DON’T – making a suggestion – Why don’t we go to the cinema? HOW – asking about manner or condition – How are you feeling? HOW+ADJECTIVE or ADVERB HOW FAR – asking about distance – How far have you travelled? HOW LONG – asking about length – How long will the procedure take? HOW MANY – asking about quantity (countable) – How many people did you talk to? HOW MUCH – asking about quantity (uncountable) –How much money does she need? HOW OLD – asking about age – How old is he? * Who can do it?* is a subject question. If we are asking about the subject, the question does not need an auxiliary verb. WHO knows the truth? > HE does. WHO did it? > I did. Who has broken that window? > They have. More on STANAG 6001 EXAMS on my website www.stanagexpert.com
[DIRECT QUESTIONS] Level 2 SPEAKING At the level [DIRECT QUESTIONS] Level 2 SPEAKING At the level 2, you will be expected to ask questions in the role play. LEVEL 3 SPEAKING At the level 3, you will need to ask questions in all three parts of the exam: in Part 1, after your exam partner’s briefing, in Part 2A in a discussion on provided factors and in Part 2B in a discussion being the answer to the examiners’ questions. One of the typical grammatical mistakes during the spoken exam is the wrong word order in questions. Let us focus today on the WORD ORDER IN DIRECT QUESTIONS. YES/NO QUESTIONS are the questions which can be answered with a Yes or No. The word order is the following: AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT (PERSON OR THING) + MAIN VERB (ACTIVITY) WHAT IS AN AUXILIARY VERB? It is a helping verb that gives additional meaning to the main verb. In the case of questions, if an AUXILIARY VERB is put before the MAIN VERB, we know it is a QUESTION. There are 23 auxiliary verbs in English. Primary auxiliary verbs: BE, am, is, are, was and were, being, been; HAVE, has, had; DO, does, did; and modal auxiliary verbs: will, would, shall and should, may, might, must, can, could. Depending on a tense you may chose a different auxiliary to start your question. AUXILIARY + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB + the rest of the sentence Do you like reading? Present Simple DO you like chocolate? DOES he swim every day? Present Continuous IS it raining? ARE we leaving? Past Simple DID he do it? DID they help you? Present Perfect HAVE you ever been to Spain? HAS she already left? Past Perfect HAD they paid before they left? Modals CAN you help me? WOULD you like to come in? You can also use auxiliaries to ask NEGATED QUESTIONS, such as: Don’t they like this idea? Aren’t you coming? Can’t he understand? GRAMMATICAL CORRECTNESS is one of the elements of your assessment during the exam, so make sure to get your questions right! More on STANAG 6001 EXAMS on my website www.stanagexpert.com
[TOPIC OF THE WEEK – ASKING QUESTIONS] Asking q [TOPIC OF THE WEEK – ASKING QUESTIONS] Asking questions is an important grammar point for STANAG 6001 SPEAKING. You will need to ask questions both at the level 2 – in the role-play, as well as at the level 3 – in all of the speaking tasks. Why is asking questions correctly so important? Because asking them incorrectly will negatively influence the assessment of your grammatical correctness or accuracy. This week we will focus on: – how to correctly ask questions; – types of questions; – functions, such as asking for information, advice, help. See you later this week stanagexperts! More on STANAG6001 exams on my website: www.stanagexpert.com #stanagexpert #stanag6001 #stanag #stanag6001english #stanag6001exams #stanag6001level2 #stanag6001level3
[CITY VERSUS COUNTRY – STANAG 6001 LEVEL 3 DISCU [CITY VERSUS COUNTRY – STANAG 6001 LEVEL 3 DISCUSSION] One of the discussion topics at level 3 is the comparison of the live in the city with the life in the countryside. A sample exam task might read like this: Some people decide to leave the cities and live in the countryside. Look at the list below and discuss the following factors. Decide which factor is the most important in making such a decision. Justify your choice. cost of living living closer to nature people And here are some sample arguments for and against each of the points: ***COSTS OF LIVING*** PLUSES • cheaper food; • no rent to pay; • lower price of land. MINUSES • shopping may require travelling long distances; • the house maintenance costs; • poorer infrastructure. ***LIVING CLOSE TO NATURE*** PLUSES • better air quality, better health, less pollution; • healthier food; • contact with nature. MINUSES • transport infrastructure is poorer; • nature can be unpredictable and dangerous; • wild animals can be dangerous or ill. ***PEOPLE*** PLUSES • fewer people, less crowd; • more space, privacy and independence; • less traffic and noise; • quieter and more peaceful life. MINUSES • everyone knows each other, less privacy; • more seclusion means you are more prone to criminal activity of e.g. burglars; • closed community, fewer social and entertainment opportunities. More example arguments and exam tasks on my website www.stanagexpert.com and in my book: https://www.stanagexpert.com/stanag-expert-textbooks/
[DESCRIBING PLACES – GRAMMAR] There are a few u [DESCRIBING PLACES – GRAMMAR] There are a few useful grammatical forms when describing places: THERE IS … (+ singular noun) /THERE ARE … (+ plural noun) to say that something exists. • There are some tourist attractions in my town. • There is an old town hall in the town centre. • There are 50 thousand people living in my town. PAST SIMPLE to talk about past events connected with the place. • I was born in Warsaw, but now I live in Sandomierz. • The city was built 200 years ago. • The I moved to Krakow in 2015. PRESENT SIMPLE to describe the place as it is and talk about what is generally true/more or less permanent. • I live in a small town in the south of Poland. • The city is a tourist spot. • The village is inhabited by 100 people. PRESENT PERFECT to talk about something that started in the past and continues until now. • I have lived here for 20 years. • I have just moved to this place. • I have always wanted to live in the mountains. PRESENT CONTINUOUS to talk about plans or changes. • I am planning to move to the countryside when I retire. • I am moving away because of my work obligations. More on grammar here: Grammar for STANAG exams: https://www.stanagexpert.com/grammar-for-stanag-exams/ What do we need grammar for?: https://www.stanagexpert.com/what-about-grammar/
[TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE – USEFUL PHRASES] [TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE – USEFUL PHRASES] During the STANAG 6001 LEVEL 2 speaking warm-up, you might be asked about where you live. Be precise and to the point, don’t go into too much detail, but give enough information to satisfy the topic without the need to answer too many follow-up questions. Here is how you might want to go about it: I live in a big city/small town/village. It is located in the … part of … /in the lake district/in the mountains etc. It is a tourist/industrial/mountainous spot. It has a population of … inhabitants. There are some tourist attractions in my town, such as … It is an important centre of … industry. I live there in a house/flat with … It is located in the city centre/in the suburbs/out of town/in the countryside. I like living there because … More STANAG 6001 exams in English on my website: www.stanagexpert.com.
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