by Małgorzata | Jan 11, 2018 | BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, FORMAL WRITING, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, Uncategorized, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITTEN EXAM
I have problems with grammar. My grammar is never correct. I mix up all these tenses. Sounds familiar? I need to revise some grammar! This is the most frequent statement I hear when people ask me for advice in preparing for STANAG exams. And when I ask what they are...
by Małgorzata | Jan 4, 2018 | DISCUSSION, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
Let's talk about politics today as it is one of the topic areas of the STANAG 6001 level 3 speaking exam. First, I would like to show you some examples of exam questions in this topic area and then I will focus on one of them and present some sample arguments that...
by Małgorzata | Dec 29, 2017 | BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
Everyone around looks like they know something you don’t. You take out your notes and start revising randomly. It soon turns out you don’t remember it all. So you panic … and instead of warming up and preparing mentally to perform calmly you lose all...
by Małgorzata | Nov 29, 2017 | BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, WRITING, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
HOW TO COME UP WITH ARGUMENTS - EXAMPLES One of the frequent problems people have both in writing and in speaking during the STANAG 6001 English exam level 3 is coming up with interesting arguments. In the post, you will find 6 practical solutions to this problem. ...
by Małgorzata | Nov 14, 2017 | DISCUSSION, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
How to practise gathering ideas and arguments for the level 3 speaking TASK 2? How to prepare yourself for the part of the oral exam that requires discussing general or military topics? In this post, you will find a few ideas on how to do it on the example of the...
by Małgorzata | Nov 2, 2017 | BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, FORMAL WRITING, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, WRITING, WRITTEN EXAM
Is grammar really that important? Is it necessary to communicate? What do boring grammar exercises have in common with speaking? These are the often heard and asked questions which become especially important when we talk about exams. I'll try to answer them. Imagine...