by Małgorzata | Jun 9, 2021 | FORMAL WRITING, LEVEL 3, LISTENING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, VOCABULARY, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
Continuing the series of recorded pieces from a L3 Stanag 6001 exam, here comes a sample L3 memorandum, which is one possible tasks to write during the exam in Poland. Here’s the the instruction for this task: During an international field exercise, a soldier...
by Małgorzata | May 25, 2021 | FORMAL WRITING, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, REPORT, SLP 2222, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, VOCABULARY, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
What makes formal writing difficult? 3 things – formal language, organisation and logic. Here are 3 ideas on how to deal with them. 1. Templates (organisation) Templates will make your life easier. What is a template? It is a sample text of a particular type that has...
by Małgorzata | May 13, 2021 | DISCUSSION, LEVEL 3, ORAL EXAM, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
This is a sample of a SLP 3 speaking task in accordance with the requirements of the exam in Poland. The useful expressions have been bolded in the text. The audio is ~ 3,5 minutes long as it is spoken in quite a fast, native pace. Bear in mind that during the exam,...
by Małgorzata | Apr 20, 2021 | IDIOMS, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3, ORAL EXAM, SLP 2222, SPEAKING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, VOCABULARY, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
Why do you need a collocations dictionary? Or maybe we should start from the beginning and say what a collocation is? A collocation is a partly or fully fixed expression, which has been established in use by native speakers who used it repeatedly in context, for...
by Małgorzata | Apr 1, 2021 | FORMAL WRITING, GRAMMAR, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 3, REPORT, STANAG 6001 EXAMS
Why should you edit and correct your own writing? How to do it during the exam? Is there time? To my mind, this element of the exam is equally important as the other ones. And it shouldn’t be omitted or avoided. On the contrary, you should plan the time...
by Małgorzata | Mar 22, 2021 | FORMAL WRITING, LETTERS/E-MAILS, LEVEL 3, REPORT, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
When I started teaching for STANAG 6001 exams back in 2005, I realised that there were few sources that could help me. I remember one scene. We were walking along a path in the park for a placement test organised in another building. It was a nice, warm autumn...
