by Małgorzata | Feb 5, 2018 | FORMAL WRITING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITING3, WRITTEN EXAM
The STANAG 6001 level 3 report is a form of an analytical piece of writing with specific requirements. The report constitutes TASK TWO of the exam in level 3 writing. There are always two report topics to chose from: one more general and another more military in...
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 | Dec 18, 2017 | FORMAL WRITING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, STANAG 6001 EXAMSWRITING, WRITING, WRITING EXAM, WRITTEN EXAM
I’m pleased to announce that we have a winner of the Letter to Santa Challenge. You can find the details of the task here: Letter to Santa Challenge The winner of the challenge is Michał Makosz and with his consent I’m publishing below the...
by Małgorzata | Dec 6, 2017 | FORMAL WRITING, STANAG 6001 EXAMS, WRITING, WRITTEN EXAM
WRITE A LETTER TO SANTA! Ho, ho, ho. Santa is here and he has a task for you. Last year when the Christmas season arrived I was teaching STANAG 6001 level 3 writing. We were in the middle of practising writing formal letters when it struck me that we had no choice...