tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865454261646727542024-03-13T00:36:41.747+01:00Centre for Learning and Multilingualism United Nations GenevaStaff Development and Learning Sectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02935811930508419320noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-75203045377410103482019-01-04T12:21:00.001+01:002019-01-04T12:22:22.852+01:00<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; max-width: 100%;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deadline</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">2018 LPE - Process and Timeline</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">15 March 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-1-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-1-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>1. Announcement of participating test sites and fee-paying entities</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">16 March - 9 April 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-2-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-2-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 27.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>2. Applicants should determine their eligibility, prepare supporting documents and update their Inspira profile</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">10 April - 2 May 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-3-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-3-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>3. Applicant registration period</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">10 April - 4 May 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-4-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-4-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 27.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>4. Screening of applications by Local Administrators (applicants should monitor their email messages)</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">7 - 11 May 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-5-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-5-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>5. Final chance for applicants to respond to pushed-back applications, if applicable</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">14 - 16 May 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-6-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-6-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>6. Final screening of pushed-back applications by Local Administrators</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">30 May - 6 June 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-7-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-7-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>7. Endorsement of registration fee by fee-paying entities</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">29 June 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-8-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-8-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>8. Checking final convocation/rejection status in Inspira</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Before 4 September 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-9-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-9-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>9. Exam Preparation</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">4 & 5 September 2018</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-10-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-10-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>10. Administration of written exam</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">1 August - 28 Sept 2018</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">(depending on Test Site)</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-11-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-11-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>11. Administration of interviews</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">February 2019</strong></div>
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<div aria-controls="ui-accordion-12-panel-0" aria-selected="false" class="ui-accordion-header ui-helper-reset ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-accordion-icons" id="ui-accordion-12-header-0" role="tab" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Century Gothic", Verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.3; list-style: none; margin: 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 2.2em; position: relative;" tabindex="0">
<span class="ui-accordion-header-icon ui-icon ui-icon-triangle-1-e" style="background-image: url("images/ui-icons_888888_256x240.png"); background-position: -32px -16px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 16px; left: 0.5em; margin-top: -8px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-indent: -99999px; top: 17.6875px; width: 16px;"></span>12. Announcement of results</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Throughout</strong></div>
</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 766px;"> Applicants should regularly check their emails and LPE website for updates. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure their email contact information in Inspira is correct, to ensure proper communication.</td></tr>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Frequently Asked<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Questions</strong></div>
</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 766px;"> View the latest <a href="https://hr.un.org/sites/hr.un.org/files/2018FAQSforWebsite_0.pdf" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6999c9; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">FAQs on the LPE</a>.</td></tr>
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CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-86309812325838229112014-02-24T17:07:00.001+01:002020-01-14T20:23:39.332+01:00Here is my website where I post all the materials I have to prepare for the exam.<br />
https://sites.google.com/site/unlpepreparationgeneva/CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-5640727780883315422014-02-24T17:05:00.001+01:002014-02-24T17:05:16.853+01:00September 2014 LPE exam announcement <br />
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http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/welcome/main.asp<br />
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<br />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-45380120707305677042013-03-07T16:22:00.001+01:002013-03-07T16:22:56.379+01:00<img src="http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/578489_280577095405864_1200534532_n.jpg" />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-70129447104261881642013-02-26T13:48:00.005+01:002013-02-26T13:48:36.429+01:00<br />
Film - Silver lining - watch this new release at the cinema<br />
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045658/plotsummary<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbgHxx1j4rc<br />
CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-36961018833064912342013-02-26T13:48:00.002+01:002013-02-26T13:48:19.773+01:00<br />
Bill Bryson is a travel writer. <br />
One of his most famous books about England is free online<br />
http://readfreeonline.net/OnlineBooks/Notes_from_a_Small_Island/Notes_from_a_Small_Island_1.html<br />
http://billbryson.blogspot.ch/<br />
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CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-30473325069006179132013-02-25T12:22:00.001+01:002013-02-25T12:22:02.131+01:00http://www.vocabulary.com/<br />
<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #555555; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Welcome to</span><strong style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Vocabulary.com</strong><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #555555; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">, the quickest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary.</span><br />
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CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-55174981571514816282013-02-23T11:03:00.001+01:002013-02-23T11:03:07.113+01:00<img src="http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/377576_278928252237344_1088486056_n.jpg" />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-89926105733552661052013-02-23T11:02:00.001+01:002013-02-23T11:02:25.132+01:00<img src="http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/482452_278947128902123_13941715_n.jpg" />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-66507062104231277652013-02-21T21:25:00.001+01:002013-02-21T21:25:01.098+01:00<img alt="Photo: With compliments to the Three Kings English Academy. Very useful visual. Phrasal verbs can be very tricky when interpreting into a B language. Always a good idea to learn them with precision and use then with precision." src="http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/c38.0.403.403/p403x403/44328_565107926835065_336327329_n.png" />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-38093612319208013772013-02-21T21:24:00.001+01:002013-02-21T21:24:34.269+01:00<img alt="Photo" src="http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/285303_269888233141417_1782153522_n.jpg" />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-54909354445988789122013-02-21T10:10:00.002+01:002013-02-21T10:33:00.362+01:00<span style="font-size: x-small;">Registration will be 1-31 May 2013 for 9 September written exam.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/welcome/main.asp</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Registration is now open in our courses for the April - July term. They close 26 February.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://learning.unog.ch/TrainingDirectory/Languages/Courseofferings/tabid/665/language/en-GB/Default.aspx</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Go to English Specialized Courses description to get the following information:</span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: xx-small;">::: Advanced English for
post level 9 students :::<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: xx-small;">(C1 level and above)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="ES" style="color: red; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;"> </span></b><span lang="ES"> </span><span lang="ES"> </span><span lang="ES"> <b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="ES" style="color: red; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 6.25pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; width: 664px;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Course<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Language Proficiency Examination
Preparation course<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Course<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 417.85pt;" valign="top" width="557"><div class="Default" style="margin-top: 3.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Language Proficiency
Examination Preparation course<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-US">Target </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-language: FR-CH;">audience</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Those who are post level 9 or equivalent (C1), wishing</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"> to prepare</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for
the LPE. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Description<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 417.85pt;" valign="top" width="557"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The programme helps
students develop exam techniques</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> and includes working on the main skill
areas: listening,</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> speaking, reading
and writing. Students also consolidate</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> their vocabulary and grammar knowledge.
The topics will</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> be those frequently encountered in a United Nations
context. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The course also includes an
individual recorded mock oral </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">exam with feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Duration<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: xx-small; letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Equivalent to a 48-hour course.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 417.85pt;" valign="top" width="557"><div class="Default" style="margin-top: 3.0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">2-hour workshops once a week and individual practice for the</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"> oral
exam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;">Contact point<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sarah Jordan (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="mailto:sjordan@unog.ch"><span lang="EN-GB">sjordan@unog.ch</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> or </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Carol Waites (<a href="mailto:cwaites@unog.ch">cwaites@unog.ch</a>)
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: FR-CH;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-38953890486084529962013-01-24T09:34:00.001+01:002013-01-24T09:34:15.799+01:00Dates for the LPE 2013The English exam will be held on Monday 9 September in the afternoon.CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-15867265762292651962013-01-13T10:42:00.001+01:002013-01-13T10:48:24.751+01:00Commonly confused words<img alt="infographic -- click the text links in the post for text versions of the visual material" src="http://netdna.copyblogger.com/images/grammar-goofs.png" />CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-61525567036688954172013-01-06T15:26:00.001+01:002013-01-06T15:26:41.558+01:00Wordle Word Cloud<br />
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CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-29112702488623297452013-01-06T11:04:00.000+01:002013-01-06T11:04:29.940+01:00Free audio bookshttp://www.booksshouldbefree.com/<br />
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/Top_100<br />
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On this website you will find popular books that are free! Download the audios. Listen to the audios in your car, while walking, during your lunchbreaks, when the kids are asleep in bed or whenever you like! Complement it with reading the book. You will become addicted and your English level will improve ten-fold.CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-62797871739035524572013-01-06T11:00:00.002+01:002013-01-06T11:00:49.096+01:00Coursera - free online university courses in English<br />
If you wish to push your English to a new level and simultaneously learn interesting content, then enrol in one of these free online courses. <br />
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https://www.coursera.org/about<br />
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Here is a list of courses<br />
https://www.coursera.org/courses<br />
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An interesting one which is coming up for LPE preparation students and those interested in pushing their level in writing is<br />
https://www.coursera.org/course/composition<br />
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English Composition I: Achieving Expertise</h1>
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Denise Comer</h3>
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You will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field. Students will learn how to read carefully, write effective arguments, understand the writing process, engage with others' ideas, cite accurately, and craft powerful prose. We will create a workshop environment.</div>
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<tr class="coursera-course-listing" data-course-id="970454"><td style="padding-bottom: 6px;">Mar 18th 2013 (12 weeks long)</td><td style="padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 15px;"><a class="btn btn-primary coursera-course-button coursera-course-button-join internal-home" href="https://www.coursera.org/account/signup" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2) 0px 1px 0px inset, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 1px 2px; background-color: #006ccc; background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgb(0, 136, 204), rgb(0, 68, 204)); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-color: rgb(0, 68, 204) rgb(0, 68, 204) rgb(0, 58, 173); border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2) 0px 1px 0px inset, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588) 0px 1px 2px; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 4px 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: initial; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px -1px 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 140px;">Sign Up</a></td></tr>
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English Composition I provides an introduction to and foundation for the academic reading and writing characteristic of college. Attending explicitly to disciplinary context, you will learn to read critically, write effective arguments, understand the writing process, and craft powerful prose that meets readers’ expectations. You will gain writing expertise by exploring questions about expertise itself: What factors impact expert achievement? What does it take the succeed? Who determines success? Since personal investment yields better writing, you can select an area of expertise meaningful to you (a hobby, trade, profession, discipline, etc.) for your major writing projects, which will be drafted and revised in sequenced stages: a critical response to an argument about expertise (2pp.); an explication of a visual image (2pp.); a case study of an expert (4pp.) and an Op-Ed (2 pp.). Your writing will be central to the course as we create a seminar/workshop structure with peer response and selected instructor feedback. </div>
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Two overarching assumptions about academic writing will shape our work: 1) it is transferable; 2) it is learnable. Being an effective academic writer involves asking meaningful questions and engaging in complex dialogue with texts and ideas. These skills are useful across virtually all academic disciplines and they provide a valuable means for making sense of non-academic experiences as well. Perhaps even more important, though, is that learning how to write effectively does not require inspiration or genius, but hard work, reflection, and feedback. This means that, with practice, dedication, and working with others,<i> you</i> can be an effective academic writer and contribute your ideas to important, ongoing conversations. Let's start now.</div>
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Denise Comer, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Writing Studies and Director of First-Year Writing at Duke University, has over fifteen years of experience teaching first-year writing students the strategies, confidence, and skills they need to be successful writers in and beyond the academy. Her leadership, collaboration, and innovation designing first-year writing courses and training first-year writing faculty have helped earn Duke University’s Thompson Writing Program national recognition with the 2006 CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence and the 2012 <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>, which commended Duke for “making the writing process a priority at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum.”1</div>
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She has led several initiatives for Duke and the Durham community that demonstrate her investment teaching writing to <i>all</i> learners: launching a writing course for students who need more time and preparation with college-level writing, many of whom are first-generation/low-income; integrating responsiveness to English Language Learners across all first-year writing courses; developing writing workshops for low-income, high-potential urban middle-school children; and creating a writing-based program for chronically and fatally ill children staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Durham. Prior to Duke, she taught writing for public universities, community colleges, and a military base. Her scholarship explores writing pedagogy, writing program administration, and the intersections between technology and the teaching of writing. She has two books forthcoming from Fountainhead Press in 2014:<i> Writing in Transit: A Reader</i> (ed.) and <i>It’s Just a Dissertation: Transforming Your Dissertation from Daunting to Doable to Done </i>(co-written with Barbara Gina Garrett).</div>
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<b>Unit 1 (Weeks 1-3): Critical Response</b><br />How do we become experts? I will ask you to draft and revise a critical response to an article about expertise by Daniel Coyle. You will draw on your selected area of expertise to respond to Coyle's arguments. Specifically, we will focus on how to:<br /><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;">
<li>read critically;</li>
<li>summarize, question, analyze, and evaluate written text;</li>
<li>engage with the work of others;</li>
<li>understand the stages of the writing process;</li>
<li>workshop writing;</li>
<li>respond towards revision;</li>
<li>incorporate reader feedback;</li>
<li>integrate quotes/evidence;</li>
<li>cite the work of others; and</li>
<li>craft effective titles.</li>
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<b>Unit 2 (Weeks 4-5): Explicating a Visual Image</b><br />What does expertise look like? How do we define it? I will ask you to select a visual image depicting your selected area of expertise and then explicate that image in order to make an argument about what expertise looks like and how it can be defined. Specifically, we will continue to work with the elements we learned in Unit 1, as well as build on them by focusing on how to:<br /><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;">
<li>summarize, questions, analyze, and evaluate visual texts;</li>
<li>argue and support a position;</li>
<li>use evidence;</li>
<li>achieve cohesion;</li>
<li>develop paragraph unity;</li>
<li>revise; and</li>
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<b>Unit 3 (Weeks 6-9): Case Study</b><br />What can we learn about expertise in a particular area? What does it take to succeed? I will ask you to research a particular example of expert achievement in your selected area and, drawing on multiple resources, make an argument about expertise. Specifically, we will continue to work with the elements we learned in Units 1 and 2, as well as build on them by focusing on how to:<br /><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;">
<li>conduct research;</li>
<li>write an extended argument;</li>
<li>examine disciplinary expectations;</li>
<li>develop an intertextual conversation;</li>
<li>understand popular sources and scholarly sources;</li>
<li>create effective introductions; and</li>
<li>write strong conclusions.</li>
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<b>Unit 4 (Weeks 10-12): Writing an Op-Ed</b><br />What do you think people need to know about expertise in your selected area? In this fourth and final unit, we will turn to a more public form of writing as I ask you to write an op-ed (opposite the editorial page) about your selected area of expertise for a publication of your choosing (you do not actually have to submit it to that publication). We'll also be working together to collaboratively crowdsource a bibliography of potential resources. Specifically, we will continue to work with the elements we learned in Units 1,2, and 3, as well as build on them by focusing on how to:<br /><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;">
<li>write for publics;</li>
<li>write concisely;</li>
<li>edit and proofread thoroughly;</li>
<li>decide whether to use active or passive verbs; and</li>
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Students should have basic English proficiency and exposure to secondary-level English or composition.</div>
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Students are encouraged to refer to the materials in this open-source textbook for additional help with their writing:<a href="http://writingcommons.org/open-text" style="color: #095b97; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;"> Writing Commons</a><br /><b></b></div>
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By engaging with ~40 interactive instructional videos (each ~six-eight minutes in length), students will research, draft, and revise the following four major projects in sequenced stages and with feedback from their peers: a critical response to an argument about expertise (2pp.); an explication of a visual image (2pp.); a case study of an expert (4pp.); and an Op-Ed about expertise (2pp.). Smaller assignments enable students to build up to these projects; these include directed reflections, forum participation, response papers, peer review, practice quizzes, polls, discussions, and surveys. </div>
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Yes. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a Statement of Accomplishment signed by the instructor. </blockquote>
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Yes. There are peer evaluations of your work that are the basis of the course grade. In addition, Professor Comer and her teaching staff will model effective feedback practices so class members can respond productively to one another. We will also hold several in-time virtual workshops, and use selected student writing for examples (anonymously and with your permission).</blockquote>
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No. Although grammar is important and resources on grammar will be provided, this course is focused primarily on how to write effective arguments. This involves asking meaningful questions, engaging with the work of others, and writing powerful prose. We will focus at times on sentence-level aspects of writing, including how to write more concisely, but our primary interest is in communicating your ideas effectively to readers through the use of argument and evidence.</blockquote>
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We welcome cultural and linguistic diversity, and will tailor the course to meet the needs of learners with varying levels of familiarity and facility with the English language. Part of our work will involve discussions about how different people use language, and what different expectations people bring to writing. These conversations will be strengthened with the inclusion of people who speak a wide variety of languages. We will have an expert on English as a Second Language working with our course to provide resources, model feedback practices, facilitate productive conversations, and provide instruction at times.</blockquote>
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<li><b>Will this course be geared primarily to writing in English Literature courses? </b>No. This course will help you with academic writing in all disciplines. We will have experts working with the course who have doctorates across the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities, and we will address disciplinary conventions explicitly. We will ask you to reflect on how you can transfer the writing knowledge you gain in this course to other writing experiences you might have in various disciplines.</li>
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<li><b>What is the song in the promo video and why is it there?</b> Throughout the course, we will be including songs about writing. We will include links to the songs and (if available) the artist web pages on our course wiki page. The song in the intro video is <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/944174/writing-backwards" style="color: #095b97; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;">"Writing Backwards"</a> by the group impossible songs.</li>
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The best idea is to work intensively on increasing your ability by regularly having input on a wide range of material. I am attaching a file I gave in class to my students who had the same problems. <br />Remember that you need to listen widely and perhaps the best solution is to regularly go to the cinema to watch English films. It makes you concentrate for an extended time. The listening part includes dialogues and more casual language as well as more serious topics. On the list I attached you can watch TED with English transcripts. </div>
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The Guardian Weekly is good - read it regularly. Try also to read literature if possible - modern day literature is good - perhaps life stories of famous people or things you enjoy but not always work related. </div>
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If you want to focus on multiple choice skills with listening and reading you could buy this kit and do the listening and reading tasks, which are very similar to the LPE.</div>
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It is good to get ones with audio CDs, as this is most similar to what you experience in the exam.</div>CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-29151137074902151572012-06-02T14:09:00.000+02:002012-06-02T14:09:02.428+02:00How to decide how close you are to an ideal LPE candidateYou can take the LPE online practice test to find out your score, but another way to judge is:<br />
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Are you an autonomous user of the English language in a range of contexts? Do you read at the Guardian Weekly level comfortably without a dictionary? Do you comfortably read a book without a dictionary? Do you comfortably watch a film in the original version? Do you regularly interact with native speakers comfortably in a range of conversational situations? Do you write most of your emails in English? Do you mostly answer the phone in English? <br />
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Or are you still a student of the language? Do you spend a lot of time doing exercises with your nose in the grammar book or dictionary. Are the books you consult most ones designed for learners of English or for native English speakers?<br />
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The LPE exam is designed to measure how autonomous and efficient (with time) you are using the language without grammar books or dictionaries or other help.CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-62513669945890765852012-05-29T16:06:00.001+02:002012-05-29T16:09:20.498+02:00Listening and reading sites - many with transcripts<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: #E0E0E0; color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/learningenglish<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: #E0E0E0; color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">ABC (C1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/"><span style="background: #E0E0E0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: #E0E0E0; color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Useful areas include the ‘LPE Guide and practice resources.’</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">‘Advanced level resources’ include additional practice in grammar, listening, reading and writing. </span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">VIRTUAL RESOURCE CENTRE (VRC)</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">How can I use the Virtual Resource Centre?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The VRC can be used to prepare for LPE exams as well as for additional studying beyond what has been discussed in class. In essence it is like the learning resource centre, but on line.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><br /></strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">What kind of resources will be on the VRC?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">LPE guides, online resources, directed self study materials etc.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Who is responsible for the VRC?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Language teachers are responsible for the content on the VRC. However, should you encounter any problems please do not hesitate to contact the language training programme intern.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><br /></strong><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When is the VRC available?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The VRC is available throughout the term and might be available during breaks as well; however, only the teacher has the right to decide what is available when.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><br /></strong><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Where is the VRC?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The VRC is available anywhere you have a computer and internet access, whether or not you are on the UN premises.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">How do I access the VRC?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The VRC is accessible to any person enrolled in the language training programme. Log on to Moodle and with your username and password, and you will have access to the VRC. </span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Is the Virtual Resource Centre the same as the Learning Resource Centre?</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Although both avenues of learning, there are materials in the LRC that cannot be put on the VRC due to copyright laws.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">You can work in three ways with the VRC:</strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Autonomously as you wish</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Following the Advanced course autonomously</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">Following a Directed Self Study course with the aid of a teacher—you need to be enrolled.</span><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong></strong></span></strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><strong></strong></strong><br style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="background-color: #e0e0e0; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><strong><div style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px;">
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</strong>CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-26534859939251179582012-05-24T18:47:00.001+02:002012-05-24T18:47:38.567+02:00LPE Practice exam<a href="http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/preparation/main.asp">http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/preparation/main.asp</a>CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486545426164672754.post-2544449512115320832012-05-24T13:04:00.002+02:002012-05-24T13:04:47.783+02:00Sign up to the Guardian WeeklyThis journal is only available through subscription and is the best one for LPE Preparation - the articles are right on target!<br />
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<ul style="padding-left: 2pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Language Proficiency Examination</span><br /><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;">Enrolment period: 14 May - 15 June 2012</span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">We are pleased to announce that the registration period for the 2012 Language Proficiency Examinations (LPE). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">The purpose of the LPE is to test candidates' written and spoken knowledge in any of the six official languages of the United Nations. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Candidates who pass one or more examinations may qualify for language-related incentives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">The written part of the 2012 LPE is scheduled to be held as follows:</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tuesday, </span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">04 September 2012</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">: Chinese, English, Russian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wednesday, </span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">05 September 2012</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">: Arabic, French, Spanish</span></li>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Candidates will be notified of the date and time of their oral examination on 4 and 5 September.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please note that the </span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">registration process has changed</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">For more information on the </span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">enrolment procedures</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">, please refer to the link below: </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/application/main.asp">http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/application/main.asp</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please click on the below link to</span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> read the circular giving you eligibility requirements and fees.</span></b><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://learning.unog.ch/Portals/0/docs/Language/LPE/LPECirculare.pdf">http://learning.unog.ch/Portals/0/docs/Language/LPE/LPECirculare.pdf</a></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Testing & Examination Unit<br />Staff Development & Learning Section (SDLS)</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://learning.unog.ch/">http://learning.unog.ch</a></span></ul>CarolKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07106799526154268720noreply@blogger.com0