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C2 Proficiency Quest Alba Casado
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Join my quest for proficiency in English and beyond. In each episode, I will share with you every tip, word, expression, grammar point, or any valuable content that I encounter in my journey towards proficiency in English. If you are preparing for the Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly known as CPE), join my quest, and let's improve together.
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#10 Talking about COVID-19, health and illness
In this episode, we are going to talk about COVID-19. Since the rest of the world is talking about it, I said, "Oh well, let's make the most of it and learn to talk about health and illness."
Vocabulary related to COVID-19 or health and illness:
access to healthcare
acute
alleviate
attack (the virus attacks...)
be in poor health
be/feel under the weather
Carrier
come down with
Community spread
Contagious
Containment
contract
cope
Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
diabetes
droplets
Epidemic vs. pandemic
Fatality; deadliness
Fatality/Mortality rate; death toll
Flatten the curve
from person to person; person-to-person transmission
heart disease
high blood pressure
High-risk population
home remedies
immune system
Incubation period
infect
infected
Infectious
lethargy
Lockdown, isolate, isolation, self-isolate, quarantine, social distancing
Mitigation
Outbreak
positive (test positive or negative)
prevent
serious illness
Shortness of breath
spread
sweep the globe
Symptomatic/Asymptomatic
the WHO (abbreviation for the World Health Organization)
transmit
Underlying medical problems; pre-existing medical conditions
vaccine, vaccinate, vaccination
Waterborne; airborne
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#9 Interview with Rohit on how to improve your speaking skills for the C2 Proficiency exam (CPE)
In this Episode, Rohit from GoGetter English tells us how to improve our speaking skills for the C2 Proficiency exam (CPE).
Episode's links:
https://gogetterenglish.es/
https://www.facebook.com/GogetterLang/
https://www.instagram.com/gogetterenglish/
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#8 A trip down memory lane: Word formation, idioms, and collocations
In this episode, we talk about memory, memories, forgetting and remembering. We will study some idioms, phrasal verbs, and collocations related to this topic, and we will also do some word formation practice. On top of that, given that we are talking about memory today, I'll share with you some of the strategies I use so as to remember new vocabulary and structures.
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#7 Speaking paper 2: analyzing the tasks
In today's episode, we talk about the tasks in the C2 Proficiency speaking paper and their differences with those in the C1 advanced. I will also give you some quick tips on how to interrupt as well as disagree politely during the exam.
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Episode's links:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/168194-c2-proficiency-teachers-handbook.pdf
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Do you need some extra practice? Or maybe you are looking for an English tutor to help you walk that extra mile. Either way, you can find your teacher on italki. And with this link, you'll get $10 when you spend $20 on the platform! (Only for new clients)
https://www.italki.com/i/BEAFHe?hl=en
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#6 How to improve your writing skills with Christopher Walker from Closely Observed
In this Episode, Christopher Walker from closelyobserved.com offers us some guidance on how to improve our writing skills for the C2 Proficiency exam (CPE).
About Christopher:
Christopher Walker is originally from Leicester in England, but for the past decade, he has been living in Bielsko-Biala, a city tucked into the bottom corner of Poland close to both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He runs a website at www.closelyobserved.com, and a YouTube channel called Closely Observed English, which helps students learn more about English, and prepare for exams. He has also started another channel recently, Closely Observed Teaching, which, as the name suggests, focuses on the teaching side of EFL. He specializes in Exam Preparation, but he finds absolutely everything to do with English - the language and teaching - to be quite fascinating. He particularly enjoys using etymology to help students build their word power more effectively, whether they are studying for an exam or not.
Episode's links:
www.closelyobserved.com
Closely Observed English: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO2CePuzjIWK3kWsYcYbb4w
Closely Observed Teaching: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClp0XqB_Kmw-LT12fpUKmUw
Formal and informal register: https://youtu.be/yHEyfKo18ds
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BONUS#5 (Sentences Only) Inversions party: Not only... but also
This is a bonus episode (complementary to episode #5 Inversions party: Not only... but also) that contains only the sentences so you can practice at home. Enjoy!
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