CAEL Preparation 125

Contents

1-0Overview

1-1CAEL Assessment Overview

Reading

1-1Reading: Format and Content

1-2Skills Overview

1-3Key Reading Strategies

1-4Reading 1: Forecasting Consequences

1-5Reading 2: Forecasting Benefits

Use of English

1-1Editing Abbreviations and Symbols

1-2Common Errors #1

1-3Common Punctuation Problems

Listening

1-1Listening: Format and Content

1-2Skills Overview

1-3Key Listening Strategies

1-4Lecture

Speaking

1-1OLT: Format and Content

1-2Skills Overview

1-3Speaking Strategies for the OLT

1-4Task 1: Speaking Skills

1-5Task 1: Make a Short Presentation

Writing

1-1Writing: Format and Content

1-2Key Writing Strategies

1-3Essay Structure Overview

1-4CAEL Essay Checklist

1-5Timed Essay Writing

1-6Sample Essay

Contents

2-0Overview

Reading

2-1Skills: Predicting and Identifying

2-2Reading 1: Zebra Mussels

2-3Reading 2: Pest Control Methods

Use of English

2-1Fragments and Run-on Sentences

2-2Sentence Variety

2-3Common Errors #2

Listening

2-1Skills: Predicting and Identifying

2-2Lecture

Speaking

2-1Task 2: Relay Lecture Information

2-2Task 2: Speaking Skills

Writing

2-1The Outline

2-2The Thesis Statement

2-3Timed Essay Writing

2-4Sample Essay

Contents

3-0Overview

Reading

3-1Reading Skills: Understanding

3-2Reading 1: A Shield to Earthly Life

3-3Reading 2: Ozone Hole Debate

Use of English

3-1Commonly Misspelled Words

3-2Common Errors #3

3-3Control of Verb Tenses

Listening

3-1Listening Skills: Understanding

3-2Lecture

Speaking

3-1Task 3: Speaking Skills

3-2Speaking Task 3: Academic Document

Writing

3-1Body Paragraphs

3-2Paraphrasing and Quoting

3-3Timed Essay Writing

3-4Sample Essay

Contents

4-0Overview

Reading

4-1Skills: Summarizing and Synthesizing

4-2Reading 1: Motivation – An Overview

4-3Reading 2: Motivation Theory

Use of English

4-1Transitions: Types of Conjunctions

4-2Academic Writing Register

4-3Common Errors #4

Listening

4-1Skills: Summarizing and Synthesizing

4-2Lecture

Speaking

4-1Tasks 4 and 5: Speaking Skills

4-2Task 4: Quote from an Academic Text

4-3Task 5: Explain a Choice

Writing

4-1Transitional Devices

4-2Conclusions

4-3Timed Essay Writing

4-4Sample Essay