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CAE ARTICLE SAMPLE

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TASK An international magazine for young people has asked readers to send in articles on the topic of ‘Computer games- a complete waste of time and money’. Write an article supporting or disagreeing with the statement, and give your reasons. Write your article in 220- 260 words Is the game over? Nowadays a mind-blowing number of  computer games are available on the market. They have turned into a popular leisure time activity especially among the young  people.  This fact makes some of us wonder whether computer games are a loss  of time and money and what we can do about it. The way I see it, playing computer games is not necessarily a waste of time as long as they bring the share of excitement  that other activities can’t provide. Even if you spend a lot of money on a great book or a passionate film, you will never get your fill of thrill  as when you play computer games. When  playing computer games you are the real actor, you can decide to do ...

CAE PAST PAPER PROPOSAL SAMPLE

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Would you like to have your CAE or CPE writing corrected for free??? Would you like to post in this blog??? You can send your Word document to our Manager's email: Gustavo.albarracin.q @gmail.com     Proposal on the "Careers Day"  Purpose  The purpose of this document is to provide recommendations on how to make the Careers Day at college a real success. The ideas submitted come from the students who attended last years´ event and the     students´forum. The workshops and the speakers It is of the interest of the students to have really practical workshops given by people who do unusual, inspiring jobs, and not just the traditional ones. Emphasis should be given on inviting successful and innovative professionals, who can be interviewed by our students. Training courses proposal To have a full insight of the practical aspect of jobs, the students request to have one week training courses given by companies. This would give our students to opportun...

CAE PROPOSAL

TASK You would like to start a monthly magazine in English for students at the college where you are studying.  You have decided to send a proposal to the college asking for permission and financial support. Your proposal must include the following :  why you want to start the magazine,  what the first issue would includ,  what support and financial help you need from the college. Write your proposal in 220-260 words Proposal to launch an English magazine Purpose The purpose of this proposal is to ask for the college permission to launch a monthly English magazine and to ask for financial support. This proposal also outlines the plans and reasons concerning this idea. Reasons to support the project The English magazine will contain articles which can be used as supplementary material from the regular language courses. They will be written in 3 different levels of difficulty aiming at basic, intermediate and advanced students. The students will undoubtedly develo...

CAE LETTER OF COMPLAINT

TASK  You bought some CDs to help you improve your English.  You were not happy with the Cds and have decided to write to the Publisher, CD World. Write a letter to CD World explaining why you bought the CDs, why you are dissatisfied and saying what you would like the company to do. Write you answer in 180- 220 words Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you to express my extreme dissatisfaction with the set of 6 CDs of English conversation which I purchased from your company two weeks ago. Firstly I would like to explain that I bought your CDs because I was persuaded by your misleading advertisements that I could learn to speak English within one week, whether for business purposes or just for pleasure. Speaking English has become a necessity in my job  and since I can’t afford English lessons nor I have the time to take them, I thought your CDS were the perfect solution for my problem, but clearly I was wrong. Upon receipt of my 6 CDs, I set immediately to work. I s c...

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CAE CONTRIBUTION TO A LONGER PIECE

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TASK As we regularly do, we’re asking you, the readers, to add your contribution on the subject of one of our feature articles. So tell us what you think.  Are young people given too much too soon in their lives? We don’t just mean famous youngsters, we mean youngsters in general. Are they spoilt? Do their parents indulge them too much? Is it better for them to go without certain things so that they learn the value of having to struggle to get what they want? Are they given the impression that life is easy because it is too easy for them? Or is it the opposite in a lot of cases? Is life too much of a struggle for too many youngsters?  Maybe you have personal experience you’d like to share with the readers. We’ll print some of your articles in future editions. Write your contribution  in  220-260  words                                     Too much too young ? Today parents a...

CAE ESSAY

Read this CAE ESSAY SAMPLE  sent to us by a CAE student . Surf our web for more on CAE. We recommend How to write an Essay TASK: You have recently had a class debate in which students discussed whether knowledge or social connections were more useful in achieving success. Your teacher has asked you to write an essay giving your opinion on the following statement: « It’s not what you know, but who you know that counts » Write your essay in 220-260 words What you know or who you know? I strongly believe that having the right skills and qualifications is essential in order to get a good job and succeed in life. However, with the large numbers of people competing for jobs nowadays, aren’t social connections equally important? Some parents encourage their sons and daughters to keep up with the academic work in order to acquire the necessary knowledge to get into college and obtain a well-paid job one day. These young people do their best to be the first student in the class, t...