CAE achieved! Взял CAE.

‘Lol u graduated from cambridge?’
Joe Koberton

Hello, my dear readers. This article is about my recent success. I’m on top of the world because just five minutes ago I got a letter from Cambridge telling me that I’ve passed my CAE exam! It feels like the weight has been lifted from my shoulders, and at last I can breathe freely, because I’ve been waiting for the results for what seems like donkey’s years (but actually since November!). Also, if you’ve been following my progress I messed up in the exam losing some points simply by not getting my head around some of the tasks. So, I made it by the skin of my teeth by passing with a more than rewarding C Grade.

One of my students from London wrote to me saying how well I achieved due to the fact I got the same grade as he did! I will keep you posted with my educational successes when they happen.

Sergey Larin (English Teacher).

P.S. My next challenge is CPE.

Congrats from my London friend

CAE достигнут!

Здравствуйте, дорогие читатели. Эта статья про мой успех.
Я безудержно счастлив, потому что пять минут назад пришло письмо, где говорилось, что я успешно сдал экзамен CAE. Это как груз с плеч долой – наконец-то можно вздохнуть. Это потому, что ожидание растянулось на долгие-долгие годы (на самом то деле оно началось в ноябре!). А ещё, если вы следили за новостями, то знаете, что мне не дошли задания и я потерял баллы. Поэтому, я с трудом пробился к отметке С.
Готовиться пришлось по-взрослому, но я упёрся и это принесло свои плоды. Наконец то можно сказать, что I know English WELL.

P.S. Следующим на очереди идёт CPE.

8 Jan 2015, 15:13

1) Cambridge makes you happy

2) Everything seems good

My exam and the British who helped me

Today is day one of my CAE examination. Hopefully there were enough right answers in my answer sheet. I need at least 60% of them to be correct because I’ve been waiting for the exam for 2 years. This is my rite of passage and that would be so frustraiting to fail it.
The exam began long before the actual date. The main difficulty was to get used to the schedule that had to be set to help me wake up at 8 AM today and go and win. The second difficulty was to get my British friends help me with the speaking practice. Thomas Sharp, Reiss Дарренович Digby, Dimi Romanov, Richard Devereaux-Ward, Joe Koberton – you’ve been so helpful and patient helping me.
But my most inspiring person was my teacher Karen*.

Respect your teacher

She’s gone through so many questions on grammar that anyone of us would’ve got jelly brains. Also, explaining what some obvious things are required of her not only telling ‘this thing is just this thing and nothing else’ but a thorough explanation.
Fortunately, preparing for your exam isn’t just cramming grammars, but also some exotic things. I even took meditations to impove my concentration skill! Oh, and now I know the names for radio reporters in London. Also, I’ve travelled all around the world with David Attenborough in his epic documentaries.
Tomorrow it is going to be the 2nd part of the exam – Speaking and that is the part where my British friends have been most helpful. There are going to be a couple British asking numerous questions and asking students to discuss the visuals.
With all your kind wishes and fingers crossed I’ll manage to get a piece of the pie.

*If you’d like to have some help with your IELTS preparation or get some speaking practice I could ask teacher Karen about it.

29 November, 2014.