C2 Proficiency Quest
By Alba Casado
C2 Proficiency QuestMar 23, 2020
#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://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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#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:
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!
#5 Inversions party: Not only... but also
In this episode, we talk about inversions and practice some transformations. In particular, we are going to work with the structure "not only... but also." This is the first of a series of episodes about inversions.
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Episode's links:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/not-only-but-also
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/inversion
https://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-inversion/
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/towards-advanced/unit-25/session-1
https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/writing/register/inversion.htm
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#4 Interview with Pavel on how to pass the C2 Proficiency exam (CPE)
In this episode, I talk to Pavel, who passed the C2 Proficiency test in 2018 with a grade A. Do you want to know how he did it? Listen to our conversation.
Get in touch with Pavel:
https://www.facebook.com/thiophosgene93
https://vk.com/ambassador_polisorba
https://www.reddit.com/user/thiophosgene
https://theprose.com/thiophosgene
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#3 Albeit, although and though
In this episode, we are going to discuss how to use the C2 word "albeit." We can usually substitute "although" and "though" with it, but is it always true? If you want to know, don't miss this episode!
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Looking forward to hearing from you!
#2 Speaking paper: Overview and general tips
In today's episode, I'll give you a brief overview of the C2 Proficiency Speaking paper. I'll also share with you what I believe are the most useful pieces of advice that I have found and used so as to improve your speaking skills and your score.
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Documents:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/168194-c2-proficiency-teachers-handbook.pdf
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/cpe-examiner-comments.pdf
Instagram accounts to follow: c2english_cpeteacher_flavia (Flavia Costa), Ilaria from dictionaries_and_coffee, Hannah from cpe_self_preparation, and fernanda_englishteacher_br
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#1 Who am I and who is this podcast for?
In this episode, I tell you a little bit about myself, why I'm doing this and who I had in mind when I started this podcast.
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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.