1-0 Overview

1-1 Format and Content

An overview of the timing and range of listening tasks related to the listening section of the CAEL test

1-2 Skill Overview

A list of key listening skills that are assessed in the listening section

1-3 Key Listening Strategies

Strategies to help test takers with the listening section of the CAEL test

1-4 Lecture

A post-listening vocabulary exercise prepares students for a lecture on the topic of long term weather forecasting; students listen to the lecture while answering questions.

1-1 Format and Content

An overview of the timing and range of reading tasks related to the reading section of the CAEL test

1-2 Skills Overview

A list of key reading skills that are assessed in the reading section

1-3 Key Reading Strategies

Strategies to help test takers with the reading section of the CAEL test

1-4 Reading 1: Consequences of Long Range Forecasting: Preparation or Panic

A post-reading vocabulary exercise prepares students for this timed reading.

1-5 Reading 2: Assessing the Economic Benefits of Improved Long-Range Weather Information

A post-reading vocabulary exercise prepares students for this timed reading.

1-1 Format and Content

An overview of the timing and range of speaking tasks related to the OLT

1-2 Skills Overview

A list of key speaking skills that are assessed in the listening section

1-3 Key Speaking Strategies

Strategies to help test takers with the OLT section of the CAEL test

1-4 Task 1: Speaking Skills

Students learn about speaking skills that will help t hem with Task 1.

1-5 Task 1: Make a Short Presentation

Students practice the first task of the OLT.

1-1 Format and Content

A description of the timing and performance standards of the CAEL essay.

1-2 Key Writing Strategies

Strategies to help test takers with the CAEL essay.

1-3 Essay Structure Overview

An overview of the essential parts of an essay.

1-4 The CAEL Essay Checklist

A list of essential features that test takers should keep in mind when writing an essay on the CAEL test.

1-5 Timed Essay Writing

Students practice writing an essay based on the listening and reading sections of this unit.

1-6 Sample Essay

Students examine an essay written by a CAEL test taker with the help of the CAEL essay checklist.

1-1 Editing Abbreviations and Symbols

Students learn about the most commonly used abbreviations and symbols .

1-2 Common Errors #1

Students practice using the editing abbreviations and symbols to identify and correct common writing errors.

1-3 Common Punctuation Problems

Students learn to identify common punctuation errors.