36 Cambridge First Certificate Exam Preparation Courses in Dublin

This is a preparation course for the FCE exam. The course price does not include the exam fee. The start date depends on the lenght of your course: - 4 weeks course: 29 Jul. - 8 weeks course: 17 Jun. - 10 weeks course: 25 Mar. Core English training in reading, writing, speaking and listening will focus on: - Methods and strategies for successful integrated and independent writing. - The skills needed to speak confidently and succeed in a one-to-one interview. - Listening strategies such as listening for the idea of what’s said and for detail - Skim reading for meaning, scanning for detail, paraphrasing, making inferences, and more. Perfect Your Exam Technique On this thorough, targeted course, you will learn the valuable exam skills needed to meet or surpass your expected result. Using sample papers and with continuous practise of specific tasks, you will become familiar with the exam you are taking and learn how to answer the questions as effectively as possible. Improve Your English Being in an English-speaking environment for a long time improves your level. You will be speaking English inside and outside of your classroom. Your lessons will focus on preparing you for your exam; however, you will also see your English fluency improving from spending time in an English-speaking country.

20 lessons per week with the main goal of preparing students for the FCE exam.Students can study and prepare for the Cambridge B2 First Exam with ATC Language Schools. The Cambridge English Qualifications are recognised worldwide by governments, employers, universities and colleges. The exam focuses on the 4 key skills of English, reading, writing, listening and speaking. ATC’s Cambridge exam preparation course for the B2 First exam is 9 or 12 weeks long. The timetable includes 20 hours of lessons per week. The full course will develop the skills students will use during the exam, enhance students’ comprehension and fluency of using English language, and allow them to practice the exam techniques required. Each Cambridge B2 First exam preparation course is planned to align with an exam offered locally - ATC can arrange the exam additionally to the course.

This preparation course helps students build exam strategies and language skills and improves the students' familiarity with the exam format. Combination of general English and exam preparation lessons.

This preparation course helps students build exam strategies and language skills and improves the students' familiarity with the exam format. Combination of general English and exam preparation lessons.

This course includes 15 language lessons, 5 exam Cambridge exam preparation lessons, accommodation and a multi activity programme.Special diet supplement: EUR 30 per week. Airport Meet & Greet and transfer to/from homestay: EUR 55 one way.Intensive & Cambridge Programme Our Intensive Programme offers 20 full hours of tuition per week, including 5 hours of Cambridge Exam preparation sessions. This programme is perfect for students who would like extra English tuition or are interested in preparing for or sitting one of the Cambridge Exams. We offer Cambridge lessons at PET, FCE and CAE level. Students attending a Junior Camp may have a lot of unsupervised time. Parents should instruct students as to their limitations during free time (Evenings, Sundays, going to and from school, break times, etc) when they are not attending the organised lessons or activities. The school has a dedicated 24/7 emergency number for each of their camps. The juniors with homestay can either walk to school or are a very short bus journey away in surrounding neighbourhoods. For the first day the host family usually show them how to get to school by walking or bus. As students have a travel pass with most programmes they can also take a local bus for a few stops if they prefer not to walk.

This course is specifically designed to help prepare students for the Cambridge First exams.Each course start date is set with the official exam date in mind so students can take the test just as they finish their programme. Course length varies according to start date: January Start = 9-10 weeks March Start = 12 weeks July Start = 6 weeks September Start = 12 weeksOur Cambridge Examination Courses are taught by expert teachers who have a proven success record in preparing students for the First Certificate Examination. Our teachers will train you in the key examination techniques across all the language skills. If you wish to do the FCE, you should generally start your exam preparation course at least 8 weeks prior to the examination date. Location Dublin, Ireland Age 17+ Duration 8 - 12 weeks Class Size Maximum 14, Average 9 Tuition 20 x 60 minutes of group tuition per week Levels FCE – CEFR B2

The Cambridge English First (FCE) is a University of Cambridge ESOL examination. In fact, it is designed for people who use everyday written and spoken English at an upper-intermediate level. All in all, the Cambridge First examination is an extremely popular, internationally recognised qualification in English. The full-time Cambridge First Preparation Course provides comprehensive preparation and practice for all four papers (Writing, Reading, Speaking, and Listening). First of all, the lessons focus on key grammar and vocabulary. Secondly, you will practice important skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). Finally, you will get to know the exam strategies and techniques in order to ensure optimum exam performance. In addition to the regular tuition hours, we also offer listening practice tests. Furthermore, each candidate can have at least two full mock-speaking papers prior to their exam date. Features of the exam programmes: - Experienced teachers who know the exam. - Full-time and class options. - Guided after-class extension activities. - Individual academic tutorials with your teacher and our Learning Support Coordinator. - Mock exams to help you practise under test conditions.

Included in the price: - All classes are in mixed nationality groups. - Shared accommodation with a host family. - Daily activities. - 1 evening activity. - Full-day excursion every Saturday. - Private transport to and from the school. - All course materials. - End-of-course certificate.

The comprehensive Cambridge First programme is perfect for students wishing to prepare for all aspects of the Cambridge FCE exam. An upper-intermediate level is needed to be able to join this course. Included in the price: - All classes are in mixed nationality groups. - Shared accommodation with a host family. - Daily activities. - 1 evening activity. - Full-day excursion every Saturday. - Private transport to and from the school. - All course materials. - End-of-course certificate.

The Exam Preparation courses aim to refine practical academic and English communication skills essential for excelling in these exams. The program's content includes regular exam tutorials and mock exams, practice with authentic past exam papers for both written and oral assessments, and real-life English language tasks and topics designed to cultivate practical academic skills. Students are encouraged to register for their chosen exam at least five weeks in advance.English is such a global language in today’s world that scoring high on a recognized English proficiency exam is a sure way to set yourself apart from the crowd, and to open doors both academically and professionally. The Exam Preparation courses will help you focus on the practical academic and English communication skills necessary to excel on your exam. All students who wish to take an Exam Preparation Course must pass an entrance test, to ensure they are taking the exam best suited to their level. The school recommends that students register for their exam a minimum of 5 weeks in advance. The content in the Exam Preparation programmes include: - Regular Exam tutorials and mock exams - Oral & written practice using authentic past exam papers - Real-life English language, tasks, and topics to develop your practical academic skills

The Exam Preparation courses aim to refine practical academic and English communication skills essential for excelling in these exams. The program's content includes regular exam tutorials and mock exams, practice with authentic past exam papers for both written and oral assessments, and real-life English language tasks and topics designed to cultivate practical academic skills. Students are encouraged to register for their chosen exam at least five weeks in advance.English is such a global language in today’s world that scoring high on a recognized English proficiency exam is a sure way to set yourself apart from the crowd, and to open doors both academically and professionally. The Exam Preparation courses will help you focus on the practical academic and English communication skills necessary to excel on your exam. All students who wish to take an Exam Preparation Course must pass an entrance test, to ensure they are taking the exam best suited to their level. The school recommends that students register for their exam a minimum of 5 weeks in advance. The content in the Exam Preparation programmes include: - Regular Exam tutorials and mock exams - Oral & written practice using authentic past exam papers - Real-life English language, tasks, and topics to develop your practical academic skills

The Exam Preparation courses aim to refine practical academic and English communication skills essential for excelling in these exams. The program's content includes regular exam tutorials and mock exams, practice with authentic past exam papers for both written and oral assessments, and real-life English language tasks and topics designed to cultivate practical academic skills. Students are encouraged to register for their chosen exam at least five weeks in advance.English is such a global language in today’s world that scoring high on a recognized English proficiency exam is a sure way to set yourself apart from the crowd, and to open doors both academically and professionally. The Exam Preparation courses will help you focus on the practical academic and English communication skills necessary to excel on your exam. All students who wish to take an Exam Preparation Course must pass an entrance test, to ensure they are taking the exam best suited to their level. The school recommends that students register for their exam a minimum of 5 weeks in advance. The content in the Exam Preparation programmes include: - Regular Exam tutorials and mock exams - Oral & written practice using authentic past exam papers - Real-life English language, tasks, and topics to develop your practical academic skills

FCE Focus available for levels Upper-Intermediate to Advanced, consists of 20 hours per week intensive preparation and practice for all components of the Cambridge First Certificate Exam (FCE). A huge emphasis is placed on preparing students for every aspect of the exam ensuring adequate cover of each of the skills.

Overview If you want to improve your English skills, you will need to improve all of your key language skills. The school wants to make sure that you get the most out of your lessons so the General English course will focus on your: Speaking and Listening Pronunciation Reading and Writing Grammar and Vocabulary You can choose how long you wish to enrol for, from 1 week to 24 weeks, at any one of the school's three English Centres. You have the freedom to choose how, when and for how long you want to study. The General English courses offer 20 lessons/15 hours per week in either morning or afternoon classes.

Morning General English classes (20 hours per week) are from Monday to Friday. Afternoon FCE Prep classes (6 hours per week) will be on Mondays and Wednesdays.This course is for students who need to quickly improve their exam writing, reading, speaking and listening and bring up their level of English at the same time. The first part of your class (9:00-13:10) will contain a mix of General English and Exam Preparation. In this part of the class there will be a broader focus on improving all aspects of your English language skills. The second part will be 2 afternoons per week (6Hrs) (Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday) from 1.50pm to 5pm. This class focuses exclusively on the exam and prepares you with the skills and strategies you need for the exam. You will develop the skills and strategies needed for exam writing, speaking, listening and reading.

This course runs on Mondays and Wednesdays.These courses are part-time afternoon Exam Preparation classes. Cambridge preparation runs on Monday and Wednesday from 13:50 to 17:00, and IELTS Preparation runs on Tuesday & Thursday from 13:50 to 17:00.

The price includes course materials and the exam fee.CES International Junior Summer School combines expert Fast Track Cambridge CAE training with a full programme of sports, activities and cultural visits. The lessons will focus on developing the core language skills; with particular emphasis given to preparing for CAE certificate exam that will take place at the end of the last week of the course. The package includes full board homestay accommodation, 15 morning lessons of intensive CAE preparation classes that will be followed by afternoon sports and cultural activities.

In this programme, students will focus on the main exam areas: writing, listening, speaking, reading and use of English. First, participants will get a general introduction to the structure of the exam followed by a progressive development of language skills.Help and guidance is provided to each student wishing to enrol for an official Cambridge Examination. These programmes focus on the four main exam areas: Reading and Use of English Writing Listening Speaking The courses begin with a general introduction to the overall structure of the examination, followed by a gradual development of the sub-skills: Reading and Use of English Reading for detailed and specific information Deducing unknown vocabulary from context Justifying an answer Interpreting an author’s overall opinion of a given topic Familiarisation with and regular practice of each of the task types: Multiple-choice cloze, Open cloze, Word formation, Key word transformations, summary writing. Particular attention is paid to the following: Analysis of parts of speech and parts of a sentence Lexical-grammatical focus– idioms, collocations, word semantics, synonyms, varying registers Attention placed on language etymology – affixation (prefixes and suffixes) for word formation Grammar – tenses and articles are among the most common issues for speakers of certain languages Writing Part 1 - Compulsory task: Formal and informal letter and e-mail writing Part 2 - Choice of 1 out of 4 - emphasis on writing essays, proposals, reports, short stories, reviews, articles, letters and e-mails (formal and informal) Text organisation (introduction and conclusion) General coherence - linking ideas and sentences appropriately Listening Listening for gist and specific information - dates, times, prices etc. Task types: sentence completion, multiple-choices and multiple matching Constant exposure to exam-style recordings e.g. monologues, two-way conversations, group discussions etc. Emphasis is placed on the different native English-speaking accents Recording scripts are subsequently analysed for vocabulary content Speaking Examination of academic vocabulary and expressions for recurring discussion topics Part 2: Focus on analysis and description of visual prompts (photographs) Part 3: Focus on interactive skills while collaborating and discussing visual aids, with the aim of responding to a given situation Engaging in certain language functions such as speculating, justifying an opinion, negotiating and reaching consensus Particular focus is placed on language accuracy and fluency Regular simulations of the complete speaking exam in student pairs Students will be carefully trained to complete each exam task in the specific allotted time and will practice transferring answers from exam booklets to the official exam answer sheet. All exam programmes offered by the school are structured in a way that builds students’ confidence through continual practice of exam-specific tasks, combined with regular designated exam practice days followed by detailed feedback provided to each student. Individual logs are kept of each student’s scores to highlight stronger skills and pinpoint weaker areas for further development. The aim of this is to show progression and to form the basis for assigning supplementary work to improve on these areas.

In this programme, students will focus on the main exam areas: writing, listening, speaking, reading and use of English. First, participants will get a general introduction to the structure of the exam followed by a progressive development of language skills.Help and guidance is provided to each student wishing to enrol for an official Cambridge Examination. These programmes focus on the four main exam areas: Reading and Use of English Writing Listening Speaking The courses begin with a general introduction to the overall structure of the examination, followed by a gradual development of the sub-skills: Reading and Use of English Reading for detailed and specific information Deducing unknown vocabulary from context Justifying an answer Interpreting an author’s overall opinion of a given topic Familiarisation with and regular practice of each of the task types: Multiple-choice cloze, Open cloze, Word formation, Key word transformations, summary writing. Particular attention is paid to the following: Analysis of parts of speech and parts of a sentence Lexical-grammatical focus– idioms, collocations, word semantics, synonyms, varying registers Attention placed on language etymology – affixation (prefixes and suffixes) for word formation Grammar – tenses and articles are among the most common issues for speakers of certain languages Writing Part 1 - Compulsory task: Formal and informal letter and e-mail writing Part 2 - Choice of 1 out of 4 - emphasis on writing essays, proposals, reports, short stories, reviews, articles, letters and e-mails (formal and informal) Text organisation (introduction and conclusion) General coherence - linking ideas and sentences appropriately Listening Listening for gist and specific information - dates, times, prices etc. Task types: sentence completion, multiple-choices and multiple matching Constant exposure to exam-style recordings e.g. monologues, two-way conversations, group discussions etc. Emphasis is placed on the different native English-speaking accents Recording scripts are subsequently analysed for vocabulary content Speaking Examination of academic vocabulary and expressions for recurring discussion topics Part 2: Focus on analysis and description of visual prompts (photographs) Part 3: Focus on interactive skills while collaborating and discussing visual aids, with the aim of responding to a given situation Engaging in certain language functions such as speculating, justifying an opinion, negotiating and reaching consensus Particular focus is placed on language accuracy and fluency Regular simulations of the complete speaking exam in student pairs Students will be carefully trained to complete each exam task in the specific allotted time and will practice transferring answers from exam booklets to the official exam answer sheet. All exam programmes offered by the school are structured in a way that builds students’ confidence through continual practice of exam-specific tasks, combined with regular designated exam practice days followed by detailed feedback provided to each student. Individual logs are kept of each student’s scores to highlight stronger skills and pinpoint weaker areas for further development. The aim of this is to show progression and to form the basis for assigning supplementary work to improve on these areas.

This comprehensive Cambridge First programme is perfect for students wishing to prepare for all aspects of the Cambridge FCE exam. An upper-intermediate level is needed to be able to join this course.Exam fee: EUR 210Included in price: - All classes in mixed nationality groups - Shared accommodation in a host family - Daily activities - 1 evening activity - Full day excursion every Saturday - Private transport to and from the school - All course materials - End of course certificate

This full-time FCE exam preparation course is ideal for students who wish to prepare for their FCE exam. These courses are designed and monitored by the senior Academic team at Atlas who have many years experience teaching the Cambridge exams.Exam fee: EUR 210Included in price: - All classes in mixed nationality groups - Shared accommodation in a host family - Daily activities - 1 evening activity - Full day excursion every Saturday - Private transport to and from the school - All course materials - End of course certificate

Highly focused course with 20 lessons per week which will provide you with test-taking strategies and prepare you for all sections of the Cambridge exam.Start dates: - 4 weeks: 03 Jul. - 12 weeks: 27 Mar, 18 Sep.The Cambridge English Qualification is an internationally recognized test and qualification of English language ability. This program will prepare you for the Cambridge English Exam: FCE (B2 First), leaving you with a thorough, detailed understanding of the Cambridge Exam structure and teaching you a variety of test-taking strategies. Kaplan's lessons offer you a chance to take Cambridge Exam practice tests, learn a variety of techniques and feel confident on test day, which coincides with your last week of the course.

This course will help you towards a certificate accepted by top businesses and educational organizations throughout the world. It includes 20 Cambridge English Qualification preparation lessons, 8 specific skills lessons and 7 K+ lessons per week.Start dates: - 4 weeks: 03 Jul. - 12 weeks: 27 Mar, 18 Sep.The Cambridge English Qualification is an internationally recognized test and qualification of English language ability. This program will prepare you for the Cambridge English Exam: FCE (B2 First), leaving you with a thorough, detailed understanding of the Cambridge Exam structure and teaching you a variety of test-taking strategies. Kaplan's lessons offer you a chance to take Cambridge Exam practice tests, learn a variety of techniques and feel confident on test day, which coincides with your last week of the course.

Cambridge examinations are internationally recognized by employers and universities. At ISI Dublin we offer two kinds of courses for students wishing to complete the Cambridge FCE or CAE examinations, one part-time and one intensive. Key points: • Very intensive programme • Dedicated Cambridge preparation classes every day • Two different teachers • Fixed dates each year leading up to the official Cambridge Examination dates

Cambridge examinations are internationally recognized by employers and universities. At ISI Dublin we offer two kinds of courses for students wishing to complete the Cambridge FCE or CAE examinations, one part-time and one intensive. Key points: • Very intensive programme • Dedicated Cambridge preparation classes every day • Two different teachers • Fixed dates each year leading up to the official Cambridge Examination dates

Your teacher will design a course to prepare you for an exam (Cambridge EFL, TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, DELF, DELE, Baccalaureat, Abitur, Matura and other exams on request...). They will help you familiarise yourself with the test content, level and format, work on the different types of questions you may be asked, review and improve your replies, go over your weaknesses, give you past exam papers to help you practise. The academic language option for international and EU students helps you prepare for boarding school (GCSE, A Level, IB), foundation courses or university. It enables you to develop and practise the language skills needed to communicate with teachers and students, read academic texts, write summaries, reports, essays and give presentations. You can also extend your vocabulary for your specialised subject (maths, science, economics, business, literature....) on request.

The dedicated exam preparation course is a 15-hour per week afternoon course. This course combines exam and level-specific language development with the practice of the exam techniques you need to excel in your CAE exam. Students can start on the EX15 course every week.

The dedicated exam preparation course is a 15-hour per week afternoon course. This course combines exam and level-specific language development with the practice of the exam techniques you need to excel in your CPE exam. Students can start on the EX15 course every week.

The dedicated exam preparation course is a 15-hour per week morning course. This course combines exam and level-specific language development with the practice of the exam techniques you need to excel in your FCE exam. Students can start on the EX15 course every week.

The dedicated exam preparation course is a 15-hour per week afternoon course. This course combines exam and level-specific language development with the practice of the exam techniques you need to excel in your FCE exam. Students can start on the EX15 course every week.

The dedicated exam preparation course is a 15-hour per week morning course. This course combines exam and level-specific language development with the practice of the exam techniques you need to excel in your CAE exam. Students can start on the EX15 course every week.