{"id":89,"date":"2020-10-18T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edublog.educastur.es\/lockdownblog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2020-10-18T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T16:42:07","slug":"b2-certificacion-general-info-and-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edublog.educastur.es\/lockdownblog\/2020\/10\/18\/b2-certificacion-general-info-and-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"B2 Certificaci\u00f3n: general info and tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #993366\">TEMAS PROGRAMACI\u00d3N INTERMEDIO B2 (Upper-Intermediate)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the broad TOPICS you must show competence in. You may be asked to write or speak about them, and readings, listenings and mediations will also be connected with them, since they are wide and involve a series of subtopics each. If you would like to see a more detailed description, go to our web or check Educastur documentation.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.\u00a0 \u00a0Identificaci\u00f3n personal.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2.\u00a0 \u00a0Vivienda, hogar y entorno.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3.\u00a0 \u00a0Actividades de la vida diaria. Trabajo.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>4.\u00a0 \u00a0Tiempo libre y ocio.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>5.\u00a0 \u00a0Viajes y turismo. Transporte.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>6.\u00a0 \u00a0Relaciones humanas. Familia. Sociedad. Crimen y justicia.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>7.\u00a0 \u00a0Salud, alimentaci\u00f3n y cuidados f\u00edsicos.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>8.\u00a0 \u00a0Educaci\u00f3n. Tradiciones y culturas. Globalizaci\u00f3n.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>9.\u00a0 \u00a0Lengua y comunicaci\u00f3n. El ingl\u00e9s como lengua franca.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>10. Bienes y servicios. Compras y actividades comerciales.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>11. Clima, condiciones atmosf\u00e9ricas y medioambiente.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>12. Ciencia y tecnolog\u00eda.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #993366\">GU\u00cdA DEL ASPIRANTE.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See Educastur &#8216;2020 Gu\u00eda del aspirante&#8217; as soon as it comes out so as to find out the specific information about next September sitting. The exam has changed compared to last year&#8217;s, and there may be more changes we still do not know about.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #993366\">MODELOS PRUEBAS CERTIFICACI\u00d3N ASTURIAS.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember you can access some exams from previous years on Educastur website. With answers and audios:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Modelos certificacion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.educastur.es\/estudiantes\/idiomas\/pruebas-certificacion\/modelos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>https:\/\/www.educastur.es\/estudiantes\/idiomas\/pruebas-certificacion\/modelos<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #993366\">B2.1 posts on this BLOG (&#8216;Open World&#8217; units 1-6) and last year&#8217;s textbook.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget you can have a go at the past few months&#8217; B21 posts on this blog for more practice on the skills and topics you wish to work on further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Open World&#8217; has lots of useful language to talk and write about most of the topics which we have not gone through this year, since we started in unit 8. Last year&#8217;s &#8216;File Upper-intermediate&#8217; (or the textbook you studied) can also help you with vocabulary, both new and revisited. &#8216;File&#8217; has good vocabulary sections at the back (crime, business, etc).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366\"><b>IELTS SPEAKING EXAM.\u00a0<\/b><b>TOPIC VOCABULARY.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Written samples of speaking productions on almost each of the topics you need to study. Highly recommendable for the Monologue and the Interaction parts of certificaci\u00f3n. You can also use the ideas for writing tasks. (note that IELTS speaking paper is different from ours, the same as First is, but the language and topics you must show proficiency in are pretty much the same).<\/p>\n<p><b><a title=\"Ielts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk\/ielts-vocabulary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk\/ielts-vocabulary\/<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #993366\">ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE UPPER-INTERMEDIATE.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This Cambridge book is a vocabulary essential, since it covers most of the topics at the level<\/p>\n<p>Recommendable if you feel like widening your vocabulary through practical exercises. There may be free downloads available for a glance before considering buying it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993366\">WEBTECA EOI OVIEDO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An extensive bank of web links clasified into categories. See the sections you are more interested in for free online resources. The most popular ones are usually at the top of each category.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Webteca\" href=\"https:\/\/eoioviedo.org\/webteca-ingles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>https:\/\/eoioviedo.org\/webteca-ingles\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(By the way, don&#8217;t forget to have a look at the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366\"><b>EOI Writing Bank<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>section of this blog!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #993366\">EL PA\u00cdS in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wonderful tool to keep updated on the latest Spanish news in English and get ready for the\u00a0<b>Mediation<\/b>\u00a0paper. As you know, very often the topics in the exam deal with current affairs, customs and celebrations, culture, health, and on most occasions they refer to Spanish or Asturian issues rather than international!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"El pais in English\" href=\"https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read also tourist leaflets or webpages in English about typical Asturian traditions, art, gastronomy, cultural events, etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #800080\">REMINDER: more resources<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the post\u00a0<b>&#8216;B2.2 English for Summertime&#8217;<\/b>, you will find a summary of expressions used in\u00a0<b>conversational language<\/b>,\u00a0<b>mediation<\/b>\u00a0sample texts and\u00a0 two sets of\u00a0<b>monologue<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>conversation<\/b>\u00a0tasks to practice.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from exercises on different topics and online vocabulary resources, I have posted there several topic\u00a0<b>vocabulary banks<\/b>\u00a0which may be specially useful if you are studying for certificaci\u00f3n. Some of them are closely linked to issues that are not in your textbook but are included in the exam.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the same post for practice on other skills and recommended sections from &#8216;Open World&#8217;\u00a0<b>Writing and Speaking Banks<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMAS PROGRAMACI\u00d3N INTERMEDIO B2 (Upper-Intermediate) These are the broad TOPICS you must show competence in. You may be asked to write or speak about them, and readings, listenings and mediations will also be connected with them, since they are wide and involve a series of subtopics each. 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