Special thanks to our French friend G. who told us what his Academic exam was like:
Listening test
Section 1. A real-estate information form to fill (with phone numbers and name spelling).
Section 2. Sport venue locations to find on a map and a table completion task on them.
Section 3. A filling-in-the-gaps exercise about requirements for a master degree for South-American students (quite hard as they were speaking fast).
Reading test
Passage 1. Cow manure-made water filters (I found the text: click here to read), task type: a gap-fills exercise.
Passage 2. About Pioneer 10 & 11 satellites going astray, task type: headings matching.
Passage 3. Prehistoric research struggles of the scientists in Australia, task type: multiple choice questions.
Writing test
Writing Task 1 (a report)
We were given a table showing visits to London in 1996 and 2001 by UK-residents and overseas visitors. Visitors were sorted by categories (business, family, holidays, other).
Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Machines are becoming very sophisticated and workers are benefiting from that. Discuss to what extent advantages of machines outweigh the disadvantages.
Speaking test
Interview
Discussion of bicycle.
Cue Card
Talk about a good advice you were once given.
Discussion
How to give advice to others and in particular to children and teenagers.
