LCCI Level III

[Gość: Lily]

I'm going to take LCCI exam Level III in December and I need some materials
to prepare for it. Do you know any good website?

[Gość: Lily]

It doesn't have to be a website concerning LCCI exams - it can be any website
with businness english exercises... Or some texts (easy texts, so that I don't
have to spend time with a dictionary) about:


1. Earning a living:
- Wages and Living Standards
- Job types - agriculture, factory, service industries
- Employer/employee relationships


2. Production and sale of goods:
- Distribution: origin and destination of product
- Retail and Wholesale outlets: competition between small shops, supermarkets
etc.
- Declining markets and new markets
- Consumer protection


3. Trade:
- Imports/Exports - importance to the economy of a country
- International Trade - Why is it necessary?
- Problems in developing countries - need for aid and trade
- Trade blocks eg. EC, ASEAN


4. Money:
- Using money - methods of paying/purchasing
- Inflation - general and personal consequences
- Money and the traveller: exchange rates - taking money abroad
- Banking - personal - different types for different needs
- Savings - savings facilities in Poland


5. Transport:
- Types of transport in Poland for:
the individual |> problems, advantages,
commerce and industry |> improvements?
local infra-structure |> road, rail, air, sea


6. Communucations:
- Media: TV, newspapers, effect on the individual of newspapers, TV, advertising
- Information Technology: developments of computers - effects on business and
the life of individual
- Telephone, fax, electronic mail


7. Education:
- The candidate's personal experience of education/training for a career in
business or commerce //(I know it should be my experience but I need some
support) :-)))


8. Travel and tourism:
- Tourism and the local area
- Tourism in a nation's economy
- The importnace of travel to the individual



It would be great if those texts were reffering to Polish businesses, but it is
not necessary.

Thanks in advance for all your help. :-)

[chica33]

Ok, teraz rozumiem, o co Ci chodzi:-)))
Stron nie znam, ale rozumiem, ze te tematy dostalas jako topic do speaking -
tak?
pociesze Cie. Jak wylosujesz arkusz z pytaniem, to dostajesz swoj temat razem z
uwagami, o czym nalezy mowic - jest tam pare podpowiedzi, i wierz mi, nie
zdazysz tego wszystkiego opowiedziec, co tam Ci sugeruja. Masz jakies 5 minut
na przygotowanie i ok 10 minut na mowienie. I to naprawde wystarcza, nie musisz
sie do tego specjalnie przygotowywac. No, moze jadac autobusem zastanow sie, co
wlasciwie bys na te tematy mogla powiedziec, ale bez przesady:-))).

Tak wiec z doswiadczenia wlasnego proponuje zebys nie spedzala za duzo czasu
nad opracowywaniem tych tematow, lepiej do LCCI III potrenuj uklady formalne
pism, i tzw. registers, a takze zwroty uzywane w pismach etc, bo to jest
punktowane na pisemnym - zapewne to juz wiesz, ale ustny ma tylko oceny pass i
fail, wiec generalnie nalezy sie skupic na ocenie z pisemnego.
pozdrawiam i powodzenia,

[Gość: Lily]

chica33 napisała:

> Stron nie znam, ale rozumiem, ze te tematy dostalas jako topic do speaking -
> tak?

Yes :-)


> Jak wylosujesz arkusz z pytaniem, to dostajesz swoj temat razem z
>
> uwagami, o czym nalezy mowic - jest tam pare podpowiedzi, i wierz mi, nie
> zdazysz tego wszystkiego opowiedziec, co tam Ci sugeruja

I know there will be some ideas suggested, but I've got problem with speaking
for 5 minutes non stop, and I want to prepare for it the best I can. And what's
a better idea than reading texts...? :-)


> lepiej do LCCI III potrenuj uklady formalne
> pism, i tzw. registers, a takze zwroty uzywane w pismach etc, bo to jest
> punktowane na pisemnym

The only thing I'm afraid of is that there won't be enough time.... I know how
to write all the letters, reports, memos, faxes etc., but it takes some time to
do it :-) But I'm really afraid of speaking part......


> ustny ma tylko oceny pass i fail

Are you sure? I didn't know that....


Thanks for your help... I'm a little bit less afraid of the exam now :-)

[chica33]

Lily,
Of course it depends where you are going to pass that exam (I did it in Empik
in Warsaw), but don't worry - I was afraid of speaking part too, but it was
really easy, I didn't even realize when those 10 minutes passed. Why don't you
try writing? Write an essay on each of those questions, surely it is more, more
efficient than just reading... :-)). Doing this you order your issues and are
able to memorize it better. And you don't need to speak non-stop - normally
your examiner should encourage you to speak more by asking questions and giving
ideas:-)) no worry.
Speaking part is graded ONLY pass of fail, there is no other mark. (to be sure
you can check in on their webside, but it was the first thing I was informed
about when entered the exam room).
Writing part has 3 levels: pass, pass with credit and pass with distinction.
Those marks appear on your certificate, but actually you don't even need to
pass speaking to get a certificate - there will be only writing part mark.

You are right - the time is a little problem during the exam - try not to spend
to much time on drafting - just summarize main issues on a separate page, and
second thing: start from the one that you think it is the easiest question, the
more difficult leave for the end - it will not be that difficult:-))))
Keep my fingers crossed, regards,

[Gość: Saba]

Chica!
talking about the grades, I got few years ago "passed with credit" and I had
no idea what it means (oops), I checked in the English dictionary and I
concluded that it's better than just passed, but my girlfriend got "passed
with distinction" and I got confused, so I asked my English teacher (business
English) and she told me that "passed with credit" means "hardly passed", so
in other words - passed but not really sufficiently... (!) Until now I don't
know what to think about it and I didn't make much effort to find it out. Can
you help me with this?
Greatings!

[Gość: Saba]

NIKT NIE WIE?

[chica33]

Hej, przepraszam, nie przegladalam wczoraj forum.
Twoj wykladowca chyba nie do konca ma pojecie co mowi:-))). Rzuc go:-)))))
A wiec pass - to po prostu zdane.
Pass with credit jest czesto tlumaczone jako zdane dobrze z wyroznieniem
a Pass with distinction - jako bardzo dobrze z wyroznieniem.
wg mnie to nie jest za fortunne tlumaczenie.

Generalnie Pass uzyskuje sie przy zdaniu na 60-70%, pass with credit 70-85%
distinction - 85-100%. Ale rozne zrodla roznie podaja.
Jesli chodzi o zaliczanie np. lektoratow na SGH jest tak: Distinction zalicza
na 5,0, credit: 4,5, pass - 4,0.
Tak wiec nie jest zle:-))
pozdrawiam,

[Gość: Saba]

Chika, dzieki! No wiec wyglada na to, ze zdalam lepiej niz sie spodziewalam,
fajnie sie tak dowiedziec w koncu po paru latach :-)) a nauczycielke juz dawno
rzucilam, chociaz prawde mowiac darowanemu koniowi w zeby sie nie patrzy, a
profesorka byla oplacana przez firme i skoro niezle zdalam to chyba nie byla
taka zla, nie?
Dzieki jeszcze raz za wyjasnienie sprawy!

A wszystkich podchodzacych do LCCI zapewniam, ze to nie jest trudny egzamin,
przynajmniej w porownaniu do kembridzowskich CFCE czy CACE. Dla mnie
przygotowanie do tego egzaminu to bylo jak uczenie sie formulek, bo glownie
chodzi o pisanie listow, zazalen i tego typu rzeczy, trzeba wiedziec z ktorej
strony adres, data, jak rozpoczac, jakimi slowami skonczyc itd.. slownictwo
ogranicza sie do typowych zwrotow, ktorych tez sie mozna nauczyc bardzo
szybko. Na rozmowie gaddac duzo gadac, ja przed wejsciem dostalam liste
tematow, ktore wczesniej krazyly po uczelni, ale do mnie jakos nie trafily i
lekko sie przerazilam, w ogole nie bylam przygotowana na zaden z tych tematow,
a reszta ludzi miala opracowane cale eseje, ktorych sie uczyli na pamiec, ja
poszlam na zywiol i wyszlo mi na zdrowie :-)

Pozdrawiam, powodzenia a niezdecydowanym polecam, bo egzamin w sumie prosty, a
bardzo ladnie sie potem prezentuje w CV :-)

[Gość: Lily]

I will probably write some short texts on each of the topics. That is a good
idea. But still, if anyone has some good links, please let me know. I need some
support :-)

Anyway, the exam is getting closer and I'm getting scared :-))) I have mock
written exam on Friday, and mock oral exam in two weeks...... And then.... the
day of the exam....

[Gość: cm]

Here are a few sites that may be of some use to you.

www.nonstopenglish.com/
www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslteacher.html

Based on your forum postings, if your spoken is half as good as your written,
you should hove no problems passing a proficiency test.

cm

[Gość: Lily]

Big thanks for the links!!! This is something I needed! :-) And thanks for
believing in me :-)

[Gość: cm]

Glad you found them helpfull.
Good luck in your studies.
Ches

[Gość: Lily]

Last Friday I had mock written exam - 3 hours is not enough time! I did every
task, but it was quite difficult. I wonder what the results will be... :-)