The two last years of high school is preparing students for college. After these two years, every student has to take several exams to get accepted into a university. English is one of the exams, but there is no oral or listening test. This is one reason why many students don´t have the adequate skills to hold a conversation due to the fact that teachers focus too narrowly on grammar, writing, and reading. Neglecting practicing students’ oral English skills results in that they often times can´t express themselves when interacting with others. In Lyne’s article, Green states “Don’t study so much grammar, and learn more words instead”.This underlines the importance of expanding one´s vocabulary in order to improve oral speaking skill instead of focusing too narrowly on grammar. It is important to keep in mind that this implies to non-native English speakers.
The last step to complete the English education is to pass the intermediate Cambridge Exam, which is a certificate of English level from non-native people. The exam, which is a requirement for everyone, is called PET or B1 (“Cambridge Exams”). If students don´t have a certificate when they finish their degree, they won´t get their diploma.
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