My Experience with CAE Exam

Natálie Puškinová

At first I was quite nervous. I had a basic knowledge of the benefits that the CAE certificate could bring me, but I was not very sure. I was terrified of the exam. The idea of an examiner testing me was driving me crazy. I had millions of thoughts blowing through my mind about what could eventually go wrong.

Therefore I decided to prepare myself well. I bought the CAE advanced trainer book and it helped me a lot! The book helped me with grammar and gave me an idea of what the exam could look like. Actually the worst part of the process was the pressure and stress that I had been feeling. In the end it all went well and I'm glad that I pushed myself into it.

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Natalie Šafaříková

In September, when we signed up for the exam, eight months felt like a long time to prepare. However, before we knew it, it was only four months until the exam and the stress kicked in.  The CAE advanced trainer textbook helped me with my grammar and gave me an overall idea of how the test will look like. Other than grammar I worked on my listening and reading skills by watching movies without subtitles and reading english books (ones that I genuinely enjoyed). My writing got mainly better thaks to Write and Improve, a great website to help you write different kinds of essays, reports etc.

Eliška Sommerová

At first I thought the reading part of the CAE exam would be the easiest for me but the outcome was tottaly different. I was used to reading novels in English but the exam was quite different from just understanding the text. You have to pay much more attention! The texts are supposed to fool you in many ways. So I prepared myself by doing the CAE advanced trainer book, which really paid of. 

Šimon Petránek

I have a similar experience as Naty. I was really stressed about the CAE Exam, eventually thanks to that, in the end I pushed myself into long preparation for the exam. And it was totally worth it! You will really improve your level of English. Don't worry if you don't pass the exam, because you move really high just due to the preparation for the CAE Exam. The experience, the improvement cannot be taken away from you.  

Vlasta Peyerlová

For the past long years, I was bestowed with an uneasy task of obtaining the Cambridge English Advanced certificate. After the tough and unforgiving preparation of sesquipedalian lenght, I was finally ready to face the dreaded exam. Despite all inconveniences and dangers lurking by the way, in the end, I succesfully completed my quest. I shall be granted a priceless piece of paper that will open me a many doors in the future. I'm delighted that you too did prevail. Should any brave hero arise and be willing to reach the same objective, I must seriously advise them to not hesitate and go for it. 

Lucie Diasová

It's okay if you are nervous during your exam (I was so anxious I couldn't even fall asleep the night before my exam), because that shows how much you care about your results - that you really wish to pass. But don't get overwhelmed by this feeling. I was so afraid that the speaking part was going to turn into a total disaster. However, reality is always better than all those terrifying scenarios you have made up in your head. The examiners were all very nice and patient. Therefore, you don't have to fear that you'll speak with someone whose only intention is to make you fail your exam.

Jiří Šimáček

At first I was petrified of the thought of a CAE exam looming right around the corner but when I got the results of the Mock exam my confidence received a bit of a boost. Despite that I was nervous about the real exam nonetheless. Looking back on it it was quite silly the way I was so stressed out about the whole thing. But if you get really familiar with the format of the exam or you're tremendously good at English you ought not to fail it. I would definitely recommend practicing some exercises from the exam and listening to some advice on youtube.