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05/10/2026

This is the difference between a B1 (140) answer and a C1 (180) answer in Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1.

A change, an unexpected benefit, then a cost. Naming a downside is one of the fastest ways to sound C1, because it shows you've actually thought about it.

If you want the phrases the C1 student used, and that 25,000 Cambridge C1 Advanced students have downloaded already, comment PDF and I'll send you my C1 Advanced Speaking Phrase List.

04/10/2026

Crime and the law vocabulary for Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE).

Six upgrades, all taught as chunks.

Crime is a Part 3 and Part 4 staple, and it's the topic students freeze on most.

Comment CHUNKS and I'll send you my free vocabulary guide for Cambridge C1 Advanced students.

03/10/2026

City life and housing vocabulary for Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE).

Six upgrades, taught as chunks.

Cities, housing and where you live are three of the most reliable exam topics going.

Comment CHUNKS and I'll send you my free vocabulary guide for Cambridge C1 Advanced students.

02/10/2026

If you want to fix your Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking answers but you don't want to pay for a one-to-one teacher, this is free.

The C1 Advanced Speaking Framework.

One formula, PEGEX, that gives every Part 1 answer a clear shape. Then 50 real Cambridge Part 1 questions with a full model answer for every one.

Read them out loud. Twice. Spoken phrases work differently to written ones.

Comment FRAMEWORK and I'll send it to you.

01/10/2026

This is the difference between a B1 (140) answer and a C1 (180) answer in Cambridge C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1.

The C1 student gives a specific reason instead of a general one, then uses "that said" to hold both sides at once.

If you want the phrases the C1 student used, and that 25,000 Cambridge C1 Advanced students have downloaded already, comment PDF and I'll send you my C1 Advanced Speaking Phrase List.

Comment WORKSHOP and I'll send you the replay, it's up for 6 more days.
30/09/2026

Comment WORKSHOP and I'll send you the replay, it's up for 6 more days.

30/09/2026

"I prefer the city, there are more things to do."

Correct, and finished far too early for Cambridge C1 Advanced.

There are six ways to develop a Part 1 point. This question wants Contrast: say what you like, then say the thing you don't, in the same answer.

One rule though. One add-on per answer, maximum. Three or four signal phrases in a row and you sound memorised.

Comment FRAMEWORK and I'll send you The C1 Advanced Speaking Framework, with all six and 50 questions to practise on.

Do you want to know exactly how ready you are for the Cambridge C1 Advanced?From a Cambridge C1 Advanced teacher who has...
29/09/2026

Do you want to know exactly how ready you are for the Cambridge C1 Advanced?

From a Cambridge C1 Advanced teacher who has helped 4,000+ students pass their exam.

I've made a free PDF that answers that, the C1 Exam Readiness Scorecard, and I'm giving it to everyone who's live on tonight's class at 6pm CEST. It doesn't go out afterwards.

I made it for one person in particular. Someone with a job, who needs the C1 certificate for a promotion, a pay rise, or a role they can't even apply for without it. If that's you, this is worth 60 minutes of your evening.

It works wherever you are. Just starting and not sure what's actually in the exam. Sitting it in 8 weeks. Or somewhere in the middle, which is where almost everybody reading this is.

Here's what's in it.

Where you actually are, scored 1 to 5 across the 4 things that decide your result. Your readiness number out of 20, with what each band means. What to do at your number over the next 30 days, because that's a different 30 days at a 7 than it is at a 15. And roughly how long it takes from where you're standing, so you can put a real date in the calendar instead of "next year", which is what it's said for the last 3 years.

Why only for people who are live: we fill it in together on the call, section by section. The numbers only mean anything if you've just heard what each section is measuring. Filling it in cold from an email is a worksheet. Filling it in with me is a diagnosis.

And the part that matters most. You can spend the next 6 months preparing for this exam without ever finding out which paper is costing you the certificate. Plenty of people do, for years. Meanwhile the job that asked for C1 goes to somebody who has it.

Tonight, Tuesday 29 September, 6pm CEST. Free, 60 minutes: "Tired of Feeling Stuck at B2? The 4 Things That Decide Your C1 Result".

Want the PDF? Comment WORKSHOP (or just YES) and I'll send you the link now.

Your future English starts with what you do today. ๐Ÿ’™

29/09/2026

Media and news vocabulary for Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE).

Six upgrades, all as chunks.

Media is a Part 3 and Part 4 favourite, so these will come up.

Comment CHUNKS and I'll send you my free vocabulary guide for Cambridge C1 Advanced students.

28/09/2026

"I'll book the exam when I feel ready."

That feeling does not come. The date comes first, then the plan, then the confidence.

Last part of my 4-part series. My free live C1 workshop is on 29 September, and you will leave knowing if you are ready, and what is costing you the most marks.

Comment WORKSHOP and I will send you the link to save your free place.

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