Guest Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Hi All Can anyone help me out here please. I am hoping to enrol at my local university in September for the Early Years Foundation Degree. Before my application can be processes I have to take an English Equivalency Exam. HAS ANYONE TAKEN THIS..AND IF SO CAN THEY PLEASE OFFER ADVISE AS TO WHAT I SHOULD BE REVISING? I am feeling uncomfortable about this as it is the fear of the unknown so any help would be great!
Guest Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Hi All Can anyone help me out here please. I am hoping to enrol at my local university in September for the Early Years Foundation Degree. Before my application can be processes I have to take an English Equivalency Exam. HAS ANYONE TAKEN THIS..AND IF SO CAN THEY PLEASE OFFER ADVISE AS TO WHAT I SHOULD BE REVISING? I am feeling uncomfortable about this as it is the fear of the unknown so any help would be great! we just had an interview and had to write about how communication matters... i think it was just to assess your writing ability...
Guest Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Has anyone taken an English Equivalency Test? I am taking one in four weeks time and I am hoping someone out there can give me some advise as to what it all entails? I am sooooooooooooooooo scared lol as it is a total unknown to me. If I could just find out what I need to revise I would be able to settle down. Anyone out there who has taken this exam?
belle06 Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 i had to do my mathematics equivaleny before starting my eyps validation if you got to an equivalency provider website they give you a sylabus to revise for the papers try the link below and that wil give you an idea what to revise for english equivalency testing
belle06 Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Hi have replied in the previous post Has anyone taken an English Equivalency Test? I am taking one in four weeks time and I am hoping someone out there can give me some advise as to what it all entails? I am sooooooooooooooooo scared lol as it is a total unknown to me. If I could just find out what I need to revise I would be able to settle down. Anyone out there who has taken this exam?
Susan Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Ive merged these two topics. Good luck Stepz.
Guest Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Ive merged these two topics. Good luck Stepz. Thank you for merging...I guess I got carried away with wanting to know what I am up against lol
Guest Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 i had to do my mathematics equivaleny before starting my eyps validation if you got to an equivalency provider website they give you a sylabus to revise for the papers try the link below and that wil give you an idea what to revise for english equivalency testing Thanks for the website. I have printed it out and will start looking closer at it. thankyou once again xx
Alison Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 I did an english equivalency test I revised using one of the internet sites such learn direct or some other adult literacy site like that sorry I cannt remember which one. (i'll see if I can find the one I used) the test I took was 2 hours pen and paper just like a school exam it consisted of 4 questions each looking at a different writting style such as describing, instructing and arguing and one looking at poetry/comprehension I remember writing about why we should recyle(arguing/discussion), tips for travelling (giving instructions), writing about my favourite place (describing) I then read a poem and had to answer 10 questions on it but I dont remember what kind of questions I was asked if you have been studying and reading, you'll be surprised how much your english will of improved since school even before you try to revise so try not to panic I also started to read the book "eats, shoots and leaves" by Lynn truss it was a light hearted explanation of punctuation I must admit that I only got half way through the book because Im a slow reader but even so what I read helped remind me what to do with comas and punctuation marks. I only got chance to revise for 2 weeks before the exam (I was a last minute entry) and I got a equivalent to a B so I was more than happy Good luck try a google search for adult literacy/learn direct you might find some revision sites
hali Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 when i did mine it was just looking a piece of writing out of a newpaper and different quetions about the style , who it was written for etc... Honestly the English one is a breeze - now maths - thats a different kettle of fish altogther!!!!!!
Guest Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 I had to do one similar to you Hali, critically analyse a newspaper article, it was fine it is just to check you writing and use of language, I was really nervous but it was fine honestly, I have definetly learnt to write in an 'academic' style now but hadn't at the time of testing.
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