{"id":196,"date":"2025-09-16T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laurenemilyenglish.com\/?p=196"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:19:48","slug":"race-to-cambridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenemilyenglish.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/race-to-cambridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Race to Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the craziest courses I’ve had to design was for a young professional that needed to get a Cambridge C1 (CAE) certificate<\/strong> for an amazing new job opportunity – he’d been accepted for the job with a promise to provide the certificate before onboarding started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT… He thought getting a language certificate was an easy matter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alas, that’s not the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking to get a Cambridge or IELTS certificate, just remember – it’s going to take you at LEAST 2 months, provided that your grammar and four major skills are up to scratch! <\/em><\/strong>That’s 2 months to just learn what they want you to do and how to get a good mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what did we do? We worked, and worked HARD. This course was more intensive than I recommend for most people: four days a week with 2-4 hours per lesson<\/strong>. On top of that, he was doing homework – practice exams, listening exercises, and oh so much writing, writing, and more writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end he scraped by, getting a nice C1 certificare by the skin of his teeth! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All’s well that ends well, and lessons are learnt along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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