AAST Placement Course
This course prepares participants for all parts of the Cambridge English Placement test CEPT (the Listening and Reading
modules). It focuses on the skills and techniques required to sit for the test. The course material provides students with
an overview of CEPT. It focuses on the skills needed to answer the different sections of the exam. Students are provided
with several sample exams throughout the course.
The course aims at:
-introducing students to and familiarize them with the format and content of CEPT.
-teaching students effective skills and strategies needed to undertake the CEPT test with confidence.
-Providing material for practice in all areas of the test.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
approach and locate written and visual information
skim, scan and use detailed reading and analysis skills techniques in reading questions and recognise paragraph structures
identify alternative meanings and distracting information
understand visual information and essay writers’ views and argument
acquire time management skills.
The course duration is 10 hours.
