Virtual Resource Centre
If you are a UN staff member or enrolled in our courses, then you can access the materials on our Moodle site in the Virtual Resource Centre (VRC).
Contact Kristina Weder on her email: kweder@unog.ch
All the materials referred to in this brochure can be found on this site.
You can work in three ways with the VRC:
- Autonomously as you wish
- Following the Advanced course autonomously
- Following a Directed Self Study course with the aid of a teacher (see below)
Resource Centre
If you have access to the United Nations premises with a valid badge, you are welcome to visit our Resource Centre in Annex Bocage 2 Room 109. The materials mentioned can be found here. It is open 11am—3pm Monday to Friday and someone can help you.
Join a class
You can join a class in SDLS. Go to http://learning.unog.ch/ for further information. After successfully completing the last course (level 8) you are entitled to apply for the next LPE.
Find the most suitable programme for you by answering a few questions.
Which category of candidate are you?
Take the practice exam first to see how well you do to decide which category of student you fall into.
Practice exam: http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/preparation/main.asp
Remember that 65% is the pass mark (about 62/95). The exam takes 1 hour 40 minutes to do and consists of a listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary test.
Strong candidate
Student with 75% + wishing to gain confidence and feel prepared.
- Do the practice tests in the Virtual Resource Centre (VRC) or Language Resource Centre (LRC)
- Regularly read the Guardian weekly http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/ focussing on articles of international interest.
- Read a modern novel http://www.amazon.com/ without a dictionary or borrow one from our Resource Centre
- Listen to the international news http://news.bbc.co.uk/
- Regularly watch current affairs programmes online with a transcript http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/archives.htm
Medium candidate
Student with 68% + wishing to do a little study and revision. Do the above to become a strong candidate AND
- Regularly watch current affairs programmes online with a transcript http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/archives.htm
- Regularly do the CALL for English exercises or do the Guardian Weekly reading comprehension exercises in the VRC
- Buy the book Destination C1 & C2 Grammar and Vocabulary with Answer Key MacMillan ISBN 978-0-230-03540-9
- Optional: Follow the advanced level programme on Moodle’s VRC
Weak candidate
Student with 60-65% wishing to do a more complete programme of study. Do the above as for the medium and strong candidate AND
- Follow the advanced level programme on Moodle’s VRC, a Directed Self Study course or join a class.
- Visit the Resource Centre regularly and watch DVDs with exercises, do CALL for English exercises, and borrow graded readers.
- Reading comprehension exercises online http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/
- Listening online http://www.esl-lab.com/
- Free site with videos lessons
- http://www.myefa.org/login.cfm
- Many free tests for public exams. The ones for TOEFL may be particularly relevant. http://www.english-test.net/
English Language Proficiency Examination (LPE) official website with sample exam
http://www.un.org/exam/lpe/welcome/main.asp
This website has the following information:
- About the exam
- Registration dates
- Testing sites
- How to register
- How to prepare
- FAQs