Review Lab 7 — Full R&UoE Lab

Lab scenario

A communicative R&UoE lab: pairs race through all four parts on a shared theme, then run a Listening P2 note-taking task and a Speaking P2 long turn on the same topic to keep the language alive.

Skills you'll practise

All R&UoE partsStance languageCohesionSpeaking from text

Stations

Practice rotation

Five stations · ~12 min each · one shared theme (the design of public spaces) across all five. In 1:1, teacher rotates through with the learner.

60 min total

Station 1 · 12 min

R&UoE P1 + P2 · Public-space cloze sprint

Spiraled cloze across multiple-choice (P1) and open (P2) on the shared theme. Race; trust first collocation.

Among urban planners, the case for narrow streets has ______ from contested to broadly accepted over the past decade. (P1)

In the ______ of the most recent retrofitting trials, residents have continued to describe the changes negatively. (P1)

The framing of the gain is largely correct ______ the merits; the framing of the loss is largely correct ______ the feel. (P2 × 2)

Residents experience narrower streets ______ a loss — of time, of space, of habit. (P2)

Both are real, and the second one is what planners, ______ the strength of the new evidence, must learn to address. (P2)

The latest studies set ______ to explain the gap between professional consensus and lived perception. (P1)

Station 2 · 12 min

R&UoE P3 + P4 · Word formation & key-word transformations

Highest-stakes parts. P3 morphology; P4 inversion/cleft rewrites spiraled from Lesson 25.

The ______ (PERCEIVE) gap between planners and residents is one of framing, not communication. (P3)

The studies are ______ (CONSIST) with three earlier trials in the same sector. (P3)

Resident ______ (RESIST) was largely framed in language planners had already abandoned. (P3)

REWRITE (P4 · keyword: NEVER · 3–6 words inclusive): Original = 'I have never seen a more striking urban redesign.' Rewrite = '______ a more striking urban redesign.'

REWRITE (P4 · keyword: WHAT · cleft): Original = 'The framing of LOSS is what planners must address.' Rewrite = '______ planners must address is the framing of loss.'

REWRITE (P4 · keyword: ONLY · inversion trigger): Original = 'We can solve this only by reframing the loss.' Rewrite = '______ reframing the loss can we solve this.'

Station 3 · 12 min

Listening P2 · Sentence completion — urban-design talk

Note-taking listening (P2 format): identifying the precise word/phrase the speaker uses in a fact-dense talk.

Extract 1

Extract 1 — opening of a 6-minute talk by Dr Tomic (Croatian, m, urban designer).

Extract 1

Tap play to listen. Scrub the bar or use ± 5 s to jump.

According to Dr Tomic, the THIRD thing that has shifted is:

Extract 2

Extract 2 — Dr Tomic answering an audience question on retrofitting.

Extract 2

Tap play to listen. Scrub the bar or use ± 5 s to jump.

What does Dr Tomic identify as the single biggest predictor of retrofitting success?

Extract 3

Extract 3 — Dr Tomic's closing.

Extract 3

Tap play to listen. Scrub the bar or use ± 5 s to jump.

Dr Tomic's recommended framing for narrow streets is:

Station 4 · 12 min

Speaking P2 · Long turn — on the talk you just heard

Speaking P2 (1-minute long turn) drawing language directly from the cloze, KWT and listening — keeping the lexis live.

1. 1-minute long turn: 'Why is the FRAMING of a change as important as the change itself?' Use at least ONE marked structure (inversion, cleft or fronting — from L25) and at least ONE calibrated claim (L26).
“What appears to underpin the gap is not ______ — it is ______.”“On the balance of the available evidence, ______ is highly likely to ______.”“It is the FRAMING, not the change, that ______.”“Only when ______ can ______.”
2. 1-minute follow-up: 'Describe ONE change you have personally experienced where the FRAMING was either well- or badly-handled. What would you have done differently?' Use nominalisation (L27) at least twice.
“The change produced ______. This ______, in turn, ______.”“What appears to underpin my reaction is ______.”“On the balance of evidence, ______ would have been the better framing.”“The gap between intent and effect was ______.”
3. 30-second close: 'Of the three modules of speaking technique you've learned this term (negotiation, calibrated certainty, dense cohesion), which is the one you most need for YOUR professional life — and why?' Use ONE marked structure.
“It is ______ , not ______ , that I most need.”“What I most need is ______.”“Only by ______ can I ______.”“Not only does ______ , but ______.”

Station 5 · 12 min

Module 7 reflection — R&UoE game plan & ready for Module 8

Turn what you noticed in the lab into your own R&UoE game plan and a 'ready for Module 8' statement.

Discuss

1. Of the four R&UoE parts, which is now your STRONGEST (highest mark with shortest time) and which is the WEAKEST?
2. Which marked structure (inversion / it-cleft / what-cleft / fronting) feels most NATURAL to you now, and which is still borrowed?
3. On the certainty scale, do you DEFAULT too high (over-claim) or too low (over-hedge)? Where does that show up in your writing?
4. What's ONE habit from Module 7 that you most want to keep alive while Module 8 pushes you into new territory?

Self-audit · tick what was true

R&UoE — mode-switch within 5 seconds; P4 word counts rechecked; P3 part-of-speech-first rule applied.
Marked syntax — at most one inversion + one cleft + one fronting per 250-word piece; each justified.
Calibration — claims placed at the named level on the 5-point scale; open recalibration under challenge.
Nominalisation + cohesion — density 1.5–2 nominalisations per sentence with at least one recycled-noun link per paragraph.

Ready for a full paper?

Sit a complete CPE simulation — Mock 1, Mock 2 or the Official Exit Test — in real timing.

Mock Exams & Exit Test

Review Lab complete

Talk through your work with your teacher or study partner, then move on.

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