How to Prepare for the CSET English Exam

How to Prepare for the CSET English Exam by Lance Jepsen

The CSET English exam can be one of the toughest challenges for teacher candidates seeking their teaching credentials for the English classroom in California. The most feared thing in a test takers mind is CSET English preparation. Let’s clear up some myths and solve this CSET English conundrum with some practical techniques for you to attain good CSET English scores and your ideal English teaching job.

One thing for sure is the CSET English exam definitely requires a planned preparation. It has been proven that students who prepare for the CSET English exam attain better scores than students who do not place much emphasis in preparation.

Going forward in this article we will discuss about planning and then preparation. I have written this article based on advice and tips from hundreds of successful CSET English test takers and from my practical experience in coaching students for the CSET English exam.

The first thing to consider is how much time do you have to prepare for the CSET English test. Some students may have 3 weeks, some may have 3 months. Your CSET English study plan should be strictly based on your study schedule. In arriving at a schedule you will need to consider:

1. Self-assessment
a. Strong areas
b. Weaker areas
c. Books or Online Course (Software)

Self-Assessment

Decide if you need a CSET English test prep course by examining your strong and weak areas of learning. For example, some may be good at reading from a book and then memorizing that information, while others may not have the capacity to hold information from a book and then recall it while taking the exam. If you belong to the first category buy some good books from major publishers and use free online resources and start your preparation based on them. This approach is also cheaper. Just keep in mind that a CSET English book is traditional, static, non-interactive learning except for a few quizzes that a publisher may provide.

If you belong to the second category then be careful in deciding what study materials to use for the CSET English exam as useless study guides flood the market and only a few good test prep books are available. Talk to students who have already taken the CSET English exam and find out which one is effective and will fit your learning style. Make sure you personally know these students. Do not take the advice of a supposed student in a public message forum. In the test preparation industry, publishers or their employees will often create bogus personae in public message forums to promote their products. I have seen many people fail the CSET English exam because they took the advice of a fake student from a CSET English message forum.

A good online English course is ACE the CSET English by Confab Publishing. Test takers say ACE the CSET English best resembles the actual CSET English test. ACE the CSET English has plenty of interactive, hands-on exercises such as: matching, crossword, fill-in the blank, multiple-choice, unscramble, point and click—essential tools for those who need extra help memorizing the materials required to pass the CSET English exam.

The course also promotes visual and audio learning in that it provides hours worth of video streamed from popular websites like TeacherTube and YouTube. The online course requires no special software and students can access the course with any typical browser and Internet connection.

There are many free resources available for the CSET English test on the net. Some of these sites include Wikipedia and Project Gutenberg.

Remember, a passing CSET English score will save you 1000's of dollars by landing you a teaching job quickly, as opposed to not passing and delaying your teaching career. So focus in on your CSET English preparation.

Lance Jepsen is the founder of www.acethecset.com. ACE the CSET English is the best CSET English test prep software. Make sure you visit www.acethecset.com for more information on CSET Test preparation.

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