Helpful Tips for the CSET English Test
By: Shiela King,

The Single Subject English CSET is one of the hardest ultimatums for students attempting to get their teaching credentials for the classroom in the state of California. One of the most feared things in a student's head is preparing for the CSET English exam. Let's examine this a little closer and destroy this English CSET conundrum with several useful methods for you to achieve good English CSET scores and your ideal teaching English position.

For certain, the CSET Single Subject English examination definitely demands a planned preparedness. It has been shown that people who get ready for the CSET examination get higher-ranking scores than those who do not put some energy on preparation.

Going forward in this report lets discuss planning and then preparation. I have written this report founded on advice and ideas from hundreds of successful CSET students and from my practical learning in coaching people for the CSET English examination.

The first thing to examine is how many weeks do you get to train for the CSET exam. Several test takers may have 8 weeks, others may have 8 months. The study plan you choose ought to be based on the amount of time you have to study. After you arrive at a time horizon you now need to deliberate:

1. Self-appraisal
a. What you are good at
b. Weaker areas
c. Online course (software) or books

How to Do a Self-Assessment

Determine if you need a English CSET exam study course by thinking about your strong and weak areas of learning. For example, some people may be good at reading from a book and then memorizing that information, while some may not have the capacity to hold information from a book and then recall that information during the CSET. If you belong to the first category get a inexpensive book from a major publisher and use free online websites and commence your preparation based on them. This approach will save you money. Just keep in mind that a CSET English book or downloadable PDF is traditional, static, non-interactive learning but for several quizzes that a publisher may include.

If you belong to the second category then be careful in choosing what study materials to use for the CSET examination as not so good study guides flood the market place and only several good test prep books are available. Social network with students who have already taken the CSET examination and find out which one is genuine and will go with your learning style. Make sure you know these students. Do not take the advice of an alias poster in a public message forum. In the test preparation industry, publishers or their employees will often come up with bogus personae in public message forums to sell their products. Even the customer feedback on Amazon.com must not be trusted. I have seen quite a few people fail the CSET examination because they acted on the advice of a fake student from a CSET message forum.

A good online English study guide is ACE the CSET English by Confab Publishing. Students say ACE the CSET English best corresponds with the actual CSET English exam. ACE the CSET English has plenty of awesome interactive drills such as: matching, crossword, fill-in the blank, multiple-choice, unscramble, point and click—must have tools for those who need extra help memorizing the materials needed to ace the CSET English examination.

The online class also promotes visual and audio learning in that it provides several hours worth of video and audio from popular websites like YouTube and TeacherTube plus our own exclusive CSET English educational videos. The online class needs no special software and people can access the course with any browser and Internet access.

There are a couple free websites available for the CSET English exam on the web. I do not recommend CSET message forums because of the problems mentioned above regarding dishonest publishers who post in a public message forum merely to push their own products, goods, or services. My advice is that if a teacher needs to post in a CSET message forum under an alias account in order to promote business for his products, then the products, goods, or services must not be that good in the first place. That publisher or teacher would be wise to spend more time on product development than on dishonest marketing tactics. A good product or service will generate plenty of business by honest word of mouth referrals from teachers who achieved certification, like my online CSET English course. Another reason I do not recommend CSET message forums is that often, it is the blind leading the blind. Information is often posted in forums that is erroneous and filled with errors. Finally, CSET message forums are very time consuming. Often months of CSET preparation are lost scrolling through egocentric, conflicting, and emotionally charged messages. It can take hours of scrolling through chit-chat messages to find valuable information. This is not effective time management in preparing for the CSET examination.

A couple of free websites I do like are Project Gutenberg and Wikipedia.

Keep in mind, a passing CSET score will save you 1000's of dollars by getting you that ideal teaching position quickly, versus not passing and delaying your career. Make sure you focus in on how you will approach your CSET examination preparation.

Shiela King is a education administrator and critic for ACE the CSET English class which is the best way to ace the CSET English examination. Please visit www.acethecset.com for more information on CSET Single Subject English preparation.

 

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