La Rioja PAU English (UR) study guide
La Rioja PAU English (UR) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
La PAU de Inglés en la Universidad de La Rioja es la prueba de lengua extranjera que forma parte de la fase de acceso a la universidad para estudiantes de Bachillerato y ciclos formativos que quieren estudiar un grado en la UR. Esta página está pensada para quien busca información práctica sobre esa prueba de inglés y quiere prepararla con criterio. The La Rioja PAU English (UR) study guide has 4 sections and about 2,315 words.
01Reading comprehension: finding, verifying and paraphrasing evidence
Reading comprehension is the opening block of the La Rioja PAU English paper (Universidad de La Rioja, Lengua Extranjera II: Inglés). You face a text of roughly 400-550 words - usually a newspaper article, column or interview on a current topic - followed by items that ask you to locate information, judge statements, infer meaning and explain vocabulary.
614 words, about 3 min02Written production: the composition that carries the most weight
The composition is the single heaviest-weighted task in the La Rioja PAU English paper. You normally choose between two prompts linked to the reading topic: an opinion or for-and-against essay, an article, a formal email or a review.
553 words, about 3 min03Use of English: word formation, gaps and key-word transformation
Use of English is the short-answer block that sits between the reading and the writing. It consists of discrete items worth a fraction of a point each: word formation from a root in brackets, single-word gap fills, key-word transformation (rewrite a sentence using a given word within a word limit), and multiple-choice items testing collocation, dependent prepositions and verb patterns.
570 words, about 3 min04Listening and oral comprehension: extracting facts at natural speed
Listening is the shortest block of the paper but the one candidates usually meet cold. You hear a recording - a monologue, an interview or a short talk, typically two to three minutes, played twice - and answer multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer or note-completion items.
578 words, about 3 min