28 October 2021

November 2021

Click on the event title(s) below for more information. Leave your questions or comments below, or contact us for registration information. The events below are open group sessions from our SeminarsAdvanced Use of English and Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on demand or closed private programmes. 

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All month : January 2022 Professional Development and Personal Growth

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Are you sure you know what counts?    


CAE Writing

Thursday 25 November 
8.00 - 9.00pm : CAE Preparation : Writing Reports and Reviews
9.30 - 10.30pm : Advanced Use of English Practice & Feedback : the language of reviews (new)

Are you sure you know what counts?    

Wednesday 24 November 
12.30 - 1.30pm : Counting Uncountables

Gerund & Infinitive Challenge    

Wednesday 24 November 
5.30 - 6.30pm : Advanced Gerunds and Infinitives I
8.30 - 9.30pm : Advanced Gerunds and Infinitives II, for those who really like a challenge 

Lower Primary Philosophy and Practice
Upper Primary / Lower Secondary / Middle School teachers will also find these sessions helpful. These sessions are especially useful for teachers in experiential programmes such as Cambridge International, High Scope, IB, Montessori and Reggio.

Saturday 20 November
9.00 - 10.00am : Introduction to the Cambridge Primary Programme
10.30 - 11.30am : "English" in Lower Primary; considerations and implementation for bilingual and immersion teachers (new) 
12.00 - 1.00pm : Out with the Old; effective approaches to teaching reading
1.30 - 2.30pm : Narrative Writing in Lower Primary
3.00 - 4.00pm : Descriptive Writing in Lower Primary

Early Years (PK - K) Philosophy and Practice
Lower Primary teachers will also find these sessions helpful. This session is especially useful for teachers in experiential programmes such as Cambridge International, High Scope, IB, Montessori and Reggio.

Saturday 13 November
9.00 - 10.00am : Lesson Planning for the Early Years English Teacher
10.30 - 11.30am : Mathematics in the Early Years; numbers 1 - 100
12.00 - 1.00pm : Writing in the Early Years
1.30 - 2.30pm : Assessment in the Early Years (new)
3.00 - 4.00pm : Free Stuff for the Early Years

Teaching Reading


CAE Prep

Thursday 11 November 
9.30 - 10.30pm : CAE Writing : reports and reviews

Leadership

Wednesday 10 November 
5.30 - 6.30pm : Planning and Running English Week

CAE Prep

Wednesday 10 November 
8.30 - 9.30pm : CAE Writing : what it is and how to do well

CAE Prep

Monday 8 November 
8.30 - 9.30pm : CAE Writing : reports and reviews

Teaching Internationally

Monday 8 November
4.00 - 5.00pm : Teaching in the USA for Chilean teachers
5.30 - 6.30pm : Teaching Internationally for Chilean teachers

Advanced English maintenance, acquisition, development

Saturday 6 November
9.00 - 10.00am : Grammar : gerunds & infinitives I
Do you know the "rules"? Are you sure? The questions in this session are not easy, but you need this before you try Gerunds & Infinitives II which is diabolical.

10.30 - 11.30am : Vocabulary : un mis dis and not
The opposite of hot is not cold, and while a disinterested judge is good, a uninterested judge is bad. How are you at opposites?

12.00 - 1.00pm : Grammar : the the
Are all thes the same? How does "the cat" differ from "the cat"?  

1.30 - 2.30pm : Vocabulary : numbers and quantities
Fourteen words for "0", dates and times around the world. and why a bluey is worth more than a greenie.

3.00 - 4.00pm : Vocabulary : counting uncountables
The plurals of water, coffee and counting love. Yes, you can. 

Advanced English maintenance, acquisition, development

Wednesday 3 November
4.00 - 5.00pm : Vocabulary : numbers and quantities
6.30 - 7.30pm : Vocabulary : counting uncountables

The wide world

Tuesday 2 November
1.00 - 2.00pm : Teaching in the USA, information for Chilean teachers

Reading Methodology

Tuesday 2 November
5.00 - 6.00pm : Out with the old, effective approaches to teaching reading

CAE Preparation

Tuesday 2 November
6.30 - 7.30pm : CAE Reading and Use of English, Practice & Feedback
8.00 - 9.00pm : CAE Writing, what is it and how to do it well
9.30 - 10.30pm : CAE Writing, reports or reviews

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