April 2022

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 Seminars, Advanced Use of English and Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on demand or closed private programmes. 

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C1 Advanced Single-topic Examination Preparation

Saturday 30 April

9.00 - 10.00am : Reading and Use of English
10.30 - 11.30am : Writing

C1 Advanced ("CAE") Prep May Programme

Friday 29 April

Final date for registration (unless the group is already full).

Leadership

Tuesday 26 April

7.30 - 8.30pm : Evaluating Teachers v Staff Appraisal

Teaching internationally

Tuesday 26 April

9.00 - 10.00pm : Teaching in the USA, information for Chilean teachers

C1 Advanced Single-topic Examination Preparation

Saturday 23 April

9.00 - 10.00am : Reading and Use of English
10.30 - 11.30am : Writing

International Programmes

Saturday 23 April

12.00 - 1.00pm : All the Englishes I : Cambridge Foreign Language English, Cambridge Second Language English, Cambridge First Language English, Cambridge English Literature
1.30 - 2.30pm : All the Englishes II : IB Foreign Language English, IB Second Language English, IB First Language English, IB English Literature
3.00 - 4,00pm : Mind your Language, defining your school's English programme (Is your school really bilingual? Probably not.)

Lower Primary Methodology

Saturday 9 April

9.00 - 10.00am : Effective Classroom Reading Groups; lessons from research
10.30 - 11.30am : Plug-and-play Reading Comprehension : Volcanoes
12.00 - 1.00pm : Four Transportation Field Trip ideas for Lower Primary
1.30 - 2.30pm : Narrative Writing in Lower Primary
3.00 - 4.00pm : Descriptive Writing in Lower Primary

Literature : Short Stories

Saturday 2 April
9.00 - 10.00am : Planning and Implementing a Literature Unit : Essays
10.30 - 11.30am : "The Stream" by anonymous (UK)*
12.00 - 1.00pm : "A Hanging" by George Orwell (UK, India)*
1.30- 2.30pm : "The Leak Age" by William Safire (USA)*

3.00 - 4:00pm : "A Teacher Gets His Gun" by Dick Francis (UK)*

*"Knowledge and Understanding" of the work(s), activities which can be used in class. Experienced literature teachers should ask us about our Response & Analysis and Evaluation support related to these works.

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For all open group sessions :

A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.

Open session group sizes are limited to allow for participation and questions.

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