October 2024

 

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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A Day of Essays - Essays you need to read 

Saturday 19 October

9.00 - 10.00am : "A Hanging": by George Orwell, Knowledge & Understanding for Advanced English users and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programmes 
10.30 - 11.30am : "Death of the Moth" by Virgina Woolf, Knowledge & Understanding for Advanced English users and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programmes
12.00 - 1.00pm : "The Stream" by author unknown, Knowledge & Understanding for Advanced English users and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programmes
1.30 - 2.30pm : "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway, Knowledge & Understanding for Advanced English users and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programmes
3.00 - 4.00pm : "My Periodic Table" by Oliver Sacks, Knowledge & Understanding for Advanced English users and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programmes

Online, interactive. One session $6000; all five sessions $25.000. Complete the form to the right for registration information.

October 2024 Chilean English Teachers’ Private Lesson Fees Survey

1 - 15 October

Please follow the link for this two-minute survey.     https://shorturl.at/g0O7s

Proofreading and Editing 

Saturday 12 October

10.30 - 11.30am : Two plug-and-play Proofreading activities suitable for use with G10 / B2 and above and an excellent model for developing your own. Follows the UK national standard - how do you compare?

Advanced Reading Comprehension

Saturday 12 October

12.00 - 1.00pm : An interactive / guided discussion at an advanced level covering Knowledge & Understanding of the text, and Use of English, specifically vocabulary. Text to be reviewed : "Coffee" by Prue Leith

World Decimal Day aka World Metric Day

Thursday 10 October

Promote English in your School with World Decimal Day. Complete the form to the right to request our "Ten Ideas for Celebrating World Decimal Day"

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• A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.

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