06 November 2020
Introduction to the Cambridge Primary Programme
Cambridge Primary from Cambridge International is the first of four stages on the Cambridge Pathway and is usually offered around K - G5. Cambridge Primary consists of ten subjects and is ideal for immersion and bilingual schools; it should not be confused with Cambridge English.
Teaching Writing PK - 12, an overview
Writing is the hardest of the six modes of linguistic performance (incidentally also of competence) and the only one where a teacher is absolutely de riguer. Writing is not natural and it must be learnt; after all, there is only one Shakespeare, one Francis Bacon, one Orwell.
What is "English"?
Do you teach in a bilingual school? Are you sure? What is bilingual? Is your school "bilingual" if you offer EFL examinations (Flyers, B2 First, TOEFL, Trinity)?
Visual Language - response and analysis, an introduction
While EFL programmes focus on Spoken and Written modes (not skills, modes!), E2L/E1L/bilingual programmes also consider Visual language, which just like Spoken and Written also has receptive and productive modes (not skills). This session provides an introduction to Visual Language for new or prospective E2L/E1L/bilingual programme teachers and for those interested in these modes.
Vocabulary-based English teaching; an effective approach
Natural language acquisition, or how the very young among us learn language(s), is not based on any programme, planning or methodology. It is an immersion process (we like to call it submersion) where infants are exposed to sounds, patterns and, above all, vocabulary. Researchers into language learning and teaching have long been interested in this, producing programmes, planning and methodologies. Here is our approach, useful for all ages and stages.
Bullying, what happened here?
Ask us about a closed session where you choose who, what, when or to be placed on the interest list for the next open session.
This is a Professional Conversation. Click here for an explanation of our Professional Conversations and for other titles in the series.
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Teaching Literature : poetry "The Eagle"
Tennyson's influential poem is important not just for its vivid and evocative imagery, but also for its window on the philosophical and artistic concerns of the time. "The Eagle" is one of those poems which everyone should read, and which every literature programme should include.
Short story "The Open Boat"
Our four-part series on this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for IB Language. Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.
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