31 August 2022

January 2023 Professional Development and Personal Growth - by area

Welcome to our third programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. And while all around us is going up in price, being teachers ourselves and knowing those realities. we have not increased our fees.

January 2023 Professional Development and Personal Growth - by date

 

Welcome to our third programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. And while all around us is going up in price, being teachers ourselves and knowing those realities, we have not increased our fees.

C1 Advanced (CAE) Essays review and feedback

A two-hour / double-session review of the Cambridge English C1 Advanced (formerly known as CAE) examination's Writing Paper Part One : Compulsory Essay. The first hour reviews the Paper, its expectations and task types, question analysis, strategies (and a formula!) for success, markscheme and preparation approaches. After a 10-minute break, the second reviews sample essays against the markscheme, analysing strengths and weaknesses in the candidate responses.

22 July 2022

An Advanced English-based Introduction to and Overview of Economics

This text-based introduction to and overview of Economics also serves as a subject-based Advanced English acquisition and development programme. The text-review element is based on  Economics : A Very Short Introduction by Partha Dasgupta (OUP), while the language-review element is prompted by student needs as they emerge. This programme is useful for those with a general interest in Economics, and for those following Cambridge, IB or university first-year Economics courses.

19 July 2022

Advanced Vocabulary : Ordinals, Dates, Fractions

Ordinals, fractions and dates in English have much in common and present many of the same challenges to Spanish speakers. This session reviews commonalities, differences and common or uncommon uses.

17 July 2022

Advanced Use of English Vocabulary : Why now? Exhortations to act quickly, or not.

English has a number of aphorisms and common expressions which urge you to act quickly, and others which warn you of the perils of doing so. This session reviews more than twenty of these, what they mean and when and how to use them. 

16 July 2022

Advanced Use of English Vocabulary : much ado about a-words

The story of English includes grabbing words from different languages and places, including a group which begin with "a" like asleep, ashamed, akin and akimbo ... what do they have in common? what do they mean? how do they operate? This Advanced Vocabulary session looks at this group of words, through the three lenses of acquisition and development.  

09 July 2022

Advanced Use of English Speaking : the five features of voice

Manipulating and controlling one's voice is a technique frequently-used by professional speakers and entertainers to create effects and to influence the audience. This session reviews the five features of using one's voice, what they are and what effects they have, for teachers, advanced learners and anyone who wants to speak in public including social media. 

02 July 2022

August 2022

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28 June 2022

Cambridge English C1 Advanced (CAE) : examination overview

 

An introduction to and overview of the Cambridge English C1 Advanced (formerly known as "CAE") Examination.