Chile's recent constitutional plebiscite prompts the question of how to use news reports on current events in an English class. The answer is that it's easy : task, not text. This session reviews a simple, teacher-friendly and highly-effective lesson structure which provides a language-rich, reading-comprehension and authentic discussion plan.
Data is the key to effective decision-making, and to designing and implementing effective and appropriate educational programmes. Data collection does not need to be demanding and time-consuming; other types of data and other approaches exist. Informal data can be as useful and as reliable as its more straitlaced sibling; this session considers forms of informal data, and how to collect it.
Open group programme, preparation for the Cambridge English C1 Advanced (formerly known as "CAE") Examination. We cover knowing and understanding the examination and its components, Practice of & Feedback on each component, and success and preparation strategies. Whether you are registering for the examination, or are considering it and want to know how to succeed, this programme provides what you need to know.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
