B2 Reading Short Texts - ready-to-use lessons

This session comes from our Reading Philosophy & Practice series for use with B2-level students, at High School and above, based on the view that wide-ranging, short texts read frequently are key to developing curiosity, reading and thus language prowess. 

April 2023

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. 

Plug-and-play reading - Cinderella

 

Cinderella is useful both as a language or reading text and as an example of fairy-tales. Join us as we review this single or double plug-and-play lesson outline, touching on both story-telling and early literary analysis.

The Language of Advertising - cereal packets

Join us as we examine persuasive techniques used on cereal packaging, and consider them in terms of language, target audience and the appeals made. We review this single or double plug-and-play lesson outline, which can also be a prompt for other activities and/or a part of a visual language programme strand.

IELTS preparation

IELTS is the English-language certification most commonly required for international visas, academic programmes, migration and employment. We offer bespoke and as-needed individual programmes, and on-demand and open-group 20-hour programmes.

March 2023

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. 

February 2023

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. 

Private teacher or institute programmes?

When studying at an Advanced level, students must often decide between a private teacher and lessons or institute lessons. What factors may be important?

Advanced Use of English Vocabulary : F-bombs

 

The F-bomb is old, it has been used for centuries, and was not always taboo. Known as "the most versatile word in the English language" and as the "great Australian adjective", the eff-word seems de rigeur in today's movies, television programmes and online media. This session considers how, when and why one of the most popular vocabulary items for learners is used, and its multiplicity of functions and of meanings, from both social and academic perspectives. 

Cambridge English C1 Advanced (was CAE) and C2 Proficiency (was CPE) first half 2023

As you look ahead, you should keep these two things in mind.

The minimum level to graduate as an English teacher in Chile is an EFL-C1, meaning that those above the minimum, and those in "above average" or "bilingual" schools, will probably want an EFL-C2. How do you show you have this level? With a certificate.

Secondly, few school Directors, Academic Directors (UTP) or Human Resources managers know what EFL C1 or C2 really mean or if they do, have time to evaluate. So how they do they know a colleague's or candidate's level? They ask for a certificate.