May 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. 

Introduction to Cambridge English certification for Primary and Secondary students

This overview is ideal for teachers new to Cambridge English certification for school students or in their first two years of preparing students for these examinations.

Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) for Primary students : Starters, Movers, Flyers

Cambridge English for Schools (EfS) for Secondary students : Key (was KET), Preliminary (was PET) and First (was FCE) 

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?