The three pillars of a Media Studies programme

Media Studies can be a distinct programme, a unit within a programme or interwoven throughout a programme. However you include it, our students need to develop media literacy and sophistication for their individual benefit and for that of society as a whole.

Advanced Use of English : relations or relationships, it's relative

Relations, relationships, relatives, relative, related, in relation to, be related to, the other relations ... international relations or relationships? to be related to or relative to? These are complicated connections. Can you relate? Join us as we explore what looks like an easy distinction. Spoiler alert. It's not.

Cambridge E2L (aka "ESL") Summaries

From our series of Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L or ESL) Practice and Feedback programmes for teachers and students, this session covers the characteristics of and then writing and reviewing summaries. 

Plug-and-Play Reading Comprehension / Literature lesson : Essay "Fire on Christmas Eve" by Dylan Thomas

Although technically an extract from a longer work, this piece stands on its own and presents what we expect of a reflective essay and as such, is significant as a literary piece.

The text comes from a Cambridge English Literature programme, and is also appropriate for IB Language, Literature and Lang&Lit. 

July 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. 

Active Learning : Questioning

Asking questions is a crucial skill for teachers, and is more than just checking for recall. Effective questioning can "can stimulate learning, develop the potential of students to think", clarify ideas, "stir the imagination, and [create an] incentive to act". Join us as we review the role and function of asking questions for learning.

The English of discussing graphs

 

A big part of Middle School Maths is data handling, and a big part of that is data presentation in the form of graphs and charts. This leads to discussing and/or analysing data, which then reappears in Humanities, Sciences and even Physical Education. So let's take advantage of that in our English classes.

Meanwhile, we are not preparing our students for life if they cannot see through a politician's or advertiser's use (or misuse) of graphical presentations.

Glaciers - four reading and discussion activities for Middle School (G5 - 8) and High School (G9 - 12)

 

Glaciers will come up in class, perhaps in connection with geography or tourism or climate change or recent events in the news. Take advantage of this interest or topicality to prompt reading, discussion and writing activities.

Parts of the body for Lower Primary and Early Years

Naming and labelling parts of the body are (almost certainly) universal Early Years topics, with the addition of describing in Lower Primary, and provide some great opportunities for language and skills development. Join us as we explore some of these.

Cambridge English C1 Advanced (CAE) : examination preparation Semester Two 2023

   

Registration now open

Open group programme, preparation for Cambridge English C1 Advanced (formerly known as "CAE"). 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.