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5 Dec 2016

Cambridge English Development Programme 2017

TagsCambridge English, events, Teacher Training

In 2016, I began a new stage in my career – being a tutor on the Cambridge English Development Programme. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and ‘connected’ with a lot of great teachers all over Spain. At the end of...

1 Dec 2016

Using mobile photos for the Cambridge English: photo tasks

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, B2 First for Schools, C1 Advanced, C2 Proficiency, Cambridge English, creativity, quotes, resources, speaking, video

In my previous post, I shared an idea for generating ideas for the describing the photo task in the Cambridge English: Preliminary Speaking Test. Here, I’m going to share a lesson plan based around a short video advert. Again, the...

29 Nov 2016

8Way Thinking Questions for Describing photos in Cambridge English: Preliminary Speaking

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, Cambridge English, conferences, creativity, speaking

In many ways, the describe-the-photo-task in the Cambridge English: Preliminary Speaking Test is probably one of the most difficult tasks of any of the speaking tests in the Cambridge English Language Assessment exams. Finding enough things to say about a...

18 Nov 2016

Barcelona here I come!

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Just checking the last details before I get in the car to drive to Bilbao, then fly to Barcelona. No flights to Barcelona from Santander today at the right time unfortunately! I’m really looking forward to the Exams Catalunya Conference....

17 Nov 2016

Classroom Wait time, Think time and Rehearse Time

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsCambridge English, conferences, creativity, fun, questions, speaking

Recently the subject of wait time has cropped up again and again when I’ve been researching the subject of questions and questioning in the classroom. When I asked teachers at my session in the ACEIA conference in Seville to say...

14 Nov 2016

Sharing creative activities from It’s a question of ACEIA Conference session

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagsconferences, creativity, events, fun, questions, resources, speaking

Here are some of the questions activities that I demonstrated in my session on questions today at the ACEIA Conference in Seville: Creative Minds Inspire. As you can see from the title, my session focussed on questions, the theme of...

12 Nov 2016

Activities for practising questions

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagsfun, questions, Tips, young learners

In this post, I’m going to share some activities for working on questions. In this case, I mean activities of working on different question forms and when and why they are used (as well as who asks them). Guess the...

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Cambridge English Development Programme 2017

Using mobile photos for the Cambridge English: photo tasks

8Way Thinking Questions for Describing photos in Cambridge English: Preliminary Speaking

Barcelona here I come!

Classroom Wait time, Think time and Rehearse Time

More creative question activities – Colours

Sharing creative activities from It’s a question of ACEIA Conference session

Activities for practising questions