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25 Jan 2017

Going to start a course for the Cambridge B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency? Play the board game!

TagsB2 First, B2 First for Schools, Cambridge English, creativity, fun, questions, resources, Tips

Today I wanted to share a board game I’ve made for using with the start of a preparation course for Cambridge B2 First. (It can also be used for Cambridge C1 Advanced and Cambridge C2 Proficiency exams. All the content is...

23 Jan 2017

Collated tips on marking

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsTips, writing

I thought I’d share some different ways that teacher can mark written work. As you may have gathered from my posts on so many different subjects and levels, my teacher training and materials writing work involves collating and creating ideas...

20 Jan 2017

What’s the most challenging thing about teaching writing?

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagssurvey, writing

I’m collecting comments from teachers about teaching writing. I asked the teachers at my seminar in Bilbao this morning the same question and got (among others) these answers: Should I be harsher than the examiner when I assess? Making sure...

20 Jan 2017

Resources for Cambridge English: Advanced

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsC1 Advanced, Cambridge English, English Profile, resources

I thought I’d share the list of resources I’ve put together for preparing students for Cambridge English: Advanced. I shared many of these with teachers at my seminars in San Sebastian last week on this exam. There are so many resources...

13 Jan 2017

Collated ideas from Cambridge English: Advanced Reading and Use of English seminar

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsC1 Advanced, Cambridge English, Cambridge English Seminars, reading

Today’s seminars on the Cambridge English: Advanced exam in San Sebastian were full of sharing ideas. So, thought I’d share a few of them in this post! I started the first session (I did two this morning) by asking teachers...

11 Dec 2016

Get your students to bring English into the classroom

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagsfun, grammar, spelling, vocabulary

English is all around. Certainly here in Spain. Walk into any big clothes shop, and you’ll find English on the front of so many T-shirts. (Of course, the problem is, that not all the spelling or grammar is correct! I...

5 Dec 2016

Cambridge English Development Programme 2017

Posted ByAnne Robinson

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...

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...

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