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2 Mar 2022

About A2 Key Listening Part 5 and how to do well

TagsA2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, listening, Tips

Today’s post will look at A2 Key for Schools Listening Part 5. I’ll share some tips to train students to do well in this part. Let’s look at the Part 5 Listening sample task from the A2 Key for Schools...

22 Feb 2022

About A2 Key Reading and Writing Part 5 and How to approach it

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, reading, Reading and Writing

In today’s post, I’m going to look at the task in A2 Key and A2 Key for Schools Reading and Writing Part 5. In this part, students have to read one email (or perhaps two emails – an email and...

18 Feb 2022

Fun word competitions

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagscompetition, creativity, fun, vocabulary

In my previous post, I shared some activities for fun shared and creative activities. Today, I came across a fun competition launched by the New York Times. The idea is that students invent a new word and send it in,...

3 Feb 2022

Sharing experiences to motivate and connect with students

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsMindfulness, webinar

In today’s post, I thought I’d share a calendar I created with some suggestions of experiences that students and teachers can share. After the upheavals of the past two years, many teachers (and doctors) are expressing concerns about students’ mental...

25 Jan 2022

How to approach B1 Preliminary Reading Part 2

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsB1 Preliminary, reading, Tips

Today, I’m going to examine the task in B1 Preliminary Reading Part 2. I’m using the task from the B1 Preliminary for Schools Sample Paper, available to download here. What’s in this part of the B1 Preliminary exam? The rubrics...

17 Jan 2022

Resources for the Cambridge Young Learners Exams

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, A2 Flyers, Pre-A1 Starters, resources, young learners

Last year, I gave a webinar for teachers in Japan and afterwards, to write an article for the teachers there, sharing my thoughts on how preparing for the Cambridge Young Learners Exams can help young learners on their way to...

13 Jan 2022

Survey on Teachers’ and Students’ experiences

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagssurvey, teaching online, webinar

Today, I created and shared a survey to find out about the experiences that teachers and their students have had over the past twenty four months. I’ve talked to teacher friends about these questions, but wanted to get a wider...

12 Jan 2022

ELTons Award Finalist for Innovation in English language teaching

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsELTons, Fun Skills

I felt truly honoured as one of the authors of Fun Skills to be named as a finalist for the ELTon for Innovation in English Language Teaching. Fun Skills was one of the 31 finalists, selected from 188 entries from...

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