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2012
City & Guilds English Language Contest 2011
Author: Mgr. Simona Geňatová / City & Guilds
EL competition for secondary schools from Prague and the Central Bohemia
City & Guilds in the Czech Republic organized an English language contest for secondary school students from Prague and the Central Bohemia in the winter term 2011. The contest was supported by the Prague Council deputy mayor of the capital city of Prague, Ing. Antonín Weinert, CSc.
2011
Sharing Exam Preparation Practice from Latin America
Author: Silvina Requejo / 37 Warren Road School, Buenos Aires
We believe practice is essential to create an atmosphere of confidence and assertiveness on the exam date. Every candidate then knows how to proceed in each level and the more well prepared they are, the better the results.
An article by 37 Warren Road Language School, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011
TEACH DON'T PREACH
Author: Editor / City & Guilds
ELT teaching and assessment today: interview with Verona-based language expert Robert Hill
The article appeared in SpeakUP Magazine's November Issue.
Tell us something about yourself, please.
I taught for over 20 years at universities in Cagliari, Verona and Milan. I've been consultant and trainer on projects run by regional authorities and the MPI. I write and edit teaching material, which means I speak at TESOL and IATEFL conferences worldwide. I also give courses in various parts of the world for organisations like the British Council.
2011
A transformational tool
Author: Editor / City & Guilds
A transformational tool
Artur Rego of City & Guilds on how Slovakia uses international exams to develop state school English
The article appeared in the October 2011 issue of EL GAZETTE please follow this link to read the artcile in EL GAZETTE.
2011
Using your dictionary in the City & Guilds IESOL exam
Author: George Lampropoulos / PEOPLECERT Group
One of the main features of the City & Guilds IESOL exam is that students can use a monolingual dictionary for all 3 sections, Listening, Reading and Writing. However, to make the most of this opportunity, students must learn how to use the dictionary to help them deal with each section of the exam. In fact, if students carry their dictionary on the day of the exam without having been trained in how to use it, they may well find that it is of very little use, or even a hindrance.
Before we look at ways the students should use their dictionary in the City & Guilds IESOL exam, let us have a look at some of the main points students should know about their dictionary before they start using it:
2011
IATEFL 2011 conference in Poland
Author: Marek Doskocz / City & Guilds
This year's annual IATEFL Poland conference took place at the Warsaw University of Technology, the internationally highest-ranked Polish technical college. As always, the event attracted numerous household names in ELT, among them professor Michael McCarthy, Michael Swan, Catherine Walter, Paul Seligson, Hugh Dellar, Jamie Keddie, Grzegorz Śpiewak, JJ Wilson, Pete Sharma, to name only some, who shared inspiring and practical ideas with hundreds of the conference participants.
2011
ELT Signposts 2011
Author: Mgr. Simona Geňatová / City & Guilds
ELT Signposts 2011
Brno, 9 - 11 September 2011Methodology training sessions
The Conference was held in Brno from 9 to 11 September 2011. The host institution was the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University. The organizing committee wanted to link to the successful tradition of previous Signposts Conferences and attracted ELT professionals from the Czech Republic as well as from abroad.2011
Guided Learning Hours for IESOL and ISESOL exams
Author: Editor / City & Guilds
Dear Readers,
We have been delighted to see the huge number of requests coming from you, which we were pleased to respond to and which - we hope - you have found useful feedback for your classroom needs. Since the majority of the requests were around guided learning hours for the Written and Spoken exams, we are pleased to inform you that we have framed some useful information to support you in the most effective manner possible. Please visit our Guided Learning Hours section under the IESOL and ISESOL links, respectively.
At the same time, we warmly invite you to contribute any thoughts, ideas or examples of past experience you may have so we can successfully facilitate sharing best practice through your valuable contributions.
2011
First and Last Letter of a Word
Author: Editor / City & Guilds
Like any other academic field, English-teaching is not lacking in its own para-phenomena either - as the intriguing example below demonstrates, which proves the age-old wisdom that language is all about the intricate workings of the human mind. A juggle of letters, whose sequence does not on the surface of it make up registered lexis, can still be constructed as a meaningful body of text provided the first and last letters remain in place.
This little demonstration is also a worthy and fruitful activity for relaxation during an English classroom yielding - besides a moment or two of merriment - a realization of how reading skills work.
2011
IATEFL Conference - The Brighton Experience
Author: Editor / City & Guilds
Besides the famous Pier and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton had another powerful attraction in April this year, at least for the world of English Language Teaching: the IATEFL Conference, now simply referred to by teachers as Brighton 2011. Brighton - the scene of pleasure-seeking and the hub of the English world of artists - has now enticed a multitude of English teachers from all over the world who were flooding the conference venue - the Brighton Centre - with a keen interest to find out about the recent developments that will define English teaching for the future to come.