<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-2"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
	<language>en</language>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:19 +0200</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>PHP XLS</generator>
	<docs>http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification/</docs>
	<ttl>1000</ttl>
	<title>CityandGuilds English Blog</title>
	<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com</link>
	<description><![CDATA[City & Guilds English language exams are internationally recognised and mapped to the CEFR, this website offers syllabi, qualification handbooks, classroom activities, sample papers and sample writing tasks for teachers and students.]]></description>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[City & Guilds makes the 2013 top 100 Superbrands list!]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/city_guilds_makes_the_2013_top_100_superbrands_list/20</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/city_guilds_makes_the_2013_top_100_superbrands_list/20</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:09:43 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that City &amp; Guilds has been ranked No. 92 out of 1,500 brands which were shortlisted for the 2013 Business Superbrands list in the UK.This now places us amongst similarly ranked brands from 2012 such as Aviva,...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Can you actually enjoy a spoken exam?]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/can_you_actually_enjoy_a_spoken_exam/19</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/can_you_actually_enjoy_a_spoken_exam/19</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:11:33 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody has different experience in terms of spoken exams. School-leaving exams, entrance exams, state exams - for someone it means just formality but for someone else, it could be a nightmare that keeps returning for many years afterwards.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Communication or grammar, Article by Zuzana Lebedova, City & Guilds teacher trainer]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/communication_or_grammar_article_by_zuzana_lebedova_city_guilds_teacher_trainer/18</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/communication_or_grammar_article_by_zuzana_lebedova_city_guilds_teacher_trainer/18</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:01:56 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In teaching and learning foreign languages, we can hardly survive without the word ’communicative’ to meet the current day demands of language learning. The challenge is that everybody has a different notion of this word. What does “communicative" mean...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Can you listen communicatively? Try it out!]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/can_you_listen_communicatively_try_it_out/17</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/can_you_listen_communicatively_try_it_out/17</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:58:20 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can you listen communicatively? Let’s try it out!]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ASIA Computer Assisted Language Learning Conference in Ho Chi Minh by Robert Snell]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/asia_computer_assisted_language_learning_conference_in_ho_chi_minh_by_robert_snell/16</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/asia_computer_assisted_language_learning_conference_in_ho_chi_minh_by_robert_snell/16</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:07:46 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ASIA Computer Assisted Language Learning Conference in Ho Chi Minh by Robert Snell]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[City & Guilds Language Contest in the Czech Republic]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/city_guilds_language_contest_in_the_czech_republic/15</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/city_guilds_language_contest_in_the_czech_republic/15</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:38:47 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[City &amp; Guilds English Language Contests 2012/13 supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in the Czech Republic This academic year is now the second one when City &amp; Guilds is holding a national English language contest for...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[IATEFL in Eger - presentation by David A. Hill]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl_in_eger_-_presentation_by_david_a_hill/13</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl_in_eger_-_presentation_by_david_a_hill/13</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:47:37 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HARRISON AND THE ELT TEXTBOOKS David A. Hill Freelance, sponsored by City &amp; Guilds Starting from the English used by Harrison, a Ghanaian boy in a British primary school from Stephen Kelman’s 2011 Booker Short-listed novel Pigeon English, we will...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[IATEFL-Poland Wroclaw 2012]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl-poland_wroclaw_2012/14</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl-poland_wroclaw_2012/14</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:52:05 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Real Speaking for the real World &amp; Whose culture are you teaching by David A. Hill (Freelance, sponsored by City &amp; Guilds) This year City &amp; Guilds were very honoured in sponsoring David A. Hill’s participation in the 2012 IATEFL in...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[City & Guilds English Language Contest 2011]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/city_guilds_english_language_contest_2011/12</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/city_guilds_english_language_contest_2011/12</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:19 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EL competition for secondary schools from Prague and the Central Bohemia City &amp; 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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Sharing Exam Preparation Practice from Latin America]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/sharing_exam_preparation_practice_from_latin_america/10</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/sharing_exam_preparation_practice_from_latin_america/10</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:21:45 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[TEACH DON'T PREACH]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/teach_dont_preach/9</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/teach_dont_preach/9</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:46:33 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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,...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[A transformational tool]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/a_transformational_tool/8</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/a_transformational_tool/8</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:23:53 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A transformational tool   Artur Rego of City &amp; 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.]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Using your dictionary in the City & Guilds IESOL exam]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/using_your_dictionary_in_the_city_guilds_iesol_exam/7</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/using_your_dictionary_in_the_city_guilds_iesol_exam/7</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:55:02 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the main features of the City &amp; 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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[IATEFL 2011 conference in Poland]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl_2011_conference_in_poland/6</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl_2011_conference_in_poland/6</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:51:20 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ELT Signposts 2011]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/elt_signposts_2011/5</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/elt_signposts_2011/5</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:52:39 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Guided Learning Hours for IESOL and ISESOL exams]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/guided_learning_hours_for_iesol_and_isesol_exams/4</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/guided_learning_hours_for_iesol_and_isesol_exams/4</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:05:09 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[First and Last Letter of a Word]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/first_and_last_letter_of_a_word/3</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/first_and_last_letter_of_a_word/3</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:51:33 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[IATEFL Conference - The Brighton Experience]]></title>
<guid>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl_conference_-_the_brighton_experience/2</guid>
<link>http://www.cityandguildsenglish.com/blog/iatefl_conference_-_the_brighton_experience/2</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:10:02 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
