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13 th Annual Cambridge English Spring Seminar 25 – 26 March 2017
“Getting the Message - developing and testing the receptive skills”
For our Annual Seminar in 2017 we will be looking closely at Reading and Listening, the receptive skills, what
they are and how to develop them outside of and within the exam requirement. The emphasis will be on
demonstrating how «receptive is not passive» in that by developing effective reading and listening skills
learners can improve their productive output and become more confident communicators.
The plenary session speakers will cover:
General information: reading and listening as skills that we use every day, answering questions on how
we read and listen; What happens when we read / listen; has the way we read / listen changed and
does teaching need to reflect that change?
Test design: How does what we know about reading and listening as skills now translate into the two
exam papers? What is Cambridge testing and why?
In the workshops the presenters will explore:
strategies and activities for developing reading and listening skills
how reading and listening materials and exam tasks can be exploited to develop learners’ grammar
and vocabulary (using digital resources, eg the EVP and EGP)
activities to raise motivation by making reading and listening exam tasks interactive
which reading and listening subskills each exam part tests and what it requires
exam-day reading and listening strategies
Come join us for:
quality plenary sessions and practical, hands-on workshops
professional book displays /advice from the specialists / special offers
an apéro in an old wine cellar dating back to the 17th Century
gala dinner and a special evening programme featuring Joanna and Joe Hediger from «Skylight»,
www.sky-light.ch
free Cambridge English material
many opportunities to network and exchange ideas and teaching experiences
The entire Cambridge Team looks forward to welcoming you at our event.
Lori Kaithan
CEO / Centre Exams Manager
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“Getting the Message - developing and testing the receptive skills”
Programme
Saturday, 25 March 2017
08.30 – 09.30 Registration / Coffee Foyer Forum
09.30 – 10.00 Welcome and Introduction
Lori Kaithan, Centre Exams Manager
10.00 – 11.00 Plenary 1 - The ventriloquist - Do we read?
Speaker: Dr Peter Medgyes
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum
11.30 – 12.30 Plenary 2: What does Cambridge English test in the Reading Paper and why?
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch / Book Exhibition
Speaker: Julie Sladden, Cambridge English Language Assessment
13.45 – 15.30 Reading for Reading Skills Development:
A1/A2: Young Learners of English A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET
B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage
C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum
16.00 – 17.30 Reading for Writing Skills and Language Systems Development (EVP & EGP)
A1/A2: Young Learners of English A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET
B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage
C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE
18.00 – 19.00
19.00 - open
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Apéro in an old wine cellar dating back to the 17 th Century
Gala Dinner and Entertainment Programme featuring Joanna and Joe Hediger from «Skylight»,
www.sky-light.ch
08.00 – 09.00 Registration / Coffee Foyer Forum
09.00 – 10.00 Plenary 3: The ventriloquist - Do we listen?
Speaker: Dr Peter Medgyes
10.00 – 11.00 Plenary 4: What does Cambridge English test in the Listening Paper and why?
Speaker: John Page, Cambridge English Language Assessment
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum
11.30 – 12.30 Listening for Listening Skills Development (Part One):
A1/A2: Young Learners of English A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET
B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage
C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Listening for Listening Skills Development (Part Two):
A1/A2: Young Learners of English A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET
B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage
C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE
14.30 – 15.00 Dessert Buffet / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum
15.00 – 16.30 Listening for Speaking Skills & Language Systems Development (EVP & EGP)
A1/A2: Young Learners of English A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET
B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage
C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE
16.30 End of Seminar
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Speaker Profiles
Peter Medgyes – Keynote Speaker
Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at
Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
Schoolteacher, teacher trainer, vice rector, deputy state secretary,
ambassador of Hungary and Vice President of IATEFL
Author of 40 books including The Non-native Teacher (1994,
winner of the Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition), The Language
Teacher (1997), Laughing Matters (2002), Golden Age: Twenty
Years of Foreign Language Education in Hungary (2011), Reflections
on Foreign Language Education (2015), The Non-native Teacher (3 rd
edition) (2017)
Professional interests: language policy, teacher education,
non-native English speaking teachers, humour research
John Potts
Working as an ELT professional, and teaching for Cambridge
exams, since 1979
Course Director of Cambridge CELTA and Delta teacher training
schemes at IH Baden
CELTA and Delta course tutor since 1983 and 1991 respectively
Assessor for CELTA worldwide from 1988 to 2016, and ex Joint
Chief Assessor
Author and co-author of ELT publications (CUP, Langenscheidt-
Longman)
Authorised presenter for Cambridge English since 1990
Working on school projects and training programmes in India
since 2002
Thom Kiddle
Director of Norwich Institute for Language Education
20 years’ experience teaching and training across 4 continents
Cambridge Delta; MA in Language Testing
Author of ‘Developing Digital Language Learning Materials’ (2014)
CELTA and Delta trainer and assessor; Cambridge Examiner
Academic Director of NILE Online programmes for language
teachers
Published in Applied Linguistics, Language Assessment Quarterly
and System journals
Former member of ELTJ editorial review board
Rob Dean
Worked as a teacher, Director of Studies and teacher trainer for ELT
Taught in Europe and South East Asia
Exam preparation, EAP and English for business and professional
purposes
Focuses on teaching with technology, language and culture and
task-based learning
Works as an independent teacher trainer and academic consultant
Delivers talks, workshops, seminars and online webinars
Julie Sladden
Worked as an English teacher in Poland and Italy
Was an Academic Director of a language school in the UK
Joined Cambridge English Language Assessment in 2008 as
Senior Assessment Manager developed a particular interest
in assessing reading through a Masters in Applied Linguistics
Oversaw the Cambridge English: Advanced reading paper
and its revision for 2015
Is involved with test development projects and chairs a
cross-product group on the assessment of reading
Roger Bourne
Group Director of Studies at The Cambridge Institute
since July 2013
Based in Zurich, responsible for teacher training, evaluation,
course design and lesson planning.
Deputy Director of Studies at The Cambridge Institute 2009
Cambridge English Oral Examiner since 2008
Teaching English as a second language since 2003
Before teaching worked in the property industry in the City of
London and previously to that was an Army officer.
Urs Kalberer
Over 25 years of experience teaching teenagers at Swiss lower
secondary schools
Preparing students for Cambridge exams (Key and Preliminary for
schools)
Experienced seminar, workshop and webinar presenter
ETAS Teacher Development Chair
MEd in English Language Teaching (University of Manchester)
Zoltán Rézműves
Began teaching in a secondary school in Budapest in 1990
1993 MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ELTE
University of Budapest).
1999-2011 worked for Oxford University Press (OUP) as ELT editor
and project manager, later ELT Managing Editor for Central
Europe and Russia
Set up his own publishing services company, Consonant Kiadó
in 2012
Currently freelance ELT author, teacher trainer, editor and
consultant
Co-author of Achieve (OUP), Straight to Advanced (Macmillan)
and various secondary Workbooks
Author of Teacher’s Books for Project 4th edition (OUP), Ready for
Advanced (Macmillan), and Think (CUP)
Olha Madylus
Began teaching in a secondary state school in England
Has been involved in young learners' teaching for over 25 years
For the past 30 years has been a freelance consultant, materials
writer and trainer for local state and private language school
teachers (and trainers)
Lived and taught in Hong Kong, Venezuela and Greece and is
currently based in the UK
Focuses on both primary and secondary school children
John Page
From 2001 to 2013: teacher, teacher trainer and manager at
centres abroad and in the UK
Worked in South America for 5 years
Completed a Masters in Applied Linguistics in 2008 with focus on
the barriers faced by Arabic speakers when learning English in a
multi-cultural setting in the UK
Has a keen interest in how technology can be employed in
listening tests to raise task validity and improve candidate
experiences
Is Assessment Manager at Cambridge English Language
Assessment for IELTS, CAE and CPE Listening and CAE Reading &
Use of English Reading and Use of English with a particular focus
on Computer-based testing.
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Why participants like to attend our seminars…
I always like attending the seminar at the Bocken, it is such a lovely venue, which contributes to the great learning
atmosphere. It was very well organized, wonderful food, great teachers!”
“Great weekend once again! Thank you for your effort. Please give my thanks and my very best regards to the
whole Cambridge crew. Once again, you did a perfectly fine job!”
“This seminar was very interesting. It was also nice to meet other teachers from all over Switzerland.”
“I was very happy to get back to attending Cambridge English Spring seminar again after not having been able to do
so for at least 5 years! Will become a regular again!!!”
“Great venue, pleasant atmosphere, excellent Seminar. Thank you!”
“Well done. I loved being able to take the seminar content home with me to study and share with my colleagues.”
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Weekend Seminar Package: CHF 400
Two-day seminar attendance
2 plenary sessions on Saturday and Sunday and several interesting workshops to choose from
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Cambridge English Handbooks for Teachers
Book Exhibition (various Publishers) / Special Offers
Lunch and two coffee breaks on each day
Gala Dinner and entertainment programme featuring Joanna and Joe Hediger from «Sky-Light»,
www.sky-light.ch
One-day Seminar Package: CHF 260
Saturday or Sunday seminar participation according to registration
2 plenary sessions on Saturday and Sunday, various interesting workshops to choose from
Voucher for online shop: www.MyCambridgeShop.ch
Cambridge English Handbooks for Teachers
Book Exhibition (various Publishers) / Special Offers
Lunch and two coffee breaks
Gala Dinner and entertainment programme featuring Joanna and Joe Hediger from «Sky-Light»,
www.sky-light.ch
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