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13 th Annual <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>Seminar</strong> 25 – 26 March <strong>2017</strong><br />

“Getting the Message - developing and testing the receptive skills”<br />

For our Annual <strong>Seminar</strong> in <strong>2017</strong> we will be looking closely at Reading and Listening, the receptive skills, what<br />

they are and how to develop them outside of and within the exam requirement. The emphasis will be on<br />

demonstrating how «receptive is not passive» in that by developing effective reading and listening skills<br />

learners can improve their productive output and become more confident communicators.<br />

The plenary session speakers will cover:<br />

General information: reading and listening as skills that we use every day, answering questions on how<br />

we read and listen; What happens when we read / listen; has the way we read / listen changed and<br />

does teaching need to reflect that change?<br />

Test design: How does what we know about reading and listening as skills now translate into the two<br />

exam papers? What is <strong>Cambridge</strong> testing and why?<br />

In the workshops the presenters will explore:<br />

strategies and activities for developing reading and listening skills<br />

how reading and listening materials and exam tasks can be exploited to develop learners’ grammar<br />

and vocabulary (using digital resources, eg the EVP and EGP)<br />

activities to raise motivation by making reading and listening exam tasks interactive<br />

which reading and listening subskills each exam part tests and what it requires<br />

exam-day reading and listening strategies<br />

Come join us for:<br />

quality plenary sessions and practical, hands-on workshops<br />

professional book displays /advice from the specialists / special offers<br />

an apéro in an old wine cellar dating back to the 17th Century<br />

gala dinner and a special evening programme featuring Joanna and Joe Hediger from «Skylight»,<br />

www.sky-light.ch<br />

free <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> material<br />

many opportunities to network and exchange ideas and teaching experiences<br />

The entire <strong>Cambridge</strong> Team looks forward to welcoming you at our event.<br />

Lori Kaithan<br />

CEO / Centre Exams Manager


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“Getting the Message - developing and testing the receptive skills”<br />

<strong>Programme</strong><br />

Saturday, 25 March <strong>2017</strong><br />

08.30 – 09.30 Registration / Coffee Foyer Forum<br />

09.30 – 10.00 Welcome and Introduction<br />

Lori Kaithan, Centre Exams Manager<br />

10.00 – 11.00 Plenary 1 - The ventriloquist - Do we read?<br />

Speaker: Dr Peter Medgyes<br />

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum<br />

11.30 – 12.30 Plenary 2: What does <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> test in the Reading Paper and why?<br />

12.30 – 13.45 Lunch / Book Exhibition<br />

Speaker: Julie Sladden, <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> Language Assessment<br />

13.45 – 15.30 Reading for Reading Skills Development:<br />

A1/A2: Young Learners of <strong>English</strong> A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET<br />

B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage<br />

C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE<br />

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum<br />

16.00 – 17.30 Reading for Writing Skills and Language Systems Development (EVP & EGP)<br />

A1/A2: Young Learners of <strong>English</strong> A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET<br />

B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage<br />

C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE<br />

18.00 – 19.00<br />

19.00 - open<br />

Sunday, 26 March <strong>2017</strong><br />

Apéro in an old wine cellar dating back to the 17 th Century<br />

Gala Dinner and Entertainment <strong>Programme</strong> featuring Joanna and Joe Hediger from «Skylight»,<br />

www.sky-light.ch<br />

08.00 – 09.00 Registration / Coffee Foyer Forum<br />

09.00 – 10.00 Plenary 3: The ventriloquist - Do we listen?<br />

Speaker: Dr Peter Medgyes<br />

10.00 – 11.00 Plenary 4: What does <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> test in the Listening Paper and why?<br />

Speaker: John Page, <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> Language Assessment<br />

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum<br />

11.30 – 12.30 Listening for Listening Skills Development (Part One):<br />

A1/A2: Young Learners of <strong>English</strong> A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET<br />

B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage<br />

C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE<br />

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch<br />

13.30 – 14.30 Listening for Listening Skills Development (Part Two):<br />

A1/A2: Young Learners of <strong>English</strong> A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET<br />

B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage<br />

C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE<br />

14.30 – 15.00 Dessert Buffet / Book Exhibition Foyer Forum<br />

15.00 – 16.30 Listening for Speaking Skills & Language Systems Development (EVP & EGP)<br />

A1/A2: Young Learners of <strong>English</strong> A2/B1: Teens, KET / PET<br />

B1: PET / BEC Preliminary B2: FCE / BEC Vantage<br />

C1: CAE / BEC Higher C1/C2: CAE / CPE<br />

16.30 End of <strong>Seminar</strong>


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Speaker Profiles<br />

Peter Medgyes – Keynote Speaker<br />

Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy at<br />

Eötvös Loránd University Budapest<br />

Schoolteacher, teacher trainer, vice rector, deputy state secretary,<br />

ambassador of Hungary and Vice President of IATEFL<br />

Author of 40 books including The Non-native Teacher (1994,<br />

winner of the Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition), The Language<br />

Teacher (1997), Laughing Matters (2002), Golden Age: Twenty<br />

Years of Foreign Language Education in Hungary (2011), Reflections<br />

on Foreign Language Education (2015), The Non-native Teacher (3 rd<br />

edition) (<strong>2017</strong>)<br />

Professional interests: language policy, teacher education,<br />

non-native <strong>English</strong> speaking teachers, humour research<br />

John Potts<br />

Working as an ELT professional, and teaching for <strong>Cambridge</strong><br />

exams, since 1979<br />

Course Director of <strong>Cambridge</strong> CELTA and Delta teacher training<br />

schemes at IH Baden<br />

CELTA and Delta course tutor since 1983 and 1991 respectively<br />

Assessor for CELTA worldwide from 1988 to 2016, and ex Joint<br />

Chief Assessor<br />

Author and co-author of ELT publications (CUP, Langenscheidt-<br />

Longman)<br />

Authorised presenter for <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> since 1990<br />

Working on school projects and training programmes in India<br />

since 2002<br />

Thom Kiddle<br />

Director of Norwich Institute for Language Education<br />

20 years’ experience teaching and training across 4 continents<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> Delta; MA in Language Testing<br />

Author of ‘Developing Digital Language Learning Materials’ (2014)<br />

CELTA and Delta trainer and assessor; <strong>Cambridge</strong> Examiner<br />

Academic Director of NILE Online programmes for language<br />

teachers<br />

Published in Applied Linguistics, Language Assessment Quarterly<br />

and System journals<br />

Former member of ELTJ editorial review board<br />

Rob Dean<br />

Worked as a teacher, Director of Studies and teacher trainer for ELT<br />

Taught in Europe and South East Asia<br />

Exam preparation, EAP and <strong>English</strong> for business and professional<br />

purposes<br />

Focuses on teaching with technology, language and culture and<br />

task-based learning<br />

Works as an independent teacher trainer and academic consultant<br />

Delivers talks, workshops, seminars and online webinars<br />

Julie Sladden<br />

Worked as an <strong>English</strong> teacher in Poland and Italy<br />

Was an Academic Director of a language school in the UK<br />

Joined <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> Language Assessment in 2008 as<br />

Senior Assessment Manager developed a particular interest<br />

in assessing reading through a Masters in Applied Linguistics<br />

Oversaw the <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong>: Advanced reading paper<br />

and its revision for 2015<br />

Is involved with test development projects and chairs a<br />

cross-product group on the assessment of reading<br />

Roger Bourne<br />

Group Director of Studies at The <strong>Cambridge</strong> Institute<br />

since July 2013<br />

Based in Zurich, responsible for teacher training, evaluation,<br />

course design and lesson planning.<br />

Deputy Director of Studies at The <strong>Cambridge</strong> Institute 2009<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> Oral Examiner since 2008<br />

Teaching <strong>English</strong> as a second language since 2003<br />

Before teaching worked in the property industry in the City of<br />

London and previously to that was an Army officer.<br />

Urs Kalberer<br />

Over 25 years of experience teaching teenagers at Swiss lower<br />

secondary schools<br />

Preparing students for <strong>Cambridge</strong> exams (Key and Preliminary for<br />

schools)<br />

Experienced seminar, workshop and webinar presenter<br />

ETAS Teacher Development Chair<br />

MEd in <strong>English</strong> Language Teaching (University of Manchester)<br />

Zoltán Rézműves<br />

Began teaching in a secondary school in Budapest in 1990<br />

1993 MA in Teaching <strong>English</strong> as a Foreign Language (ELTE<br />

University of Budapest).<br />

1999-2011 worked for Oxford University Press (OUP) as ELT editor<br />

and project manager, later ELT Managing Editor for Central<br />

Europe and Russia<br />

Set up his own publishing services company, Consonant Kiadó<br />

in 2012<br />

Currently freelance ELT author, teacher trainer, editor and<br />

consultant<br />

Co-author of Achieve (OUP), Straight to Advanced (Macmillan)<br />

and various secondary Workbooks<br />

Author of Teacher’s Books for Project 4th edition (OUP), Ready for<br />

Advanced (Macmillan), and Think (CUP)<br />

Olha Madylus<br />

Began teaching in a secondary state school in England<br />

Has been involved in young learners' teaching for over 25 years<br />

For the past 30 years has been a freelance consultant, materials<br />

writer and trainer for local state and private language school<br />

teachers (and trainers)<br />

Lived and taught in Hong Kong, Venezuela and Greece and is<br />

currently based in the UK<br />

Focuses on both primary and secondary school children<br />

John Page<br />

From 2001 to 2013: teacher, teacher trainer and manager at<br />

centres abroad and in the UK<br />

Worked in South America for 5 years<br />

Completed a Masters in Applied Linguistics in 2008 with focus on<br />

the barriers faced by Arabic speakers when learning <strong>English</strong> in a<br />

multi-cultural setting in the UK<br />

Has a keen interest in how technology can be employed in<br />

listening tests to raise task validity and improve candidate<br />

experiences<br />

Is Assessment Manager at <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>English</strong> Language<br />

Assessment for IELTS, CAE and CPE Listening and CAE Reading &<br />

Use of <strong>English</strong> Reading and Use of <strong>English</strong> with a particular focus<br />

on Computer-based testing.


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