Cambridge English Spring Seminar 2017_Programme
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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 />
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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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