This September, together with Cambridge ESOL and Cambridge University Press, we are organising our annual Cambridge Day Conference. This year, we are focusing on Grammar, Vocabulary and Listening at B2 and C1 levels. We will have an opportunity to hear Mary Spratt and Bob Obee.
| 09.00 – 10.00 Registration and Welcome coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.20 Welcome Speeches |
| 10.20 – 11.20 Mary Spratt – Plenary |
| 11.20 – 11.45 Coffee break |
| 11.45 – 12.45 Mary Spratt – Workshop |
| 12.45 – 13.30 Lunch |
| 13.30 – 14.30 Bob Obee – Plenary |
| 14.30 – 15.30 Bob Obee – Workshop |
| 15.30 – 16.00 Closing and Certification |
Mary Spratt: Teaching vocabulary to more advanced learners
This talk will look at what makes teaching vocabulary to more advanced level learners different from teaching it at lower levels. It will then move on to suggesting teaching ideas that focus on these areas of difference –participants will be invited to share their ideas too. The talk will make reference to CAE but will be relevant to all teachers of more advanced learners.
Mary Spratt: Listening and the upper intermediate and more advanced learner
We sometimes think that learners at upper intermediate level and above don’t really have any problems with listening. But in fact they do, as it is often particularly at these levels that they need to cope with different features of connected speech in authentic texts, a range of accents and a wide variety of kinds of listening text on lots of different topics. This workshop will suggest some teaching strategies for dealing with these areas, particularly but not only in reference to the FCE and CAE Listening Papers.
Bob Obee: CambridgeESOL Exam Preparation: the use of English teacher’s task
This talk will explore issues and techniques in preparing candidates for the grammar and vocabulary challenges of Paper 3 at B2 and C1 levels. It will consider these challenges in relation to the different dimensions of the exam preparation teacher’s task: integrating meaningful exam practice with language learning, raising exam task awareness and training students in exam technique.
Mary Spratt is an ELT consultant, trainer and writer. She works in teaching, teacher development, assessment and ELT research, is the author/ co-author of various ELT course books and supplementary materials, and works on the Cambridge TKT, TKT CLIL and TKT KAL tests for teachers.
Bob Obee was formerly Director of Studies for the British Council Teaching Centres in Athens and Kuala Lumpur and currently works as the Professional Support Leader for Cambridge ESOL in south-eastern Europe. He has written numerous course and supplementary titles such as the Grammar Activity Book [CUP].
The registration is now closed.
If you would like to find out more about this workshop, please send an e-mail to Kristijan Rajkovic.
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