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All good things come in three’s! Free webinar 29 May from 16:30 to 19:15 CET

www.cambridgetesting.ch/event-registration

CEL is hosting a free webinar with Cambridge Assessment English : Simona Petrescu

The past weeks have exposed us, teachers, to the immediate challenges of transferring our work from the familiar classroom to the online environment. We have gathered valuable experience using platforms, experimenting with tools, guiding students to activities or resources. We have searched for ways to create digital materials, distribute them to students, set tasks and deadlines, run virtual meetings, and collect course work from the learners.

Our three part webinar aims to build on this existing experience and provide a reflection pause on fundamental aspects of our teaching in this new age:

Part 1 What is the difference between digitalising our teaching, and making our classes digital? Could some of the challenges we have encountered in these past weeks be resolved, if we re-considered what digitalisation involves?

Part 2 In this reflection process, could we revisit some of the central tenets of our communicative teaching method, to see how they might be best carried out in the digital age?

Part 3 Specifically, how can we shape and maybe refresh the interaction models with, and among, learners, maximising the opportunities that technology creates?

www.cambridgetesting.ch/event-registration

Bio of the Cambridge Assessment Presenter:
Simona Petrescu has been a teacher of English since 1996, focusing on Cambridge English exam preparation courses. She is an experienced teacher trainer and teaching materials writer, formerly a Cambridge English Speaking Examiner and Speaking Examiner trainer. She works for Cambridge Assessment English as an Assessment Services Manager for Europe, with a particular focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this role she provides orientation on assessment and pedagogical aspects related to Cambridge English Qualifications and teaching English in general.

Best wishes, Karen and Derrick

 

 

 

All good things come in three’s! Free webinar 29 May from 16:30 to 19:15 CET

www.cambridgetesting.ch/event-registration

CEL is hosting a free webinar with Cambridge Assessment English : Simona Petrescu

The past weeks have exposed us, teachers, to the immediate challenges of transferring our work from the familiar classroom to the online environment. We have gathered valuable experience using platforms, experimenting with tools, guiding students to activities or resources. We have searched for ways to create digital materials, distribute them to students, set tasks and deadlines, run virtual meetings, and collect course work from the learners.

Our three part webinar aims to build on this existing experience and provide a reflection pause on fundamental aspects of our teaching in this new age:

Part 1 What is the difference between digitalising our teaching, and making our classes digital? Could some of the challenges we have encountered in these past weeks be resolved, if we re-considered what digitalisation involves?

Part 2 In this reflection process, could we revisit some of the central tenets of our communicative teaching method, to see how they might be best carried out in the digital age?

Part 3 Specifically, how can we shape and maybe refresh the interaction models with, and among, learners, maximising the opportunities that technology creates?

www.cambridgetesting.ch/event-registration

Bio of the Cambridge Assessment Presenter:
Simona Petrescu has been a teacher of English since 1996, focusing on Cambridge English exam preparation courses. She is an experienced teacher trainer and teaching materials writer, formerly a Cambridge English Speaking Examiner and Speaking Examiner trainer. She works for Cambridge Assessment English as an Assessment Services Manager for Europe, with a particular focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this role she provides orientation on assessment and pedagogical aspects related to Cambridge English Qualifications and teaching English in general.

Best wishes, Karen and Derrick