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Swiss Exams – Authorised Cambridge English Platinum Centre provides Cambridge English Exams in most major cities in Switzerland, including Lausanne, Basel, Bern, Chur, Luzern, St.Gallen, Winterthur, Zürich and more. We are your partner for Cambridge English: Key, Preliminary, First, Advanced, Proficiency and the Business Exams.

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Swiss Exams – Authorised Cambridge English Platinum Centre opened/put online all Cambridge English exam dates 2019 & 2020 in most major cities in Switzerland, including Basel, Bern, Chur, Luzern, St.Gallen, Lausanne, Winterthur, Zürich and more. Contact us for Exam Date Reservations!

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Preparation Material: Special Sale on books for A2 Key and Key for Schools and B1 Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools

Special sale until the end of this year! If you are preparing your students for the A2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary or B1 Preliminary for Schools exam in 2019, take advantage of our current 20% discount on all the following books available in our Online Shop. Key and Key for Schools A2 Key for Schools (KET S) Trainer 2 A2 Key for Schools (KET S) 2 Authentic Examination Papers with Answers Exam Booster for A2 Key and Key for Schools A2 Key (KET) 6 Authentic Examination Papers with Answers Common Mistakes at KET… and How to Avoid Them Common Mistakes at KET… and How to Avoid Them + Testbank Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools ... » read more

10.07.2019

Exam preparation material - Place your book order before the summer holidays!

Have you not yet placed your book order for your class after the summer holidays? Have a look at our online shop and reserve the books for your students now! Preparation Centres get a 20 % discount. If you are one of our Cambridge English Exam Preparation Centres you have a 20% discount on all Cambridge University Press publications. Our Preparation Centres also profit from a lot of free material such as handbooks for teachers and leaflets. In order to benefit from this offer as a Preparation Centre, just enter the school’s name in the comment section when placing an order through our Online Shop: https://shop.swiss-exams.ch/. If your favourite book is not online, please get in touch with us by email and we will order it for you. Are you not yet a „Preparation Centre“? It is... » read more

19.06.2019 swiss exams, Cambridge exams, preparation material

30 Year Anniversary of the Cambridge Exam Centre in Winterthur

This year we are celebrating our 30th Centre Anniversary. We would like to share some details of our history and thank everyone for this success! 1989 During this year, Lori Kaithan – CEO of Swiss Exams today, started her career with Cambridge English exams. She was first an invigilator, then a supervisor and finally a Local Secretary, the title of the job at the time. She started the centre in her home and later had a small office in the town where she lives so that she could be near her children when she taught or worked for Cambridge English. 1996 The office was moved to Winterthur as Lori Kaithan was then appointed as Local Secretary for the city and Canton of Zurich. Zurich was three times the size of Winterthur but with the support of Cambridge, many lovely... » read more

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Research Notes Issue 68: Independent vocabulary learning: A ‘teacherless’ approach

The following gives you an insight into independent vocabulary learning. An interesting article from the Research Notes of Cambridge Assessment English. AIDA SAHUTOGLU ST GILES LONDON CENTRAL Introduction Nowadays, learner autonomy (LA) seems to be widely promoted in the EFL world through offering students a variety of independent learning strategies (LS). In my teaching experience and through my involvement in study skills co-ordination at St Giles London Central, I discovered that although most learners initially seem motivated to apply these techniques, very few of them adopt new study skills permanently. One of the reasons for such rejection is that in the modern classroom setting, methodology and teacher-centred coursebooks have led to many students disregarding the ‘... » read more

19.06.2019 Cambridge exams, swiss exams, research notes

How to use the EnglishProfile.org

The EnglishProfile.org was introduced at our annual Cambridge English Spring Seminar. In case you missed it, you now have the chance to get some video tutorials on this helpful online tool. English Profile enables instructors and educationalists to understand what the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) means for English. It portrays what parts of English are ordinarily learned at each CEFR level. This tells educators, educational programme designers, course-book writers, and test scholars what performance can be expected at which level. This website contains an abundance of data about English Profile, including two creative online devices: English Vocabulary Profile Online English Grammar Profile Online These are accessible databases that give you free access... » read more

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Preparation Material: Special Sale on books for A2 Key and Key for Schools and B1 Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools

Exam preparation material - Place your book order before the summer holidays!

30 Year Anniversary of the Cambridge Exam Centre in Winterthur

Research Notes Issue 68: Independent vocabulary learning: A ‘teacherless’ approach

How to use the EnglishProfile.org

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