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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.

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 

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).

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.

TLC Sprachschule is one of the our successful Language Testing Competence Centres (LTCCs). They regularly offer the German language assessment test called Goethe-Test PRO to their clients. Watch this video to find out what an exam session looks like!

Speexx and Swiss Exams will bring co-branded Speexx and Cambridge Assessment English Prep Courses to Switzerland. Use this opportunity to learn about the new Cambridge English Prep Courses for B1 - C1 Business and Linguaskill. About Speexx Speexx is a leading provider of award-winning cloud-based online language training and testing solutions for a global workplace. They help large organizations everywhere drive productivity by empowering employee communication skills across borders.

Register now for the upcoming free Workshop with John Potts on the topic: “Developing and Assessing Writing Skills at C1 and C2”. (limited space) In this practical workshop teachers will establish and clarify the assessment scales that are applied to the Writing Component in C1 Advanced (CAE) and C2 Proficiency (CPE). In addition, a focus on activities will be incorporated that will help the learners to develop their writing skills. When: 20 September 2019 / 13.00 – 17.00

In January 2019 Linguaskill was launched successfully and the replacement of BULATS will come into effect as of January 2020. Linguaskill is now accepted by more and more important higher education institutions in Switzerland and abroad.

Swiss Exams offers exam dates throughout the summer. Although it is possible when registering with Swiss Exams to register very close to the exam date, the dates across Switzerland are filling quickly. We encourage teachers to inform all students interested in taking their exam during the summer to have a look at the availability now and not wait too long. Overview of our Cambridge English exam dates and locations:

Swiss Exams is a company specialising in exam management, administering exams for various exam boards, such a Cambridge Assessment English or the Goethe Institut, among others in Switzerland. As part of our management team, we are looking for a dynamic, energetic and self-starting “Marketing and Communications Manager ”, managing our Marketing and our internal and external communication efforts, leading a small team of three in our head office in Winterthur.     Tasks and Responsibilities