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Joe Hediger, English teacher at the Sekundarschule Käferholz, hosted our first Online Power-Webinar for Swiss Exams. The training addressed all aspects of Lehrplan 21 and their relevance to the Cambridge English for Schools exams. In this free 1-hour online workshop all relevant aspects of Lehrplan 21 and their relevance to Cambridge English for Schools were addressed.  The workshop informed and trained English secondary school teachers on the following: 

Swiss Exams has established Language Testing Competence Centres all across Switzerland in an effort to offer Online Tests in convenient locations for potential clients in all major cities. Their offer of Online Tests includes Linguaskill and BULATS for English and Goethe-Test PRO for German.

Due to the increased demand of computer-based-testing for the Business English exams, we have added some additional spaces for the Cambridge English: Business Preliminary on 14 December 2018. Register your students now!   You need a Frames Capable browser to view this content.

Save your seat now and benefit from our practical seminars for English teachers on “Lehrplan 21 and Cambridge English Exams” and “Best Preparation for computer-based exams”. Go to events overview 09.11.2018 to 10.11.2018 in Berne Cambridge English introductory seminar SEK I (for Schools Exams)

At the Cambridge English Assessment european meeting for centres, Swiss Exams received the award for “Best Calendar Coverage – Exams Dates” and runner-up for the “Best Innovative Marketing Campaign” award. Since 2012 Swiss Exams has received numerous european and global awards for excellence.  

We had a fantastic launch event and offered our first exams in Lausanne.   First teacher workshop and launch event in Lausanne On 7th of September we launched our new Cambridge English Exam location in Lausanne. It was extremely interesting to meet and get to know so many teachers from the Romandie. We are looking forward to meeting many more. Have a look at the impressions from the workshop and launch event in Lausanne. Picture Gallery

Our exam staff event this year took place in Winterthur. It was great for Swiss Exams to meet so many exam staff members at this social event. We would like to thank all who attended the Staff Event.  There were approximately 70 people there and we had a great time.   Pictures form the past and good music created a nice background for the event. A fun quiz was quite entertaining, and the food was delicious. All in all, a very successful event.  Thank you to all who contributed to making it a memorable time. Your Swiss Exams Team

Save your seat now and benefit from our practical seminars for English teachers on “Lehrplan 21 and Cambridge English Exams” and “Best Preparation for computer-based exams”. Go to events overview   03.10.2018 on Skype Power-Webinar: Lehrplan 21 and the Cambridge English Exams (SEKI)

The business English Online Test BULATS will be retired by the end of 2019. In order to replace the business English version a new test format of Linguaskill, called Linguaskill Business, will be launched. The update simplifies the administration of the English Online Tests as both Linguaskill General and Linguaskill Business can be administered on the same platform in the future.

Welcome to issue 59 of Research Notes, a quarterly pulication reporting on matters relating to learning, teaching and assessment within Cambridge Assessment English.   COREEN DOCHERTY RESEARCH AND VALIDATION GROUP, CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT DAVID CORKILL ASSESSMENT AND OPERATIONS GROUP, CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT Introduction