News Overview Cambridge English Exams

As Swiss Exams we congratulate our new Team Leader for the Speaking Test, Suzanne Bösiger. Suzanne is a very experienced and good examiner and we are very happy that she is now part of the team that is responsible for the professional execution of the speaking test. 

On 22nd November 2019 we concluded our free teacher workshop series of 2019 with John Potts in Berne. Have a look at some impressions! Lori Kaithan, CEO and Centre Exams Manager (CEM), opened the workshop with a welcome presentation about the Cambridge English exams and our exams centre. She introduced our latest development news such as Swiss Exams Access, our new platform for school administrators, teachers and candidates as well as our latest launch of online preparation courses in partnership with Speexx.

Due to the popularity of computer-based testing, we have added more exam dates in Berne and Lausanne. Reserve the exam seats for your class and contact us now. We offer several computer-based as well as paper-based Cambridge English Exams in Berne and Lausanne every year. There is a high demand of computer-based exams and we are, therefore, offering more exam dates in Berne and Lausanne. Get in touch with us and benefit from our exam date reservation service. Have a look at the exam dates by level and reserve the exam seats for your class:

Our next Annual Spring Seminar will take place on 16 – 17 May 2020 in Horgen/ZH. The topic is: “Empowering your learners- developing learner autonomy” and registration opens in January 2020.

We thank you for your loyalty and support throughout the past year. Each year you motivate us anew to do our best for you.Now it remains for us only to wish you a wonderful holiday season, a well-deserved break and all the best for the New Year! Please note, offices are closed on the following dates: 25 December 2019 – 2 January 2020 Phones are closed on the following dates only: 23 December 2019 + 24 December 2019 + 31 December 2019 For emergencies, please contact our 24/7 Help Desk: 0900 884 884 (CHF 0.70/min)  

Our “who is who” series introduces staff members, their responsibility and how they feel about working for Swiss Exams. We are happy to introduce you to Laura, our intern Marketing and Candidate Support. About her career and interests  Laura is doing an internship with us and joined the Swiss Exams Team in August of this year. She graduated from a business school and has a passion for languages. In her free time, she can most likely be found reading or cooking.

On Thursday, 14th of November, we celebrated International Future Day - formerly known as International Girls’ Day - in our office. Swiss Exams has invited Tina (13) and Skye (13) to join our Team in Winterthur. We were very happy to welcome them to our office and show them what a workday at Swiss Exams is like.

Using Technology to develop learning-oriented assessment and autonomy in students. Read this interesting introduction and article from the Research notes of Cambridge Assessment English. Introduction Issue 67:

“My trip to develop the teaching and learning of English at Songwe Sunrise Education Centre in Songwe, near Mbeya in western Tanzania, included a number of firsts. It was my first time in Tanzania, and indeed my first visit to Africa, and also my first crossing of the equator into the southern hemisphere. It was also the first time I heard a hyena..."

We would like to take this opportunity to update on some exciting new developments for Linguaskill. Linguaskill helps institutions test candidates easily and reliably. The test provides them with fast results which are aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the internationally recognized standard for describing language competences. Results visibility for candidates