News Overview Cambridge English Exams

A2 Key, A2 Key for Schools, B1 Preliminary and B1 Preliminary for Schools have undergone a thorough review to ensure that the exams continue to remain relevant to the needs of schools and learners. Have a look at the summary.   A2 Key and A2 Key for Schools overview of changes (PDF)

Save your seat now and benefit from our practical workshop for English teachers on “Best Preparation for computer-based exams” taking place in Lucerne.   The workshop will aim to show teachers the advantages of computer-based testing. There will be computers available so that participants will be able to get “hands-on” experience, as well as preparation resources for the computer-based (CB) exams.

At Swiss Exams we take the quality of our performance very seriously. The result is not a coincidence but rather a conscious effort to do our best at all times providing our candidates the best and smoothest exam experience. Lori Kaithan, CEM and CEO of Swiss Exams, gives some insights from her area as the Head of Inspections:

Swiss Exams employs 15 office staff members and our “Who is Who” series will introduce all staff members, their area of responsibility and how they feel about working for Swiss Exams. We are happy to introduce you to Alexandra responsible for our Finance and HR department.   About her career and interests

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