News Overview Cambridge English Exams

Once a class has been prepared for the Cambridge English Exam, the goal for a teacher is that as many as possible pass the exam. To avoid long waiting times, Swiss Exams gives teachers the opportunity to directly access the students' results. 

As of September 2018, Swiss Exams will be offering computer-based (CB) and paper-based (PB) exams in Lausanne. The exam dates are now open for registration on our website. By offering computer-based exams for the first time in Lausanne, Swiss Exams will offer greater flexibility and opportunity for students in Lausanne intending to take a Cambridge English exam. The demand for CB exams has increased continuously for several years for several reasons, including:

Thinking about becoming an English Teacher? Or simply interested in developing your English teaching skills? Do you live in Graubünden or surroundings? Then this course, with face-to-face teaching practice in Chur, is the course for you!

Swiss Exams employs 15 office staff members and our “who is who” series will introduce all staff members, their responsibility and how they feel about working for Swiss Exams. We are happy to introduce you to Camilla from our office in Chur. About her career and interests Camilla joined Swiss Exams in 2008 and has been with us for over 10 years. She has a background in international business. In her spare time, Camilla enjoys skiing, jogging, and spending time with her family and friends. 

The exam day is an important day for most candidates. Therefore, being prepared for the day will guarantee a smooth procedure and make the examination a pleasant experience. Candidates must not use items that could help them cheat or could damage the answer sheets. Here is a list of authorised and unauthorised items.

Improve your students’ English language skills with the best learning books provided by Cambridge University Press. We here at Swiss Exams offer a wide range of preparation material including different course books. Here is a short overview of the 3 different course books we offer:

This year’s annual seminar took place on the weekend of the 24th & 25th March 2018 at the Bocken Conference Centre In Horgen / Zurich. This beautiful venue is the perfect setting for such a special event. Many teachers came and contributed to making it a successful event both from an academic as well as from a social perspective. It offered many opportunities to network as well as to get practical ideas of an academic nature for the classroom.

Linguaskill is an online adaptive test to assess candidates at any level of language ability in general English, from below A1 to C1 or above level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Now also available for Speaking & Writing. Linguaskill has already been available for Reading & Listening as well as Writing. Now it has also been introduced for Speaking. Each candidate gets a report on their performance of each test module as well as an overall score with the CEFR level and the score on Cambridge English Scale.

Throughout the year we will be offering several events and free workshops for English teachers in different regions in Switzerland. The next upcoming events will place in Berne and Chur. Reserve your seat now!

As part of the “Cambridge Exams Support Programme” (CESP) for SEK I Schools in Switzerland (SEK I and “Gymnasium”), Swiss Exams is inviting teachers and school principals to a two-day Introductory Seminar.