News Overview Cambridge English Exams

This past weekend, the 24th and 25th March, the Cambridge English Annual Seminar took place at the Bocken Conference Centre in Horgen by the Lake of Zurich.  Approximately 150 teachers signed up.  The conference began with two excellent plenary sessions which were held by Dr Kevin Cheung, a Senior Research Manager of the Research and Thought Leadership Division of Cambridge Assessment English.

As a Swiss Exams preparation centre there are many special services that you can benefit from. One of the most popular and helpful benefits is our exam date reservation service. The primary feature of our reservation service provides preparation centres with the opportunity to pre-reserve spaces for their students at any of the exam dates published on our website. This is particularly beneficial for in-demand CB exams. These reservations can be made as soon as the dates are shown on our website.

Have you already registered for the Annual Cambridge English Spring Seminar taking place from 24 - 25 March 2018 in Horgen ZH? Choose your preferred workshop (from A2 - C2) and get a lot of practical information and ideas on developing and testing writing skills for your classroom.  Please note that the number of seats per workshop level is limited. Go to registration directly Sign up now and benefit from: 

Swiss Exams employs 15 office staff members and our “who is who” series will introduce you to all staff members, their responsibilities and how they feel about working at Swiss Exams. This month we are introducing you to Larissa and Sonja who are doing a 1-year internship at Swiss Exams. Larissa Drews  Career and interests

Cambridge Assessment English regularly offers webinars for teachers to attend for free. They provide teachers with useful material and ideas to use in their classrooms. Have a look. To get regular updates and alerts about the webinars, sign up here: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/resources-for-teachers/webinars/

If you are one of our Cambridge English Exam Preparation Centres you have a 20% discount on all Cambridge University Press publications in our Online Shop. Our Preparation Centres also profit from a lot of free material such as handbooks for teachers and leaflets.

In an effort to better describe who they are and what they do, “Cambridge English” has changed its name. Watch the video in which Cambridge Assessment English CEO, Saul Nassé, explains the name change and more… What does this mean for Swiss Exams clients? Actually, not much. Swiss Exams- Cambridge preparation centres, teachers and students alike will continue to benefit from the award-winning Swiss Exams – Cambridge Exams services across Switzerland. Watch the video:

Bénédict-Schule’s high standards of excellence and Swiss Exam’s exceptional customer service have been teamed together for over 5 years. Have a closer look at this great partnership.

One of our major aims is to continually offer opportunities for teachers to further develop as professionals.

Read about why the “Lehrplan 21” is actually good news for Cambridge Exams and SEK I schools already offering Cambridge Exams preparation courses. Those of you who are teaching at state schools in Switzerland are familiar with the Lehrplan 21.  We would like to draw your attention to how the Cambridge English Exams align to this Lehrplan.  Both the Lehrplan21 and the Cambridge English Exams are designed to teach and test the language skills required at the different levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages.