Вебинар Skyteach conference Cambridge Assessment English "Кембриджские экзамены: YLE, A2 Key for Schools and B1 Preliminary for Schools"

Webinar Cambridge Assessment English Skyteach

4 февраля 2021 г. я приняла участие в вебинаре online Skyteach Cambridge Assessment English YLE, A2 key for schools and B1 Preliminary for Schools. Skyteach – это сообщество преподавателей английского языка, которое сотрудничает с экспертами и следит за трендами в образовании, чтобы быть в курсе новейших методик.

Проекты Skyteach – это Skyteach blog- библиотека знаний и информационный портал о новейших ESL.

Skyteach School – центр повышения квалификации для опытных и начинающих преподавателей, которые проводят опытные методисты и teacher trainers с сертификатами CELTA и TKT, где получают международные сертификаты TESOL и TEFL онлайн.

Skyteach Events – онлайн и оффлайн мероприятия для преподавателей по всему миру: фестивали, олимпиады, вебинары и др.; обмен опытом с коллегами, обсуждение тем: цифровизации, мотивации студентов; развитие языковых навыков; подготовка к экзаменам;геймификация обучения и др.

Вот такого рода мероприятие мне посчастливилось поучаствовать 4 февраля 2021 г. онлайн, наряду с другими заинтересованными преподавателями английского языка.

Claire Barnes became the English Trainer at this webinar. I took part at your English courses in Summer School some years ago at KOIRO Kalinigrad.

Claire Barnes
CELTA trainer from Cambridge

Claire Barnes has been working as a teacher and teacher trainer for over thirty years. She is currently based in Moscow where she works as a teacher and a CELTA trainer for a large private language school (BKC-IH). In addition, Claire enjoys presenting and running workshops for teachers on behalf of Cambridge Assessment English.

At her webinar we looked at the exams and relevant CEFR levels. We focused on some task types and saw how they changed with the different ages and levels. We looked at one or two aspects that teachers might focus on during preparation.

Cambridge English qualifications

What can children do at different levels?

4 skills: listening, reading, writing, speaking

Skills Starters Movers Flyers

Listening 20 mins 25 mins 25 mins

Speaking 3-5 mins 3-7 mins 7-9 mins

Reading ,writing 20 mins 30 mins 40 mins

Progression

Starters – speaking

Flyers – speaking

CEFR Levels A2

Reading,writing 60 mins can understand short texts and messages and write

about daily life, hobbies, holidays,etc in short,

simple texts.

Listening Approx. 30 min can understand simple questions and instr.

Speaking 8-10 min can make simple plans and expressions, dislikes

and opinions uniting simple language.

Total exam length 98-100 mins

A2 Key and Key for Schools

CEFR Level B1

Reading 45 mins can understand factual texts

Writing 45 mins can write about everyday subjects

Listening Appr.35 mins can understand instructions and understand main

points from a talk or TV programme on familia topics.

Speaking 10-12 mins can talk about reactions to films, music,etc and give

practical instructions.

Listening 135-137 mins.

A2 key for Schools Speaking

B1 Preliminary for Schools Speaking

For example: Some students from a small town school are going on a trip to their capital city.

Here some of the activities they could do there.

Talk together about the different activities they could do in their capital city, and say which would be most interesting.

A2 Key for Schools Reading and Writing

We could look at the 3 pictures and write the story shown in the pictures. We could write 35 words or more, the story on our answer sheet.

B1 Preliminary Writing

Progression

A2 Key for Schools / Getting started

B1 Preliminary for Schools

Inside communicative language testing - what every teacher should know.

Learner Support

Online learning activities Games and quizzes Social media

Teacher Support sites

1. https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english

2. [email protected]

3. https://skyteach.ru/2016/01/01/0-skyteach

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