Friday 21 March 2014 to Saturday 22 March 2014 Warsaw, Cracow

We kindly invite teachers of English to

IELTS DAYS

21 March 2014 – Warsaw, Centrum Zielna, Wystawowa Hall, 5th floor

Events Programme:

11:30–12:00 Registration

12:00–13:00 Understanding IELTS by Matt Byrski

The main aim of this session is to present details about the IELTS test, how it is marked, what types of student this exam is suitable for and some general tips on preparing your students for the IELTS test.

MATT BYRSKI is a teacher of English at the British Council English Teaching Centre where he prepares students for the IELTS test. He has been teaching English for almost 16 years. Apart from Poland, he also taught English in Australia where he ran ELICOS (English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students) courses at AICL (Australian Institute for Commerce and Languages)and Carrick Institute of Education in Sydney. He is particularly interested in CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning).

13:00–13:30 Coffee break

13:30–14:30 The impact of the IELTS Writing criteria on the classroom by Vanessa Jakeman

The workshop will briefly cover the test format and the range of task types that students may encounter. We will then look at some examples of key areas in the assessment criteria and how these are realised in student writing at different levels. The workshop will make use of course book activities to demonstrate some of the strategies, skills and language areas that can be drawn from the IELTS Writing criteria. It will also suggest classroom activities that can be used to further practise the IELTS Writing requirements and help students reach their target band score.

VANESSA JAKEMAN has been an EFL Teacher for 7 years. She lived in Hong Kong for 10 years teaching EFL, working for the Hong Kong Examinations Authority as a Subject Officer. She has also worked for UCLES, (4 years on IELTS and as Group Manager for the ‘special exams’). She has worked freelance for Cambridge ESOL since 1994 (IELTS, main suite and business exams) and now works predominantly on IELTS and is the co-author of IELTS 1 and 2 practice tests (Cambridge University Press).

Registration will be conducted by Cambridge University Press via email: cambridge@cambridge.org.pl

Attendance is free of charge but please register because the number of places at both seminars is limited.

Please register at least 1 week before the event.

In case of resignation, please inform the organizers at least 3 days before the event.


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