Seminaris i esdeveniments - Exams Catalunya

The 2017-2018 Seminar Series

After the success of our last year's teacher support programme, we are already preparing the 2017-2018 seminar series. Once again, we'll try to offer a comprehensive variety of workshops and seminars for teachers in different locations around Catalunya.

Follow this page to keep informed

Our seminars are free of charge to all staff
from Exams Catalunya Preparation Centres that use Exams Catalunya actively and exclusively as their Cambridge English Exam Centre *

* In order to benefit from the Exams Catalunya free teacher support programme Preparation Centres
must use Exams Catalunya exclusively and have registered candidates in an exam within the past 9 months.
Preparation Centres that do not meet these requirements are very welcome to attend
all of our events but will be charged an attendance fee for each seminar/workshop.

We believe that the professional exchange and the networking among teachers during seminars are very important. Therefore, we provide enough time for such interaction and networking as well. Exams Catalunya Staff will be present at this seminar to support you with any queries you might have.

Seminaris realitzats durant la temporada 2016-2017

Vilanova i la Geltrú, 31 març 2017

Barcelona, 7 abril 2017

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 22 febrer 2017

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 10 març 2017

Vilanova i la Geltrú, 7 febrer 2017

Barcelona, 14 febrer 2017

Barcelona, 26 gener 2017

Sant Cugat del Vallès, 28 gener 2017

Manresa, 12 novembre 2016

Barcelona, 20 gener 2017

Barcelona, 27 octubre 2016

Tarragona, 2 novembre 2016

Lleida, 19 octubre 2015

Girona, 21 octubre 2015

Barcelona, 5 octubre 2016

Barcelona, 11 octubre 2016

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Thursday, 19th October 2017

Embracing the L1: Getting your Teens to Speak more English in Class

We are often taught in initial teacher training courses that the L1 (student’s first language) is evil and must be avoided at all costs. However, the more I tried to ban it in my classes, the more I’d struggle to get my students speaking English. In the first part of this practical workshop we’ll explore the reasons why our students rely so much on their mother tongue and look at ways to maximize the use of the L2. After the break it’s over to you! In small groups you’ll plan activities which incorporate everything we’ve talked about, leaving you with lots of ideas to try out in your classes.

Seminar presenter:	Dan Shepherd
	Teacher and Teacher Trainer
	Dan Shepherd is a teacher, teacher trainer and academic manager based in Barcelona. He has taught a huge variety of ages and levels but he most enjoys inspiring young people and getting them interested in learning English. Before going autónomo he was the director of studies at a large Barcelona language school and is also a Cambridge English Speaking Examiner and conference presenter at Exams Catalunya.

Our seminars are free of charge to all staff
from Exams Catalunya Preparation Centres that use Exams Catalunya actively and exclusively as their Cambridge English Exam Centre *

To enrol for this seminar simply send an email to events@exams-catalunya.com with
your FULL NAME and the name of the school/academy you work for.

Attendance fee
	Staff and teachers from active Exams Catalunya preparation centres	Free
	Exams Catalunya-Lewis School ex-CELTA trainees	Free
	Other participants	35 €
Payment is required upon registration and can be made via bank transfer, credit card or at our offices.
* In order to benefit from the Exams Catalunya free teacher support programme Preparation Centres must use Exams Catalunya exclusively and have registered candidates in an exam within the past 9 months. Preparation Centres that do not meet these requirements are very welcome to attend all of our events but will be charged an attendance fee for each seminar/workshop.

You can choose to pay via the following payment methods:

Via our online shop
or
Via bank transfer

to one of the following accounts:

Banco Sabadell
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0081 0053 54 0001180228

Banco Santander
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0049 4754 89 2516056032

IMPORTANT: If you pay by bank transfer you should clearly state your name and the title of the seminar. All transfers must reach us free of bank charges and interest. Exams Catalunya will not be held responsible for these charges. It is essential that you send us the payment receipt by email to info@exams-catalunya.com so that we may trace your payment with the bank. Your place will be confirmed upon receipt of these details.

Date and venue

The session will be held on
Thursday, 19 October 2017
at the following address:

Parc de la Marquesa
Carretera de Collblanc, 67
08904 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

Timetable
Arrival and registration: 9.30 – 10.00
Seminar part 1: 10.00 – 11.15
Coffee/tea break 11.15 – 11.45
Seminar part 2: 11.45 – 13.00

We believe that the professional exchange and the networking among teachers during seminars are very important. Therefore, we provide enough time for such interaction and networking as well. Exams Catalunya Staff will be present at this seminar to support you with any queries you might have.

Barcelona
Friday, 27th October 2017

Preparing students for the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners Tests

Cambridge Assessment English regularly reviews their exams to make sure they are up to date with the latest research in language learning and teaching. Cambridge English: Young Learners tests have been updated and the revised tests will start being used for exam sessions from January 2018. This seminar will provide a detailed explanation of the revised Listening and Reading & Writing tasks, and tips for preparing students for the new exams.

Seminar presenter:	Jane Delaney
	Cambridge English Team Leader, Teacher and Presenter
	Jane Delaney works as a primary school teacher in Tarragona and has also worked in secondary education. She is an ex Director of Studies and language school Director. She also works as a teacher trainer, Local Organiser, Team Leader and presenter for Cambridge English. She is very interested in getting teenagers to talk and write!

Our seminars are free of charge to all staff
from Exams Catalunya Preparation Centres that use Exams Catalunya actively and exclusively as their Cambridge English Exam Centre *

To enrol for this seminar simply send an email to events@exams-catalunya.com with
your FULL NAME and the name of the school/academy you work for.

Attendance fee
	Staff and teachers from active Exams Catalunya preparation centres	Free
	Exams Catalunya-Lewis School ex-CELTA trainees	Free
	Other participants	35 €
Payment is required upon registration and can be made via bank transfer, credit card or at our offices.
* In order to benefit from the Exams Catalunya free teacher support programme Preparation Centres must use Exams Catalunya exclusively and have registered candidates in an exam within the past 9 months. Preparation Centres that do not meet these requirements are very welcome to attend all of our events but will be charged an attendance fee for each seminar/workshop.

You can choose to pay via the following payment methods:

Via our online shop
or
Via bank transfer

to one of the following accounts:

Banco Sabadell
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0081 0053 54 0001180228

Banco Santander
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0049 4754 89 2516056032

IMPORTANT: If you pay by bank transfer you should clearly state your name and the title of the seminar. All transfers must reach us free of bank charges and interest. Exams Catalunya will not be held responsible for these charges. It is essential that you send us the payment receipt by email to info@exams-catalunya.com so that we may trace your payment with the bank. Your place will be confirmed upon receipt of these details.

Date and venue

The session will be held on
Friday, 27 October 2017
at the following address:

Freixa, 5-9
08021 Barcelona

Timetable
Arrival and registration: 9.30 – 10.00
Seminar part 1: 10.00 – 11.15
Coffee/tea break 11.15 – 11.45
Seminar part 2: 11.45 – 13.00

We believe that the professional exchange and the networking among teachers during seminars are very important. Therefore, we provide enough time for such interaction and networking as well. Exams Catalunya Staff will be present at this seminar to support you with any queries you might have.

Vilanova i la Geltrú
Tuesday 31st October 2017

Boosting learner vocabulary for better exam results

In this spooky Halloween seminar, Kat will take a look at the importance vocabulary plays in our learners’ path towards successful exam task completion. We will look at practical strategies for helping learners develop their vocabulary to increase their lexical range, and comfortably tackle the different tasks and elements of the exam.

Seminar presenter:	Kat Robb
	Teacher and Teacher Trainer
	Kat has been involved in ELT since 1995 and is based in Barcelona, Spain. She is a teacher trainer, teacher, speaker, and writer. She teaches all Cambridge main-suite exams, in addition to tutoring on the Cambridge exams, EAP & IELTS online teacher development courses run by Oxford Telf where she also tutors on the Trinity Dip TESOL. She is a seminar presenter for Cambridge English Language Assessment in Spain, and regularly contributes to new Cambridge projects. She shares her ideas at conferences, on her blog: englishandtech.com, and on Twitter.

Our seminars are free of charge to all staff
from Exams Catalunya Preparation Centres that use Exams Catalunya actively and exclusively as their Cambridge English Exam Centre *

To enrol for this seminar simply send an email to events@exams-catalunya.com with
your FULL NAME and the name of the school/academy you work for.

Attendance fee
	Staff and teachers from active Exams Catalunya preparation centres	Free
	Exams Catalunya-Lewis School ex-CELTA trainees	Free
	Other participants	35 €
Payment is required upon registration and can be made via bank transfer, credit card or at our offices.
* In order to benefit from the Exams Catalunya free teacher support programme Preparation Centres must use Exams Catalunya exclusively and have registered candidates in an exam within the past 9 months. Preparation Centres that do not meet these requirements are very welcome to attend all of our events but will be charged an attendance fee for each seminar/workshop.

You can choose to pay via the following payment methods:

Via our online shop
or
Via bank transfer

to one of the following accounts:

Banco Sabadell
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0081 0053 54 0001180228

Banco Santander
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0049 4754 89 2516056032

IMPORTANT: If you pay by bank transfer you should clearly state your name and the title of the seminar. All transfers must reach us free of bank charges and interest. Exams Catalunya will not be held responsible for these charges. It is essential that you send us the payment receipt by email to info@exams-catalunya.com so that we may trace your payment with the bank. Your place will be confirmed upon receipt of these details.

Date and venue

The session will be held on
Tuesday 31st October 2017
at the following address:

Zona Crea & Co - Sala de formación
Rambla de l'Exposició, 59
08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú

Timetable
Arrival and registration: 9.30 – 10.00
Seminar part 1: 10.00 – 11.15
Coffee/tea break 11.15 – 11.45
Seminar part 2: 11.45 – 13.00

We believe that the professional exchange and the networking among teachers during seminars are very important. Therefore, we provide enough time for such interaction and networking as well. Exams Catalunya Staff will be present at this seminar to support you with any queries you might have.

Lleida
Saturday, 4th November 2017

Making Exam Classes More Engaging

The aim of this session is to provide teachers with techniques and activities designed to make preparation classes for the most popular Cambridge English exams (FCE, CAE, CPE) more communicative and engaging. These activities will focus on the following areas:

Recycling new language to aid retention and acquisition.
Different ways of presenting new language.
Developing the specific sub-skills necessary to not only tackle the exam but also increase overall communicative competence.

Seminar presenter:	Tim Warre
	Teacher and Teacher Trainer
	Tim has been working and teaching in Barcelona for over 7 years. He is an English teacher and teacher trainer at Insitució Cultural del CIC. He has experience teaching all ages and levels but his main focus nowadays is the higher level Cambridge exams (CAE + CPE). In 2013 he started Tim’s Free English Lesson Plans (freeenglishlessonplans.com) where he posts lesson plans and activities for a wide range of ages and levels. The site has grown in popularity to the point where it now averages around 20,000 hits per week. Having recently completed the Cambridge DELTA, Tim is now taking his first steps in the world of teacher training.

Our seminars are free of charge to all staff
from Exams Catalunya Preparation Centres that use Exams Catalunya actively and exclusively as their Cambridge English Exam Centre *

To enrol for this seminar simply send an email to events@exams-catalunya.com with
your FULL NAME and the name of the school/academy you work for.

Attendance fee
	Staff and teachers from active Exams Catalunya preparation centres	Free
	Exams Catalunya-Lewis School ex-CELTA trainees	Free
	Other participants	35 €
Payment is required upon registration and can be made via bank transfer, credit card or at our offices.
* In order to benefit from the Exams Catalunya free teacher support programme Preparation Centres must use Exams Catalunya exclusively and have registered candidates in an exam within the past 9 months. Preparation Centres that do not meet these requirements are very welcome to attend all of our events but will be charged an attendance fee for each seminar/workshop.

You can choose to pay via the following payment methods:

Via our online shop
or
Via bank transfer

to one of the following accounts:

Banco Sabadell
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0081 0053 54 0001180228

Banco Santander
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0049 4754 89 2516056032

IMPORTANT: If you pay by bank transfer you should clearly state your name and the title of the seminar. All transfers must reach us free of bank charges and interest. Exams Catalunya will not be held responsible for these charges. It is essential that you send us the payment receipt by email to info@exams-catalunya.com so that we may trace your payment with the bank. Your place will be confirmed upon receipt of these details.

Date and venue

The session will be held on
Saturday, 4th November 2017
at the following address:

General Britos, 21
25007 Lleida

Timetable
Arrival and registration: 9.30 – 10.00
Seminar part 1: 10.00 – 11.15
Coffee/tea break 11.15 – 11.45
Seminar part 2: 11.45 – 13.00

We believe that the professional exchange and the networking among teachers during seminars are very important. Therefore, we provide enough time for such interaction and networking as well. Exams Catalunya Staff will be present at this seminar to support you with any queries you might have.

Barcelona
Thursday, 9th November 2017

Engaging learners and developing awareness of the assessment of B2/C1 Writing Skills

In the first part of this seminar, Graham will help develop teachers’ awareness of writing assessment as a tool for analyzing specific aspects of writing. We'll also share practical ideas for evaluating learners’ writing and developing writing skills in and out of class in order to prepare for the exams.
After the break, we'll look at ways in which classroom assessment can be used to develop writing skills at B2 and C1 levels specifically. The session will also explore issues surrounding motivation to write in the 21st century, and participants will come away with a set of teaching ideas/activities to use in their classrooms.

Seminar presenter:	Graham Ward
	Head of English of the Fundació Collserola, Cambridge English Speaking Test Team Leader and Presenter
	Graham Ward BA MA has been working as a Cambridge English teacher in Barcelona since 1997. He is the Head of English at the Fundació Collserola school group and as such is responsible for preparing candidates for all Cambridge English exams from Young Learners to Proficiency. Graham has worked as a Cambridge Speaking Examiner since 2000, has been a Cambridge Team Leader since 2008.

Our seminars are free of charge to all staff
from Exams Catalunya Preparation Centres that use Exams Catalunya actively and exclusively as their Cambridge English Exam Centre *

To enrol for this seminar simply send an email to events@exams-catalunya.com with
your FULL NAME and the name of the school/academy you work for.

Attendance fee
	Staff and teachers from active Exams Catalunya preparation centres	Free
	Exams Catalunya-Lewis School ex-CELTA trainees	Free
	Other participants	35 €
Payment is required upon registration and can be made via bank transfer, credit card or at our offices.
* In order to benefit from the Exams Catalunya free teacher support programme Preparation Centres must use Exams Catalunya exclusively and have registered candidates in an exam within the past 9 months. Preparation Centres that do not meet these requirements are very welcome to attend all of our events but will be charged an attendance fee for each seminar/workshop.

You can choose to pay via the following payment methods:

Via our online shop
or
Via bank transfer

to one of the following accounts:

Banco Sabadell
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0081 0053 54 0001180228

Banco Santander
Account holder: Exams Catalunya, S.L.
Account number: 0049 4754 89 2516056032

IMPORTANT: If you pay by bank transfer you should clearly state your name and the title of the seminar. All transfers must reach us free of bank charges and interest. Exams Catalunya will not be held responsible for these charges. It is essential that you send us the payment receipt by email to info@exams-catalunya.com so that we may trace your payment with the bank. Your place will be confirmed upon receipt of these details.

Date and venue

The session will be held on
Thursday, 9 November 2017
at the following address:

Freixa, 5-9
08021 Barcelona

Timetable
Arrival and registration: 9.30 – 10.00
Seminar part 1: 10.00 – 11.15
Coffee/tea break 11.15 – 11.45
Seminar part 2: 11.45 – 13.00

We believe that the professional exchange and the networking among teachers during seminars are very important. Therefore, we provide enough time for such interaction and networking as well. Exams Catalunya Staff will be present at this seminar to support you with any queries you might have.