COD 2010 - D057

Checkpoint English - Online Discussion Forum

Language Teachers who are/will be training students for Cambridge Checkpoint English.

1 sessions, start: 10-Aug

Course detail

Year: 2010
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: A distancia
Facilitator/s: Ms. Gabriela Madera
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 130.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Schedule
1 10 August - 23 August 2010 Online session

Facilitator/s

Gabriela Madera

Ms. Madera completed her teaching training course at I S P Joaquín V. González in 1990. Soon after graduating she took a three-year course on Interpretation at CTI. In 2005 she graduated as a Licenciada en Educación at Quilmes University.
Since 1988 she has been working at Buenos Aires English High School, where she teaches English in the Senior Forms and coordinates the Cambridge ESOL evening courses. She also works at Islands International School, where she teaches Checkpoint Enlish and IGCSE First Language English.
At present she is taking a post graduate course at UVQ: "Especialización en Docencia en Entornos Virtuales"
Ms. Madera has coordinated two ESSARP Teachers' Forums (2007 and 2009) and the pre-ESSARP Conference Forum in 2009.
Language Teachers who are/will be training students for Cambridge Checkpoint English.

To share teaching practices, assessment criteria, past papers and available resources.
First Week
- Forum Presentation.
- Getting to know each other.
- Introduction to checkpoint paper 1 and 2 - Test Specifications.
- Sample questions.
- Mark schemes.


Second week
- Discussion.
- Best practices.
- Resources.
- Forum closing.
Discussion - Open Forum - Questions and answers
Participants may want to familiarise themselves with the exam components by browsing the CIE site before the opening of the Forum.

http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/lowersec/checkpoint/overview
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