XXXVIII CTS Academic Event

The integration of Technology in English Language Learning is of paramount importance for both teachers and students. It provides students with access to an incredible variety of online resources at their own place and pace allowing them to become more independent, promoting collaboration and making concepts more accessible (using instructional videos, for example). For teachers, the use of technology helps them motivate students through engaging activities, which enhance the learning experience.

 

  

Welcome to our last event of the year. Proceedings will be destined to support Carmen´s animal shelter in Callao, Peru.

Super Intensive Course for B1 Preliminary

 Qué significa esta calificación? Este certificado muestra que ya dominas los fundamentos de Inglés a nivel pre-intermedio y que has adquirido habilidades del idioma para el uso diario. Constituye un acercamiento más hacia el B2 First que es el examen de nivel intermedio, certificación a la que podrías acceder con mayor posibilidades de éxito despues de este nivel B1.

Al obtener el B1 Preliminary, te familiarizas con el tipo de preguntas que vienen en los niveles B2 First y C1 Advanced y adquieres también las destrezas para dar exámenes internacionales según el Marco Europeo Común. 

What does this qualification mean? It means that you have mastered the foundations of English at a pre-intermediate level and has already acquired the language skills for everyday use. It certainly helps you approach the B2First Intermediate and provide you with more possibilities of success since you become familiar with the tasks and the tips of these exams. 

Thank you

 Thanks very much for your donations and support!!

IV Congreso Internacional de Profesores de Inglés

 Happy to be part of it!!!

Super intensive course

 

XXXIII CTS event

 This event was a real blast thanks to all the participants. I feel blessed for having chosen this career. Thank you so much!!

A friendly reminder

 

 If you need some strategies and ideas on how to help your students´ learning process and deliver a more effective approach towards teaching, this event is for you. We look forward to seeing you then.

 

Tackling Grammar Problems

 In Customized Training Services we are aware that we, teachers, need to have a very good command of the language we teach since-as everything in life-we cannot give what we do not have. For this reason we have created these courses to support all those who need to consolidate their knowledge of some difficult or confusing grammatical structures. As usual, we provide personalized feedback.

Levels B2+ and C1 are already sold out but there are still a few seats for the other two (B1 and B2).

We look forward to seeing you there. 

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Summary of 2021

 Below there is a summary of the CTS activities  (second part) we had in 2021. It was quite a year!!! Lots of challenges and decisions, lots of love, caring and sharing. It ended with hope for a wonderful 2022. 

Why a Summer Course?

 

Merry Christmas!!!

 

CTS´s IX Summer course (online)

 SMART is an acronym that is often used in business as a guide for setting business objectives, but can be applied to language outcomes. The "new normal" in our country is something blurred and although we were the last country in Latin America to resume in-person classes, we are not sure the conditions are the best to support teaching to a group of students who have been affected both emotionally and academically by the pandemic. 

However, I believe we can learn from our mistakes, improve the strategies we learned and used and get ready for whatever situation may come up. This is the rationale behind this summer course where we expect to exchange ideas and enrich our repertoire with what our colleagues have to share. 

XXIX CTS Academic Event

Paradigms, mindsets and tools have changed now that most of us are teaching online. The "new normal" is being planned as hybrid teaching (online and in person) and that brings about its own challenges. We´ll discuss some of these and we´ll all try to work out solutions to overcome them in the two workshops of this session.

XXVIII CTS Academic Event

 This is the topic of our XXVIII CTS Academic event, a moment to enjoy and share knowledge and experience. 

I am looking forward to that. 

Inspiring quote

 This quote inspired me to study hard to become a true teacher and a real support for my students. 

B2 level of proficiency

 In this competitive world, we need to demonstrate qualities that make us better than other candidates whether we want to live, study or work in an English speaking environment or improve our academic skills. Knowing a foreign language, particularly English is, besides being computer literate, a very important asset.

To demonstrate the ability to understand the main ideas of complex texts, to interact fluently with native speakers and produce clear texts on a wide range of subjects we need to get at least a B2 level of proficiency.

In this chart we can see how useful it is to achieve this Independent level =Upper Intermediate (B2First) for the above reasons and also if you are interested in pursuing a good IELTS score. 

Getting a B2 level

 

Why is it important to get a B2 level and demonstrate it by obtaining the Cambridge English First Certificate?

Because achieving this level allows you to interact fluently with native speakers, explaining your point of view on topical issues,  understand the main ideas of different kinds of complex texts and produce detailed texts on a wide range of subjects. 

Besides, it is a good extra point if you are applying for a job not only in teaching but in any field of specialization. 

This course places special emphasis on issues such as Idioms and Collocations, Phrasal Verbs and Sentence Transformation.