Welcome to your Teachers’ Newsletter for January 

This month, we look at:  

• celebrating moments when you know you’ve made a difference
• classroom activities for teaching vocabulary
• support and resources available for our new digital exams
• our engaging teaching activities that focus on the topic of ‘where we live’
• a short video lesson from our social media and blog article for your learners

Plus, find out about our webinars for teachers and learners!

What’s your ‘that feeling when …’? 

We’re celebrating stories from teachers like you around the world. We want to hear about the moments when you know you’ve made a difference, the ones that give you ‘that feeling when …’. 
 
For Youstina, it’s how proud she feels when her students overcome their fear of speaking English aloud.

Why not share your ‘that feeling when ...’ with us? Post a video on social media, tagging us and using the hashtag #WhereYourWorldGrows, for the chance to be featured on our social channels. 

Top tips for teaching vocabulary  

Explore our motivating and communicative classroom activities for practising vocabulary in the B1 Preliminary for Schools vocabulary booklet. This booklet is ideal for learners preparing for B1 Preliminary for Schools, but also has great ideas that you can use for any A2/B1 English class.  

Watch our digital exams webinar recording   

Discover support and resources available for our new digital exams and take away practical teaching ideas to help you prepare your learners for success. 
 
Hear from Sarah Ellis and Donya Estafanous, from Cambridge’s assessment services and exams support team, as they discuss all things Cambridge English Qualifications Digital – the fast, flexible way to get a Cambridge English Qualification. 

Teaching activities: There’s no place like home 

This month’s teaching activities are all about where we live.

Students from Pre A1 Starters to C1 Advanced can improve their English using these interactive and engaging learning tasks, featuring from bustling cities to the tranquil countryside. 

Good or well?

A short lesson for your intermediate-level learners focusing on the difference between 'good' and 'well'. Especially useful for students preparing for Cambridge Qualifications!

Check out our our Facebook and Instagram pages for more videos, lessons, quizzes and other teaching and learning resources!

From our blog: idioms and expressions about being cold

Brrrrrr....

This article from our blog will teach your students some useful idioms and expressions about being cold in a fun way.

For each expression you will find an example sentence and a translation into Spanish.

Webinars for teachers

Oracy: Speaking for success in the primary classroom 

We’ll be covering what oracy is and looking at practical ways to develop your pupils’ confidence with speaking. 

Tuesday 6 February 2024, 11:00 (CET)

Thursday 8 February 2024, 17:00 (CET)

Everything you want to know about Cambridge English Qualifications Digital: Panel Q&A discussion 

Covering all exam levels, this webinar is your chance to send us your questions about Cambridge English Qualifications Digital in advance and have our panel of experts answer them. 

Tuesday 20 February 2024, 11:00 (CET) 

Thursday 22 February 2024, 17:00 (CET) 

Webinars for learners

Success at B2 First, C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency

Are your students taking their Cambridge exam soon?

Let them know about our free series of webinars for learners, where we will look at some useful ideas to help them approach their exam with confidence!

5-20 March 2024, 18:00 (CET)