Welcome to your Teachers’ Newsletter for November

The exam insights your learners need

B1 Preliminary Information for candidates booklet cover

Our Information for Candidates booklets are your students’ go-to resource for each step of their learning journey, with advice on preparing for each paper and seven top tips for exam day.

Help students build their confidence and better understand the exam format by downloading the booklets (scroll down on our mock test toolkit).

Download the booklets

Share your story and inspire your fellow teachers

For a chance to be featured on our global social channels like Rebecca, we’d love to hear about the moment you knew you’d made a difference teaching English – and how it made you feel.

Please share your short, heartfelt ‘that feeling when ...’ video (around 30 seconds) by 15 December.

Share your video

Phrasal verbs with 'Off'

Phrasal verbs with off can be tricky but exciting! Verbs like take off, set off, cut off, or turn off bring energy and variety to everyday English.

Learn how phrasal verbs change meaning in context, helping students express ideas more fluently and expand their vocabulary.

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When to Use History vs Story in English

Discover tips for teaching the difference between history (real past events) and story (personal or fictional tales).

Help your students expand vocabulary, understand nuances, and communicate more precisely in English.

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2 free ways to fast-track your professional development today!

1. Watch an event recording: help parents see the value of exams

Boost your confidence when speaking with parents about the value of exams by watching this on-demand session from our Global Preparation Centres Event.

You'll learn how to build stronger relationships with families, talk about combining learning and assessment and hear ideas from other teachers who attended the event.

Watch the recording

2. Listen to a podcast: practical ways to create an inspiring classroom culture

Learn how to engage students through their interests, develop life skills beyond language and make every lesson meaningful in this episode of Grow: A podcast from Cambridge.

In the episode, Miguel Espinosa Flores shares his journey from a nervous 19-year-old teacher to a confident educator driven by purpose.

Listen to the podcast

Free teaching activities to save you time! ⏱️

Who doesn’t love talking about their hobbies? Get your students chatting about their hobbies, or ones they’d like to try, with our latest teaching activities – based on a video from our new secondary learning course, Shining Lights.

Use them as a full lesson plan to fill 70–85 minutes or chunk them up into shorter activities to practise speaking and listening skills.

Download the activities

Our next webinars 🗓️

Using generative AI to develop writing skills for secondary learners

What can AI offer? What are its biggest pitfalls?

Register for this session to explore how best to integrate AI into writing instruction and how to support and inspire developing writers, using practical examples from Cambridge coursebooks.

Tuesday 2 December, 12:00 (CET)

Thursday 4 December, 17:00 (CET)

Empowering self-study with generative AI: smarter study skills for today’s learners

Register for this session and discover ways your students can use AI more thoughtfully and effectively to support their independent thinking and study skills.

Help build their confidence with simple, practical strategies to overcome common mistakes students make when using AI.

Tuesday 9 December, 11 (CET)

Thursday 11 December, 17:00 (CET)

Best wishes

The Cambridge team – English

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