Welcome to our latest newsletter edition!
In this edition of the newsletter, we give information on Cambridge English Qualification registration which is now open until 12 October 2020.
We also announce new enhanced features on IELTS to help you get faster service: updated registration platform, live chat and receiving your results within 3-5 days when choosing computer-delivered IELTS! We share the schedule of our IELTS webinars, and we are also excited, to introduce our Personal Online IELTS Tutoring service!
As always, we are sharing free lesson plans, webinars and other activities for teachers and English learners.
Read about Study UK Alumni Awards and our work in arts and society. Finally, check our latest post in the context of our 80 years in Cyprus anniversary.
If you have any feedback, do let us know!
Best wishes,
British Council Cyprus
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In this edition, you will find information on the following topics: | |
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Open registration for Cambridge English exams
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New features on IELTS are now available to enhance customer service
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Preparation resources for IELTS test takers
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Free resources available for Teachers
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Free resources available for English Learners
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Study UK Alumni Awards
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Our work in Arts and Society
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80 years of Cultural Relations in Cyprus
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1. Open registration for Cambridge English exams | |
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The registration period for the Cambridge English Qualifications November 2020 exam session, is now open until 12 October 2020.
A2 Key (KET) for Schools
B1 Preliminary (PET) for Schools
B2 First (FCE) for Schools
Exam date (for all levels): Saturday, 28 November 2020, Nicosia.
Click on the link below and select the option 'Cambridge English Qualifications'.
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2. New features on IELTS are now available to enhance customer service | |
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 Updated registration IELTS platform
Book your IELTS Academic and General Training - paper-based and computer-delivered test via our updated registration platform.
Please bookmark the updated registration link for future reference.
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|  IELTS: You can now chat with us online!
We are available Monday to Friday from 12.00 to 14.00 to answer your IELTS queries.
Our new chat function is located here: https://bit.ly/2RAv9Lu
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 IELTS Faster Results
Need your results fast? From 1 September 2020, you will receive your test results within 3-5 days when choosing computer-delivered IELTS.
Did you know that you can check your provisional results online?
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3. Preparation resources for IELTS test takers | |
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 Free IELTS Webinars
Our free weekly IELTS webinars cover a wide range of topics across all four IELTS skills. We have created a brand-new series of topics for September. Webinars are held twice a day on Thursdays, at 9:30am and 3:00pm UK time. Sign up and get ready for your IELTS test!
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|  Personal Online IELTS Tutoring
EnglishScore Tutors is a personal tutoring service offering 30-minute, private online English sessions with a British Council approved tutor of your choice. Whether you have already booked or are planning to book your IELTS soon, our highly qualified tutors will develop a study plan with you to focus on the areas you want to improve.
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4. Free resources available for Teachers | |
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''Your new classroom!'' - Online Session with Sarah Ellis | |
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Going back to school this year and what that will be like is still uncertain for many schools, teachers and students. Many teachers are working online, teaching remotely or working in hybrid context*The s with a mix of face to face and online teaching.
During this session, Sarah Ellis, Senior Assessment Services Manager at Cambridge Assessment English, will provide you with some practical ideas and activities using digital tools and resources to support teaching and learning in both online and face to face classrooms.
Date: Friday, September 18, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM (GR time)
Registration: FREE
Please register in advance or join the session by using this ZOOM link and the webinar passcode: 615942.
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 Positives and negatives of remote learning
This lesson plan is designed to be used with secondary students who have had recent experience of remote learning. Students reflect on some of the differences between remote and face-to-face learning by completing a survey about the remote learning that they have done. They also watch a video and prepare a report. There are two versions of this lesson plan – one specifically for online lessons and one for face-to-face classrooms where physical-distancing procedures are in place.
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|  World Teachers' Day 2020
The TeachingEnglish team are once again collaborating with IATEFL to run a one-day web conference to celebrate World Teachers' Day.
The event will take place on Saturday 3 October, starting at 9.00am UK time and has the theme 'Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future'.
Details of each session and speaker biodata can be found on the dedicated World teachers’ Day 2020 web conference website here.
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 Warmer activities for your classes by Cambridge Assessment English
Warmer activities for your classes
Help your learners practise their writing, listening, speaking and reading skills with the Warmers activity booklet. This free resource for teachers can be used throughout the school year and contains seven exercises each for primary, lower secondary and upper secondary students.
Featuring mime activities, comparison games and sentence races, it will help you to host an engaging lesson that expands your learners’ English skills and helps build their confidence.
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|  Teaching in the socially distanced classroom
With many learners now starting to return to school, you and your students may be learning how to work in a socially distanced classroom. In our latest blog post, Cambridge is sharing ways you can create a collaborative learning environment for your students and practical activities for teaching B1–C1-level learners.
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 Education Exchange webinar
How are your pupils adjusting to returning to the physical classroom?
Join the next British Council Schools Education Exchange webinar on 23 September to hear what tools schools around the world have been implementing to prioritise pupil wellbeing as schools reopen.
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5. Free resources available for English Learners | |
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 Study tips
Are you an organised student? Do you find it easy to know how to study? On LearnEnglish Teens there's a lot of information to help you become a really good student. If you want to get organised, read our 7 tips for a tidy desk and then spend a bit of time tidying up your study area at home. We also have a lot of Exam study tips in our exam section, so check them out too. Good luck and happy studying!
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|  Learn English with our apps
Improve your English with our fun and exciting learning apps! Designed for all the family, our games, podcasts, videos and quizzes will help you learn English at home or on the move.
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 Exploring English: Language and Culture
The course is aimed at intermediate-level learners of English who are interested in finding out more about British culture and improving their English language skills. It takes authentic English in context as its starting point and uses short videos to present a different topic each week, including English as a global language, the countryside, music and literature.
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6. Study UK Alumni Awards | |
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Could you be an award winner in 2020-21? Get ready to share your success with the world…
The Alumni Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of alumni and showcase the impact and value of a UK higher education. Award winners and finalists are leaders in their fields who have used their experience of studying at a UK university to make a positive contribution to their communities, professions and countries.
Application deadline is 30 October 2020.
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7. Our work in Arts and Society | |
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 Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare at home
A unique performance straight from the artists’ homes to yours: the At Home Edition of Table Top Shakespeare by Forced Entertainment started on 17 September. Four plays a week, for nine weeks: join the events and discover Shakespeare’s work from a whole new perspective. Part of our UK/Italy season, in partnership with Romaeuropa.
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|  European Literature Night
Can literature be an antidote in these troubling times?
Join the European Literature Night today with authors from all over Europe, including Eric Ngalle Charles from Wales.
Live-stream: Friday the 18th of September at 21:00 CET.
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8. 80 years of Cultural Relations in Cyprus | |
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You probably know that the British Council first started in Cyprus in 1940 offering English language lessons to the people of Cyprus, named the British Institute. English lessons to students continued for 17 years and although there aren’t records for all these years the records we do have, show that close to 8,000 people undertook courses at the British Institute.
Now, through our online resources, we reach more people everywhere in the world, at their suitable time and place. You can find out more on our website, including our new service - EnglishScore Tutor online one-to-one lessons.
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Nicosia Office
1-3 Aristotelous street
1011, Nicosia
PO Box 21175, CY-1503
Nicosia, Cyprus
T: +357 22585000
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Nicosia Office
7, Şht. Üsteğmen Ünal Genç Sokak
Marmara Bölgesi
Nicosia
(Behind Istanbul perde)
T: +90 392 2274938
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