This 3 – hour workshop will be useful for EFL teacher and tutors who are in need of applicable and at the same time efficient tools in a short-term ZNO preparation. Meanwhile, those who are looking for fresh activities and handy advice on the exam preparation will benefit from the session as well.
Join us and you will learn everything about:
Listening part of ZNO:
- peculiarities of listening tasks and strategies of solving each of them;
- how to develop students’ ability to listen and hear the information;
- how to teach students to predict the possible answer, as well as, see the hints in the tasks;
- useful resources for listening tasks;
Reading part of ZNO:
- peculiarities of reading tasks;
- different styles of reading for each of the tasks;
- how to connect reading and writing preparation during the lesson;
Writing part of ZNO:
- differences of layouts and registers of writing tasks;
- applicable lesson frameworks and activities on writing;
- tricks and tips on how to meet task requirements for students with low level of English;
- proper assessment of the writing task;
Use of English part of ZNO:
- what to focus in each task on;
- useful advice on how to reduce amount of mistakes in the Use of English exam part;
- methods of completion these tricky task;
- how to develop students’ ability to predict possible answers;
After the workshop participants will learn:
– Peculiarities of every exam task
– Techniques of tasks’ solutions
– Where to find resources for exam-tasks
– How to design own tasks
– How to teach students to write in the exam framework
– How to teach their students to listen and hear the information during the Listening Part
– How to teach reading to the students in a short-term ZNO preparation
– How to teach students to complete Use of English part of the exam successfully
BIO:
Natalia Zachynska is a founder of an A + language studio, a Cambridge English Language Assessment preparation centre.
Teaching EFL experience is more than 8 years, a 5 years specialization in preparation for ZNO, PET, FCE, IELTS. Certificates of CELTA, TKT, FCE (C1), IELTS (8.0).
Professional credo: “I adhere to the idea, that we should teach students in a way we would like our own children to be taught in future. If you prepare students for exams, you have to pass them successfully as well. A teacher has to develop continuously as well as share the experience”.
