The final few months before the exam can be a stressful time for our learners. In this practical session, we’ll look at ways to maximise learning during class time in the countdown to the exam. We’ll look at a variety of classroom routines you can introduce to help with vocabulary acquisition and Use of English, and try out some communicative and collaborative tasks to help with reading and writing. We’ll also look at ways to help our learners deal with exam day nerves. This workshop will focus on B2 exam classes but will be jam-packed with ideas that teachers of all levels can try out in their classrooms.

Sticking to known language they feel confident with may seem like a sensible approach to speaking and writing, especially in exam situations. However, the higher assessment bands require our students to demonstrate a range of more sophisticated lexis and grammar. As teachers, we also need to hear and see them using new language so that we can judge their progress and stay motivated ourselves! In this session, we’ll consider several areas, including complexity, sophistication, flexibility and control, applicable from level B1 upwards.