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Cambridge Assessment English has long been recognised as one of the international leaders in pre-service teacher education through the CELTA qualification. In recent years, we have been working around the world at a national level with both in-service and pre-service teachers to improve levels of pedagogical skill and knowledge in a variety of different countries, for example Panama, Ukraine and Malta.

Good communication skills are essential to patient safety, wellbeing and the overall efficiency of busy healthcare organisations. At Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment this is something we’re very interested in as we jointly own the Occupational English Test (OET), a widely used international English language test for healthcare professionals. Earlier this year we commissioned a piece of research that looked into the challenges of communicating clearly to patients, with the leading healthcare accreditation body Joint Commission International (JCI).

TK Arunachalam from Cambridge Assessment English writes about how technology is shaking up the way people learn English. He talks about how tech is helping Cambridge Assessment English with their mission to help people learn English and prove their skills to the world – and answers the popular question of: will tech replace teachers?

Despite the growth of learning technologies, the language teacher’s role remains secure argues Dr Evelina Galaczi, Head of Research Strategy, Cambridge Assessment English

Since it was introduced in the 1960s, the Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages has become an essential English language teaching qualification, trusted by teachers, language schools and governments. Every year, tens of thousands of future and current language teachers take CELTA at over 300 centres in more than 70 countries around the world. But having been around for so long, does CELTA remain relevant? During this year’s IATEFL conference in Brighton, Clare Harrison presented a number of arguments which attempted to answer this particular question.

There is a big difference between the Cambridge English Qualifications – which focus on a particular level of language ability – and multi-level tests. Dr Evelina Galaczi explains why the Cambridge English approach to level-based testing supports more effective language learning.