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No two classrooms or learners are ever the same, and we need our products to work well for all learners and teachers, no matter their circumstances.

We also know that the ability to see and understand your progress is at the centre of a great learning experience. Our products give ample opportunities to see progress, and utilise it in the next lesson or task. Insights from our research make this possible.

Digital pedagogy

We help teachers use technology and digital learning materials as effectively as possible. We want to understand how technology can help your students learn. To do this we work with our experts, researchers, and teachers so you can use technology and digital learning materials as effectively as possible.

Our digital materials are built on the latest research into second language learning. Our commitment to research lets us deliver useful guidance that improves the learning experience and supports your learners' digital literacy.


Teaching language as it’s really used

A corpus is a massive electronic collection of spoken and written English examples.

We use our world-leading Cambridge English Corpus across our products. This means that we teach learners useful, current language. It's also language that they will encounter every day in their lives. This helps learners sound natural when they speak and write.

We use the corpus to observe and track how language is changing. It also helps us identify common learner errors and problems. This helps support learners' individual needs - because every learner is different.

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Integrating learning and assessment

Every single moment spent with a language learner is important. That's why we integrate learning and assessment, to help teachers measure, guide and support progress.

Backed by our research, we believe that providing evidence of progress and actionable feedback is the best way to help learners succeed.

Drawing on our expertise in English language learning and assessment design, our products help teachers track learners' progress and identify where they may need extra help. We also offer personalised learning experiences tailored to individual needs. These have been shown to increase learner engagement and improve learning outcomes.

Providing real-time, targeted feedback helps learners identify their strengths and challenges, supporting them with their own learning.

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The Cambridge English Curriculum Framework

Learning English is complex and multi-dimensional. That's why we use the Cambridge English Curriculum Framework (CECF).

The CECF breaks down the challenge of learning English. It creates thousands of small, manageable elements. These elements are carefully tagged and organised. We can then relate them to a range of real-world language learning contexts.

By unpacking the process of learning English in this way, we can tell learners more about their progress.

For example, what they have achieved so far, where they are now, and what they can do next to maximise their success.

The CECF also underpins exciting developments in new products, technology, and digital tools.

The CECF isn’t a ready-made curriculum in itself. Our teaching and learning materials bring it to life. They do this by applying it to real-world language-learning contexts. This helps create a language-learning journey that is supported by course materials and assessment – all linked together in a single ecosystem.

The Cambridge English Curriculum Framework is the result of years of research.

It builds on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and the English Profile Programme.


Principles for inclusivity

Classroom teamwork and collaboration

Creating products that reflect our diverse world is vital. That's why we have produced comprehensive internal EDIB (Equality, diversity, inclusion, belonging) guidelines. The guidelines are the result of extensive research. They support our internal staff and consultants to create diverse and inclusive content.


Accessible learning

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Removing barriers to those with disabilities and additional learning needs improves the user experience for everyone, and empowers all learners to take part in our educational experiences.

We are developing new best practice guidelines for our product teams across our print and digital materials. Our key digital learning platforms also follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1 Level AA).


Specific Learning Difficulties

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We have produced a research paper on Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs). This outlines terminology and the effects of SpLDs when learning another language. It also includes effective approaches for teaching learners with SpLDs.

Discover our research paper on SpLDs


Knowing that the exams your students sit, or the learning materials you teach with really work is important to us and everyone we work with.

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