Category Archives: Classes

Cooking Class 2012

Every 12 weeks the students have the chance to do a cooking class at school. It is always a fun day as students cook their ‘national’ or favourite dish. Here we have some great photos, taken by Ana, from the pre-intermediate class.

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Congratulations Cambridge students

We want to congratulate all the Cambridge students from the March 2012 exams.

First Certificate in English (FCE) had excellent results, thanks Lisa and Robin for such a great job.

Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) had some great results as well. Thanks Frank and Mick.

Congratulations IELTS Students

We had excellent results from our last IELTS course!

So Far the Spanish students are the only students who have received their results: Hector 6.5, Felix 6, Belen 6.5, Alex 6

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The Spanish students improved a lot thanks to the tireless effort of their teacher Liese, who drilled into them the importance of prepositions, writing and answering the questions!!!

Congratulations guys.

SwaSthya Yoga Wednesdays 3:30 at BBELS

Do you want know more about this wonderful and ancient philosophy? Come and join us!!! Swasthya Yoga class is beautiful to watch, it is fascinating to practise, and it is excellent as a philosophy of life. It is dynamic, it’s strong. It respects and values the body: its beauty, its health, its senses and its pleasure.

Why should students practice yoga?

Yoga can provide students with many benefits such as stress reduction, emotional wellness, flexibility, improved strength, enhancement of the immune system, and improved balance and postural alignment. Those are good things! Yoga is actually easy for anyone to practice, and you don’t have to be able twist into a pretzel!

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Top Tips for IELTS & Cambridge students


 

In class:

  • ASK if you have any questions
  • try not to speak over your classmates or when the teacher is talking
  • be responsible for your own learning
  • don’t always rely on a dictionary
  • review your lessons at the end of each day

Out of class:

  • keep a folder
  • create a vocabulary list
  • read the newspaper, listen to the radio, watch TV and go to movies
  • mix with people outside your own language group

A quick quiz:

  1. Which skills are tested in the exam?
  2. How often will we do practice tests?
  3. Can you use a dictionary in the exam?
  4. Do you have a partner in the speaking exam?
  5. How many times will you hear the listening tasks?
  6. How long do you have for the reading, listening and speaking?

(Check your answers with your teacher)

Essential classroom language:

How do you spell…?

What does…mean?

How do you pronounce this word?

Do you mind if I…?

Excuse me.

Formal/informal

Rude/polite

Guess

Compare

Remember to have fun…

IELTS COURSE STARTING 26 MARCH

We have places available in our IELTS course starting 26 March.

IELTS is an intensive exam course; it measures your English language ability. It is also used for entry into University, TAFE or private colleges in Australia.

IELTS is a great course for students who want to improve their overall English ability. The course focuses on reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Our IELTS course is taught by an IELTS examiner, who has over 10 years IELTS experience.

IELTS is one of our most popular courses because of Liese, our wonderful IELTS teacher and the great students who study it. Currently the IELTS class has students from Japan, Germany, Spain and Brazil.

If you would like to join the IELTS class make an appointment at reception to see Siobhan.

CAMBRIDGE COURSES STARTING 19 MARCH

There is still time left to study either FCE or CAE at the Byron Bay English Language School (BBELS). Our next Cambridge course is starting on the 19 March – 8 June 2012.

Cambridge classes are taught by very experienced and professional teachers.

Frank, the Cambridge coordinator, has been teaching Cambridge courses since they first started, at BBELS, in October 2001.

Cambridge courses are a great way to improve your overall English ability. The courses focus on:

  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Use of English

You will also get a certificate from Cambridge.

If you are a current student and want to study a Cambridge course make an appointment at reception to speak to Frank or Siobhan.

Congratulations Cambridge Students

We are very pleased to announce that our first ever Cambridge Proficiency of English CPE course was a success with  amazing results!

Woulter Hendriks – A

Marie-Suzanne Davits – C

We also had great results in Cambridge Advanced English CAE and 100% passed the First Certificate in English FCE.

Pre-Intermediate A Cooking Class

We had a wonderful cooking class with all students making delicious dishes from all over the world including Japanese sushi and curry, Swiss macaroni, French crepes with banana and chocolate and Taiwanese egg soup.

We had a lovely lunch together and ate a lot.

Holly – Pre-Intermediate A teacher.

Cambridge Graduation


All good things must come to an end and so we had to say goodbye to the Cambridge classes of September 2011.
In true BBELS style we ended the course with a BBQ at Clarke’s beach and a graduation ceremony.

This year we had the First Certificate (FCE) in English class taught by Robin, Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) taught by Frank and Lisa and Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE) taught by Frank and Deborah.

It was a bit windy at Clarke’s however; everybody had a great time with plenty of sausages to go around