Tuesday 10 August 2010
ICFE Reading Part 5
Some of you out there may be wondering why the blog has been a bit quiet recently. Tis the season of holidays and as the resident blogger I am afraid I forgot this minor detail when I volunteered to do it back in the spring. This month I hope to make it up to you. [...]
Read more »Monday 5 July 2010
Dead Cat Bounce
Hello and welcome to the ICFE blog. Over the next two months, we’ll be looking at various aspects of preparing students for the ICFE. But before we do that, let’s take a look at how the financial crisis has affected not only the funds of investors, businesses and countries, but has made our language even [...]
Read more »Thursday 27 May 2010
Financial English & ICFE Blog
Julie Pratten, author of Absolute Financial English, will be talking about teaching financial English and the ICFE exam in July and August in the Delta Development Blog. Join Julie with any questions or ideas you may want to share with other financial English teachers around the globe.
Read more »Monday 17 May 2010
Rules
by Gill Johnson
Hi All It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks. Many of the international students in my school have been doing foreign language oral exams, which I have had to administer. Rules for externally assessed examinations in the UK, like GCSE and A levels are quite strict and perhaps a little inflexible. Some of my [...]
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