Case Studies
English is a global language and a global tool for education, mobility, employability and opportunity. The need for English language proficiency is growing rapidly and it is a challenge for national governments to meet this demand in their primary and secondary education systems.
Expanding and reforming the language education systems can be the key to meeting this requirement, delivering long-term economic development, creating a sustainable economy and improving quality of life and opportunities for young people.
Cambridge English works with ministries of education and other educational institutions worldwide to provide strategic support, consultancy and training opportunities that assist in the raising of language education standards.
We aim to work closely with policymakers to deliver the positive educational impacts they wish to achieve in national educational reforms. Our educational expertise and world-leading assessment services deliver international standards that can be integrated with local systems, to improve learner outcomes and meet national educational goals.
Cambridge English Certificate: The French Ministry of National Education
CLIENT: Ministry of National Education
COUNTRY: France
English Opens Doors: Chile
CLIENT: Ministry of Education
COUNTRY: Chile
European Survey on Language Competences
CLIENT: European Commission
COUNTRY: 16 participating countries or regions
National Programme for English, Mexico
CLIENT: Ministry of Education
COUNTRY: Mexico
Language assessment in German state schools
CLIENTS: Education Ministries in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Saarland and Saxony
COUNTRY: Germany
Supporting the delivery of English examinations
CLIENT: Departments of Education and Training in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Can Tho, Lam Dong and Ben Tre
COUNTRY: Vietnam
Transforming language education with Cambridge English: Related articles
Teacher perspectives on implementing Cambridge English: Young Learners exams in Spanish schools
Issue 57 of Research Notes - a quarterly publication reporting on matters relating to learning, teaching and assessment within Cambridge English – includes an article by Ruth Breeze and Hanne Roothooft which reports on their investigation into school teachers’ views on the impact on classroom practice of Cambridge English: Young Learners exams in Spanish primary schools.
They carried out a qualitative investigation of the effect of using Cambridge English: Young Learners in Navarra through interviewing teachers about their reasons for incorporating these tests in the curriculum, their attitudes to this development, and the ways in which preparing students affected their classroom practice. This article provides a generally positive view of the integration of these exams into primary education in Spain whilst noting some resistance which other studies should explore.
The impact of Cambridge English examinations on institutional change
Research Notes Issue 57 also includes an article by Ana María Rozzi, Verónica Pinto, Marina González and Yanina Crimi who report on the impact of a range of Cambridge English exams on institutional change in four language schools in Argentina, an aspect of impact that is under-researched. They investigated why the examinations were adopted and whether and how this had informed pedagogic, administrative and managerial areas. Head teachers and class teachers were interviewed and completed questionnaires, whilst premises and school documents were inspected using checklists. An informative picture emerges from this research, which shows how institutional change is a complex and slow-moving phenomenon in any context.
Research Notes
Research Notes is our quarterly publication reporting on matters relating to research, test development and validation within Cambridge English. Each edition has:
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Transforming language education with Cambridge English: CLIL
You may also be interested in an article published in El Economista in April this year, written by Xavier Ballesteros, Head of Marketing at Cambridge English, which examines the challenges of introducing CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) to the classroom.