Consultancy Services

English is a global language and a tool for education, mobility, employability and opportunity. Improved English language education systems can be the key to creating a sustainable economy and providing opportunities for young people. We work with ministries of education, education institutions and employers all over the world to help improve English language learning, teaching and assessment.

We take time to understand your objectives and challenges, and the strengths of existing systems, and we help you to deliver enhancements to language teaching and learning and assessment that deliver lasting benefits.

Our packages can be tailored to meet your needs. You can choose a single solution, or combine them as required.

Our expertise

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Language Policy

We adopt a collaborative approach with you to develop language policy and strategy according to international best practice, whilst remaining highly attentive to local needs and educational contexts.

A language policy is based on a number of goals articulated in our Language Policy Framework. The framework provides a conceptual foundation for language policy and establishes goals related to learning, curriculum, assessment, teaching and resources.

Read more about how we helped support the development of language policy at Laureate University.

Benchmarking and diagnostics

A typical benchmarking service would include the following elements:

an evaluation of your English language education system, including testing the language skills of your learners and teachers
assessing the factors within and outside of school that affect learner and teacher performance.

The resulting data can be used to support the development of an evidence-based strategy for improving the current standard of language learning. We can also establish a baseline that can be used to measure progress or assess future outcomes.

Read more about how we supported evaluation with Ministry of Education in Malaysia.

Curriculum Services

We provide a research-based approach to the alignment of your curriculum to international and national standards, incorporating our experience in the development of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

We also bring a wealth of data and research on learner progression from the English Profile project, the Cambridge Learner Corpus and learner examination data in order to offer high-quality curriculum evaluation and development.

Teacher development

Research has shown that the quality of the individual teacher is one of the most significant variables influencing how much progress students make in school. At Cambridge English we have a long history of developing teachers through courses, qualifications and support.

We enhance teachers’ language skills, practical teaching skills, digital skills and assessment literacy. We can also build monitoring and evaluation into the programme to measure impact, ensure it meets your educational goals, and demonstrate success.

CEFR

The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is an international standard for defining and describing language proficiency.

We work with you to develop capacity by passing on our expert knowledge and skills, which will be adapted to your context. We also provide a research-based approach to the alignment of your curriculum to international and national standards.

Assessment Services

Cambridge English is the world’s largest provider of English language assessment.

We bring our expertise in assessment design, delivery, operations and alignment to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) to provide a range of bespoke assessment consultancy services.

Digital Services

To survive and thrive in language learning and assessment, organisations need to become experts at combining the best of digital with the best of being human, constantly refining as technology evolves.

Our assessments can focus learning on what learners need, when they need it, generating data to allow a new level of diagnostic insight. Working with us will help you to use technology to provide the best language-learning journey for your teachers and learners.

Read more about our work on digital access to English for Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

Evaluation and impact measurement

As part of the University of Cambridge, we provide the advantage of a reputable, objective evaluation of impact. We provide a research-based approach to help you capitalise on key strengths and mitigate risks to your initiatives. We will provide recommendations to support initiatives to improve English language education, and a systematic way to analyse project cost and benefits.