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Blogs have a place in our classroom, say award-winning English Teachers invited to Cambridge

8 September 2010

Three business English teachers from around the world showcased their creative use of blogs and other technology in the classroom to language experts in Cambridge this August.

Pop Ciprian Viorel from Romania, Erica Sofia Carignano from Argentina and Michael Welskopf from Germany all won this year's Cambridge BEC Competition run by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. Launched earlier in the year, the global competition challenged teachers from to write about how they use technology in the classroom to help students learning English for the workplace. The three winners – chosen from hundreds of entries from 47 different countries – were invited by Cambridge ESOL to attend a two-week teacher development course at Homerton College, part of the University of Cambridge. During their August visit, they presented their award-winning projects to representatives at Cambridge ESOL's Head Office. Speaking at the presentation, Simon Wright, Cambridge ESOL's Marketing Manager, Strategy Unit said:

“The competition received a huge response from all over the world and it was very difficult to shortlist teachers. The three winners really stood out from the crowd as they showed a good grasp of technology and a high level of creativity and dedication to their students. They all followed a growing trend which is seeing Blogs being increasingly used in the classroom.”