First exams for Vietnamese young learners
The first Young Learners English exams in Vietnam’s state sector were run in December, and attracted a huge response from young candidates from Ho Chi Minh City.
The first awards ceremony was held in January at the launch of the Cambridge English Club in the Vietnamese capital. A Young Learners session
in March and registration for a May session also received similar positive responses.
New face in São Paulo office
Rone Costa has joined Cambridge ESOL as Marketing Officer, Brazil. Rone is based in the São Paulo office with Helena Nagano, Marketing Manager.
Before joining Cambridge ESOL, Rone worked as an English teacher and as a marketing officer in language schools in São Paulo.
New appointment for Greece
Cambridge ESOL in Greece has expanded its operation through the appointment of a Development Manager.
Valia Kapetanaki has been appointed to the post, based in the Cambridge ESOL Athens office.
ISO success
Cambridge ESOL has been formally registered as meeting the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 standard for quality management. News of the award followed inspection by BSI Management Systems of Cambridge ESOL’s rigorous quality management systems earlier this year.
Chief Executive Mike Milanovic said quality had always been at the heart of everything Cambridge ESOL did, and he was delighted its systems had been given this internationally recognised standard.
New Taiwan office
Cambridge ESOL has established a new office in Tapei, Taiwan, and has recently recruited a Marketing Manager, Su-Wei Wang to run it. Su-Wei was one of the first people in Taiwan to sit the CAE exam.
Previously she was an author of English language teacher materials and freelance editor. She also has extensive experience of teaching and has run TKT teacher training courses.
Obituary: Maria Keller
With deep regret we report
the death of Maria Keller,
a very active member of
the Cambridge ESOL team
in Germany.
Maria, a freelance teacher and teacher trainer with many years’ experience, was highly thought of in the English language teaching community. She was extremely committed to high standards in English language teaching and language assessment and acted
as a committee member and chair of several language teachers’ associations (e.g. IATEFL/BESIG, ELTAF). As a Team Leader for the Cambridge ESOL Speaking tests, as senior seminar presenter for Germany and Austria as well as a consultant for Cambridge ESOL in Germany, her contribution
to our work was considerable.
Maria died on 11 May 2007 following a short illness – a sad loss to her family, to the English language teaching community, Cambridge ESOL and to her colleagues and many friends.