Teaching English with Oxford

🤔📚 Do your students know why a task is in their proficiency test?

Preparing your learners for their proficiency test is about ensuring they understand what a test task represents and its connection to the real world. If you can do this, everything changes! Confidence grows, purpose becomes clearer, and learning feels more meaningful. 🚀

Anthony Green discusses this in the latest Talking ELT Special and the importance of helping students see the test as part of a bigger journey: practising real academic skills, making sense of tasks, and building confidence that carries over beyond exam day.

When assessment feels relevant, learners stop asking “Will this be in the test?” and start asking “How will I use this?” 🙌 That’s where real preparation begins.

Watch the full episode now! -> https://oxelt.gl/3PaciIE

“Learning English gives you an opportunity, unlike anything else, to connect with other people.”
Give your students the skills to make meaningful connections with other people. For confidence that lasts, choose Oxford


With thanks to Kotaro Kosugi and James Norman, and all the staff and students at Regent's School of English at Regent's University London

💛📝 Taking a test is already a high‑pressure moment - the experience shouldn’t make it harder.

For many learners, test day is stressful before they even walk through the door. That’s why test centres have a responsibility to create an experience that supports, rather than adds to, that pressure.

In this clip from Talking ELT, we explore the importance of the whole test environment. From how welcome test takers feel, to the physical comfort of the space itself. A calm, friendly and comfortable test centre doesn’t lower standards, it helps learners show what they can really do.

When test takers feel supported, they’re far more likely to perform at their best — and that’s better for everyone.🌱

🎧 Watch the full episode to explore why human‑centred assessment starts with the test experience -> https://oxelt.gl/4dQeYVl

We’re almost halfway through the year. How are you feeling as a teacher right now? 💛
If things have been feeling heavy, this video shares five realistic ways to protect your energy and look after yourself.
Tell us in the comments which one you need most today.

🎒📚 What skill do your students really need for university?

New insights from our white paper in partnership with Times Higher Education point to one clear answer: combining information from multiple sources.

Today's students juggle texts, videos, lectures and online content, and then need to synthesise and respond clearly in speaking and writing 🤯📖

Are we giving learners enough practice with these real-world academic skills? Let us know in the comments.

🎧Listen to the full Talking ELT Special on the Future of English Proficiency testing -> https://oxelt.gl/4dQeYVl