At the end of last year Paty took the Cambridge English Advanced C1 exam and we are delighted to report that she has passed. This is a huge achievement, one which only six of our students have reached since SMEF’s work began. Reaching this level requires a lot of time and dedication, and our talented students often move away or start working full time before they can get to this level. For this reason last year, as an experiment, we decided to do an online course for our top students who no longer live nearby. Paty, who moved to Spain in search of better job prospects in late 2019, took advantage of these classes. Our volunteer, Maddie, who taught this course, is now in Spain for the second half of her year abroad and the two finally met in-person earlier this month – see photo.
