A slow day at Stratford resulted in everyone playing around with Wordle. Here’s a great idea that came from Mark: At the end of a lesson with – especially – lower level learners, grab a couple of sentences from the
Something extra from TED.com
I wrote about TED.com, in an earlier post which you can read here. This website, which contains a huge archive of presentations from luminaries and experts in a variety of fields, has added someting which will make it even more
Macmillan Dictionary Online
The Macmillan English Dictionary Online has been in existence for some time but previously, it was only accessible to those who had already bought a copy of the MED in paper form. What those who are not on Macmillan’s emailing
Longman dictionary and Firefox
If you use Firefox to browse the web you will probably know that it features a search box on its tool bar. This is usually set to Google when you first install the browser. However, if you click on the
Language for negotiating – website of the month
I’ve been having a start-of-year clean out and came across a piece of paper with the address of the Changing Minds website. I had clearly found and used this resource some time last year to provide a learner with some
Google in 2009 – video report
Hello and Happy New Year (albeit a little late) Here’s a little piece of video to kick start 2009. For those you who enjoyed Pete’s Wacky Office e-lesson from November, you can supplement it with this short report from the
Interactive graphics from the Financial Times
The graphics department of the Financial Times have been working overtime recently to provide visual and audio summaries of the events of the current crisis hitting the business and financial world. They can accessed by clicking on In depth on
An apology about emails
As Pete wrote a couple of weeks ago, we’ve had problems with the email for te4be.com. To cut a long story short, we haven’t been receiving any. That has now been resolved and dozens of unread messages flooded into our
Blended Learning up-date 4
The latest up-date for Blended Learning is now available to download from Macmillan’s website. It focuses on two topics: Things to consider when setting up a wiki for use by teachers in a language school or language training company with
Online listening – TED.com
Here’s a website that contains a large number of authentic videos that could form the basis for listening and discussion lessons with higher-level learners. TED.com hosts videos of presentations by a remarkable range of people including environmental activist: Al Gore, founder