Just starting to prepare my IATEFL presentation. It will include a short history of Lexical Notebook, corpus linguistic insights into word frequency….and participants have a chance to use the new book too! I cannot wait…. For more information, visit: http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/events
“If at first you don’t succeed…..”:a prose poem for publishers
I loved Michael Lewis and Peter Wilbergs’ Business English. A Filofax for one-to-one teachers. A book of blank pages. Awesome. What Business English is all about – the student as a resource… I loved Longman’s Word Flo’ – despite the
Dragonfly EAL – new blog launched
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new blog – Dragonfly EAL. Designed to promote a new and exciting training venture involving Dragonfly and PSA. Visit: http://paco1990dotcom.wordpress.com/
Teachitworld Newsletter – Blended Learning and the Flipped Classroom
The latest newsletter from Teachitworld is themed – and the theme is Blended learning and the flipped classroom. There are articles from Nik Peachey & Russell Stannard, as well as myself. Visit: http://www.teachitelt.com/training
New e-lesson blog post from Macmillan
Business Person of the Year 2013 Each year, the well-known UK newspaper The Sunday Times chooses a Business Person of the Year. Last month, it announced the first ever woman winner: Moya Greene. For the rest of this blog post,
Learners’ Dictionaries – new blog post from Linguarama
Which dictionary do you use in your language studies? The choice is wide. This post looks at some recent publications – paper-based and online dictionaries (electronic). For the rest of this blog post, which also includes a look at dictionary apps, please
New e-lesson blog post on Twitter
Twitter flying high Earlier this month, the social media site Twitter was floated on the New York Stock Exchange. On the first day of trading, the share price instantly soared. For the rest of this blog entry on this recent
Apptastic
Many thanks to everyone who attended the Apptastic webinar last Friday. It was great to deliver this in London. I said I would post a list of apps mentioned in the language part of the talk – and here it
BESIG Prague
What a brilliant weekend in Prague! So great to catch up with old friends, ‘old’ friends and make new / young ones. Thanks to all the people who came to my session: ‘Apptivities for Business English 2 – Painting the Forth
f-f-f-Fashion: new e-lesson blog from Macmillan
Head of famous fashion label Burberry announces shock move Last week’s announcement that the chief executive of Burberry plc, Angela Ahrendts, will leave the famous luxury goods firm next year, to join technology giant Apple, sent shock waves through the