The Oxford Business English Plus CD-ROM is the new CD-ROM at the back of the latest dictionary from OUP. It will be reviewed early next year – so, watch this space! {{link http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/0194316173&tag=technologyfor-21&camp=1634&creative=6738 Oxford Business English Plus CD-ROM}}
Practical ideas for blended learning
Abstract: If we accept the premise that when it comes to learning languages, there are some things that teachers do well, others that the technology does well, and that a good solution to running a successful language course is the
Technology-enhanced language learning: a personal odyssey
It is impossible to forget the first moment of going on line, of connecting to the Internet. Like your first kiss, it stays with you forever. My first experience of surfing was at a teacher training workshop in Wolverhampton, with
E-lesson subscribers top 90,000!
Subscribers to Macmillan’s business English e-lesson have reached an amazing 94,000 worldwide! Many thanks to the great team behind the weekly lesson – Darina Richter for her editing, Barney Barrett for his content check, the web team at Macmillan for
Add "podcasting" to your vocabulary lists
The New Oxford American Dictionary has announced that {{link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4504256.stm podcasting}} is its Word of the Year.
TEA session, Austria
Thanks to everyone who helped organise the session on the Internet in Vienna at the British Council on 26 November. As promised, here are some of the web sites suggested by participants: {{link http://www.handoutsonline.com/ Handouts on-line – subscription necessary}} {{link
Wikipedia – Handle with care?
During my BESIG presentation the subject of {{link http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia}} came up and it was agreed it is “a good thing”. Everybody said it is a great source of quick, clear information both for teachers working in ESP and for
Dictionary CD-ROM comparison chart
This is a new addition and is a summary-at-a-glance of the main features of the CD-ROM dictionaries available from the main four publishers. At the moment the chart only covers advanced learner’s dictionaries. {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/pages/mat4stud/cd/cd_dic_compare.htm Dictionary comparison chart}}
English UK Teachers' Conference
Thanks to English UK for organising this event. Also, thanks to all the participants who came to my session! As promised, here are some of the web-sites suggested in the session: {{link http://www.puzzlemaker.com Puzzlemaker}} {{link http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk The answer bank}} {{link
BESIG presentation handouts
Here’s the links to the handouts for my presentation from the BESIG 2005 conference in Monaco. The handouts are currently available as Word documents. {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/PDFs/Blog.doc Blogs}} {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/PDFs/Searching.doc Searching}} They are also available as webpages. Visit the {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/pages/mat4teach/handouts/handout_index.htm