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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

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

Details of Pete’s forthcoming presentation in Vienna are now available on the TEA website. Visit:{{link http://www.tea-austria.org/events/innsbruck.htm Teachers of English in Austria}}

Thanks to Robert Young for his recent update of the ELTAS web site. He has put up photos of the “Controversies in Language Teaching” training day last month. Visit: {{link http://www.eltas.de/ ELTAS web site}}

I was asked a common question today: “What films or tv programmes should I buy on DVD as listening practice after my course?” I made a couple of suggestions but also wondered whether it would be a good idea to

I have been handing this out or emailing it to colleagues and learners for a little while now. Today I finally got around to putting on the website. You can {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/PDFs/CALD_CD-ROM.doc download it here}}. It is an MS Word

A few years ago {{link http://www.cnn.com CNN}} started to charge for its online video content and many of us fled to other sources of authentic American accents and news reports. That decision was reversed a little while ago and now

We’ve always been big fans of online simulations of processes such as production lines. They offer lots of possibilities for lessons. Visit the {{link http://www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com/en/morning.php PSA Peugeot Citroen}} website and click on “Virtual Visit of a Plant” in the top

Thanks to all the teachers who came along to this workshop last Saturday – I believe we had a fun and “controversial” afternoon!! I really enjoyed hearing the range of views expressed! For anyone wishing for more info on the

The latest edition of “Humanising Language Teaching” is available on the Internet.(Year 7; Issue 4; July 05) It carries the following article. {{link http://www.hltmag.co.uk/jul05/sart07.htm Seminal moments in the life of a “techie” trainer:Reflections on personal development}} Thanks to Mario Rinvolucri