Many thanks to everyone who came along to the workshop at the British side, Istanbul, last Friday, and my plenary at the MEV Conference on Saturday! It was great to do these sessions and I hope they proved useful! Thanks
Word of the week – Blended Learning
Watch out soon for the word of the week from Macmillan – it’s: Blended Learning! For more on this excellent resource, which complements the Macmillan English Dictionary, visit: {{link http://www.macmillandictionary.com/resourcenew.htm Word of the week}} Happy reading!
Practical technology ideas – OneStopEnglish
A new article with practical teaching ideas for using podcasts, blogs and wikis in the classroom has been posted by OneStopEnglish. Visit: {{link http://www.onestopenglish.com/section_magazine.asp?catid=58177 OneStopEnglish magazine}} Thanks to Barney for his help writing it! Happy reading….
Top ten – software for Business English
I was just asked for a list of the Top Ten software choices for Businss English learners. After some soul-searching, this is what I came up with: Dictionaries -Oxford Business English Dictionary CD-ROM -Macmillan English Dictionary – Second edition Skills
Blended Learning courses – payment now possible with Pay Pal
Just a reminder that this month – April – is the last month where early bird registration is possible for the new Blended Learning courses organised by te4be, Pyramid and Language Services. We are pleased to announce that payment by
Blended Learning with the In-Company series
The CD-ROMs have now been issued to accompany the In-Company series. They are: Elementary (Will Capel and Lynn Townsend) Pre-Int (Barney Barrett and Pete Sharma) Intermediate (Karen Richardson) Upper Intermediate (Pete Sharma) Some wonderfully aesthetic screens – we aim to
Technical translation website
Some years ago in our first book, The Internet and Business English, we listed a website used by European Union translators: the succinctly named EuroDicAutom. Since then the European Union has expanded somewhat and the increase in number of official
Attica – Paris – Handouts
If you did not get the handouts at the Blended Learning event on Friday, click here to download the handouts: {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/PDFs/Handout_1_Blended_learning.doc Blended Learning definitions}} {{link http://kevwes9.dreamhosters.com/PDFs/Handout_2_Macmillan_English_Campus.doc Macmillan English Campus}} Please feel free to ask questions or make comments via
Attica conference – Paris – 23 – 24 March
What a great conference this was! Congratulations to all the organisers! There were some really interestsing developments to report in the area of technology in ELT! As ever, the range of knowledge about integrating technology in ELT was extremely varied!
Langues et avenir – Friday 23 – Saturday 24 March, Paris
Really looking forward to this event this Friday and Saturday! Friday 15.15 English Campus and Blended Learning Pete Sharma Macmillan Saturday 15.30 Also, I wil be speaking at the closing debate on Blended Learning There will be talks on New