Month: June 2005

As you may know, Macmillan are asking for views on the MED, the Macmillan English Dictionary. If you – or your students – would like to participate, it will take 10 minutes or so. Those answering the on-line questionnaire will

I have just been reviewing a new book, “Teaching English One to One” by Priscilla Osborne (Modern English Publishing). The author mentions our book, “The Internet and Business English”, as a source of ideas for using the Internet (p. 87)

This is a brief description of the training session I mentioned on {{link https:/pages/blog/archives/00000008.htm 6 June}} and the reactions and comments of the participants. The session was based around a worksheet which can be downloaded {{link https:/PDFs/CD-ROM_dictionary_training.pdf here}}. Click on

As July’s edition of the EL Gazette hits the staffroom shelves, Pete’s Reviews in Brief are, as ever, to be found in the EL Reviews section. This month’s Book of the month is Phrasal Verbs Plus – the new dictionary

The latest “English Teaching Matters” journal has just come out (Summer 2005). Many thanks to the Editor-in-Chief, Karen Richardson, and the team for including a short promotional article: “A new web-site for language teachers” – promoting….this site! It’s a cracking

Newsmap takes its data from Google News to produce a graphic representation of the latest news stories. It can be set to display the results from the various international versions of Google News, eg US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, India

I have put up a list of links in the Materials section to websites around the world which provide radio business news reports. This was originally published in the BESIG newsletter a year or so ago. I have up-dated a

I am currently thinking of the exact focus of my dissertation, which will be on blended learning. I am scouring the literature for definitions of terms such as E-learning, and reading up on using the Internet for language teaching. My

At the teaching centre where I work, I have installed all the current CD-ROM versions of the advanced learner’s dictionaries from the main publishers on computers in the self-access room as well as in the teachers’ room. These are the

I have come to the end of my 4-week course in on-line tutoring. It has been a very enjoyable experience. I would recommend the course book: E-tivities, by Gilly Salmon.