Pete Sharma Associates

The first 2006 issue of the BESIG magazine Business Issues is now out.

The lead article is about Corpus Linguistics and Business English.

On the Internet / CD-ROM page, Barney Barrett describes new ideas for searching, and there is also a short review of Cambridge 365 Whiteboard software.

Enjoy!

The programme for the ELT conference in Bologna in March 2006 is now available on:

{{link http://www.britishcouncil.it/bologna2006/prog/ Bologna Conference}}

For details of Pete’s talk on Friday March 24, see the Events page on this site.

Maybe – see you in Italia!

Developments in technology in distance learning

Has there ever been a more exciting time to take a distance learning course? The range of technological options available has never been wider, and this article offers an overview of these technologies.

The complete article, by Pete Sharma, is due to appear in the next issue of the EL Gazette.

We now have reviews of two of the most recent Business English CD-ROMs available on the market.

The new {{link http://www.psa.eu.com/pages/mat4teach/cd/cd_OBED.htm Oxford Business English Dictionary}} and

the {{link http://www.psa.eu.com/pages/mat4teach/cd/cd_bus_write.htm Business Writing CD-ROM}} from York Associates.