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 https:/PDFs/Handout_1_Blended_learning.doc Blended Learning definitions}} {{link https:/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
Launch of MED2
The second edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary is being launched. One of the jewels in the crown is the CD-ROM – the features are outstanding! Watch this site for a review – coming shortly. I will be incorporating information
Excellent new DVD ROM from Macmillan: The Business
OK OK – it’s alright to rave about a new disc on a blog entry! To read a short review of this impressive new disc, then go to our Reviews section. You can see screen shots of what is a
Public TV – videos of authentic presentations
Here’s a website that could prove very useful to business English teachers searching for high-level authentic listening material. {{link http://www.public.tv/index.php Public TV}} offers “fast and free access to high quality government, public sector, professional training, and business videos.” It is
Two new courses in technology! July 2007 – Oxford, UK
I am delighted to say that the new training venture between te4be, Pyramid and Language Services Co. is launching two important new training courses. The courses will be run at Harcourt Hill, Oxford Brookes University in the UK from Tuesday
BESIG Issues
The latest, new look edition of BESIG Issues is out. The CD-ROM / Internet page (contributed by Barney and myself) has been renamed the “Learning technologies” page, and in this edition, it looks at Wikis in business English and Google
