I am delighted to say that a new batch of business English e-lessons for 2007 are on their way, starting next month! Long-term subscribers to the In Company e-lesson will have noticed that recent e-lessons have appeared previously. Many subscribers
Katowice – Poland: the second IH Country Fair
Last weekend saw the second IHWO Country Fair in Katowice, Poland, presenting the Macmillan English Campus. To read about the training day, and see one of most fascinating statues you are ever likely to encounter, please visit: {{link http://www.connect2mec.com/ MEC
Blended Learning – thanks!
It’s great to know that our book Blended Learning is beginning to “make a splash!”. We wanted to write a book which will make a difference. Thanks to: Edward Bressan (ICELS, Oxford Brookes) for adding Blended Learning to the reading
Longman Business Dictionary
The new Longman Business English Dictionary contains a CD-ROM. The disc includes British and American pronunciation, and exam practice for BEC and BULATS. We will be reviewing this disc in due course – watch this space!
Education in Second Life
There is currently a lively discussion about Web 2.0 and Second Life going on at the Learning Technologies forum. A useful link for some brief, general comments on education in Second Life (including language learning) is the Virtual Worlds page
Podcast for students: Blended Learning
We are delighted to announce that, after the success of our first podcast on ‘Second Life’, we have just uploaded our second podcast for language learners- on Blended Learning. To access the podcast, the student worksheet and the transcript, simply
ESP Conference – Ulm – September
There will be an ESP conference in Ulm, Germany, 22 September 200 at the Hochschule Ulm. Among the presentations on various aspects of teaching English for Special Purposes will be Pete’s workshop on technology in ESP. The organisers are Paul
IH Country Fair – Seville
Last weekend saw the first of a series of Campus Training events. This was in Seville. For the Campus blog entry on this event, and a photo of participants, please visit: {{link http://www.connect2mec.com/ MEC Blog}} Blogs linking to blogs! Happy
Searching the BBC Learning English website
I have just introduced a learner to the BBC World Service’s much loved and visited Learning English website. We were looking at the Words in the News section. Three times a week the BBC people add a report from the
Macmillan English Campus Blog
Today sees the launch of the Macmillan English Campus blog. There are now around 75,000 MEC users around the world – and that number is increasing. You can read the blog at: {{link http://www.connect2mec.com/ MEC Blog}} Thanks to MEC for
