Pete Sharma Associates

We have just added the DELTA Development blog to our blogroll. Enjoy…..

Did you miss it? Fret not….you can now view it by folloing this link on the UCLES site.

Looks like a great day is being lined up in advance of BESIG this autumn in the vicinity of Bielefeld….

Event 1: Gavin Dudeney on Digital Literacies

Event 2: Pete Sharma on Business English materials in the digital age

Event 3: Rita Baker on Business English training: the need to shift from outside-in to inside-out

Looks like being a great event. More to come on this on our Events page

Wow – a cracking issue of the latest Business Issues has just landed on my doormat. Read sage words from the joint co-ordinator, Paul East, who is also (incidentally) a Director of PSA. Interesting stuff from sooo many writers …. Maurice Claypole, Barry Tomalin, Cleve Miller, Evan Frendo, James Schofield, Bob Dignen, Sheila Thorn, Jamie Keddie…..:-)

On the tech front, Karenne Sylvester writes about authentic videos and also suggests some interesting blogs. Just in case you were mildly perturbed that it may have disappeard, your favourite Learning Technologies page is there in all its glory, written by Barney Barrett & myself….and (as if all the above ain’t enough) the photos of the authors & contributions throughout are most sexy. Beg, steal or borrow a copy now……………….

Cold and sunny, a perfect day to revisit my Alma Mater. Great morning meeting and then the Virtual Forum, which went well. Always amazing to see those names of participants logging in from all over the world - in this conference, especially from Europe & South America – & also great to see names of professionals who I know or have met in real life or virtually. It went smoothly on the tech front and was a hugely interesting experience. If you missed it I’m sure there’ll be a recording going up sometime on the Cambridge ESOL website. Thanks for the invite and super to speak with such professional colleagues. Off to see if wikipedia really exists in Latin…..

Details of tomorrow’s event are up on the Cambridge ESOL website. Looking forward to driving over there tomorrow….

A great day in London yesterday. Really enjoyed Ian Badger’s opening plenary & fellow PSA Director Byron Rusell’s session.

Here are the graphics-lite versions of my plenary Power Points, plus a two-page Word document – the session worksheet & handout:

Courses & teaching

Materials

Handout

No time for questions (it was a plenary) so please post any questions you may have had here – a nice use of technology! Enjoy Sunday……

Next Wednesday’s World of Work virtual conference schedule is as follows:

The impact of new technology on language teaching, learning and assessment - Pete Sharma

An observer’s reflection of the 2009 World of Work Forum – Russell Whitehead

Learning & Technology for the Workplace – Gavin Dudeney

BULATS Online – The Global Benchmark – Deshini Chetty

The digital business English classroom: thoughts from the chalk-face – Carl Dowse

Perspectives on technology: Workplace English teaching, learning and assessment - Panel discussion

I hope you’ll be able to attend (virtually) and I look forward to returning to my alma mater……

The latest business English e-lesson has just been uploaded by Macmillan. It is on Mind mapping. You can down load the latest lesson here: Mind maps in business English.

We are delighted to say that the next update for Blended learning is now available

This focuses firstly on M-Learning – mobile learning – and then provides a practical, step-by-step guide on how to upload videos to the popular website YouTube.

To download your free .pdf of this 5-page update, please visit the Macmillan website.

Enjoy!