Pete and Barney are delighted to announce the launch of their free Newsletter service, for all teachers and Directors of Studies interested in using technology in language teaching. The newsletter will contain news about forthcoming courses and workshops; and news
Blended Learning – update 3
The third update to our title ‘Blended Learning: using technology in and beyond the language classroom’ is due out shortly from Macmillan. The update focuses on a new piece of software, New Inside Out Digital, and includes a glossary of
Blended Learning course – Markdorf – Sample programme
You can now download a sample programme for the Blended Learning course in Markdorf, 31 March – 4 April. Visit the Pyramid website.
ICT For computers and the Internet
I am just reviewing a new book in the Professional English in Use series: ICT For Computers and the Internet (Esteras and Fabre, CUP) One interesting feature is the use of the web to deliver a bank of exercises referred
Online language learning
OLL (Online language learning) have developed an online communication platform allowing schools and teachers to offer face-to-face lessons online using web conferencing technology. Their virtual classroom offers two-way audio and video with shared interactive whiteboard and text chat. Visit their
Flying Dutchman – Melanie Butler interviews Summertown's Louis Garnade
The latest EL Gazette describes the ‘birth’ of Summertown Publishing. Melanie Butler interviews Louis. Here is one intriguing extract (adapted): It was business English that inspired Garnade ..(to) take up yet another new career: book publishing. It is all Pete Sharma’s
Awaydays – the latest business English e-lesson from Macmillan
Macmillan have just uploaded the latest business English e-lesson. Entitled ‘Awaydays’, it looks at company-organised events such as conferences, awaydays, seminars and team-building activities and asks: are they useful, or a waste of time and money? Download the lesson from
Online concordancers
Have just found my notes from the Marcus Evans Linguarama teacher training days I attended shortly before Christmas. Remembered that I had promised to provide my colleagues with links to online concordancers. Here is a previous posting to this blog
Going wild in Google with wildcards
The Boolean search symbol * is used in many database searches to represent any characters or set of characters. It can be used in Google searches to represent any word or set of words. You can use this feature for
Blended Learning course – Markdorf, Germany
A map of Markdorf, the venue of the next Blended Learning course, has been uploaded to the Pyramid website. A sample timetable will follow shortly. For more information on the course, visit: Blended Learning course.