Author: Pete

The latest edition of the IATEFL CALL Review is just out! It is a cracking issue – with articles from all over the world. A great job by outgoing editor Gavin Dudeney. See: Practical ideas for Blended Learning (Pete Sharma).

The Oxford Business English Plus CD-ROM is the new CD-ROM at the back of the latest dictionary from OUP. It will be reviewed early next year – so, watch this space! {{link http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/0194316173&tag=technologyfor-21&camp=1634&creative=6738 Oxford Business English Plus CD-ROM}}

Abstract: If we accept the premise that when it comes to learning languages, there are some things that teachers do well, others that the technology does well, and that a good solution to running a successful language course is the

It is impossible to forget the first moment of going on line, of connecting to the Internet. Like your first kiss, it stays with you forever. My first experience of surfing was at a teacher training workshop in Wolverhampton, with

Subscribers to Macmillan’s business English e-lesson have reached an amazing 94,000 worldwide! Many thanks to the great team behind the weekly lesson – Darina Richter for her editing, Barney Barrett for his content check, the web team at Macmillan for

The New Oxford American Dictionary has announced that {{link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4504256.stm podcasting}} is its Word of the Year.

Thanks to everyone who helped organise the session on the Internet in Vienna at the British Council on 26 November. As promised, here are some of the web sites suggested by participants: {{link http://www.handoutsonline.com/ Handouts on-line – subscription necessary}} {{link

During my BESIG presentation the subject of {{link http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia}} came up and it was agreed it is “a good thing”. Everybody said it is a great source of quick, clear information both for teachers working in ESP and for

This is a new addition and is a summary-at-a-glance of the main features of the CD-ROM dictionaries available from the main four publishers. At the moment the chart only covers advanced learner’s dictionaries. {{link https:/pages/mat4stud/cd/cd_dic_compare.htm Dictionary comparison chart}}

Thanks to English UK for organising this event. Also, thanks to all the participants who came to my session! As promised, here are some of the web-sites suggested in the session: {{link http://www.puzzlemaker.com Puzzlemaker}} {{link http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk The answer bank}} {{link