It was great to go to Sofia last weekend. A great conference. Many thanks to Richmond for supporting this, and to Ben Goldstein and Jim Scrivener for their help on organising content. For a 12-page .pdf version of the talk,
Vocabulary Organizer – PPT available on Slideshare
Last week’s launch of the Vocabulary Organizer at the IATEFL Conference in Harrogate was a real professional high! I’ve made the PPT available on Slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/PeteSharma/vocabulary-organizer Enjoy!
Vocabulary Organizer – IATEFL Harrogate
Here is a .pdf version of my PPT for my IATEFL talk! Enjoy! Presentation2-lite
Introduction to the Lexical Organizer on YouTube
Collins have just uploaded three short videos to their YouTube playlist. The first introduces the new Lexical Organizer The second shows the distinction between section one – words for production – and section two – words for receptive purposes The
VLEs in Business English
A colleague recently asked me: “Which VLE should I use with my business English students?” This started me thinking that there are, in fact, many ways to support the work that teachers do in the classroom. In this post, I’ll
IATEFL Harrogate
Just starting to prepare my IATEFL presentation. It will include a short history of Lexical Notebook, corpus linguistic insights into word frequency….and participants have a chance to use the new book too! I cannot wait…. For more information, visit: https:/events
“If at first you don’t succeed…..”:a prose poem for publishers
I loved Michael Lewis and Peter Wilbergs’ Business English. A Filofax for one-to-one teachers. A book of blank pages. Awesome. What Business English is all about – the student as a resource… I loved Longman’s Word Flo’ – despite the
Dragonfly EAL – new blog launched
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new blog – Dragonfly EAL. Designed to promote a new and exciting training venture involving Dragonfly and PSA. Visit: http://paco1990dotcom.wordpress.com/
Teachitworld Newsletter – Blended Learning and the Flipped Classroom
The latest newsletter from Teachitworld is themed – and the theme is Blended learning and the flipped classroom. There are articles from Nik Peachey & Russell Stannard, as well as myself. Visit: http://www.teachitelt.com/training
New e-lesson blog post from Macmillan
Business Person of the Year 2013 Each year, the well-known UK newspaper The Sunday Times chooses a Business Person of the Year. Last month, it announced the first ever woman winner: Moya Greene. For the rest of this blog post,