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/
BESIG Prague – Apptivities: the story continues
Saturday 9th November 15.00 – 15.45 Session D7 (45 min) Apptivities for Business English 2: painting the Forth Bridge Increasing numbers of business English students have Smartphones and tablets. Which apps can best help their efforts to learn a language?
Launch of our new eBook – Apptivities for Business English
We are delighted to announce the launch of our latest eBook, Apptivities for business English. At the back of the Teachers’ book, you get a CODE to pass on to your students so they can download a copy of the
Webinar: The Great ICT Debate
OMG – here it comes – don’t miss it!!! Just go now to the Learning Technologies SIG for more details!!! http://ltsig.org.uk/
BESIG Issues – Autumn 2012
The Learning Technologies page In this edition of BESIG Issues, the Learning Technologies page focuses on apps. First, it looks at QR code readers. It then looks at a couple of apps of interest to BESIG members: a new business
Macmillan online conference – programme
THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER – METHODOLOGY 12.30 – 13.30 Scott Thornbury: Why are we still teaching the wrong grammar the wrong way? 13.45 – 14.45 Adrian Underhill: Pronunciation: The Cinderella of ELT 15.00 – 16.00 Pete Sharma: The TIPping point: new
Macmillan online conference – November: announcement
The Macmillan Online Conference Returning for a second year this November, last year’s Macmillan Online Conference was a great success, with over 1000 teachers joining us over the two days. Like the webinars, this is a free event, and gives