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A family values race
24-Jan-2012
This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the Republican Party’s nomination race in the USA, in which the families of the candidates are playing an increasingly important role.
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What’s the (Power)Point?
20-Jan-2012
We’ve just come back to the office after our two-day annual conference. The conference is always held in January and its purpose is to get the Macmillan English Campus team together to reflect on what we’ve achieved in the past year, to look forward to what we’ve got planned for the
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Push, pull, resist. Is it time to be at war or peace with technology?
18-Jan-2012
It seems that every corner of the educational system regardless the geographical location is lobbying for using hi-tech tools in the classroom. At the same time, we can sense a growing tension on the teachers’ side, whenever it is mentioned to them. The question is where this tension is coming from
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New Year all over
13-Jan-2012
A new year can be a chance to discuss some very old customs with your students. With that in mind we’ve come up with a round up of New Year’s traditions from around the world for you to put your students’ cultural knowledge to the test. This exercise would work particularly well
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New year, new dictionary
12-Jan-2012
A small public university on the border of Michigan and Canada has published its annual list of Banished Words – a List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness. This is a tradition that Lake Superior State University has practised since 1976, with word-watchers
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Today’s toddlers know technology
10-Jan-2012
This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about how new technology is a part of children’s lives today and how it may affect them.
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January word games
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A day at the recording studio
06-Jan-2012
As an editor, I usually spend my days quietly working away at my desk, occasionally communicating with members of my team but hardly ever with the outside world – and I love it that way! Once in a while, however, I get to go on little adventure days out at the
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