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This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about a survey into how Twitter is used in Africa.

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As Valentine’s approaches it’s time to resurrect our Blended MEC Valentine’s poetry competition. Last year we asked you to get your students to write variations on the ‘Roses are red, Violets are blue…’ poem format, using it to deliver some untimely bad news. You can build on this by

The nervous wait in reception; the scary prospect of talking about yourself for more than five minutes; the anticipation when you leave and wait for the call back… What is there to like about job interviews!

My worst interview was for a teaching job in France, which didn’t go badly (I got

This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about Egypt’s tourism industry. Since the revolution in 2011, the number of tourists visiting Egypt has declined rapidly affecting many sectors of the economy.

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In a few short days, the biggest day of the romantic calendar will be with us. Whether Valentine’s day is a convenient reminder to pick up some flowers for your loved one or just a depressing reminder of singledom, it’s an opportunity to do something a bit different in the ELT

Creative writing

I’ve recently noticed how technology is affecting my writing. I definitely cut down on writing using a fountain pen or pen, and I can see its effects as my handwriting quality has unfortunately started going down hill. It’s mostly because I tend to write more emails instead of letters and

This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about a controversial magazine article which claimed that people can seriously hurt themselves doing yoga. Many yoga followers have disputed the claims but some people support them.
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