MacMillan English Campus

Zoos are for children only? Rubbish. A recent late night at the London Zoo took me back in time to one of my favourite childhood activities, and reminded me of how entertaining it is to look at animals (and at adults looking at animals).

Why not get your students to

For the 125th time tennis fans join the world’s top tennis players at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, to witness the world’s most prestigious grass tennis tournament. Not only is Wimbledon a major sports event for tennis fans from all over the planet (go Federer!!),

Dealing with the English language every day as part of your job can mean that you start seeing it in negative terms: stubborn sentences that won’t allow you to rearrange them, recurring structures you dislike and so on. For English teachers and students it often becomes about mistakes, difficulties and failure.

We

The use of idiomatic language in English is one of the more complex areas for learners and one of the more intriguing. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world of sport – and particularly in football.

Say what you mean…

The Macmillan English Dictionary defines an idiom as ‘an expression whose

English is forever growing and changing with an estimated 800 new words and expressions added to the dictionary every year. It is thought that 90,000 new words were added to the English language during the twentieth century, an over 25% increase in the total number of words.  Many of the new

Here’s a helpful tip from MEC Training Assistant, Steph Earnshaw:

‘Don’t forget about MEDO! To access it, all you have to do is click on the Dictionary link in MEC as shown below.

Did you know that you can choose the type of search you use in the dictionary

Here’s a helpful tip from the MEC Training Assistant, Steph Earnshaw:

‘Don’t forget about MEDO! To access it, all you have to do is click on the Dictionary link in MEC as shown below.

Did you know that you can choose the type of search you use in the dictionary

Here’s a helpful tip from the MEC Training Assistant, Steph Earnshaw:

‘Don’t forget about MEDO! To access it all you have to do is click on the Dictionary link in MEC as shown below.

The pronunciation tool is excellent for training students to distinguish between British and American English pronunciation

To access the dictionary all you have to do is click on the Dictionary link in MEC, as shown below. For MEC worksheets to help you use the dictionary have a look at the MEC Skills page of the support site.

For a fun and