MacMillan English Campus

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.

You can find this story in the News Items section

During 2011 I’ve been looking at the games in MEC – they’re one of the most popular areas of the site and I’ve been hoping to make you want to go back and look at the games again if you haven’t done for a while so that you can recommend them

Have you played any MEC games recently? A few months ago I wrote about some of my favourites and I thought I would offer a few more suggestions now. To do this I’ve been playing a few that I haven’t looked at in a while. Why not spend a few minutes

September is almost here and with it the first day of class for many students.  First lessons can be a great opportunity to inject some fun into the classroom and get your students talking to each other.  If you’re stuck for ideas on how to achieve this then why not try

Well, in the northern hemisphere, anyway! It is holiday (or vacation) time and there are loads of exercises and games you can use on MEC to help your students brush up on their language skills should they be holidaying in an English-speaking country.

First off – have some fun and try these

As Eva wrote last week, the English love to queue. A fortnight ago it was for Wimbledon; last week it was for the best-selling book and film franchise, Harry Potter. Last Thursday, London’s Trafalgar Square was awash with children and adults of all ages, queuing to see the première

Harry Potter is back and it is even darker than ever! The first part of the final movie is flying to the cinemas across the globe!

The English Campus is ready for the invasion of the dark powers and we are equipped with a set of magical activities.

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MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

Students love games; however teachers are usually afraid that a lesson will end up with students just having fun and not learning anything. Gwap.com offers your students a wide range of games which will help them to recycle and extend their vocabulary.