MacMillan English Campus

The great thing about many of the online resources we have available these days is that they are not just resources in a static sense; they are also spaces that we can continually re-source for all kinds of student activities.

Russell Stannard recently spoke at IATEFL about the connected classroom, where we

There’s a whole world of English out there. And you can explore it with your students using the web projects in MEC. There are 62 projects covering a wide range of subjects – sports, arts, travel and finance to name just a few. We check each project twice a year to

I am a big fan of infographics and it has been a while since I have posted one. It’s time to catch up, below you can find an infographic on International cooking habits compared which shows some countries with the tastiest flavours in their cuisines.

It could be great for a discussion,

With the announcement this week of the nominations, the Oscars season, and the fever that surrounds it, is upon us. Whilst your students will range from film buffs to dunces, film is one of those teacher-friendly topics that most people have something to say about. To get the discussion started show

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

And here we are again, it is the beginning of January we are all fresh, positive and ready to make big changes and promises.

Below you can find an infographic on how New Year’s resolutions are made, what goes wrong and how successfully complete your goals.

How to use it with students?

I think

With just under a year to go until Election Day in the United States, the New York Times reports that Barack Obama’s approval rating is at 46%. Funnily enough, his disapproval rating is also 46%. Ultimately, as many people approve of the current President of the United States as disapprove. It

I know that a lot of people think that Halloween is a very commercial holiday; however I personally really like it maybe because it is so different from All Saints Day on the 1st of November which I am so familiar with. I see Halloween as a day of amazing pumpkin

Earlier this week, the seven Republican candidates for the 2012 US presidential elections took to the stage in the North American City of Sin to debate the merits of their own political aims, and those of their partisan rivals. However, while the aim of the debate was to persuade the electorate

This week London has seen the world’s fashionistas flock into town for its annual fashion week.  So how might you incorporate the festivities into your classes?  London fashion week has a great website that you can use as a jumping off point for a lesson about all things sartorial. 

Understanding and using clichés and idioms in a foreign language is a sign of great comprehension: it edges your language right up there with that of native speakers, and helps you communicate in a more realistic way. What is difficult about these aspects of language, particularly idioms, is that they differ

The Mona Lisa image is probably one of the most popular and recognizable in the history of art. For centuries the heist of the Mona Lisa painting has been shrouded in mystery. However, it seems that now 100 years after the crime we have found out the truth about the man

Storm season which is between August and October, when the Pacific Ocean warms up seems to be nearing its peak. Although, it is halfway through it has been an active season with up to 18 named storms. The latest one: Irene was the 9th named storm of the season, the first

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

A great activity suitable for both intermediate to advanced learners, exploring the meanings of names and nouns is a really interesting way of getting your English students to engage with the language in a very concrete way. It also makes certain words memorable, because some of the roots and real meanings