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On May 17th 1792, the New York Stock Exchange was born under a sycamore or buttonwood tree. Signed by 24 stock brokers, the Buttonwood Agreement promised only internal trading with no auctioneers, and a maximum commission price on any trade was agreed.

With the recent economic crisis being felt across the world,

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

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

This week London celebrated it being one year until the start of the Olympic games.  With Olympic coverage being watched all over the world, the games can make an excellent basis for a classroom activity.  For authentic listening material you could try the following video which compiles clips of athletes talking

A fun way to bring online learning to your classroom is to make use of the internet’s vast array of funny videos.  You can combine these fun resources with the language focus of making predictions.
Get your students talking by putting them in pairs then showing them the beginning of the

It’s nearly Saint Patrick’s Day, the Irish national day celebrated the world over every year on the 17th of March.  What better way to celebrate it in class than with a fun, short quiz testing your student’s knowledge off all things Irish.  Separate your students into teams and set them the

FutebolTv will definitely get the boys attention in your English class. The site offers a selection of football moments from an archive. It means that your students can live again and again through moments of grand emotions and add a little bit of their excitement to it!

They get a

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With London currently buried under a blanket of white snow, talk at English Campus has naturally turned to whether this Christmas will be a white one.  In a nation obsessed by its weather placing a bet on whether there’ll be snow at Christmas has become one of the country’s

After years of speculation finally, last week, it was announced that Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged! This week, the news was followed by announcing the date of the big day!

Below you can find two video clips; one from the engagement announcement of Diana

In our competitive world, universities and colleges fight for students and the best way to win the battle is to offer attractive and exciting courses. The University of South Carolina has decided to offer its students, starting from the next semester, a sociology class in Lady Gaga.

Eva is a Trainer & Sales Representative for Macmillan English Campus. She studied English Language and Literature at University, and taught English as a foreign Language in Austria before joining the Macmillan English Campus Sales, Marketing and Training team in 2010.

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MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

There is no question that using videos during a class makes the lessons more interesting and engaging. However, it can be problematic finding good and authentic videos. If we want to engage our students it is best when the videos are similar to

MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

It can sometimes be tricky to find videos that are interesting to our teenage students. The problem is finding videos that are relevant to the students’ problems in real life. Lonelygirl15 became a massive hit on Youtube within months. The show is made

MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

It is all about videos this week! This time we have got Vimeo for you to go and spice up your classes. Vimeo is a place where you can showcase videos that you have made yourself

Below are a couple of great

MEC Training Coordinator, Sarah Milligan, writes:

Get your teens interested in their English lessons by using some of the videos on MSN originals.

The msn home page is full of stories you could use in class but if you want to find MSN originals either click on the link above or:

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