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Distance learning doesn’t seem to be an uncertain alternative to traditional classroom arrangements. Educators together with students have noticed the value of distance learning which has been greatly improving with the development of Internet technology.

The infographic below presents the growth of distance learning enrolment and the benefits of the distance learning

Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist and the author of over 100 books. His work has influenced fields such as computer science, mathematics, and psychology. Chomsky is the creator of the universal grammar theory and has been described as the “father of modern linguistics”.

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Graded Readers are one of the most motivating ways of encouraging learners to practise their English – there’s no better way of persuading learners of whatever age that they need the language than making them want to turn the page because they have to know what happens next.

There’s a long history

Even if your school hasn’t opted for a VLE yet there are numerous ways to start introducing an online tool to your teaching.  You can choose between a number of options: Writing tasks lend themselves to being used for collaborative writing with, blogs or wikis the obvious choice.

Blogs and wikis –

*Drum roll* … Here at onestopenglish HQ, we’re all a-buzz with excitement because we’ve just launched our very first onestopenglish app!

Here, we live, breathe, eat and sleep onestopenglish – and now you too can take it with you wherever you go. You’ll have the latest content updates, fresh lesson

Today is International Women’s Day, a day celebrated all around the world to celebrate and at the same time raise awareness of women’s issues, such as discrimination in the workplace, sexism and female health. The theme for International Women’s Day 2012 is ‘Connecting girls, inspiring futures’, and events are held in

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,

“A picture is worth a thousand words”, but what if you can add the whole slideshow, words, sentences and accompany it with music?

Your students regularly post pictures on Facebook or Twitter and comment on them, so why not take their witty commenting skills into the English class. PhotoPeach.com is

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

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

The Chinese New Year was celebrated this Monday, with millions of people in China, Thailand, Vietnam and Burma ringing in this auspicious occasion by stringing red lanterns around their houses and letting off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits.

Due to the Chinese lunar calendar, Chinese New Year is celebrated much later

Last week, Apple announced a new iBooks Author which lets educators and authors make their own interactive books for the iPad. It means that self publishing is becoming more accessible and easier to do than ever before.  Additionally, the company equips users with a set of tools and services which seem

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?

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