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As onestopenglish publisher, I speak regularly with all the teachers and expert authors who produce lesson plans and worksheets for the site. I love the immediacy and variety of the job: teachers from all over the world visit the site – according to our analytics software we reach teachers in over

As part of Digital Awareness Month, our digital gurus Pete and Nana ask a great question which comes from Rachel in New Zealand:

Should I open a self-access centre?

To find out the answer, and things you should think about before making this decision, check out the video below.

And don’t forget to subscribe

This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian, is about research on the effect of pesticides on bees.

You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen. This news item will be available on

For many teachers, what separates a ‘good’ from a ‘bad’ school is how much development is available. I once worked for a school that offered zero training. Ever the optimist, I often approached the director with the suggestion that the odd training session or two might not be a bad idea.

We’re still continuing to spread the word about digital this month by addressing some of your digital dilemmas.

In this week’s videos we’re looking at a couple of tools that you’re probably used to using for yourself. If you’re teaching in a country away from your family and friends, chances are you’ll

Tuesday was the first day of the IATEFL conference in Liverpool. This year the talks have been cut down to 30mins and the workshops to 45mins and as a result you have a programme packed with loads of options. I think that is was a great idea to make the talks

This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian, is about a Greenpeace campaign to protect the forest in Indonesia.

You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen. This news item will be available

This week is a big one for the ELT community, as it’s time for IATEFL. Naturally your BlendedMEC and Macmillan English Campus teams are here at the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool from 9th-12th April. We’ll be giving talks, meeting people- just look out for our big red Macmillan

The great thing about being DoS is that you occasionally get to behave like Darth Vader – marching through the corridors, menacing footsteps echoing as you strike terror into the heart of the innocent hero of our story – the poor teacher. When? On observation day, of course.

Observations can have devastating

The BBC has just reported the results of a survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken, on the thorny subject of class. That is, the social structure here in the UK and which sector we all belong to.

According to this survey, there are seven different classes that we

April is Digital Awareness Month at Macmillan Education, and to help you make the most of using technology to teach English, we’ve invited people from all around the world to ask us their burning digital questions. Now, our resident digital experts, Nana and Peter, have answered them, complete with tips and

I started teaching 12 years ago in Manchester. Previously I had completed a degree in American History – an experience I really enjoyed, but not one that opened up many doors in Leicester where I was living at the time. My knowledge of the foreign policy of Harry Truman wasn’t very

This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian, is about the results of a study on how acute poverty seems to be receding.

You can find this story in the News Items section on your Work Area screen. This news item will

Thank you to Rui and the team for their insightful views and thorough assessment of the Macmillan IELTS skills app over the past few weeks. As a final treat, they’ve prepared a video and shared it with us summarizing their experiences.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the series as much as

 To our blog readers,

Have a lovely Easter.

 We look forward to bringing you more from the world of ELT soon!

Joanna, Becca, Peter, Julie and Kirsty