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My name is Ania and I am 29 years old. I was born and now live in Wroclaw in Poland. I graduated from Teacher Training College in Wroclaw. This school provided me with the essential knowledge on methodology and gave me an opportunity to develop teaching skills during many hours of

With October 31st rapidly creeping up on us, here’s a look at some of the traditions of Halloween, from the old to the new…

Beginnings
Although the origins of Halloween are disputed, its history is linked to various festivals held around the end of October in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. For

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

This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the influence Steve Jobs, who was one of the founders of Apple, had on capitalism.

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

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During my CELTA, I was in a teaching group of five trainees and was lucky because three of the others had to teach the very first lesson – and even though I didn’t have to teach myself, I suffered with the other trainees every step of the way. In preparation for

Fright night is almost upon us and with it the chance to have a truly hair raising class with your students.  For a bit of fun why not play them the Adams Family theme song.   If your students are interested in looking at the song a little more closely

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

After getting hooked on blogging and Facebooking the time has come for Twitter. I suppose that it is better later than never and I set up a Twitter account Follow @joanna_mec

Twitter is a brilliant place to quickly exchange ideas, and comment on whether what’s around us is funny,

This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about a recent survey which compared the United Kingdom against nine other European countries. It found that Britain had the worst quality of life.

You can find this story in the News Items section

The CELTA certificate is obviously one of the most popular routes into English language teaching, and here at the Macmillan English Campus offices, we understand how important lesson planning, preparation, and resources are for English teachers to create successful and interesting lessons. In combination with this special series of postings about

I have a confession to make: I am absolutely, completely and utterly, head-over-heels, totally in love with my iPhone. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I’ve been an iPhone owner for over two years now and my iPhone and I have been very happy together. This love

This week’s news item, adapted for MEC from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about African footballers who go to Turkey hoping to be recruited by a Turkish or big European club. Yet, for many of them, this dream doesn’t come true.

You can find this story in

The most widely recognized TEFL qualification is the Cambridge administered CELTA course.  As the course is recognized internationally it is a popular qualification with those who wish to travel and teach English abroad. Over 10,000 people each year opt to take the CELTA and you need no previous teaching

The London Film Festival is due to start, running from the 12th – 27th October. It’s the UK’s largest public film event and aims to bring together the best of world cinema, screening over 300 features, documentaries and short films from around 50 countries.

So, how might you incorporate this

On Tuesday November 6 2012, the United States will hold their next presidential election, and the current polls in America are showing a rising level of discontent with the current president, Barack Obama.

It is arguable that Obama’s election was unique in America’s history. Not only is he their first African-American president,