• India lets in supermarket giants 27-Nov-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the opening of India’s economy to foreign supermarkets and the effect this may have on the country.

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

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  • Technology in blended learning: Wall Wisher 26-Nov-2012

    Wall Wisher- a great way to collect ideas and contributions from learners

    Nowadays young people cannot imagine their existence without network technologies. Their minds are far more engaged with “friendship-based” virtual environments. They are using social networks for various purposes – most often to keep virtual possibilities open for contacts.

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  • Macmillan Online Conference 2012 23-Nov-2012

    Earlier this month I presented a webinar as part of the Macmillan Online Conference, a whole week of live presentations for English-language teachers across all disciplines, from primary to adult and methodology.

    I was in illustrious company. Carol Read, Angela Llanas and Viv Lambert presented in the primary sessions; while the methodology

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  • Happy Thanksgiving! 22-Nov-2012

    Today is one of the most important holidays in the American calendar. Celebrated on the fourth Thursday every November, Thanksgiving is one of the oldest feasts in the US, dating back to 1621 when settlers from England and a number of Native Americans feasted together to celebrate the first good harvest

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  • Language Show Live moments to remember 21-Nov-2012

    For the first time last month, I attended the Language Show Live in London. As it was my fist Language Show I had big expectations and wasn’t disappointed in the slightest.  This event is a great celebration of languages and their cultures, you had a chance to participate not only in

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  • No victory lap for Obama 20-Nov-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the re-election of US president Barack Obama and the agreement he must reach with Congress to prevent an economic crisis.

    You can find this story in the News Items section on

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  • Technology in blended learning: The Wiggio platform 19-Nov-2012

    The Wiggio platform – a virtual classroom

    Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia founder once said, “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we are doing”.

    That was the reason behind the idea of my school developing not

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  • Culture clash 15-Nov-2012

    One of my favourite discoveries this year has been Varham Muratyan’s Paris versus New York series. Varham is an artist and designer and created the beautiful Paris versus New York which is due to be published as a book  later this year. The idea was

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  • Nuclear power still generates a buzz 13-Nov-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about the future of nuclear power after Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011.

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

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  • Technology in blended learning: practical application and educational value 12-Nov-2012

    Blogs have been my professional and personal passion for three years now. Before that I had only been a passive blog visitor. Then all of a sudden the institution I work for announced an annual competition among the ESOL teachers, aiming at developing teaching materials and activities, which extend language learning

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  • Game on! 09-Nov-2012

    Keeping our students enthused as they learn English is one of the tougher challenges we face. In Macmillan English Campus, as well as the wealth of activities available via the Search tab, we have always looked to engage students with regularly updated material.

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  • Four more years 08-Nov-2012

    In the UK we have a saying: “Remember remember, the fifth of November.” (Take a look at Becca’s post on Bonfire Night here)  However, across the pond, Americans were yesterday being urged not to forget the sixth of November, a crucial day in American politics as hundreds of millions of

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  • Nigeria sings a new tune on Fela Kuti 06-Nov-2012

    This week’s news item, adapted for Macmillan English Campus from a news article originally published in the Guardian Weekly, is about surveys carried out by slum dwellers to collect information about their settlement in order to prevent evictions.

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

    Here

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  • Using technology in blended learning 05-Nov-2012

    My name is Antoniya Hristova and I come from Bulgaria in East Europe. My country is comparatively small, yet it has a rich and impressive history. I work for one of the biggest and most reputable private language centers in Sofia and in the whole Bulgaria. It is AVO-Bell Language and

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  • Top 5 apps to bring authentic material into the classroom 01-Nov-2012

    There are some great coursebooks out there, but sometimes you want to excite your students with something a bit more innovative and interesting. This week, we’re looking at 5 apps that will help you bring some engaging authentic material into the EFL classroom.

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