Here’s the link to a funny cartoon that compares the three smartphone paltforms. It raises all the important issues in marketing.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
(Project management) Project management – a great website
Your student is a project manager. Here’s a website that will give you plenty to talk about. And yes … it really does cover all of PM from IT to construction.
(Finance) Financial markets: why do they move in the way that they do?
Very good news on the economy causes a 3% fall in the stock market. Why? Here’s a news story from the MarketWatch site that students who work in the financial markets will love to discuss. Article included in the post in case it eventually disappears.
Retell an L1 news story in English
Use English-language internet sites? Of course you do. But do you use sites from the student’s own country – in their language – as well? Why not? It’s a great basis for a fluency activity.
Personalized telephone dialogues
Follow up any coursebook work on telephoning by asking your students to write a similar but personalized dialogue based on their real-life calls.
6 zero-preparation comprehension activities
Here are six short ready-to-go comprehension activities for use with any authentic text. Use any of them to follow up any of the prediction activities from the previous post.