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Tuk Tuk Travels: Entry 10: Cambodia

In their tenth travelogue, Rich and Nick journey to Cambodia where they meet Sokha, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime and founder of the Center for Children’s Happiness, an organization offering children an education and a chance for success.

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Your English: Collocations: frank

Tim Bowen offers up an admirably frank discussion in this week’s set of collocations.

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Your English: Idioms: worse

Feeling the worse for wear? You could do worse than catch up with Tim Bowen’s newest selection of idioms!

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Your English: Phrasal verbs: wipe

Tim Bowen wipes out confusion with his latest article on phrasal verbs.

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Your English: Word grammar: snap

Come on. Snap to it! Read Tim Bowen’s latest musings on word grammar!

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Survival Guide: Surviving the job interview

Here we offer support in preparing for a job interview, including practical advice, questions you wished you’d asked and, importantly, what NOT to say!

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Stories behind words

Are you a teacher with an anecdote to share? Then the Macmillan Dictionary Blog would love to hear from you!

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Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad: Part 2

In Part 2 of this horror story, Parkins is in Burnstow and explores the site of an old church where he finds a mysterious object. In this lesson, the students will: talk about museums and learn the names of some artefacts; practise listening for gist to order events in the ...

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Business Spotlight: Small is now big

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the trend towards holding bespoke business gatherings at luxury boutique hotels rather than in conventional business hotels. 

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Macmillan Education Innovative Writing Award: Q&A with Teresa Ting

The winner of the 2013 Macmillan Education Innovative Writing Award at the British Council ELTons, Teresa Ting, tells us about her work, her motivations and the importance of winning the award.

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Tuk Tuk Travels: Entry 9: Grub's up

In their ninth travelogue, our tuk tuk travellers navigate their way through South East Asia and all its culinary delights. In Laos they meet Chanhpheng, a young teacher from Vientiane who founded an education program for disabled women, run by disabled women.

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Your English: Collocations: footing

Are we all on an equal footing when it comes to collocations? Here’s Tim Bowen with his feet firmly on the ground.

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Your English: Idioms: wits

Do idioms frighten you out of your wits? Tim Bowen’s razor-sharp article is here to save the day.

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Your English: Phrasal verbs: walk

Tim Bowen is not one to walk out when it comes to phrasal verbs. Don’t walk off before you’ve finished reading this article!

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Your English: Word grammar: like

If you’d just, like, give him a chance, Tim Bowen will explain a whole lot of word grammar to the likes of us.

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Your English: Collocations: fog

Have you ever been caught in dense fog? Tim Bowen gets meteorological.

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Business Spotlight: The best way to say goodbye

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about starting at a company and, more importantly, what bosses should do when someone leaves their company. 

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Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad

This advanced-level story, by M R James, is set in Burnstow, a seaside town on the east coast of England. It tells of how university professor makes an interesting discovery with disturbing consequences. It is told in seven parts; each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by ...

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Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad: Part 1

This advanced-level story, by M R James, is set in Burnstow, a seaside town on the east coast of England. It tells of how university professor makes an interesting discovery with disturbing consequences. It is told in seven parts; each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by ...

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Survival Guide: Teaching under the influence

Lindsay Clandfield and Duncan Foord ask you to consider what impact different teaching methods have had on your teaching and learning and present a brief history of EFL.