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Hello,
Did you know that there are now over 30 Instant Workbook
exercises? You can set up these exercises for your students to do in the computer
lab, or at home as homework. All exercises are based on Instant Lessons
and the other English-To-Go resources such as Anna Grammar. Just look for the
blue and white symbol next to a lesson which indicates that there is a matching
Instant Workbook exercise. When you click on the symbol you will be taken
to the Instant Workbook website. Here, you select the desired 5-day period for
the relevant exercise that you want made available to your students. Give the
username and password which is provided to all of your students and tell them
to do the exercise at http://www.instantworkbook.com.
That's all there is to it! Thank You to our Gold Members! Thank
you for participating in our online trial of SelfAccess.net. As a result of the
trial, we have developed and launched SelfAccess.com especially for English language
students! SelfAccess.com is a pay site that will help your students practise what
they learn in class, as well as prepare for the IELTS, TOEFL and FCE exams. The
support and feedback you gave us was extremely helpful, and we would like
to thank you by giving you continued access to the 30+ SelfAccess.net lessons
for the next three months! Help your students get the best results possible
by telling them about SelfAccess. Don't forget that you can come and visit the
new site, too! http://www.selfaccess.com. FIFA
Soccer World Cup Thank you to everyone who told a friend about
the English-To-Go website during the Soccer World Cup! Congratulations to Séverine
Cottard for being the winner of the official FIFA Soccer World Cup T-shirt! Contents: *
Today's Top Teaching Tips!... "Are you considering multiple job offers?" *
Instant Workbook............. "Work Internet Stopped" * Elementary
Lesson............ "Can't Face the Stairs" * Intermediate Lesson..........
"Single Mothers Lose Benefits" * Upper Intermediate Lesson.... "Europeans
Get Slim" * Anna Grammar................. "Verbs - past continuous
and past simple" * Weekly Warmer................ "Phonemic Vocabulary
Cards" * Max Vocab.................... "Home Sweet Home" *
The Last Word................ "Headlines..." Today's
Top Teaching Tips! - "I've been offered two plum teaching jobs. Which
one should I take?" * List the advantages and disadvantages
of each, side by side on paper. Go for the most challenging. There's nothing worse
than boredom. * Consider which one offers the better professional development
opportunities (and financial support towards these). NEW
RESOURCES Instant Workbook - Advanced - "Work Internet Stopped" Major
corporations are increasingly classifying employee email and Internet privileges
as potential security hazards, distractions or worse, costly legal dangers in
the making. Students can complete this exercise by choosing the correct vocabulary
items and also by writing a memo. Elementary - "Can't Face the Stairs" Three
elderly British holidaymakers who disappeared while traveling in France and started
a huge manhunt have turned up safely, happily enjoying their holiday. Available
from 03 July 2002 Intermediate - "Single Mothers Lose Benefits" Japan's
cash-strapped government has decided to clamp down on child care benefits for
single mothers, blaming a rising divorce rate for a big rise in costs. Available
from 03 July 2002 Upper-Intermediate - "Europeans Get Slim" Guilt-ridden
Europeans hoping to squeeze themselves into last year's swimsuits will spend a
total of 96 billion euros (US$90.1 billion) annually on dieting products by 2006.
Available from 03 July 2002 Anna Grammar - "Verbs - past continuous
and past simple" Nadir asks about using the past continuous and a
past simple in the same sentence. Available 03 July 2002 Weekly Warmer
- "Phonemic Vocabulary Cards" This is a vocabulary warmer that
empowers students, as they are usually very amused at my attempts to pronounce
words in their language. Available 03 July 2002 Max Vocab - "Home
Sweet Home" Max takes a look at words to do with houses and homes.
Available 02 July 2002 Click
here to get the new resources.
The Last
Word "Although they're not famous, corduroy pillows do make
'headlines'! |